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@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file mdk.texi for copying conditions.
+@c $Id: mdk_intro.texi,v 1.3 2001/09/10 23:42:14 jao Exp $
+
@node Introduction, Installing MDK, Top, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@unnumbered Introduction
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@table @code
@item mixasm
MIXAL assembler. Assembler which translates MIXAL source files into
-programs that can be run (and debugged) by @code{mixvm} or @code{gmixvm}.
+programs that can be run (and debugged) by @code{mixvm}, @code{mixguile}
+or @code{gmixvm}.
@item mixvm
MIX virtual machine. Emulation of the MIX computer with a @acronym{CLI}.
@item gmixvm
A GTK+ GUI for the MIX virtual machine. Provides all of @code{mixvm}
functionality accessible through a graphical interface.
+@item mixguile
+A Guile shell, with an embedded MIX virtual machine and built-in
+commands to manipulate it using Scheme.
@item mixvm.el
This elisp program allows running @code{mixvm} inside an Emacs GUD
buffer, allowing concurrent edition and debugging of MIXAL programs.
@@ -48,7 +54,12 @@ buffer, allowing concurrent edition and debugging of MIXAL programs.
computer, giving you a virtual machine for executing and debugging MIX
programs. These binary programs could be written by hand, but it is
easier to produce them compiling MIXAL source files, using the MIXAL
-assembler @code{mixasm}.
+assembler @code{mixasm}. On the other hand, @code{mixguile} offers you
+the possibility of manipulating a MIX virtual machine through a set of
+Scheme functions, so that you can use this programming language to
+interact with the virtual machine. In addition, @code{mixvm} and
+@code{gmixvm} are also able to interpret Scheme scripts (using an
+embedded Guile interpreter), that is, they are extensible using Scheme.
This manual gives you a tutorial of MIX and MIXAL, and a thorough
description of the use of the @sc{mdk} utilities.