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diff --git a/doc/mdk_mixvm.texi b/doc/mdk_mixvm.texi index 61b7d1c..28976fa 100644 --- a/doc/mdk_mixvm.texi +++ b/doc/mdk_mixvm.texi @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file mdk.texi for copying conditions. -@c $Id: mdk_mixvm.texi,v 1.8 2001/09/17 23:36:45 jao Exp $ +@c $Id: mdk_mixvm.texi,v 1.9 2001/09/18 22:53:18 jao Exp $ -@node mixvm, gmixvm, mixvm.el, Top +@node mixvm, gmixvm, mixasm, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter @code{mixvm}, the MIX computer simulator @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ all available commands. * Debug commands:: Debugging programs. * State commands:: Inspecting the virtual machine state. * Configuration commands:: Storing mixvm settings. +* Scheme commands:: @end menu @node File commands, Debug commands, Commands, Commands @@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ representation of the module of the stored value. @end deffn -@node Configuration commands, , State commands, Commands +@node Configuration commands, Scheme commands, State commands, Commands @subsection Configuration commands This section describes commands that allow you to configure the virtual @@ -704,10 +705,29 @@ specify an alternative location for storing these device files, while @code{pddir} prints the current device directory. @end deffn -@node Scheme commands +@node Scheme commands, , Configuration commands, Commands @subsection Scheme commands -:TODO: guile scripts +If you have compiled @sc{mdk} with @code{libguile} support +(@pxref{Special configure flags}), @code{mixvm} will start and +initialise an embedded Guile Scheme interpret when it is invoked. That +means that you have at your disposal, at @code{mixvm}'s command prompt, +all the Scheme primitives described in @ref{Using mixguile} and +@ref{mixguile}, as well as any other function or hook that you have +defined in the initialisation file @file{~/.mdk/mixguile.scm}. To +evaluate a Scheme function, simply type it at the @code{mixvm} command +prompt (see @ref{Using Scheme in mixvm and gmixvm} for a +sample). Compared to the @code{mixguile} program, this has only one +limitation: the expressions used in @code{mixvm} cannot span more than +one line. You can get over this inconvenience writing your multiline +Scheme expressions in a file and loading it using the @code{scmf} +command: + +@deffn {scheme command} scmf FILE_NAME +Loads the given Scheme file and evaluates it using the embedded Guile +interpreter. +@end deffn + @node Devices, , Commands, mixvm @section MIX block devices |