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diff --git a/doc/mdk_tut.texi b/doc/mdk_tut.texi index 70f8804..0fabe89 100644 --- a/doc/mdk_tut.texi +++ b/doc/mdk_tut.texi @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU MDK Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 +@c Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file mdk.texi for copying conditions. -@c $Id: mdk_tut.texi,v 1.13 2004/06/12 01:12:59 jao Exp $ +@c $Id: mdk_tut.texi,v 1.14 2005/09/20 00:26:00 jao Exp $ @node MIX and MIXAL tutorial, Getting started, Installing MDK, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @@ -1050,11 +1050,15 @@ it will assign to the memory cell number 1150 the contents @w{- 00 06 61 11 49} (which corresponds to the decimal value -1823473). Finally, the @code{ALF} directive let's you specify the memory contents -as a set of five (quoted) characters, which are translated by the -assembler to their byte values, conforming in that way the binary word -that is to be stored in the corresponding memory cell. This directive -comes in handy when you need to store printable messages in a memory -address, as in the following example: +as a set of five (optionally quoted) characters, which are translated by +the assembler to their byte values, conforming in that way the binary +word that is to be stored in the corresponding memory cell. This +directive comes in handy when you need to store printable messages in a +memory address, as in the following example @footnote{In the original +MIXAL definition, the @code{ALF} argument is not quoted. You can write +the operand (as the @code{ADDRESS} field) without quotes, but, in this +case, you must follow the alignment rules of the original MIXAL +definition (namely, the @code{ADDRESS} must start at column 17).}: @example OUT MSG MSG is not yet defined here (future reference) |