Release Announcement

Release Announcement

[jeff]

Announcement:

The web site: http://members.save-net.com/jko%40save-net.com/asm/
has been updated.  Focus of site is: Linux assembly programming
and tools.

Major changes
-------------

Asmbug debugger has a major upgrade.  It is now contained
in one load file and does not require install or compile.  It
talks directly to x-server and is fast,simple,and powerful.

AsmLIbx has been extended to over 70 functions and has
been tested on most Linux distributions.  Several new
example programs have been added.

AsmLib has been extended and many new functions added.

AsmTimer,AsmMgr have been revised
      
Bug fixes have occurred in all programs.


major tools   state   description
-----------   ------  ------------------------------------------
AsmMgr        stable  AsmIDE master control module (file manager)
AsmRef        alpha   extensive documentation for assembler       
AsmBug        alpha   debugger
AsmDis        alpha   disassembler
AsmSrc        alpha   ELF executables to source generator
AsmEdit       stable  editor with assembler development extensions
AsmNano       stable  simple editor
AsmTrace      alpha   program trace with functions and disassembly


Libraries     state   description
-----------   ------  ------------------------------------------
AsmLib        beta    terminal and console library
AsmLibx       beta    x window library
Dos Library   obsolete DOS library


utilities     state   description
-----------   ------  ------------------------------------------
AsmFile       stable  file manager
format_doc    stable  document formatter
file_browse   stable  directory browser
file_info     stable  file status and permission setting
AsmPlan       stable  project planner and todo
AsmPub        stable  crates documentation from source comments
AsmFind       stable  fast search for files or text
AsmView       stable  file viewer with scroll in all directions
AsmTimer      stable  time program execution
AsmColor      stable  show AsmLib color choices
CrtTest       beta    interrogate the display state


examples      state   description
-----------   ------  ------------------------------------------
AsmMenu       stable  menu program for scripts
Ainfo         stable  example program and info browser
sort          stable  example program and file sort
step test     stable  fitness test and metronome example
walk test     stable  mile walk fitness calculation 


Everything is open source and in constant development.  
All programs are written in assembler using nasm.  No external
libraries are used.  The target for all programs is X86
Linux.

home page
http://members.save-net.com/jko%40save-net.com/asm/

related sourceforge sites
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmbug
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmedit
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmref
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmmgr
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmsrc
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmlib

Announcement list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesktopLinuxAsm

Release Announcement

[jeff]

Announcement:

The AsmRef program has been updated.  Actually,
it was rewritten and the kernel reference updated.
There are still a small number of undocumented functions,
but most are now described.  Probably, this is the
most up-to-date reference for assembler programmers.

This effort started out as a quick update so work could
continue on the AsmTrace program and ended up taking
a few  weeks.   With over 300 functions, the kernel 
interface has become a major documentation effort.

The files can be downloaded from sourceforge

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmref/asmref-0.9-45.tar.gz

Thanks to the following for the work they have contributed
to kernel documentation:

Arafel's database at:
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/lscr

Peter Recktenwald's site
 http://www.lxhp.in-berlin.de/index-lx.shtml

all the best, jeff

home page
http://members.save-net.com/jko%40save-net.com/asm/

related sourceforge sites
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmbug
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmedit
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmref
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmmgr
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmsrc
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmlib

Announcement list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesktopLinuxAsm

Release Announcement

[jeff]

Announcement:

http://linuxasmtools.net/ now exists with the
programs listed below. Previously, many of
these progrms were part of the DesktopLinuxAsm
site.

Development tools
  AsmBug - terminal debugger
  MiniBug - console debugger
  AsmTrace - execution trace
  AsmDis - disassembler
  AsmSrc - creates nasm source
  AsmProj - new project setup
Help and information
  AsmRef - menu oriented reference to asm
  ElfDecode - ELF executable decoder
  file_info - file decoder
Libraries
  AsmLib - general terminal library
  AsmLibx - simple x-window library
  Alib - DOS library
Utilities
  AsmMgr - asm optimized file manager
  AsmFile - gemeral file manager
  AsmTimer - program timer
  AsmFind - file or text search utility
  AsmView - file viewer
  AsmLinks - hyper file viewer
Text processing
  AsmEdit -  mode oriented editor customized for assembler
  AsmNano - clone of the nano editor
  AsmPlan - planner and todo program
  AsmPub - comment extractor and document builder
  DoMac - text processing (like sed,awk,m4)
Example programs
  AsmColor - color chooser for library functions
  key_echo - simple keyboard code echo program
  AsmMenu - simple menu generator for scripts
  Crt_test - utility to show display/keyboard settings
  Ainfo - wrapper for info program
  File_Browse - file selector
  Sort - file sort utility
  StepTest - health test/sound demo
  WalkTest - health test/math demo
  Format_doc - search and replace demo

The AsmRef program now has example code for most
kernel calls and a large quanity of additional
material.

The DoMac program is a unique text processer with
very readable language.  Similiar to sed, awk, m4.

MiniBug is a new debugger that works in both console
and terminal.

AsmLib continues to grow and is approacing 500
functions.

Note: all these programs are considered beta.  The
AsmBug, AsmMgr, AsmEdit, AsmLib programs are used
daily and very stable.

Release Announcement

[jeff]

Announcement:


The following programs have been updated at
SourceForge:

File search utility
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmfind
Small improvements to user interface

Todo/plan program with cyclic events
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmplan
A bug in file handling was fixed

Assembler reference, with kernel functions and examples
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmref
Menu revision, and additional material

Kernel function trace
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmtrace
Multiple processes are now handled correctly.

Simple file viewer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/asmview
A bug was fixed in search of huge files

X server protocall trace
http;//sourceforge.net/projects/tracex
Initial release of x server trace

All of the above programs are also available
on the home page:  http://linuxasmtools.net


all the best, jeff