veass

veass

VE assistant

Allows to browse assembler code with annotations and compare with source code.

usage

compile with ncc/nc++/nfort -g -S

and view with

veass [-s srcdir[,srcdir]] ass.s

if source is not in same directory as assemblerfile, a list of search directories can be specified.

keys

After loading the assembler file, the file can be navigated with cursor keys, pageup, pagedown and pos1 and end keys. A short help is displayed on start and when pressing h. You can exit any time with q.

The top panel shows the assember file, current line is drawn in bold mode. if return is pressed, the lower panel shows an explanation of the assemblerfile instruction of the current line.

with v, a second panel with the source file (if found) can be opened, keyboard focus can be changed with TAB. The source view can be closed with V. Only if the source view is opened, source can be displayed when pressing return.

If return is pressed in source panel, the according assembler lines are highlighted and the first marked line is shown.

if return is pressed in assembler panel, the according source line is highlighted and shown in the source view, and the instruction is explained (for VE and x86).

The marking of lines in both views can be cleared with c.

/ starts a search, n and p jump to next or previous search hit, marked region or global label.