I'm trying to run JWasm on Ubuntu. But when I try to run the .asm programs for linux, like the one that is on the Samples folder Lin64_1.asm, it dont recognizes the ' ; ' and the commands, for every command it says on terminal screen, "command not found". Do you have any Idea of why this happens?? I really need help. Do you know another assembler compiler, or any solution for this problem. Thanks!!
It works, you just forgot to mark jwasm as executable (chmod).
#!/bin/bash
JWZIP=JWasm204cbl.zip
#
cd ~
mkdir jwasm
cd jwasm
wget -nc http://www.japheth.de/Download/JWasm/$JWZIP
file-roller -e . $JWZIP
chmod +x ./jwasm
#uncomment the next line to copy jwasm to path /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, ...
#sudo cp jwasm /usr/local/bin
cd Samples
./../jwasm -elf64 -zcw -Fo=Lin64_1.o Lin64_1.asm
gcc -nostartfiles Lin64_1.o -o Lin64_1
./Lin64_1
#save this to file.sh and execute "bash file.sh"
There is a regression in JWasm v2.05 RC 3 12/12/2010 (http://www.japheth.de/JWasm.html#jwdownload).
The snippet below will choke with
Error A2247: Missing right parenthesis
print(1)[macros.asm]: Macro called from
inkey(4)[macros.asm]
It works fine with ML 6.14, 6.15, 8.0, 9.0 and with JWasm JWasm v2.04c, Oct 17 2010 (the "green" version above version 2.05).
include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc
.code
start: inkey "This is a test of line \
continuation"
exit
end start
I overlooked this one.
It's fixed now. Nevertheless there will be a slight regression in JWasm v2.05, due to increased Masm-compatibility:
.386
.model flat, stdcall
m1 macro text
db text,0
endm
.data
m1 "abc \
def"
;--- a semi-colon alone is no problem
m1 "abc ; def"
;--- a backslash alone is also no problem
m1 "abc \ def"
;--- sequence of backslash and semi-colon is a problem.
;--- it's accepted if the semi-colon is preceded by a '!', but
;--- the '!' will become part of the string then.
m1 "abc \!; def"
;--- this won't be accepted by either Masm or JWasm v2.05+
;--- it is accepted by JWasm v2.04 and below.
; m1 "abc \; def"
end
The last m1 macro invocation won't work anymore.
Quote from: japheth on December 15, 2010, 08:35:58 AM
It's fixed now.
Thanks, japheth, that was fast (should I say: as usual? :clap:).
JWasm v2.05rc4 is again fully compatible with the 100+ MasmBasic commands, see testbed.
Just one more:
.Repeat
dec eax
.Until eax==0
The eax==0 is or eax, eax for ml but cmp eax, 0 for JWasm - intentionally? cmp eax is closer to the original but also one byte longer...
Quote from: jj2007 on December 16, 2010, 01:00:06 PM
The eax==0 is or eax, eax for ml but cmp eax, 0 for JWasm - intentionally? cmp eax is closer to the original but also one byte longer...
Yes, intentionally. The -Zg switch should make the code generation more Masm-like.
Quote from: japheth on December 15, 2010, 08:35:58 AM
I overlooked this one.
It's fixed now. Nevertheless there will be a slight regression in JWasm v2.05, due to increased Masm-compatibility:
.386
.model flat, stdcall
m1 macro text
db text,0
endm
.data
m1 "abc \
def"
end
I'm probably going to revert this change. It isn't a convincing fix. And what Masm does isn't convincing either:
.386
.model flat, stdcall
m1 macro text
db text,0
endm
m2 macro text
local xxx
.const
xxx db text,0
.code
exitm <offset xxx>
endm
.code
;--- 1. won't work with Masm
db "abc \
def"
;--- 2. macro procedure: works with Masm
m1 "abc \
def"
;--- 3. macro function: won't work with Masm
mov eax,m2("abc \
def")
end
In short: with Masm, a backslash within quoted strings has no special meaning - unless the string is a macro procedure argument.
With JWasm v2.04, cases 1-3 were all accepted - because the backslash line continuation handling was done at very low level.
There's a workaround: if line continuation is to work within quoted strings, enclose the string in angle brackets!
A related problem:
QuotePrint "The line",CrLf$,CrLf$,"GetFiles \Masm32\include\*.inc, ", '"rect struct"', ", ",'"ends"',", 9", CrLf$,\
CrLf$, "returned in Files$(1) and Files$(2) the following matches:",CrLf$,CrLf$, Files$(1), CrLf$, CrLf$, Files$(2)
JWasm expands the Files$() macro inside the quoted text.
Quote from: jj2007 on December 20, 2010, 11:37:09 AM
A related problem:
QuotePrint "The line",CrLf$,CrLf$,"GetFiles \Masm32\include\*.inc, ", '"rect struct"', ", ",'"ends"',", 9", CrLf$,\
CrLf$, "returned in Files$(1) and Files$(2) the following matches:",CrLf$,CrLf$, Files$(1), CrLf$, CrLf$, Files$(2)
JWasm expands the Files$() macro inside the quoted text.
I wouldn't call it "related".
Anyway, I'd prefer NOT to use this board for JWasm bug reports.