[Simh] Macro-11 Macro library question (RT11 running in SimH PDP11)

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-02-05 22:05, Will Senn wrote:
> I got it working :).

Excellent.

> However, It doesn't look like macro files can be listed - from the
> system utilities manual:
> The .MACRO directive produces the entries in the library directory
> (macro names). LIBR does not maintain a directory listing file for macro
> libraries; you can print the ASCII input file to list the macros in the
> library.

What? That sounds just weird. And that would be very different from the 
librarian utility in RSX, which definitely can list such things.
Oh well.

> I did a bunch more reading and figured out that the issue was around
> inconsistent/improper use of the leading dot. Interestingly, no
> diagnostic I could find was helpful in tracking this down. Y'alls tips
> and hints were much more useful.

That is even more weird, and also very different from in RSX, where you 
can definitely do exactly what you tried here.

I guess there is a reason I'm not using RT-11... :-)

	Johnny

>
> So, here's how it went down (don't use a leading dot for user-defined
> macros, but if you do use them, use them everywhere):
>
> .type et2.mac
>      .TITLE  ETTYIN
>      .MCALL    .TTYOUT,TIN
>
> START:    MOV    #BUFFER,R1
>      CLR    R2
> INLOOP:    TIN    (R1)+
>      INC    R2
>      CMPB    #12,R0
>      BNE    INLOOP
>      MOV    #BUFFER,R1
> OUTLOOP:.TTYOUT    (R1)+
>      DEC    R2
>      BEQ    START
>      BR    OUTLOOP
> BUFFER:    .BLKW    64.
>      .END    START
> .
>
> .type tin.mac
> .MACRO    TIN    CHAR
>      EMT    ^O340
>      BCS    .-2.
> .IF NB <CHAR>
> .IF DIF <CHAR>,R0
>      MOVB    R0,CHAR
> .ENDC
> .ENDC
> .ENDM
>
> .lib/mac/c tin tin
>
> .macro et2/list/cross+tin.mlb/lib
>
> .link et2
>
> .run et2
> THIS IS A TEST
> THIS IS A TEST
> ^C
>
> .
>
> I really appreciate y'alls assistance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
>
> On 2/5/16 12:19 PM, Timothe Litt wrote:
>> Try the obvious:
>>
>> lib/mac/list tin.mlb
>>
>> I don't remember exactly, but I think there's a /detail or /names or
>> /list=names that will list the macro names in the library.
>>
>> That will at least determine if MAC *should* find the macro.
>>
>> On 05-Feb-16 13:05, Will Senn wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2/5/16 10:20 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 5, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Will Senn<will.senn at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> A couple of questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>> lib/mac/c tin tin
>>>>> macro et2/list/cross+tin.mlb/lib
>>>>> ?MACRO-E-Errors detected:  2
>>>>> DK:ET2,DK:ET2/C=DK:ET2,DK:TIN.SML
>>>> Try putting the macro library earlier in the command line.  I believe
>>>> MACRO processes command arguments as it encounters them, so here
>>>> you're asking it to assemble ET2 before you've given it the macro
>>>> library it needs to understand the .MCALL.
>>>>
>>>>      paul
>>>>
>>> I tried the command with the filespecs switched with the same result:
>>> .macro tin.MLB/lib+et2/list/cross
>>> ?MACRO-E-Errors detected:  2
>>> DK:TIN,DK:ET2/C=DK:TIN.MLB/M,DK:ET2
>>>
>>> And then I ran it via run macro:
>>> .run macro
>>> *ET2.OBJ,ET2.LST,ET2.LST=TIN.MLB/M,ET2
>>> ?MACRO-E-Errors detected:  2
>>> ET2.OBJ,ET2.LST,ET2.LST=TIN.MLB/M,ET2
>>> *
>>>
>>> And then I edited the macro file to include a LIBRARY directive:
>>>      .TITLE  ETTYIN
>>>      .LIBRARY /TIN.MLB/
>>>      .MCALL    .TTYOUT,.TIN
>>>
>>> START:    MOV    #BUFFER,R1
>>>      CLR    R2
>>> INLOOP:    .TIN    (R1)+
>>>      INC    R2
>>>      CMPB    #12,R0
>>>      BNE    INLOOP
>>>      MOV    #BUFFER,R1
>>> OUTLOOP:.TTYOUT    (R1)+
>>>      DEC    R2
>>>      BEQ    START
>>>      BR    OUTLOOP
>>> BUFFER:    .BLKW    64.
>>>      .END    START
>>>
>>> and recompiled:
>>> .macro et2/list/cross
>>> ?MACRO-E-Errors detected:  2
>>> DK:ET2,DK:ET2/C=DK:ET2
>>>
>>> It looks to me like it is finding the file, but not "seeing" the macro
>>> definition?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Will
>>>
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