Assigns

Brick Nash · 22 March 2015, 21:23

Hi all, I'm being a noob pest but it has to be done.

I've been trying to find out about assigns to sort part of a problem I posted about yesterday.

My copy of ASM-One keeps asking me for the volume SOURCES and I'm not sure what to do about it. I know it's asking me for the place that all my codes will be saved to/loaded from and it's something to do with editing the user startup to point to a place where they can go but I don't quite know how to go about it or if I have to set up something special to be directed too or what so any help would be good!

Thanks!

Snake79 · 22 March 2015, 21:55

Hi there. When you are in Workbench, simply pick "Execute command..." from menu and write in: "assign sources: ram:", that will assign volume Sources to Ram Disk (will be erased when reboot). You can assign it to floppy too: "assign sources: df0:", formatted floppy must be in drive df0: then. You can add (edit) needed assign line in startup-sequence (in sys: s drawer) for automate execute command.
PS. You can name / format floppy disk as SOURCES too, and when system ask for it, insert it into df0: drive...

supaduper · 22 March 2015, 21:57

Hello again LoL
Here is ASSIGN explained with examples

http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS...ference#ASSIGN

To Edit Startup ,go open the Execute Command on the top menu then input `ED S:Startup-sequence`
the Editor will open for you

Brick Nash · 22 March 2015, 22:54

Thanks for all the info (and the tolerance!)

Snake79's method worked and I successfully tried assigning the directory where my ASM one is kept and I have a drawer for my codes in there and managed to save and load fine now. I still have to assign where the sources are every time I reboot though so I'll need to find some sort of permanent solution but at least it's working now!

davideo · 23 March 2015, 09:32

For a permanent solution put the assign statement into one of your startup-sequence files.

That way you won't have to assign each time you boot.

StingRay · 23 March 2015, 09:47

Open ASM-One's "Environment Preferences" (right alt + cursor up or use the menu) and change the "Default Dir:" setting. No assign needed at all!

Brick Nash · 23 March 2015, 11:03

I can't seem to find anything called 'environment preferences' in ASM-One and right alt + cursor up does nothing. There is a preferences tab under Project but nothing in there that I can see that refers to editing a default directory.

I'm using 1.20, would that make a difference?

This is what I'm looking at....am I just not seeing it?

StingRay · 23 March 2015, 11:15

Quite old version so yes, that makes a difference.

Type WP (w.rite p.references) in ASM-One's commandline (or use the menu). This will save the default preferences in S:Asm-One.pref.

Now use R to load a source but simply load the just saved ASM-One.pref file, press Escape to enter ASM-One's editor, search for the *SOURCES: line and change the path to your needs. Then press escape again to switch back to command mode and type "U" to save the changed preferences file.

Brick Nash · 23 March 2015, 11:45

Ahh that seems to work. Great, thanks for that! Another day of enlightenment!

22 March 2015, 21:23	#1
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Assigns Hi all, I'm being a noob pest but it has to be done. I've been trying to find out about assigns to sort part of a problem I posted about yesterday. My copy of ASM-One keeps asking me for the volume SOURCES and I'm not sure what to do about it. I know it's asking me for the place that all my codes will be saved to/loaded from and it's something to do with editing the user startup to point to a place where they can go but I don't quite know how to go about it or if I have to set up something special to be directed too or what so any help would be good! Thanks!

22 March 2015, 21:57	#3
supaduper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Krypton Posts: 1,210	Hello again LoL Here is ASSIGN explained with examples http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS...ference#ASSIGN To Edit Startup ,go open the Execute Command on the top menu then input `ED S:Startup-sequence` the Editor will open for you Last edited by supaduper; 23 March 2015 at 09:44. Reason: Edit

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22 March 2015, 21:55	#2
Snake79 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Poland Posts: 190	Hi there. When you are in Workbench, simply pick "Execute command..." from menu and write in: "assign sources: ram:", that will assign volume Sources to Ram Disk (will be erased when reboot). You can assign it to floppy too: "assign sources: df0:", formatted floppy must be in drive df0: then. You can add (edit) needed assign line in startup-sequence (in sys: s drawer) for automate execute command. PS. You can name / format floppy disk as SOURCES too, and when system ask for it, insert it into df0: drive...

22 March 2015, 22:54	#4
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Thanks for all the info (and the tolerance!) Snake79's method worked and I successfully tried assigning the directory where my ASM one is kept and I have a drawer for my codes in there and managed to save and load fine now. I still have to assign where the sources are every time I reboot though so I'll need to find some sort of permanent solution but at least it's working now!

23 March 2015, 09:32	#5
davideo Amiga Tomcat Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boston Lincs Posts: 1,500	For a permanent solution put the assign statement into one of your startup-sequence files. That way you won't have to assign each time you boot.

23 March 2015, 09:47	#6
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Open ASM-One's "Environment Preferences" (right alt + cursor up or use the menu) and change the "Default Dir:" setting. No assign needed at all!

23 March 2015, 11:03	#7
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	I can't seem to find anything called 'environment preferences' in ASM-One and right alt + cursor up does nothing. There is a preferences tab under Project but nothing in there that I can see that refers to editing a default directory. I'm using 1.20, would that make a difference? This is what I'm looking at....am I just not seeing it?

23 March 2015, 11:15	#8
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Quite old version so yes, that makes a difference. Type WP (w.rite p.references) in ASM-One's commandline (or use the menu). This will save the default preferences in S:Asm-One.pref. Now use R to load a source but simply load the just saved ASM-One.pref file, press Escape to enter ASM-One's editor, search for the *SOURCES: line and change the path to your needs. Then press escape again to switch back to command mode and type "U" to save the changed preferences file.

23 March 2015, 11:45	#9
Brick Nash Prototron Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 411	Ahh that seems to work. Great, thanks for that! Another day of enlightenment!

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