How to activate Debugger on Mac?

[buzzybee]

Hi guys! I´m using FS-UAE as part of my assembler crossdevelopment toolchain on Mac, handshaking with Xcode. I´d love to use FS-UAEs built-in debugger to pause my game – RESHOOT R – and check memory status. I do know I have to add the line "console_debugger = 1" and press F11+d, and do get onscreen text confirming that debugger is activated; but that´s as far as I get. Don´t know how I could get FS-UAE to log to shell and show memory content.

Any suggestions / setup instructions much appreciated, so that I no longer rely on the not-too-bad-but-not-too-comfortable debugger of ASM One.

[alpine9000]

Originally Posted by buzzybee

Hi guys! I´m using FS-UAE as part of my assembler crossdevelopment toolchain on Mac, handshaking with Xcode. I´d love to use FS-UAEs built-in debugger to pause my game – RESHOOT R – and check memory status. I do know I have to add the line "console_debugger = 1" and press F11+d, and do get onscreen text confirming that debugger is activated; but that´s as far as I get. Don´t know how I could get FS-UAE to log to shell and show memory content.

Any suggestions / setup instructions much appreciated, so that I no longer rely on the not-too-bad-but-not-too-comfortable debugger of ASM One.

I start fs-uae from the command line rather than use the launcher in order to get the debugger.

/<path-to-fs-uae>/fs-uae <config file name>

If you're using the normal FS-UAE install it would be something like this:

 /Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/FS-UAE.app/Contents/MacOS/fs-uae

You'll need a config file, the options are well documented on the fs-uae site, but here is a basic example:

[fs-uae]
notification_duration = 1000
amiga_model = A500
base_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/
chip_memory = 1024
slow_memory = 0
console_debugger = 1
end_config = 1
floppy_drive_0 = ~/Projects/amiga/test.adf
floppy_drive_volume_empty = 0
floppy_drive_speed = 0
fullscreen = 1
fullscreen_mode = desktop
game_list_uuid = cbc209ef-c93d-4db7-be52-c159bfec43dc
joystick_port_0 = Mouse
joystick_port_0_mode = mouse
joystick_port_1 = Keyboard
joystick_port_1_mode = joystick
joystick_port_2 = none
joystick_port_2_mode = none
joystick_port_3 = none
joystick_port_3_mode = none
keep_aspect = 1
kickstart_file = Kickstarts/amiga-os-204.rom
maximized = 0
screenshots_output_prefix = a500
state_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/Save States/A500
fade_in_duration = 0
fade_out_duration = 0
video_sync = auto
uae_cart_file = action-replay.rom

and here is an Amiga4000 config with Hard Drive:

[fs-uae]
cpu_idle = 10
amiga_model = A4000
uae_mmu_model = 68040
base_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/
chip_memory = 2048
motherboard_ram = 65536
console_debugger = 1
floppies_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/Floppies/
floppy_drive_volume_empty = 0
floppy_drive_speed = 0
fullscreen = 1
fullscreen_mode = desktop
game_list_uuid = cbc209ef-c93d-4db7-be52-c159bfec43dc
joystick_port_0 = Mouse
joystick_port_0_mode = mouse
joystick_port_1 = Keyboard
joystick_port_1_mode = joystick
joystick_port_2 = none
joystick_port_2_mode = none
joystick_port_3 = none
joystick_port_3_mode = none
keep_aspect = 1
kickstart_file = Kickstarts/amiga-os-310-a4000.rom
maximized = 0
screenshots_output_prefix = a4000
state_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/Save States/A4000
fade_in_duration = 0
fade_out_duration = 0
video_sync = auto
hard_drives_dir = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/
hard_drive_0 = ~/Documents/FS-UAE/Hard Drives/A4000
graphics_card = uaegfx
bsdsocket_library = 1
end_config = 1

[buzzybee]

Actually I thought that I already tried the shell launch procedure. Two times. But tried again – and now it works. Just added a quick launch script to my desktop. Perfect. Thanks a lot!

[idrougge]

How did you integrate Xcode with your assembler?

[buzzybee]

My setup consists of Xcode handshaking with FS-UAE and the Amiga-assembler ASM One. using a virtual harddrive.

Xcode is mainly used as a very comfortable editor. It saves the source-files, then I switch from Xcode to FS-UAE, then start ASM One, then load the source-files, compile them and test them. All these steps are automated using a Mac-tool called Keyboard Maestro and some selfwritten macro programs. It takes just one keypress and about one second from saving the sourcecode to running it within FS-UAE.

[alpine9000]

Originally Posted by buzzybee

My setup consists of Xcode handshaking with FS-UAE and the Amiga-assembler ASM One. using a virtual harddrive.

Xcode is mainly used as a very comfortable editor. It saves the source-files, then I switch from Xcode to FS-UAE, then start ASM One, then load the source-files, compile them and test them. All these steps are automated using a Mac-tool called Keyboard Maestro and some selfwritten macro programs. It takes just one keypress and about one second from saving the sourcecode to running it within FS-UAE.

Sounds like a sweet setup!

[idrougge]

So what is gained in using Xcode vs i.e. SublimeText?

[buzzybee]

@idrougge: I don´t know SublimeText. Being used to Xcode is the main advantage in my case :-) Also I love features like the builtin version control with ability to compare changes from current sourcecode to any older version of sourcecode; adjustable text autocompletion; text formatting; being able to watch sourcecode as is, as XML data or hex data at will; see several parts of sourcecode in multiple windows.

[idrougge]

Heh, I thought I was used to Xcode.