Added documentation for the fill command in debugger#380
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I was looking for the same thing just now. Thumbs up! By the way, I also took this a step further, trying to modify this function to allow manipulation of IO and ROM, see #382 . |
| |d %x|Change the code panel to view disassembly starting from the address %x.| | ||
| |m %x|Change the data panel to view memory starting from the address %x.| | ||
| |v %x|Display VERA RAM (VRAM) starting from address %x.| | ||
| |f %x %v [%n]|Fill memory address %x with value %v, optionally for %n number of bytes. In banked memory, the bank currently being displayed in the data panel is used, otherwise bank 0 |
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There is also an additional, optional "incr/step" parameter, specifying how much the address should increment between each consecutive write. Default is 1, as for the N number of bytes.
By the way, is there a reason for using " " instead of " " here?
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I is to ensure it does not create a linebreak
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Working with HTML, I have seen the code used before (without properly understanding its purpose until reading up on the topic now). It makes perfect sense to add a nbsp character, although the source code may become less readable.
I am not sure what is used elsewhere in the documentation (if it is used at all). But, could the code instead of   perhaps give the reader of the source code some better insight what this is, compared to a magic number?
At least now I know this is intentional, and that it serves a particular purpose. Always nice to learn something new!
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I don't know that we have a standard here, and I don't have strong feelings going either way, so I'm inclined to approve this as-is. If someone with a vested interest wants to hold a conversation or contradict me, feel free to do so. Heck, I'll even volunteer to swap the characters here myself, if necessary.
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I have been unable to find documentation for the fill command in the emulator debugger, but I have tested it and tried to document the functionality.