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From: pratt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jonathan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Son of TMON Pro (or: what does it really do?)
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Date: 1 May 91 04:24:14 GMT
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I haven't even come close to exercising all the new features in TMON
Pro, but some of the things I like are:

- FPU support.  Nice to to have the Fxxx instructions disassembled
  and be able to see what's in the FPn registers.

- Copy, paste, etc. support.  Nice for moving data around quickly.

- Lots of nice shortcuts.  Eg. command-click on address to open
  dump/disassembly window at address, or my favorite, control-option
  dbl-click to set a one-shot breakpoint and exit TMON.

- Displays files so you can simultaneously examine your source code
  and the disassembly.

- It knows more symbols and is smarter about recognizing them.

The only negative comment I have is that, at least on a IIci with 8
bit color, TMON Pro feels a bit sluggish compared with TMON 2.8.4.
There's enough of a lag now in single stepping that I wouldn't want
to step through very many instructions.  Such may be the price of
power, and there is compensation with the above-mentioned shortcuts.

In summary, the upgrade was worth it to me, and chances are good that
TMON Pro supplies more power than you're ever likely to use.

Jonathan

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