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From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Debug and hidden menus
Message-ID: <2277@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 11:45:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2277
Posted: Mon Aug 31 11:45:37 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 06:00:14 EDT
References: <602@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>
Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <602@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU> kpmancus@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Keith P. Mancus) writes:
>  A while back some people were talking about the hidden menu in the
>workbench, accessed by loading wb with the -debug option.  I've messed
>around with it, but I can't seem to get it to do anything useful.
>Could someone explain its uses, or point me to a reference in the
>AmigaDOS manual?  In particular, why does my whole system lock up when I trigger the 'debug' option at the top?
>  If it matters, I have a 256K Amiga (I know, I know, I plan to grab an
>expansion at the end of this month) with one drive, and V1.1 of DOS.

There are two menuitems in the "hidden" menu: Debug and flushlibs.  Debug
fires up ROMWack, a resident debugger.  The system hasn't really locked up.
ROMWack has just taken over.  The reason you don't see anything happen is
because ROMWack works through a 9600 baud terminal connected to the serial
port.  Chapter 15 of the A-W AMIGA ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices
gives a full explanation of ROMWack.

The second menuitem, flushlibs, will reclaim flushout (and reclaim the memory)
any disk-loaded libraries, keymaps (I think), etc. that are not being used
by any current tasks.

>  Thanks!

Your welcome! (Even if this is a little late.  I've had a lot to catch up on.)

-- 
	Eric Cotton
	Commodore-Amiga

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