                               lDebug manual
                               =============

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This document has been compiled on 2026-03-12.

1: Overview and highlights
--------------------------

    lDebug is a 86-DOS debugger based on the MS-DOS Debug clone FreeDOS
    Debug. It features DPMI client support for 32-bit and 16-bit segments, a
    686-level assembler and disassembler, an expression evaluator, an InDOS
    and a bootloaded mode, script file reading, serial port I/O, permanent
    breakpoints, conditional tracing, buffered tracing, auto-repetition of
    some commands, and a number of extensions. There is also a symbolic
    debugging option being developed.

1.1 Quick start for reading this manual

     -  The interface reference (section 6) explains the basics of the
        debugger's interface and lists some common commands.

     -  The parameter reference (section 8) lists the types of parameters
        used by the available commands.

     -  The command reference (section 10) describes most commands in
        detail.

     -  The expression reference (section 9) details how numeric parameters
        are parsed by the expression evaluator.

     -  The variable reference (section 12) lists a subset of the debugger's
        variables and what they can be used for.

     -  The assembler reference (section 11) describes the assembly language
        used by the debugger's assembler and disassembler some.

     -  The interrupt reference (section 14) lists what interrupt hooks the
        debugger sets up.

     -  The service reference (section 15) lists what services are called by
        the debugger, which may be useful for developers of the debugger, or
        of kernels, ROM-BIOSes, or DPMI hosts.

     -  The Extensions for lDebug reference (section 16) describes ELDs in
        some detail.

     -  The online help pages (section 19) provide some additional
        descriptions not found elsewhere in the manual, as well as overviews
        of many different topics.

     -  The command help (section 18) lists most of the switches and
        parameters accepted by the debugger and the instsect program.

     -  The return code reference (section 13) lists the different return
        codes generated by various error conditions in the RC and ERC
        variables.

     -  The news (section 2) lists an overview of changes since prior
        releases of lDebug.

     -  Invoking the debugger (section 5) states how to start the debugger,
        either bootloaded, as a device driver, as an application, or through
        the test suite.

     -  Getting started with the release (section 4) lists the files shipped
        by release builds.

     -  Building the debugger (section 3) lists components, build options,
        and instructions on how to build.

     -  Debugging the debugger itself (section 7) lists some considerations
        for working with CDebug or DDebug as a debuggee.

     -  The test reference (section 21) describes the tests that are
        implemented in the test suite.

     -  Extension for lDebug format (section 17) describes the executable
        formats and interfaces specifically for Extensions for lDebug.

     -  Comparison of lDebug to MS-DOS Debug (section 20) describes
        differences between lDebug, MSDebug, and original MS-DOS Debug.

     -  The additional usage conditions section (section 22) lists
        attribution and licenses for the various depackers that can be used
        for the compressed debugger executable.

     -  Source Control Revision ID gives the Mercurial hash of the manual's
        source revision, and links to that revision in ecm's repository.

    For a tour, definitely start with the interface reference (section 6).
    To help invoke the debugger read the section on "Invoking the debugger
    as an application" (section 5.2). It may help to read the manual while
    testing the debugger on another terminal. Use the main page of the
    online help (section 19.1) as a reference to what is possible, then
    check the command reference (section 10) for details. To explain what
    parameter types are used refer to the parameter reference (section 8).
    For how to calculate refer to the expression reference (section 9).

    Reconfiguring the debugger can be done using variables, including the
    Debugger Assembler Options (DAO) and the Debugger Common Options (DCO) 1
    to 7. Use the variable reference (section 12) and the online help pages
    on the options (section 19.9) for those. Change variables using the R
    commands, such as "r dco or= 800" or "r ior := #50". Some configuration
    can be done using the INSTALL command, refer to section 10.26.

1.2 Some tips for using the debugger

     -  At a "[more]" prompt for pagination, entering Ctrl-C aborts the
        current command and returns to the debugger command line.

     -  Use the GT or GNT commands to skip past conditionals

     -  Use G ABO to skip past calls or loops if P would not work

     -  T, P, G, U, and D commands have autorepeat to repeat the same
        command if an empty line (only blanks) is entered after they return
        control to the debugger prompt

     -  The POINTER type expression allows using a 32-bit number as a 16:16
        segmented address whereever an address parameter is parsed

     -  The assembler can access the expression evaluator by surrounding an
        expression with parentheses "(...)"

     -  The A, E, D, and U commands write to the AAO, AEO, ADO, and AUO
        variables to point past the end of their last read or write

     -  The ABO variable points past the last instruction disassembled by an
        R command

     -  Permanent breakpoints can be set up using the B commands, including
        as pass points or conditionally

     -  The G command can repeat the prior list by specifying the AGAIN
        keyword as the first breakpoint, and can save to the list without
        actually executing the debuggee by ending the breakpoint list with a
        REMEMBER keyword

     -  T, P, and G commands can change either the instruction pointer only
        or also the code segment using an equals-sign-prefixed address as
        the first prameter. The TTEST command will change the CS:IP without
        actually executing anything.

     -  The machine type can be viewed or changed with an M command.
        Assembly and disassembly will note if a required machine level is
        absent according to the machine type.

     -  DCO option 800 or INSTALL GETINPUT enables the line editor and input
        history even when using DOS for input

     -  DCO6 option 200 or INSTALL BIOSOUTPUT will use the ROM-BIOS for
        output instead of DOS, including for register change highlighting

     -  DCO option 8 or INSTALL INDOS will act as if the debugger is always
        running with the InDOS flag set, avoiding DOS calls from the
        debugger itself

     -  The INSTALL AMIS and INSTALL TIMER commands can be used to provide
        the debugger's AMIS interface and hook the timer interrupt

     -  The DW ss:csp command is useful to view the current stack formatted
        as words

     -  The debugger is largely capitalisation-insensitive

     -  The LFSR variable allows to generate a stream of pseudo-random
        numbers

     -  The DIM command shows MCB names of blocks pointed to by interrupt
        vectors, while DIL (or DIML) will query AMIS multiplexers for their
        interrupt entrypoints to find hidden chains

     -  Long output of many commands is paged by default, displaying a
        "[more]" prompt that pauses the output until a keypress is received

     -  The VALUE IN construct allows to match one numeric value or range
        against many match values or match ranges

     -  A breakpoint can be set up on an interrupt handler by issuing for
        example "BP NEW ptr ri2Dp", if the interrupt handler is writeable

     -  If given a single expression the H command displays the result as
        hexadecimal and as decimal

     -  Decimal numbers can be entered with a # prefix, and binary with 2#.
        Character codes can be used as numbers with #"..."

     -  Script files can be run with the Y command

     -  A program can be traced until it tries
        to modify interrupts 1 or 3 using
        "tp FFFFF while ! value from linear 0:1*4 length 3*4 in writing silent".
        Add a conditional breakpoint like
        "bp new ptr ri21p when value ax in 2501, 2503" beforehand to
        intercept DOS calls to change these interrupts. (lCDebug or lDDebug
        require INSTALL INDOS to write a breakpoint on the int 21h handler.)

     -  If at its entrypoint and you want to return from a 16-bit near
        function, use "g word [ss:sp]". For a 16-bit far or interrupt
        function use "g ptr [ss:sp]"

     -  In a loop with several exit conditions, trace with T or P and
        accumulate exits with "G AGAIN address REMEMBER" (insert an offset
        or (NOT)TAKEN keywords for the address), then finally run "G AGAIN"

     -  The L and W commands for reading and writing sectors accept drive
        letters for their second parameter, specified with a trailing colon

     -  The RV, RVM, RVP, and RVD commands will show some information on
        modes, memory segment locations, processes, and device headers

     -  RX toggles the 32-bit register view for the R command

     -  The RE buffer can contain many different commands, which are run on
        RE commands or when T, P, or G initiate a register dump

     -  The DCO options are described in the full ?O help page as well as
        individual pages like ?O6 for DCO6

     -  Not sure what version of lDebug is running? The command ?BUILD
        displays the description and source control revision IDs. The
        description includes a build date or release number.

     -  Setting a breakpoint at the current instruction pointer with the
        G command will trace past this instruction once then write the
        breakpoint and run at full speed

     -  There's a TSR mode converting the application-mode debugger into a
        resident program, allowing to debug the debugger's parent process

     -  The symbolic F register for the R command allows dumping and
        modifying the flags using the abbreviated flag states. Use the ?F
        command to list the meanings of the flag states.

     -  The R command can modify variables using binary operators suffixed
        by an equal sign, both on the command line of the R command as well
        as after the R variable prompt

     -  By adding a trailing dot after a variable name for the R command,
        a variable's value can be inspected without bringing up a variable
        prompt that requires submitting a second input line

     -  A single dot input can exit any special prompt, such as the
        interactive enter mode, the assembler, or the R command variable
        prompt

2: News
-------

2.1 Release 11 (future)

2.2 Release 10 (2026-02-16)

     -  Fix a problem in bootloaded debugger if a kernel command line is
        given once, and then a boot command is run that supports a kernel
        command line but doesn't provide any contents. A single byte of text
        could be stored into the kernel command line by the latter command.

     -  Use a different AMIS signature for the loader. Detect it as an
        alternative for some cases.

     -  Fix IF command if THEN is eg an EXT command and extname.eld is
        installed.

     -  Update lDOS boot from experimental repo. This includes multi-sector
        reads in the initial loader, a new patch query flag to force single-
        sector reads, and the FAT32 FSIBOOT5a revision (optimised variant of
        FSIBOOT5).

     -  Add IF EXISTS EXT command construct to check for existence of a file
        and an Extension for lDebug (ELD1) header, possibly with an ELD1TAIL
        trailer.

     -  In eldapend tool align both the ELD header and the ELD1TAIL trailer
        on 16-bytes boundaries.

     -  Allow EXT commands to refer to ::EXECUTABLE:: (useful for Master
        Control Program build).

     -  Re-assign some Return Codes that were overloaded.

     -  Preserve the last command's Return Code on end of RC/RE buffer.

     -  Document all Return Codes in the Return Code Reference, refer to
        section 13.

     -  Set the RC (Return Code) variable for many specific errors,
        particularly for the L and W commands.

     -  Allow a comma before the THEN keyword of the IF command,
        consistently.

     -  Add experimental _LOADER build. This is a limited variant of the
        debugger code base which can relocate itself to the bottom (linear
        600h), top of the LMA (below size from int 12h), or hidden above the
        LMA (above size from int 12h) while running. This is intended so as
        to allow modules (likely in Extension for lDebug format) to install
        hidden above the LMA without having to re-implement serial I/O,
        scripting, disk access, and boot load protocols.

     -  Add loader support so the debugger can install at the top of the Low
        Memory Area and the loader can survive the relocations, with the
        loader relocating itself to linear 00600h.

     -  Fix a crash when writing to memory using a single-line R command
        then entering Control-C.

     -  Optimisation: In bootloaded lDebug, have ELDs provide a sector
        buffer that caches a data sector so that unaligned or smaller reads
        do not hit the disk for the same data sector repeatedly.

     -  Optimisation: In bootloaded lDebug, cache a FAT sector during seek
        operations, greatly reducing the time spent to load ELDs from
        uncompressed extlib.eld library.

     -  Add the JP signature in front of the int 1 handler, this is used for
        debugger detection during boot loading of MS-DOS v7.

     -  Avoid an init crash when loaded as DEVICE= on MS-DOS v5.

     -  Support 3byte register pairs like dlax and al00. Also, document them
        and compound with zero low word 32-bit register pairs like cs00.

     -  Use lzexedat -4 for online help compression and lzexedat -4 -l for
        extpak.eld compression. This compresses better than heatshrink and
        depacks faster, heathshrink needs about 1.5 times the time.

     -  Change DCO1 200h to be used to disable use of HLT instruction in
        Real/Virtual 86 Mode only, and add DCO2 8000_0000h to disable it
        in Protected Mode. Drop DIF1 flag to do the same as the latter, as
        there was no way to clear it.

     -  Add several S MCB types for lDOS

     -  Allow kernel command line in BOOT PROTOCOL= command to start with a
        semicolon after the second name

     -  Open DOS file handles used by the debugger with the no-inherit flag
        so they aren't leaked to the debuggee

     -  Add hooks for the errfix Extension for lDebug, to keep track of the
        error carat display position

     -  Fix a minor init bug if application doesn't relocate environment

     -  Add application switch /TV to not relocate the debugger's
        environment block to within the main program allocation (will leave
        the space reserved for this unused, sorry)

     -  In instsect's FAT32 loader do proper LBA check, including workaround
        for the Xi8088 bug

2.3 Release 9 (2024-12-21)

     -  Enable immediate assembler by default. Implies using dual code
        segments for the lDebugX builds.

     -  Enable heatshrink compression of help pages, and move the depack
        buffer that it uses into the message segment. Costs about 300 bytes
        of code space but saves several KiB of total resident space.

     -  Introduce DCO7 option 2000h to forbid flat binary file loading
        if debugger is resident (after application mode TSR command or
        initially when started in device mode). Loading .EXE and .COM
        executables as programs while resident was already forbidden in
        release 8.

     -  Update the lDOS boot32 loader embedded into instsect.com to use new
        FSIBOOT5 revision of the loader

     -  Add two patch areas for use by tsc.eld

     -  Exclude ELD houdinis (conditional breakpoints) at build time by
        default

     -  Add DCO7 flag 1000h to not recreate an empty process in the command
        loop once an attached process has terminated.

     -  Add /R switch to application mode, to reserve memory, and
        reserve.eld to work with reserved memory

     -  Fix DX command AXO variable

     -  Disable DX command by default, as the code segment ran out of space
        in the lCDebugX build. The command can still be used as an Extension
        for lDebug.

     -  Add ELD1TAIL trailer header support, so that an ELD may be appended
        to another file and the ELD loader will find it by seeking from the
        EOF

     -  Add test reference to manual

     -  Fix, do not eat comma after length number if no length keyword
        follows

     -  Add boot load setting DRDOS (same as IBMDOS with maxpara=-1)

     -  Allow to boot kernel of up to 29 KiB to linear 00700h by shrinking
        the stack reservation below the BPB to 256 Bytes (or 512 Bytes if
        passing a command line)

     -  Work around Book8088 / Xi8088 BIOS bug when trying to detect LBA
        support in bootloaded debugger

     -  Fix, allow to run installed ELD commands in the THEN clause of IF
        commands

     -  Fix to not corrupt device driver's loader PSP

     -  Bugfix, correctly parse device driver command line ending in LF

     -  Add assembler reference chapter to manual

     -  In assembler disable optimisation from index with scale times 1 to
        base, now acting like NASM with nosplit keyword

     -  Display scale times 1 explicitly in disassembler

     -  Fix in assembler to always allow blanks after scale

     -  Add DAO flag 2_0000h to disassemble in NASM style using ECX or CX
        as second operand to loop instructions if ASIZE prefix is present,
        rather than D or W suffix

     -  Add DAO flag 1_0000h to hide MODRM keywords

     -  Match NASM and NDISASM order of operands for xchg with a ModR/M, in
        both the assembler and disassembler

     -  Assemble and disassemble MODRM keyword to select or indicate non-
        default forms of instructions

     -  Reject movzx to 32-bit register with memory source lacking a size
        keyword

     -  Allow to assemble displacement size keyword within brackets

     -  In many cases disassemble immediates with a size keyword if they are
        encoded in a longer form than needed

     -  Allow to assemble JMP FAR imm with a single immediate, which becomes
        the offset that is combined with the AAS as a segment

     -  Allow to specify BYTE 1 to assembler to use an imm8 shift/rotate
        count (the 186+ form) similar to NASM, and disassemble this with the
        BYTE keyword as well

     -  Optimise to sign-extended 8-bit immediate/displacement when
        an appropriate 16-bit value is specified to the assembler
        (eg "adc dx, FFFF", "imul dx, dx, FFFF", "push FFFF",
        "mov dx, [bx + FFFF]")

     -  In assembler allow "push [100]" or "pop [100]" without a size
        specified, defaulting to word size (in 86 Mode or a 16-bit CS), or
        to dword size (in a 32-bit CS for lDebugX). Disassembler however
        always shows the size.

     -  Fix, allow comma between number and length keyword

     -  lDebugX: Fix BL (breakpoint list) segment output in PM when not
        matching current CS

     -  Fix: Parsing a linear address starting with "@(" required two
        closing parens

     -  On too long lines of assembler directive DD (using numeric or
        string data) do not actually overflow the buffer, rather detect the
        overflow before the write

     -  lDebugX: Fix non-terminate PM to 86M switch with the selector in a
        seg/sel variable (eg ADS) not on a segment boundary

     -  lDebugX: Fix PM int 21h function 4Ch on 32-bit stacks

2.4 Release 8 (2024-03-08)

     -  Fix bootloaded Y :label command

     -  Add new tools patchqry and patchpro to patch default values in the
        iniload query patch site and in the inicomp lCFG block to select a
        progress display choice (shipping in separate repo patchini, also
        provided as current build)

     -  Added progress displays to compressed executable depackers, set
        DOS environment variable LDEBUGPROGRESS to a number: 1 (dots), 2
        (percentage), 3 (bar), 4 (bar and percentage)

     -  Exomizer on server updated to current git commit, inicomp depacker
        updated to handle P & 32 flag

     -  Fix: Correct drive unlocked after W sector-writing command, and
        on MS-DOS v7.00 drive will be locked at all even though int 21h
        function 7305h is not used

     -  Fix: Passing a debuggee pathname to the device mode debugger, which
        is invalid, will no longer crash the machine and display an error
        instead

     -  Added a rel.sh script which will automate the release build.
        It configures the ELD mak scripts to not create the XLDs nor
        eldcomp.eld, and deletes all listing files and many of the temporary
        files.

     -  Moved packlib output files into tmp directory rather than bin

     -  Fix: AMIS description is padded so as to keep most offsets identical
        between release builds and daily builds

2.5 Release 7 (2024-02-16)

     -  Fix bug when specifying BOOT PROTOCOL= with the second file (add
        file) in a subdirectory

     -  Allow to resize history buffer segment in init using the /H= switch

     -  ELD data blocks can be resized in init using the /Y= switch

     -  In path search (init or path.eld) skip directories

     -  Fix boot EXT/Y/BOOT DIR reads when FAT12 entry that straddles a
        sector boundary is read

     -  Support comma separator before program load name

     -  Add ::empty:: keyword to skip automatic scripts path search in EXT
        and Y commands

     -  Enable _EXTENSIONS by default

     -  Disable _EMS, _RN, and _RM by default

     -  Optimise application/device init memory use, requires a second init
        relocation for large buffers

     -  Allocate a separate environment block of size 2 KiB for the debugger

     -  Allow unquoted comma to separate Y and EXT filenames

     -  Support ::scripts:: and ::config:: prefixes in boot Y and EXT
        commands, as well as the BOOT DIR command

     -  Enable new NASM warnings to avoid section-crossing near and short
        branches

     -  Fix boot file read ending on both a cluster boundary and the End Of
        File

     -  Fix int 21h calls with DS != SS.

     -  Add Extension for lDebug loading and basic interface for linking.
        Still default disabled at build time. If enabled, an /X=MAX switch
        enlarges the ext segment buffer.

     -  Fix, truncate areas addresses for non-bootloaded mode.

     -  Fix a bug in /A switch relocation of code section (if layout 2 in
        use and _PM _DUALCODE enabled).

     -  Add /T switch to relocate debugger during init.

     -  Add a fractional digit to bytes size formatting.

     -  Fix: In DIL check for valid appearing int 2Dh before calling it.

     -  Fix: Do not allow DI with two parameters where the second is below
        the first.

     -  Add INSTALL TOGGLE command.

     -  Fix INSTALL command with AREAS keyword followed by another keyword.

     -  Fix: DIL command was broken since addition of the /A switch (enlarge
        auxiliary buffer) due to using wrong segment.

     -  A single list parameter can be specified with different sizes,
        switching back and forth using "AS size" keywords.

2.6 Release 6 (2023-08-26)

     -  Add length keywords PAGES, KiB, MiB, GiB

     -  Call DOS_HELPER_PRESTROKES_START dosemu2 helper service

     -  Add byte length variables DENTRYLEN, DSTACKLEN, DMESSAGELEN,
        DCODE1LEN, DCODE2LEN, DAUXBUFLEN, DHISBUFLEN. Also DALLOCSEG and
        paragraph size DALLOCSIZE.

     -  Emit warning on unknown filename extension in INIT. Can be disabled
        with /PW- switch.

     -  /P switch to guess filename extension and do path search in INIT.
        /PS for path search only, /PE for guessing extension only.

     -  Make interrupt 0Dh, 0Ch hooks a run time option. Add INSTALL noun
        INTFAULTS to enable these hooks.

     -  Add CLEAR command.

     -  Serial I/O is controlled by an internal variable rather than
        directly by the DCO option. Fixes some bugs, such as running
        INSTALL SERIAL, TIMER, AMIS.

     -  In S command result data dump list displacements after the result
        address to indicate that the data dumped is _after_ the match and
        does not include the match data itself.

     -  Add ::SCRIPTS:: path keyword for DOS I/O Y command. Also used if a
        Script for lDebug file is not found.

     -  Add H AS SIZE modes to display result using the decimal bytes size
        display (from DM command).

     -  Introduce /A= switch for larger auxiliary buffer in application mode
        or device mode.

     -  IOK variable added. Both IOI and IOK will force reading from a
        terminal now.

     -  lDebugX fix: In PM, if a segment is limited to 64 KiB, do not
        attempt to dump S command result data beyond the limit.

     -  Introduce the WHILE buffer, and use it also for G command. Also used
        for S command and RC./RE.REPLACE, unless it is in use in which case
        these commands can still use the auxiliary buffer (if it isn't in
        use).

     -  Add RH mode and RH command (none, one, two, or IN parameters). This
        mode uses the auxiliary buffer, disabling other commands that use
        it. Add RHCOUNT variable too.

     -  lDebugX fix: Do not corrupt buffered commands when running DX
        command.

     -  Fix, set error code if BOOT command attempts to read from 33-bit
        space using CHS addressing.

     -  Add COUNT command and variable. S command also sets the variable.

     -  Add TOP keyword for D, DB, DW, DD, and DX commands.

     -  Add DCO2 40_0000h for unconditional linebreak before R dump, changed
        DCO6 8000_0000h to be conditional on int 10h being used and the
        current column being nonzero.

     -  Add DCO2 20_0000h for underscores in 32-bit R variable display.

     -  Add "?VERSION" help page.

     -  Add "END" keyword to range parameter parsing.

     -  Add new INSTALL command keywords to aid reconfiguring the debugger.

     -  Application and device mode will now detect a startup Script for
        lDebug file, intended for configuration. The /IN switch disables
        this detection.

     -  Bugfix: Y command may have failed due to a line overflow.

     -  Improve detection of invalid DD commands that may be valid when
        interpreted as D commands.

     -  Display H command remainder if the last operation is a division.

     -  In getinput allow Ctrl-A (like Home) and Ctrl-E (like End).

     -  DT command (ASCII table if empty, else text of specified byte
        values). Additionally, DTT command (dump text table top half).

     -  lDebugX bugfix: If dumping for example 8 bytes at 1FFF0h in a large
        segment the debugger would loop infinitely.

     -  AS SIZE keywords for E, F, S strings.

     -  Added DAO option 400h for MSDebug style opcode field width in
        disassembly.

     -  Added DCO2 10_0000h to do some R command variable prompts in MSDebug
        style.

     -  Added DCO2 option 8_0000h to display additional blanks in R command
        register dump for MSDebug style.

     -  Added DCO2 option 40000h to treat explicit length 0 as 64 KiB,
        except U treats it as length 1, to improve MSDebug compatibility.

     -  Bugfix: In F RANGE command forbid large destination lengths if the
        source range is specified in a 16-bit (limit <= 64 KiB) segment
        without a length specified. Would truncate the source to up to
        offset 0FFFFh.

     -  Quotemarks added as expression separators to improve MSDebug
        compatibility.

     -  Add lDebug ad section to manual (in section 20), comparing lDebug to
        MSDebug and original MS-DOS Debug.

     -  Allow to read .HEX files. Only record type 00h and 04h used. Can
        read files larger than 64 KiB, unlike MS Debug.

     -  Add K command (same as our default N command), and DCO2 options for
        MS Debug compatible N command.

     -  Add RC.ABORT command to allow a Script for lDebug file called from
        the RC command line buffer to modify the RC buffer itself.

     -  Add DCO6 options for style 2 and style 3 alternative flag state
        dump.

     -  Add DCO6 option to display a linebreak before R dump.

     -  New _EXPRDUALCODE build option to save some 5 kB in the first code
        segment. Disabled by default.

     -  Fix: Device mode debugger should not retain an open handle for
        FDCONFIG.SYS.

     -  Trying to open the LDEBUG$$ device will now cause a critical error.

     -  Some code in the run exit and entrypoints can be moved into entry
        segment, saving about 250 bytes in the first code segment.

     -  DPMI exception entrypoint handlers can be moved into entry segment,
        saving nearly 300 bytes in the first code segment.

     -  Fix: When a symbol table is allocated in DOS memory and the debugger
        quits with a QD command, the table would stay allocated.

     -  Add ATTACH command to attach to a PSP, can be used while application
        mode or device mode debugger is resident. (Opposite of TSR command.)

     -  MMX register support in expression evaluator optimised to take up
        less run time of other expression terms

     -  mktables program extended, allowing for builds of the debugger that
        do not contain table entries above specified machine level.

     -  Non-boot-loaded modes now discard the ?BOOT help page, saving 2.7 kB
        of resident memory use.

     -  Refactor to store long help messages in another segment, reducing
        the pressure of the data entry segment by 22 kB.

     -  Fix QC command if not last in container, would corrupt MCB chain

     -  Application and device driver mode now discard most of the boot
        loaded mode code, saving about 9 kB of resident memory use.

     -  Fix an lDebugX D command bug on non-386 machines

     -  Add build option _APPLICATION, to create special-purpose builds if
        disabled. (Not provided pre-built as yet.) $RESULTEXT variable for
        mak.sh can set a filename extension other than ".com".

     -  getinput redraw optimised, fewer complete redraws

     -  Add DCO3 option 0100_0000h to highlight prefix/suffix in getinput if
        text parts are not visible

     -  Improve handling of very narrow displays

     -  RE.LIST and RC.LIST use the IOCLINE setting now

2.7 Release 5 (2023-03-08)

     -  Client PSP is now stored internally as a segment, even when lDebugX
        is in Protected Mode. DM command now shows this segment rather
        than a selector. (The PSPSEL variable can be read for a selector
        instead.)

     -  RM command now accepts an optional size keyword

     -  "IF EXISTS R variable THEN" command added

     -  MMX support of the machine is re-detected after lDebugX switched
        modes

     -  Fix: RM command and MMxy variable read and R MMxy variable write
        work now

     -  Fix: In /E+ mode a zero word is now pushed to the initial stack

     -  dosemu2 -dumb mode now detected specifically when needed for
        register change highlighting to ROM-BIOS interrupt 10h

     -  Fix: Bootloaded init could have corrupted part of its image during
        second relocation, if needed. (This case cannot occur during normal
        load at 200h:0 on a machine with 512 KiB or more of available LMA.)

     -  Fix: Creating a process resets the DTA to PSP:80h

     -  Fix: "R VD" accesses VD variable, rather than run "RVD" command

     -  Improvements to support NEC V20 machine

     -  Add CIP and CSP variables, use CIP for EXECUTING keyword

     -  Fix error handling if S command search area is shorter than search
        mask

     -  IOCLINE variable added to support display on the HP 95LX's narrow
        screen

     -  Fix: Stack access variables set wrongly for interrupt instructions

     -  Fix: In DPMI protected mode QA or Q command sometimes would not work

     -  Immediate assembler merged. Currently defaults to disabled at build
        time.

     -  Bootable lDebug: Allow to access small FAT32 file system (less than
        64 Ki clusters)

     -  Add timer configuration variables and default the SDELTALIMIT
        variable to 5 to improve wait performance

     -  Serial I/O: Add option to always do EOI after calling downlink for
        IRQ sharing. Autodetect in KEEP prompt if this option must be used
        or if IRQ sharing must not be used.

     -  Query patch support for ldosboot iniload can be used to set the
        BOOTUNITFLx variable for the debugger load unit

     -  Change: DCO6 option 200h only makes output go to ROM-BIOS, new DCO6
        option 0100_0000h makes all Input/Output use ROM-BIOS. (The 200h
        flag still allows to read script files from DOS.)

     -  lDebugX: Fix, allow to use TSR command in PM (expected a segment
        where a selector was read)

     -  lDebugX: Fix PSP variables and TSR command expecting higher limit in
        PM (getsegmented now sets limit 0)

     -  lDebugX: Fix getexpression not preserving the scratch selector

     -  Add FL.xF variables to read flag status in expressions, eg FL.CF
        which reads as 1 if CY and 0 if NC

     -  When creating an empty process (eg after QA command) also write the
        current command line tail to it (instead of the debugger's internal
        N buffers)

     -  Display amount of ancestors for the symsnip revision ID

     -  A pair of 32-bit E command fixes

     -  Write AES:AEO (e_addr) in E command and allow E command without an
        address

     -  lDebugX: Add DESCTYPE keyword in expressions

     -  lDebugX: Add descriptor modification commands and DARESULT variable,
        refer to section 10.16

     -  Add XARESULT variable for XA command

     -  Allow to share the serial IRQ so eg two lDebug instances can be
        connected to two serial ports that use the same IRQ, like COM2 and
        COM4 (both use IRQ #3 by default)

     -  Do not simulate repeated string scan/compare instructions when
        disassembling them using the U command (only do so for R command
        disassembly)

     -  Disassembler handles o32/o16 OSIZE prefixes as belonging to push and
        pop with segregs, instead of displaying the prefix as "unused".

     -  If simulation of repeated string scan/compare instructions is
        disabled in DAO then the access variables will now be set up
        assuming a count of 1, rather than the maximum possible count.

     -  Add convenience entrypoints for debuggable mode at CODE:1,
        CODE2:0, and CODE2:1. The offset 0 entrypoints will return to the
        main command loop, called "cmd3". The offset 1 entrypoints will
        additionally display a linebreak.

     -  Allow switching lCDebugX to debuggable mode upon putrunint and allow
        running a breakpoint early in putrunint.

     -  Add AMIS private function 33h, provided by lDebugX by default and
        can be used by lDDebugX/lCDebugX by default

     -  Add INSTALL and UNINSTALL commands

     -  Allow to specify length of D command with LINES keyword

     -  Add DEFAULTDLEN, DEFAULTDLINES, DEFAULTULEN, and DEFAULTULINES
        variables to modify default sizes of D and U commands

     -  Display long numeric constants with underscore separators for
        readability in online help pages and documentation

     -  Allow to disable disassembler memory access for referenced memory
        and repeated string instruction simulation, using four new DAO flags

     -  Change HP 95LX 40-column friendly mode support in the disassembler
        to use two DAO flags rather than two DCO6 flags (one of which was
        shared)

     -  Allow to specify variable RIxP/S/O/L with x as a single-digit
        hexadecimal number

     -  Bugfix: Allow operators between ?? and :: in a ternary operator
        expression for H command

     -  Allow to specify SILENT keyword followed by a number before the S
        command's range or list, display only up to a certain amount of
        results

     -  Add CLR operator, bitwise AND with the bitwise NOT of the right hand
        operand. Precedence above bitwise AND.

     -  Bugfix: Absolute value operator ? should always give its result an
        unsigned type

     -  Allow switching lCDebugX to debuggable mode upon debugger exception
        and allow running a breakpoint early or late in debugger exception.

     -  Add debugger exception areas to display the cause of a memory
        access which may fault in the debugger. Also adds a linebreak for
        eg referenced memory reads to work in tandem with the partial
        disassembler output. (Idea from FreeDOS Debug/X, though there it
        only does a linebreak and implements it differently.)

     -  Bugfix: Disassemble mov with segreg and memory operand always with
        m16, ignoring the operand size selected. In assembler never emit an
        osize prefix and reject an explicit dword size keyword.

     -  In disassembler display instruction and referenced memory address
        before accessing memory, so partial output is displayed in case a
        fault occurs in the debugger (FreeDOS Debug/X pick)

     -  Document side effects of expression evaluator

     -  Bugfix, allow all valid address parameter formats for the source
        address of an M move memory command (suggested by FreeDOS Debug/X)

     -  Add AMIS private function 31h to instruct lDebugX to try to install
        its DPMI hook, make use of this in lDDebugX and lCDebugX

     -  Add descriptions of BOOT commands to manual

     -  Fix HIDDEN= keyword for BOOT READ/WRITE with partition specified,
        add HIDDENADD= keyword to modify rather than replace hidden sectors

     -  Fix a bug in BOOT PROTOCOL= command that could disallow use of ENTRY
        and BPB parameters if running a non-DPMI build on a 386+ machine

     -  Avoid faults in the debugger if a code selector with a low limit
        gets used for writing, eg by A or E commands

     -  Fix bug setting wrong debuggee CS limit if _DUALCODE build

     -  Add variables DSTACKSEG/SEL, DENTRYSEG/SEL, DCODE1/2SEG/SEL,
        DAUXBUFSEG/SEL, DHISBUFSEG/SEL, DSCRATCHSEL, DSYM1/2SEL (selector
        variables only for lDebugX, symsels only for symbolic lDebugX)

     -  RVM command shows second code segment if _DUALCODE build

     -  In C, E, and A commands in PM display original selector, not the
        scratch selector as replacement. Variable AAS is also affected by
        this.

     -  Fix a bug with different selectors for lDebugX C and M commands
        (picked from FreeDOS Debug/X version 2.00)

     -  Add taken keywords to address parsing, refer to section 8.2. (This
        effectively adds the GT and GNT commands, as well as TTEST=TAKEN and
        TTEST=NOTTAKEN to change (e)ip.)

     -  Bugfix: Allow entering double-slash to disable second file search
        for the BOOT PROTOCOL= command even if no command line follows

     -  Application /C= switch and kernel command line will now skip leading
        blanks following a semicolon that is converted to a linebreak

     -  Modify serial interrupt handler to pass on interrupt call if the PIC
        does not indicate an interrupt in the In-Service Register (ISR)

     -  Add /M switch and interrupt 7, 0Ch, 0Dh hooks (for R86M exceptions),
        though build options for all of them are disabled by default

     -  Add force BPB CHS geometry (4) and force LBA access (2) flags to the
        BOOTUNITFLx flag variables

     -  Add switches /F and /E

     -  Allow zero as parenthetical partition specification, allow to access
        partition u(bootldpunit).(bootldppart) if LDP is equal to FDA

     -  Bugfix: Reading with BOOT command that crossed 64 KiB DMA boundary
        would copy too much or too little from the sector segment to target

     -  Start of HP 95LX support (NEC disassembly repeat rules, narrower
        R/U/D command output, do not intercept interrupt 6)

     -  Bugfix: Command r f . no longer displays garbage

     -  Use test_high_limit to check segment limits, to determine whether to
        use 32-bit offsets in several spots

     -  Disable calling XMS by Protected Mode far call by default

     -  Add dual code segment support to allow code size beyond 64 KiB

     -  Introduce dash prefix to commands to disable symbolic debugging
        features (no-op if not symbolic build)

     -  Introduce U address LENGTH length LINES keyword to disassemble a
        number of lines rather than bytes

     -  Add BS command for swapping permanent breakpoint indices

     -  Document doubled delimiter quote mark for lists and string literals

     -  Add string literal escaping of delimiter quote mark by doubling the
        delimiter quote mark

     -  Add /2 switch to use alternative video adapter for debugger output
        if available (pick from FreeDOS Debug)

     -  Add ?OPTIONS help page and specific pages for DCO1, DCO2, DCO3,
        DCO4, DCO6, DIF, and DAO

     -  Set new INICOMP_WINNER build variable so as to use lzsa2 compression
        for current releases

     -  Add _DEBUG_COND build option to allow toggling debug mode on and off
        at run time

     -  Add INT8CTRL variable which contains number of ticks to wait for
        Control pressed entrypoint; set to zero to disable

     -  Fix: Control-C also aborts RC command buffer execution

     -  Fix: Default operand for AAM and AAD instructions is omitted in
        disassembler

     -  Enhancement: If at the end of a stdin-redirected file the debugger
        cannot quit it will now enable InDOS mode and allow the user to
        control the debugger afterwards

     -  Fix: Do not crash or loop infinitely upon encountering the end of a
        stdin-redirected file

     -  Extract more source files from debug.asm

     -  Allow appending 00 to a 16-bit register name to get a 32-bit value
        with the register value in the high word

     -  Do not cause error from empty /C='' switch

     -  Use ampersand prompt to display commands run from RC buffer

     -  When loading a .BIN file set the process's command line buffer the
        same way as if loading a .COM file

     -  Add heading hash links to every heading in the ldebug.htm manual
        (requires patched Halibut)

     -  Add LFSR and LFSRTAP variables

     -  Run unix2dos on ldebug.txt manual

     -  Add QD (quit from device initialisation) and QC (quit from device in
        container MCB) commands

     -  Add RVD command to display device header address and allocation
        size, as well as DEVICEHEADER and DEVICESIZE variables to read same

     -  Bugfix, on pass or non-pass permanent breakpoint hit while running
        with T/TP/P command do not check WHILE condition

     -  Add PARAS keyword to range length parsing, to multiply a count by 16
        (size of a paragraph)

     -  Bugfix, should allow to run if int 2Fh is invalid

     -  Add device-driver mode to allow loading the debugger in CONFIG.SYS

     -  Fix, do not crash if no UMCB but int 21.5803 works

     -  Add V commands and /V command-line switch (video screen swapping)

     -  Add RIxxP variables to read IVT entries in a way suitable to be used
        as POINTER type expressions

     -  Work around FreeDOS kernel bug prior to 2022 May so as to fail on
        loading an empty executable

     -  Fix, also use SDA manipulation to change current PSP when lDebugX is
        in Protected Mode

     -  Add TERMCODE variable to read int 21.4D return after debuggee
        process terminated

     -  Add QB command (run breakpoint late in debugger quit)

     -  Add RVP command to display debugger mode and current debuggee and
        debugger process addresses

     -  Add (D)PSP|PARENT|PRA|PSPSEL variables

     -  Do not try to proceed past a call near immediate if the called
        functions consists of a retf instruction. (This supports a method
        for relocation, used for example by the debugger itself.)

     -  Add command-line switch /B to run a breakpoint early

     -  Add RC commands to view, change, and run RC buffer commands, re-
        using the command line buffer

     -  Add MACHX86 and MACHX87 variables to read machine type

     -  Allow M machine type command to parse an expression for the machine
        level number to set

     -  Add QA command (try to terminate attached process)

     -  Fix int 19h and debuggee termination handling. Int 19h in a DOS
        application mode now sets up registers to terminate the current
        process when running the debuggee again.

     -  Add an lDebugX option DCO3 20_0000 to break on entering PM

     -  Add an lDebugX option DCO3 10_0000 to use a 32-bit stack segment for
        the debugger itself (can help compatibility)

     -  Fix so that semicolon is allowed as End Of Line in getrange

     -  Fix R size [mem] := val causing a fault in the debugger if value
        ends in FFFFh

     -  Implement POINTER types for handling a 32-bit expression as a 16:16
        far pointer

     -  Implement basic handling of expression types (signed/unsigned)

     -  Revision IDs in ?BUILD command list the amount of ancestors to help
        to compare revisions

     -  Fix a segment addressing bug when switching modes (eg have a
        breakpoint in a DPMI allocation while the client is running in 86
        Mode)

     -  Fix some cases of detecting 32-bit offsets incorrectly

2.8 Release 4 (2022-03-08)

     -  Recognise LF as linebreak in serial input

     -  E interactive mode fixes:

         -  Support LF to exit interactive mode (that is, accept Linux style
            linebreaks)

         -  Support DEL sent by serial terminal

         -  In lDebugX correctly handle 32-bit offsets

         -  Also write new value when minus is entered

         -  Honour blank for continue to next byte, CR or dot for exit
            interactive mode

         -  Always correctly read value even if blank is entered afterwards

         -  Improve E interactive mode compatibility across different input
            sources (like stdin file, script file, serial terminal)

         -  Display linebreak upon new address displayed

     -  Fix: Register variable "CH" would be misparsed as "CHAR" type
        instead of the expected variable

     -  Allow DI command to receive an IN value list similar to the y in a
        VALUE x IN y construct

     -  Fix: Allow to set a breakpoint on an interrupt 21h handler and do
        not crash or corrupt state if the debuggee then terminates. (That
        is, do not call service 4Dh before restoring breakpoints.)

     -  Fix: Too long N command could crash the debugger

     -  Fix: DDebug TSR quit would not work correctly due to overflowing a
        rel8 jmp

     -  Add R, M, and L key letters to DI command (always 86 Mode, show MCB
        names, follow AMIS interrupt lists)

     -  Fix: R WORD [memory] prompt would not consider the size keyword as
        part of the input line prompt

     -  Add AMIS private function 30h - Update IISP Header

     -  In DI command in 86 Mode follow IISP headers

     -  Add QQCODE variable

     -  Add BOOT[L|Y|S][UNIT|PART] variables, BOOTUNITFL(x) variables

     -  Add bzpack compression method

     -  Drop DPS variable when building without DPMI support

     -  Fix PSP variables in Protected Mode: PSP is always a 86 Mode
        segment, PSPS is a segment or selector, and PPR and PPI work

     -  Add HHRESULT variable

2.9 Release 3 (2021-08-15)

     -  Add workaround with extra int 23h and int 22h handlers and raw mode-
        switching to use interrupt 21h service 0Ah in PM. DCO2 flag 800h
        clear by default.

     -  Add TRYAMISNUM variable to try a specific AMIS multiplex number
        first

     -  Add DCO4 flag 2 to allow disabling lDebugX's int 2Fh hook

     -  Build option _MEMREF_AMOUNT enabled by default

     -  mktables switches direction and stackhinting enabled by default

     -  Fix DOS application script file reading to honour InDOS status

     -  Fix H BASE= command with GROUP= sometimes displaying trailing
        garbage

     -  Fix DDebugX hooking random PM interrupts

     -  Fix trailing blanks in DI command

     -  Added a number of automated acceptance tests

     -  Add variable AMISNUM to read the multiplex number

     -  Fix an old bug in the assembler that happened to make instructions
        like "mov ax, 0" fail to assemble now

     -  Made interrupt 8 hook optional, default-off

     -  Added optional, default-off interrupt 2Dh hook

     -  Properly unhook interrupts utilising IISP header chains, if the
        debugger's interrupt handlers are reachable. Added DCO4 flags (upper
        16 bits) to force unhooking if a handler is unreachable. If a
        handler is both unreachable and not forcibly unhooked then it stays
        hooked. The Q command fails in that case.

     -  Fix to allow "$" prefix to segments in DebugX while in Real/Virtual
        86 Mode

     -  Debugger's 86 Mode entrypoints now use the IBM Interrupt Sharing
        Protocol header. (However, it is still assumed that the debugger
        _owns_ the interrupt entrypoints.)

     -  Add WIDTH= keyword handling to H BASE=

     -  Introduce variables IOL and IOF to control how many levels of
        execution are cancelled by Control-C

     -  Scripts with CR LF linebreaks at the end or after calling another
        script no longer cause superfluous empty lines to be processed

     -  Control-C aborts script file reading that is in progress

     -  Bugfix, when calling three nested levels of Y script files while
        bootloaded then the outermost script's already buffered content
        would not rewind properly

     -  Fix so that Control-C from ROM-BIOS keypress buffer is consumed
        properly while reading script file, instead of looping forever

     -  Check for Control-C in ROM-BIOS's circular keypress buffer, add
        variables IOS and IOE

     -  Extend Control-C handling so RE buffer execution is aborted by it

     -  Add a simple BOOT DIR command (SFN name only, attributes, size
        (using FAT+), datetime)

     -  Add string literals #"..." to expression evaluator

     -  Add H BASE= command

     -  Add merge and debug switches to mktables. Both are default off for
        now. Merging means redundant operand list tails are merged.

     -  Bugfix, accessing the variable SRC caused an infinite loop

     -  LZMA-lzip depacker fixed to not use cs xlatb, as the segment
        override prefix may be ignored on CPUs below 386

     -  Added conditional ?? :: construct operator

     -  Merged branch uumemref and made memrefs available in default branch.
        The build option _MEMREF_AMOUNT must be enabled to use them.

     -  Memory access direction and stack hinting in the assembler and
        disassembler tables. Switches named direction and stackhinting to
        mktables program. (Default off for now.)

     -  LINEAR term allowed in expressions

     -  VALUE IN construct allowed in expressions

     -  Commas are only allowed between expressions, no longer within
        expressions

     -  If DCO2 flag 8000h is set during RE buffer execution and SILENT 1
        was used do actually only display last RE output

2.10 Release 2 (2021-05-05)

     -  Documented SLEEP command

     -  Line editing history for raw terminal/serial input (in a fixed
        segment of size 8 KiB currently)

     -  Fix missing register dump after T/TP/P which ends up matching a non-
        pass non-hit breakpoint

     -  Fix: Entering a literal as 3#102002022201221111211 or #4294967296
        would overflow silently to zero instead of causing an error

     -  Reset high words of EIP and ESP when trying to terminate client
        process

     -  Add change highlighting to R register dump

     -  Assembler internals: Allow ASM_ESCAPE usage when needed

     -  If BL command is given an unused index do not display incorrect WHEN

     -  Reset segment registers when trying to terminate client process

     -  Handle unusual SIB bytes correctly in P command's disassembly

     -  Bugfix, Y script file called by another Y script file would turn
        quiet

     -  Bugfix, if permanent breakpoint WHEN condition was in use then the
        wrong index and ID would be displayed in the pass/hit message

     -  Acknowledge IRQ to secondary PIC too if applicable (if using a high
        IRQ for the serial I/O interrupt)

     -  Bugfix, in BOOT commands do not prepend a word to the auxbuff
        anymore

     -  Only create manual in HTML, text, and PDF formats

     -  Add files doc/fdbuild.txt and doc/LDEBUG.LSM for FreeDOS packages

     -  BOOT: work around qemu bug with "LOOPNZ"

     -  BOOT: retry CHS reads up to 16 times

     -  Add instsect and lDebug command help to manual

     -  Expression evaluator allows "OR=" as synonym for "|=" (especially
        useful if shell does not allow specifying pipe symbol for /C)

     -  Assembler: Allow specifying "LOOPxx destination, (E)CX" as in NASM
        instruction reference to specify address size

     -  For assembler allow specifying "INT BYTE 3" to get CDh encoding and
        display it this way in disassembler

     -  Only adjust offset saved in PSP's SPSAV variable if it points to our
        stack

     -  In assembler do not allow sizeless memory operand when immediate
        matches IMMS8 (eg "add [100], 12")

2.11 Release 1 (2021-02-15) and earlier

     -  "G REMEMBER" command to work with the saved temporary breakpoint
        list

     -  WHEN conditions for permanent breakpoints

     -  RIxxO/S/L variables (read-only view of IVT entry)

     -  3BYTE type for "R var" and indirection in expression evaluator

     -  In disassembler handle unusual SIB byte contents correctly

     -  IDs for listing permanent breakpoints

     -  In disassembler correctly dump far memory operands, double memory
        operands (BOUND), and do a32 addressing

     -  Add "S range REVERSE" command

     -  Fix corner case of S command: The commands "f 100 l 10 0" \
        "s 100 l 10 0" should result in 16 matches

     -  SROx and SRC search result variables

     -  SLEEP command

     -  H command displays decimal numeric value (when given a single
        expression)

     -  In disassembler display WORD keyword when o16 in 32-bit CS

     -  Bugfix, in XR do not skip first digit of allocation size

     -  G and T/TP/P breakpoints work reliably in DebugX when the client
        enters, leaves, or switches from/to Protected Mode

     -  F and S command allow accepting "RANGE" specifications for source
        data

     -  Add TTC/TPC/PPC default step counts for T/TP/P commands

     -  DW/DD commands to dump memory in words or doublewords

     -  Manual added (this document)

     -  RE buffer execution to run almost arbitrary commands when T/TP/P/G
        intend to dump register contents

     -  Conditional control flow with IF and GOTO in a script file

     -  /C command line option to pass commands to the debugger on startup

     -  In assembler allow specifying SHORT/NEAR/FAR for jumps and calls

     -  Script file reading

     -  Pass point functionality (inspired by DR-DOS's SID) using counters

     -  G LIST command to list the saved temporary breakpoint list

     -  Auto-repetition for G command, G AGAIN command

     -  DebugX's DPMI entrypoint hooking automatically checked instead of
        always avoiding it on MSW and dosemu

     -  Serial port I/O, with defaults (for COM2) that can be reconfigured
        using debugger variables

     -  Permanent breakpoints

     -  Buffered tracing using "P/TP/T ... SILENT" which writes to an
        internal buffer during the run then replays the last entries from it
        upon finishing the run

     -  TP command which is like T except it handles repeated string
        operations like P

     -  DM command lists MCB sizes in decimal Bytes/KiB

     -  Conditional tracing using "P/TP/T ... WHILE" conditions

     -  L and W commands allow drive letters instead of numbers

     -  Bootloaded mode and its BOOT commands

     -  NASM style address disassembly, blanks after commas, keywords
        uncapitalised

     -  TSR mode and command to enter it

     -  R command allows treating flags (CF, ZF, etc), debugger variables,
        registers, and memory variables (byte, word, 3byte, dword) as
        variables

     -  Conditional "jumping" and "not jumping" notices in register dump's
        single-line disassembly

     -  Options DCO1, DCO2, DCO3, DAO to modify some behaviour

     -  Extended online help pages

     -  _DEBUG option which swaps the exception handlers and thus allows
        debugging most of the debugger itself (_DEBUG builds are not
        included in the package and have to be created by building them
        specifically)

     -  Arbitrary unsigned 32-bit expression evaluator

     -  Paging for long command output

     -  Usage conditions changed to Fair License (having asked Paul Vojta
        and received his confirmation), prior conditions also allowed as
        alternatives

3: Building the debugger
------------------------

    Building lDebug is not supported on conventional DOS-like systems.
    (DJGPP environments may suffice but are not tested.) Assembling the main
    debugger executable may require up to 1 GiB of memory.

3.1 Components for building

    The following components are required to build with the provided
    scripts:

     -  bash - to run mak* scripts

     -  perl - to patch binaries (overwrite unused revision IDs) and to
        filter reproduce dt file contents

     -  grep - to detect whether boot loading is in use, and to export
        variables

     -  sed - to filter dosemu2 output

     -  hg (Mercurial) - to retrieve revision IDs

     -  wc - to count amount of ancestors

     -  GNU time - when $use_build_time is enabled, to display main
        assembler run's memory use and wall time

     -  python - to run hg and to run the test suite

     -  C compiler - to compile supporting programs

     -  dosemu2 - to run build decompression tests (optional)

     -  qemu - to run build decompression tests (optional)

     -  nasm - to assemble. NASM versions to choose:

         -  NASM versions up to 2.07 fail -- "%deftok" is not supported

         -  NASM versions prior to 2.09.02 fail -- "%deftok" is implemented
            wrongly

         -  NASM version 2.09.02 works (last tested 2019-11)

         -  NASM versions 2.09.03 to 2.09.10 all fail --
            "%assign %$foo%[bar] quux" doesn't function right

         -  NASM version 2.10.09 works (last tested 2019-11)

         -  NASM version 2.14.03 works (last tested 2020-12)

         -  NASM version 2.15.03 works (last tested 2020-12)

         -  NASM version 2.16 (current git head) fails, due to a bug with
            %strcat and a bug with %assign ?%1 and a bug with %00

         -  (As of 2022-08-23) Current git head with a patch for the %strcat
            bug and with a patch for the %00 bug works (last tested 2022-08)

         -  NASM version 2.16rc10 works (last tested 2022-11)

         -  Upcoming NASM version beyond 2.16.01 works (last tested 2023-
            07), with a patch to fix a major memory leak

         -  NASM version 2.16.02rc2 (git 03490692b008 of 2023-10-11) works
            (last tested 2025-12)

     -  lzexedat.sh - to build compressed extpak.eld and online help pages
        (lzexedat can also be used to compress the inicomp stage payload)

     -  alternatively: heatshrink - to build compressed extpak.eld and
        online help pages (heatshrink can also be used to compress the
        inicomp stage payload)

     -  halibut - to build this manual, with a patch to include the hash
        links next to section names

     -  supporting programs:

         -  mktables (included in debugger source)

         -  tellsize (included in separate repo called tellsize)

         -  mktmpinc.pl (included in separate repo called mktmpinc, to
            create temporary include files, optional)

         -  crc16-t/iniload/checksum (included in separate repo called
            crc16-t, to add checksumming, optional)

         -  a 86-DOS kernel and shell (to run build decompression tests or
            the test suite, optional)

     -  additional sources (must be referenced in cfg.sh or ovr.sh):

         -  lmacros (macro collection)

         -  scanptab (partition table scanning for bootable debugger)

         -  ldosboot (iniload frame for bootable debugger, boot sector
            loaders, checkpl if using new style checksumming)

         -  instsect (application to install boot sector loaders)

         -  bootimg (to run decompression test with qemu and create boot
            image for qemu to use for the test suite)

         -  inicomp (if to use compression support), also needs one of:

             -  brieflz (blzpack)

             -  lz4

             -  snappy (snzip)

             -  exomizer -- recommended as this usually results in the
                smallest files

             -  x-compressor

             -  heatshrink

             -  lzip -- usually even smaller than Exomizer but takes longer
                to decompress

             -  lzop

             -  lzsa -- default choice, one of the fastest depackers

             -  apultra

             -  bzpack

             -  lzexedat (part of ecm's lzexe fork)

         -  crc16-t/iniload (if to add checksumming)

         -  symsnip (only if symbolic option is enabled)

3.2 How to build

     1. Clone the mercurial repo from https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ldebug or in
        an existing repo use "hg pull" to update the repo

     2. Update the repo with "hg up" or "hg up default" or any other
        available commit you want to build

     3. Clone the other needed repos from https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ or in
        existing repos use "hg fetch" or the sequence of "hg pull" then
        "hg up" to update the repos. (Usually the additional source repos do
        not have multiple branches.)

     4. Copy the ldebug/source/cfg.sh file to ovr.sh in the same directory

     5. Edit ovr.sh to point to the repos

     6. Edit INICOMP_METHOD in ovr.sh to select none, one, or several
        compression methods. Surround multiple values with quotes and
        delimit with blanks. If the value "none" is used no compression will
        occur. If several values are given the smallest of the resulting
        files will be used as the ldebug.com result. This favours LZMA-
        lzip (lzd) and Exomizer 3 (exodecr) compression as they result in
        the best ratios. The uncompressed ldebugu.com file will always
        be generated, you can rename or copy or symlink it to use it as
        ldebug.com if you want.

     7. If you have dosemu2 or qemu, you may enable the
        use_build_decomp_test option by setting it to a nonzero number. This
        insures that the compressed executables will actually succeed in
        decompression when entered in EXE mode, and will lower the required
        minimum allocation given in the EXE header to the minimally required
        value so that decompression will still succeed. This defaults
        to using dosemu2, which must have a DOS installed that allows
        filesystem redirection. DEFAULT_MACHINE can be used to select qemu
        instead. The options BOOT_KERNEL, BOOT_COMMAND, and BOOT_PROTOCOL
        must be set up then to allow building a bootable diskette. (This is
        needed because qemu does not offer filesystem redirection for DOS.)

     8. If use_build_decomp_test is enabled, you may also enable
        INICOMP_PROGRESS (again by setting it to a nonzero number). This
        enables code for a progress display during depacking of a compressed
        executable. The default for application mode and device driver
        mode is to not display the progress indicator. Setting the (DOS)
        environment variable LDEBUGPROGRESS to a value between 1 and 4 will
        enable the indicator. This is now enabled by default in release and
        current daily builds.

     9. Edit INICOMP_WINNER to name one method or the keyword "smallest" or
        "fastest". The latter requires use_build_decomp_test to be enabled,
        as well as to set the variable INICOMP_SPEED_TEST to a nonzero
        number. This number specifies how often to decompress the image
        during the decompression timing test. A number of 16 or higher is
        recommended.

     10.The use_build_revision_id option is by default on. It requires that
        the sources are in hg (Mercurial) repos and that the hg command is
        available to run "hg id". The resulting revision IDs are embedded
        into the executable and will be shown for the ?B (long) and ?BUILD
        (short) commands.

     11.In ovr.sh you can also specify which tools to use. For example, the
        variable $NASM specifies the nasm executable to use, with path if
        needed.

     12.If you want to rebuild debugtbl.inc you should compile mktables then
        run it. While in the ldebug/source directory, run "./makec" (or
        use whatever C compiler to build mktables) then "./mktables" next.
        Note that mktables only needs to be used if either the source files
        (instr.*) changed or the mktables program itself has been altered.
        If the assembler and disassembler tables are not to change then
        mktables need not be used.

     13.Finally, run "./mak.sh" from the ldebug/source directory.
        You may pass environment variables to it, such as
        "INICOMP_METHOD=exodecr ./mak.sh" to select Exomizer compression.
        You may also pass it parameters which will be passed to the main
        assembly command, such as "./mak.sh -D_DEBUG4" to enable debugging
        messages.

    The mak.sh script expects that the current working directory is equal
    to the directory that it resides in. So you'll always want to run it as
    "./mak.sh" from that directory. The same is true of the make* scripts.

    The make* scripts work as follows:

    make

        calls mak.sh to create debug and debugx

    maked

        calls mak.sh to create ddebug and ddebugx

    maker

        calls mak.sh to create only debug

    makerd

        calls mak.sh to create only ddebug

    makex

        calls mak.sh to create only debugx

    makexd

        calls mak.sh to create only ddebugx

    ldebug/tmp, ldebug/lst, and ldebug/bin will receive the files created by
    the mak script. The following filenames are for the default when running
    mak.sh on its own which is to create debug. (When ddebug, debugx, or
    ddebugx are created, the names change accordingly.) In the ldebug/bin
    subdirectory, debug.com will be a nonbootable executable (even if the
    _BOOTLDR option is enabled). This executable can safely be compressed
    using EXE packers such as the UPX. (In cfg.sh the option use_build_shim
    now controls whether debug.com is created. It defaults to disable this
    output file.) If the _BOOTLDR option is enabled, ldebug.com will be a
    compressed bootable executable (if any compression method is selected),
    whereas ldebugu.com will be an uncompressed bootable executable.
    These bootable executables must not be compressed using any other
    programs. Doing that would render the kernel mode entrypoints unusable.
    Incidentally, UPX rejects these files because their "last page size" MZ
    EXE header field holds an invalid value.

    The bootable executables can be used as MS-DOS 6 protocol IO.SYS, MS-
    DOS 7/8 IO.SYS, PC-DOS 6/7 IBMBIO.COM, EDR-DOS DRBIO.SYS, FreeDOS
    KERNEL.SYS, RxDOS.3 RXDOS.COM, or as a Multiboot specification or
    Multiboot2 specification kernel. In any kernel load protocol case,
    the root FS that is being loaded from should be a valid FAT12, FAT16,
    or FAT32 file system on an unpartitioned (super)floppy diskette (unit
    number up to 127) or MBR-partitioned hard disk (unit number above 127).
    In addition, the bootable executables also are valid 86-DOS application
    programs that can be loaded in EXE mode either as application or as
    device driver. (Internally, all the .com files are MZ executables
    with a header, but they are named with a .COM file name extension for
    compatibility.)

    It is valid to append additional data, such as a .ZIP archive, to any of
    the executables. However, if too large this may render loading with the
    FreeDOS or EDR-DOS load protocols impossible. All the other protocols
    work even in the presence of arbitrarily large appended data.

3.2.1 How to build the mktables program and the debugger tables

    The mktables tool is a C program that prepares the debugger
    assembler/disassembler tables from three input files. The input files
    are:

    instr.set

        Instruction set, mapping mnemonics to opcodes and instruction keys

    instr.key

        Instruction keys, each one specifying a list of operand types

    instr.ord

        Instruction orderings, specifying which keys must be preferred by
        the assembler

    The output files are:

    debugtbl.inc

        Receives the tables

    debugtbl.old

        Receives prior output file

    debugtbl.tmp

        Used during building the tables

    As mentioned, mktables only needs to be built and ran if any of the
    input files, or mktables itself, or the mktables options have changed.
    The debugger's hg repo carries a copy of the current full default tables
    so running mktables is usually not needed.

    The following options are available:

    [no]direction

        Enables or disables memory access direction operands. These operands
        tell the disassembler whether a memory operand is a source, a
        destination, or both. This option is on by default.

    [no]stackhinting

        Enables or disables stack access hint operands. These operands tell
        the disassembler that an instruction represents a stack push, stack
        pop, or stack special operation. This option is on by default.

    [no]merge

        Enables or disables merging redundant tail operand lists. This is a
        small optimisation of the operand list tables. This option is on by
        default.

    [no]debug

        Enables or disables debugging output. This option is off by default.

    filename

        Followed by a filename argument. The indicated file is used as
        output file instead of the default "debugtbl.inc".

    [no]offset

        Enables or disables offset comments in output tables. Disabling them
        makes it easier to find changes between different tables without the
        noise added by them. This option is on by default.

    [no]discardunused

        Enables or disables discarding unused operand lists. Enabling helps
        optimise the output tables, particularly when a machine limit is in
        use. This option is on by default.

    8086, 186, 286, 386, 486, all

        Limit tables to include only instructions up to the specified
        machine type. Default is "all".

    mktables is built using a C compiler. OpenWatcom and gcc should both
    work. An example to build mktables on a DOS host with OpenWatcom is:

      wcl -ox -3 -d__MSDOS__ mktables.c

    An example to build mktables with gcc on a Linux host:

      gcc -xc MKTABLES.C -o mktables -Wno-write-strings -DOMIT_VOLATILE_VOID

3.2.2 How to build the instsect application

     1. Clone the mercurial repo from https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ldebug or in
        an existing repo use "hg pull" to update the repo

     2. Update the repo with "hg up" or "hg up default" or any other
        available commit you want to build

     3. Clone the other needed repos (lmacros, ldosboot, instsect) from
        https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ or in existing repos use "hg fetch" or
        the sequence of "hg pull" then "hg up" to update the repos. (Usually
        the additional source repos do not have multiple branches.)

     4. Copy the ldebug/source/cfg.sh file to ovr.sh in the same directory

     5. Edit ovr.sh to point to the repos

     6. In ovr.sh you can also specify which tools to use. For example, the
        variable $NASM specifies the nasm executable to use, with path if
        needed.

     7. Finally, run "./makinst.sh" from the ldebug/source directory.
        You may pass environment variables to it. You may also pass it
        parameters which will be passed to the assembly commands.

    The makinst.sh script expects that the current working directory is
    equal to the directory that it resides in. So you'll always want to run
    it as "./makinst.sh" from that directory.

    ldebug/tmp, ldebug/lst, and ldebug/bin will receive the files created
    by the makinst script. ldebug/bin/instsect.com will be the instsect
    application, which has boot sector loaders for FAT12, FAT16, and
    FAT32 embedded. The default protocol is lDOS and the default kernel
    name LDEBUG.COM. Read the instsect help page for instructions on how
    to use it. Refer to section 18.2 for the instsect help. The help can
    also be obtained by running instsect.com /? from DOS. The kernel
    name can be modified with the /F= switch to instsect. For instance,
    "instsect.com /f=lddebugu.com a:" installs the loader onto drive A: with
    the name set up to load the uncompressed lDDebug.

    Current lDOS boot32 uses the FSIBOOT5a protocol for an additional
    stage. This is interoperable with the current lDOS version's use of the
    FSIBOOT5a protocol, as well as with loaders that use a different sector
    for their additional stage (like Microsoft's), or those that do not use
    an additional stage (like FreeDOS's).

3.2.3 How to prepare the test suite

    The test suite (test/test.py) by default uses qemu. (dosemu2 tends to
    need more than 5 seconds to start while qemu manages in 2 seconds or
    less.)

    If the debugger is run as a DOS application and qemu is used then a boot
    image containing a DOS kernel, shell, autoexec.bat, and quit program
    must be created. If the build option use_build_qimg is enabled then
    calls to mak.sh will create such an image. The script file makqimg.sh
    carries out this task.

    If the debugger is run as a DOS application and dosemu2 is used then the
    DOS installed in dosemu is used. The -K and -E switches to dosemu2 are
    used to mount a host directory and execute the debugger.

    If the debugger is bootloaded (in either qemu or dosemu2) then a boot
    image with only the debugger executable and a startup boot script file
    must be created. If the build option use_build_bimg is enabled then
    calls to mak.sh will create such an image. The script file makbimg.sh
    carries out this task.

    The test script creates symlinks to bin/ and tmp/qemutest/ and
    tmp/bdbgtest/ on its own. It can be executed from any directory, as
    it should find its files based on its own location. The test suite
    uses pseudoterminals, qemu or dosemu2, and the default Python unittest
    module.

    Some tests may require having executed the script file
    test/scripts/mak.sh from within the test/scripts directory. When booting
    the debugger or using qemu, this must be run before makbimg.sh or
    makqimg.sh is run.

    The DPMI tests currently require manual setup, with a directory
    test/dpmitest/ containing the dpmitest programs (for dosemu2) or a
    diskette image test/dpmi.img containing the programs as well as the
    HDPMI host executable (for qemu).

3.3 Build options

    _DEBUG

        Make the program debuggable. A "D" is usually prepended to the
        program name. This means that the program's handlers are only
        installed within the function run, and are uninstalled within the
        function intrtn1_code or intrtn1_entry.code. This allows debugging
        everything except this section. This is intended to be used with a
        default build of lDebug as the outer debugger. However, there is
        nothing preventing usage of a different debugger. To indicate that
        the debuggable debugger is running, its default command prompts are
        prepended by a tilde "~".

        (To debug everything including the section from run to intrtn1_*, or
        the DPMI entry of lDebugX, a lower-level debugger must be used, such
        as dosemu's dosdebug or other debuggers that are integrated into
        emulators.)

    _DEBUG_COND

        Only takes effect if _DEBUG option is also enabled. Allow to enable
        or disable debuggable mode within the same process. A "C" is usually
        prepended to the program name. To indicate that the debuggable mode
        is enabled, the debugger's default command prompts are prepended by
        a tilde "~".

        The command-line switch /D+ can be used to start up in debuggable
        mode. /D- instead insures to start up in non-debuggable mode. The
        DCO6 flag 100h can be toggled subsequently to toggle debuggable
        mode. This DCO6 flag can also be changed using INSTALL DEBUG
        commands.

        lDebug with the _DEBUG option disabled accepts a no-op /D- switch.
        lDDebug with _DEBUG enabled but _DEBUG_COND disabled accepts a no-op
        /D+ switch.

    _PM

        Make the program DPMI-capable. An "X" is usually appended to the
        program name. If possible, the interrupt 2Fh function 1687h is
        hooked and made to return lDebugX's entrypoint. Otherwise, the
        initial entry into protected mode must be traced. Upon entry lDebugX
        will install itself as if it is the actual client, initialise
        itself, then set up the original client as if that had entered
        protected mode. The assembler and disassembler will detect and
        support 32-bit code segments. Other commands will also use 32-bit
        addressing to allow using 32-bit segments. To indicate that the
        debugger is in protected mode, its default command prompt changes
        from the dash "-" to a hash sign "#". (lDDebugX or lCDebugX in
        debuggable mode prepends its tilde to that resulting in "~#".)

    _APPLICATION

        Enabled by default. Enables to use the executable as a DOS
        application. Disabling allows to save a little memory for a special-
        purpose build.

    _DEVICE

        Enabled by default. Enables to use the executable as a DOS device
        driver. Disabling allows to save a little memory for a special-
        purpose build.

    _BOOTLDR

        Enabled by default. Makes the program support being bootloaded. This
        additionally requires the lDOS iniload stage wrapped around the
        MZ .EXE image of the debugger. The mak.sh script prepends an "l"
        to the base filename to create the names for the bootable files.
        For building debug, this results in ldebugu.com and ldebug.com. In
        bootloaded mode, I/O is never done using DOS, as if InDOS mode was
        always on. The DOS's current PSP is not switched during debugger
        operation. The MCB chain can only be displayed using the DM command
        by specifying the start segment explicitly. The BOOT commands are
        supported, refer to section 19.11. Disabling this option allows to
        save a little memory for a special-purpose build.

    _HISTORY

        Enables the line editing history for getinput (ROM-BIOS input or
        serial input, DOS input only if getinput enabled). Defaults to
        on. Size can be specified using _HISTORY_SIZE. Whether a separate
        segment is used can be controlled using the _HISTORY_SEPARATE_FIXED
        option. Defaults to an 8 KiB separate segment buffer. Size of a
        separate segment can now be modified by the init using the DOS
        device or application command line switch /H.

    _MEMREF_AMOUNT

        Indicates number of memref structures to include. Default 4
        (on). If enabled without a value, the default (4) is selected.
        When enabling this option, you most likely want to first
        rebuild the assembler and disassembler tables using the command
        ./mktables direction stackhinting. (These mktables switches are
        now default enabled.) This allows for memrefs to indicate whether
        an explicit memory operand is a read or write (direction), as well
        as for stack accesses like push, pop, call, retn to be recognised
        in memrefs (stackhinting). Memrefs are initialised by disassembly.
        Memrefs can be accessed using the access variables like READADR0,
        READLEN0, etc. Refer to section 12.19. The access variables are
        written after an R command's register dump and disassembly (refer
        to section 10.37). Access variables can be accessed using special
        keywords behind the IN of a VALUE x IN y construct (refer to section
        9.8).

        Note that memrefs are not always exact. For instance, accesses by
        some instructions are not detected (eg lgdt, sgdt, fsave). Some
        instructions' accesses are not always correctly detected, such as
        enter with non-zero second operand, string instructions spanning
        segment boundaries, or instructions using ss after a write to ss
        that causes disassembly repetition. Some types of accesses are never
        detected either, such as GDT/LDT accesses to load descriptors.
        The stack access of software interrupt instructions is correctly
        detected only when tracing interrupts (Trace Mode set to 1, refer to
        section 10.50); if the interrupt call is proceeded past then like
        any proceeded-past function call it may use more stack space.

    _SYMBOLIC

        Enables the symbolic debugging support. This currently defaults to
        off. Documentation about the symbolic debugging support is still
        lacking. This may require the _DUALCODE build option to be enabled.

    _IMMASM

        Enable the immediate assembler. Refer to section 10.4. This
        currently defaults to off. This may require the _DUALCODE build
        option to be enabled.

    _DUALCODE

        Enable the second code segment of the debugger. Most of the symbolic
        and immediate assembler code will be put into the second code
        segment if it is enabled. Currently defaults to on if both _PM and
        _SYMBOLIC are enabled.

    _BOOTLDR_DISCARD

        Discard boot loaded mode specific code when installing the debugger
        as a DOS application or DOS device driver. This saves about 9 kB of
        resident memory use. Enabled by default.

    _BOOTLDR_DISCARD_HELP

        Discard boot loaded mode ?BOOT help page when installing the
        debugger as a DOS application or DOS device driver. This saves about
        2.7 kB of resident memory use. Enabled by default. Only takes effect
        if option _MESSAGESEGMENT is enabled.

    _MESSAGESEGMENT

        Adds an additional segment for storing long messages like the help
        pages. This moves about 20 kB out of the data entry segment. Enabled
        by default.

    _EXPRDUALCODE

        Moves most code of the expression evaluator into the second code
        segment, if _DUALCODE is also enabled. This moves 5 kB out of
        the first code segment. Performance may suffer from this option.
        Disabled by default.

    _SYMBOLASMDUALCODE

        Moves most code of the symbols.asm file into the second code
        segment, if _DUALCODE is also enabled. Disabled by default.

    _CHECKSECTION

        Sets default value for the following three options. Disabled by
        default.

    _CHECKCALLSECTION

    _CHECKJMPSECTION

    _CHECKJCCSECTION

        These options enable detection of invalid cross-section branches.
        Enabling all of these options makes the build take a long time,
        possibly in excess of two and a half minutes (versus 30 seconds).
        Further, memory use of the assembler may as much as triple easily.
        (166 MiB seen, versus 66 MiB.) The patch for the %rep leak for NASM
        versions beyond 2.16.01 is a must for enabling any of these options.
        These options are not useful if the _DUALCODE option is not enabled.

    _EXTENSIONS

        Reserves memory for Extension for lDebug loading and adds the EXT
        command to load. (DOS must be available for application mode or
        device mode. Auxiliary buffer must be available for bootloaded
        mode.) The /X= switch to the application mode or device mode
        debugger can be used to set the size of the ELD instance code
        segment. Likewise, the /Y= switch can be used to set the size of the
        ELD data area. Enabled by default.

4: Getting started with the release
-----------------------------------

    The stand-alone and FreeDOS release packages contain the following
    files:

    In the bin or BIN directory:

    ldebug.com

        Compressed bootable debugger, build without DPMI support

    ldebugx.com

        Compressed bootable debugger, build with DPMI support

    instsect.com

        Application to install boot sector loaders, with lDOS loaders that
        default to load LDEBUG.COM from a FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system

    *.eld

        Extensions for lDebug

    Only in the stand-alone package, bin also contains:

    ldebugu.com

        Uncompressed bootable debugger, build without DPMI support

    ldebugxu.com

        Uncompressed bootable debugger, build with DPMI support

    In the FreeDOS package, SOURCE/LDEBUG/ldebug/bin contains all the
    same files as bin in the stand-alone package. (All files in BIN are
    duplicated from this bin directory.) Likewise, the stand-alone package's
    tmp, doc, and lst are carried over into the FreeDOS package's source
    tree.

    Unlike the stand-alone package, the FreeDOS package contains all
    sources needed to build the debugger from scratch, except for the build
    toolchain. The following repos' most recent tip revisions are copied
    into the SOURCE/LDEBUG source tree:

    inicomp

        Depacker stages for compressed triple-mode executables

    instsect

        Install boot sector loaders to drives or file system images

    ldosboot

        Boot sector loaders and initial loader stage for kernels (triple-
        mode executables supported)

    lmacros

        lDOS assembly macro collection

    scanptab

        Allow initial loader or bootloaded debugger to scan for partitions

    tellsize

        Display the allocation size needed by a .big style application image

    The tmp or SOURCE/LDEBUG/ldebug/tmp directory contains subdirectories
    for each used compression method. For example, there is a subdirectory
    named lz4. These subdirectories contain the compressed executables
    ldebug.com and ldebugx.com built with the corresponding compression
    method.

    NB: The default choice of compression method (lzsa2) is chosen based
    on the executable size and depacker performance. Other compression
    method choices may be desired. The uncompressed executables may be
    used, or those compressed with another method (as found in the tmp
    subdirectories).

    In the doc directory, or DOC/LDEBUG:

    ldebug.htm

        This manual in HTML, preferred form

    ldebug.txt

        Manual in plain text (with CR LF line endings)

    ldebug.pdf

        Manual in PDF (only in stand-alone package or source tree)

    fdbuild.txt

        FreeDOS package build instructions

    LDEBUG.LSM

        LSM file for lDebug FreeDOS package

    In the root directory, or also DOC/LDEBUG:

    license.txt

        Full license texts for lDebug

    In the APPINFO directory, only for FreeDOS package:

    LDEBUG.LSM

        LSM file for lDebug FreeDOS package

    In the lst or SOURCE/LDEBUG/ldebug/lst directory:

    debug.map

        Assembly map corresponding to ldebug.com and ldebugu.com

    debugx.map

        Assembly map corresponding to ldebugx.com and ldebugxu.com

    instsect.map

        Assembly map corresponding to instsect.com

    boot12.map, boot16.map, boot32.map

        Assembly maps corresponding to the loaders that are embedded into
        instsect.com

    Listing files are no longer shipped with release builds (as of release
    8), neither in the stand-alone package nor the FreeDOS package. To
    obtain a listing file that will match the binaries of a release build,
    one may obtain the daily current build of the same day as the release
    build. The only differences should be in the debugger version strings,
    which are filled to the same size to avoid changing the offsets of
    everything.

    Alternatively, in the source directory "./make reproduce" may be run
    on a host system to recreate all artefacts of the build of the main
    debugger. (Exact identicalised output may require the same toolchain
    as originally used.) Likewise, in the source directory "./makinst.sh"
    may be run to recreate the instsect artefacts and in the source/eld
    directory "./mak.sh" to create the ELDs.

5: Invoking the debugger
------------------------

5.1 Invoking the debugger in boot loaded mode

    The debugger can be loaded as a variety of kernel formats.

    The Multiboot1 and Multiboot2 entrypoints will expect that a kernel
    command line is provided. The EDR-DOS, FreeDOS, RxDOS.3, and lDOS load
    protocols allow specifying a kernel command line, but it is optional.

    If a kernel command line is detected then its contents are entered
    into the command line buffer. Unescaped semicolons are translated
    into Carriage Returns. Semicolons and backslashes may be escaped with
    backslashes.

    If no kernel command line is given, the debugger assumes a default. It
    is equivalent to checking for a file and label using the IF command
    (section 10.25), then if found to execute that script file. The IF
    condition is like "if exists y ldp/LDEBUG.SLD :bootstartup then" and the
    subsequent script command is "y ldp/LDEBUG.SLD :bootstartup" (section
    10.58). The filename is however "LDDEBUG.SLD" for DDebug builds, and
    "LCDEBUG.SLD" for CDebug builds.

    Executing the Q command (section 10.34) makes the debugger uninstall
    itself then continue running whatever code the debuggee is in. Executing
    the BOOT QUIT command (section 19.11) makes the debugger attempt to shut
    down the machine. First it will try to call a dosemu-specific callback.
    Next it will attempt shutting down with APM. (This works in qemu.)
    Finally it will give up if no attempt worked.

5.2 Invoking the debugger as an application

    The debugger is internally an MZ .EXE style application. It may need MS-
    DOS version 3 level features. A few switches are supported:

    /?

        Show the command help page about invoking the debugger. Refer to
        section 18.1 for a copy of that help.

    /C

        Put the text following this switch into the command line buffer.
        Unquoted unescaped blanks indicate the end of the text. Parts
        may be quoted using single quote marks or double quote marks.
        Unescaped semicolons are translated into Carriage Returns.
        Semicolons, backslashes, quote marks, and blanks may be escaped with
        backslashes.

    /IN

        Clear the command line buffer. This switch can be used to discard
        the default commands placed into the command line buffer. They are
        intended to load a start up configuration from a Script for lDebug
        file, either in the directory specified by the %LDEBUGCONFIG%
        variable or in the debugger executable's directory.

    /A

        Specify auxiliary buffer size. The size may be specified as the
        keywords MIN, MAX, a hexadecimal number, or a hash sign # followed
        by a decimal number. If a blank follows directly behind /A this is
        parsed like /A=MAX. Minimum size is 8208 Bytes, maximum size is
        by default 24576 Bytes. The auxiliary buffer currently cannot be
        resized by the resident debugger. This switch is processed by the
        debugger's init.

    /S

        This switch is only used if the symbolic option is enabled. It can
        be used to set the size of the symbol tables early, before loading a
        debuggee application. Refer to section 10.59.1.

    /B

        Run a breakpoint within the debugger's initialisation.

    /F

        Enable/disable treating file as a flat binary. Enable if a blank
        or plus sign follows this switch. Disable if a minus sign follows
        this switch. This controls the DCO6 option 400h. If enabled,
        .EXE and .COM files will be loaded as flat binaries even if they
        contain an MZ executable header. .HEX files will also be loaded as
        flat binaries rather than being interpreted to load the described
        contents. Writing the files back as flat binaries is also enabled
        by this. (Note that the file has to fit into memory for this.) /F
        implies /E+, but /F+ and /F- do not imply anything about /E.

    /E

        Enable/disable setting Stack Segment != PSP for loading flat
        binaries. Enable if a blank or plus sign follows this switch.
        Disable if a minus sign follows this switch. This controls the
        DCO6 option 800h. If enabled then loading a flat binary file (with
        filename extensions such as .BIN or using the /F switch) will set up
        a Stack Segment at the end of the process memory block. That is, in
        a different segment than the process segment. If disabled, then flat
        binaries always get SS = PSP even if that leaves the stack pointing
        into the binary image. /F implies /E+.

    /V

        Enable/disable video screen swapping. Enable if a blank or plus sign
        follows this switch. Disable if a minus sign follows this switch.
        Refer to section 10.54.

    /2

        Enable/disable using a second display for debugger output. Enable
        if a blank or plus sign follows this switch. Disable if a minus
        sign follows this switch. This option is disabled by default. If no
        second display is detected by the debugger, trying to enable this
        mode causes an error message. This option can only be enabled by the
        debugger's init. Therefore there is no Debugger Common Options flag
        for this mode.

    /P

        Enable/disable path search and guessing filename extension. Enable
        if a blank or plus sign follows this switch. Disable if a minus
        sign follows this switch. This option is disabled by default. When
        enabled, the debugger's init will try to expand the filename passed
        after the switches. (This only works during initially loading the
        debugger. Subsequent N or K commands will not observe /P+ mode.
        Therefore there is no Debugger Common Options flag for this mode.)

        If the last component of the filename (after the right-most forward
        slash, backslash, or colon) does not yet contain a dot, the debugger
        will first try to load from the filename as given. Then it will try
        to append three different filename extensions in order: .COM, .EXE,
        and .BIN.

        If the filename does not contain any path components (indicated by
        forward slashes, backslashes, or colons) and no match is found in
        the current directory, the debugger will read the %PATH% variable if
        any. It will then attempt to find a match in every path element in
        order. (If the filename does not contain a dot, then for every path
        element, it is searched for the filename as-is and then with each of
        the three extensions added. If all four attempts fail, the next path
        element is tried.)

        /PE

            Enable/disable guessing filename extension, only.

        /PS

            Enable/disable path search, only.

    /PW

        Enable/disable warning for unknown filename extension. Enable
        if a blank or plus sign follows this switch. Disable if a minus
        sign follows this switch. This option is enabled by default. When
        enabled, the debugger's init will match the filename passed after
        the switches to a list of known extensions. (This only works during
        initially loading the debugger. Subsequent N or K commands will not
        observe /PW+ mode. Therefore there is no Debugger Common Options
        flag for this mode.)

        If the filename is not empty, and if the last component of the
        filename (after the right-most forward slash, backslash, or colon)
        does contain a dot, and the last four text bytes do not match a
        known extension, then the warning is displayed by init. The known
        filename extensions are: .HEX, .ROM, .COM, .EXE, and .BIN.

    /D

        This switch is only used for a conditionally debuggable build
        (lCDebug). Enable/disable debuggable mode. Enable if a blank or
        plus sign follows this switch. Disable if a minus sign follows this
        switch. This controls the DCO6 option 100h. By default, debuggable
        mode is enabled. For lDebug or lDDebug builds (not lCDebug), a
        no-op /D switch is accepted but a switch that disagrees with the
        debuggability of the build is rejected.

    After the switches a filename may follow. After the filename, command
    line contents for the process to be debugged may follow. These are both
    passed to the N command. Then, an L command for loading an application
    is run.

    Executing the Q command (section 10.34) makes the debugger try to
    terminate the debuggee application and to then terminate itself. The
    debugger returns to whatever application called it.

    If the TSR command (section 10.51) is used, the debugger patches the
    parent of the currently running application to be the debugger's parent.
    A subsequent Q command will then behave much like it does in boot loaded
    mode: The debugger uninstalls itself and continues execution in the
    current debuggee context.

    The debugger detects its configuration directory as follows:

     1. If the environment variable LDEBUGCONFIG is set, read it.

     2. Else, if the path to the debugger's executable can be determined,
        use that.

     3. Else, the current directory on the current drive is used.

    The command line buffer receives a command that uses the configuration
    directory. This command is written before any /C= switch contents.

    It is equivalent to checking for a file and label
    using the IF command (section 10.25), then if found
    to execute that script file. The IF condition is like
    "if exists y ::config::LDEBUG.SLD :applicationstartup then"
    and the subsequent script command is
    "y ::config::LDEBUG.SLD :applicationstartup" (section 10.58). The
    filename is however "LDDEBUG.SLD" for DDebug builds, and "LCDEBUG.SLD"
    for CDebug builds. This default command can be disabled using the /IN
    switch.

5.3 Invoking the debugger as a device driver

    The debugger's MZ .EXE style executable can also be loaded as a device
    driver. Loading as a device driver requires an MS-DOS version 5 level
    feature. Namely, the loader has to initialise and pass the pointer to
    the end of memory available to the device driver. (The debugger attempts
    to detect whether this pointer is passed and indicates enough memory,
    but it is unclear how well that works.)

    Device drivers can be loaded from CONFIG.SYS using a DEVICE= directive.
    Other loaders such as DEVLOAD may work too. (DEVLOAD 3.25 specifically
    needs a patch to fix some problems keeping track of memory and to allow
    DEVLOAD to report more than 64 KiB of memory available to the device
    driver.)

    DOS device loaders generally convert the device driver's command line
    to allcaps. To work around this, the debugger will interpret the
    exclamation mark in a special way: An exclamation mark indicates to
    convert the next letter to a small letter, if it is a capital letter. To
    pass a literal exclamation mark, double it.

    All command line switches of the application mode are also accepted
    by the device mode debugger. (The /T switch is the exception, it is
    only valid to the application mode.) In particular, /C= can be used to
    pass commands to execute. The configuration Script for lDebug file is
    detected in the same way as for application mode, except the label used
    is :devicestartup.

    The debugger will start up with debuggee client registers set up from
    the way they were passed by the device loader. CS:IP will point to
    a far return instruction in the debugger's entry segment. The stack
    will be preserved from what the device loader passed, too. That means
    running the debuggee allows to return control to DOS and have it finish
    installation of the debugger as a device. Subsequently, DOS and other
    device drivers and applications can be debugged, just like when resident
    in TSR mode.

    The device mode debugger can terminate in two different modes. Both
    require a specific command letter appended to the Q command.

    QD may be used if control did not return to the device loader yet. The
    debugger checks this condition by stashing away a copy of all regular
    registers to compare to their current values. This includes all GPRs,
    all segment registers, EIP, and EFL. Also, the debugger's device header
    fields for pointing to the next device header are compared to FFFFh. If
    both match, it is assumed that we can still modify the request header
    passed by the device loader. This allows to report an error and set up
    an empty memory block to keep, so that the loader will know to discard
    the device.

    QC may be used if control has returned to the device loader already and
    the debugger device has been installed into the system. It requires
    locating the device header in the chain of devices that starts with the
    NUL device in the DOS data segment. It also requires to find the memory
    block containing the debugger. It must be either a PSP-alike MCB (self-
    owned regular MCB containing exactly the debugger allocation) or an "SD"
    (System Data) container MCB with one or more sub-MCBs (one of which
    contains exactly the debugger allocation). If these conditions are met,
    the debugger can be quit. It re-uses parts of the TSR application mode
    termination.

    *NOTE:* Using QC currently assumes that no system file handles are left
    allocated to the placeholder character device that the debugger installs
    to keep itself resident. This device is currently called "LDEBUG$$". If
    this rule is not followed the system might crash.

5.4 Invoking the test suite

    Use the test.py script in the test subdirectory. Use the -v switch to do
    verbose output. Specify test name patterns to use with -k, or omit to
    run all tests. (Refer to the Test Reference in section 21 for a list of
    all tests.)

    The script uses the following environment variables:

    build_name

        Build name to use. Either debug (default), debugx, ddebug, ddebugx,
        cdebug, or cdebugx.

    test_booting

        If set to a nonzero number, boot into the debugger. Otherwise, a DOS
        is loaded and the debugger is run as an application. Some tests are
        booting only, some other tests are non-booting only. The unsupported
        tests are skipped automatically.

    test_initialise_commands

        Commands to be executed by the test set up method right after
        establishing serial I/O. Semicolons are replaced by Carriage
        Returns. This should include the command "r dco6 clr= 100" or
        "uninstall debug" if testing lCDebug to disable its debuggable mode.

    test_sleepduration

        Floating point number which defines the default sleep duration, in
        seconds, for read calls that do not override it. This defaults to
        0.05.

    test_addsleepduration

        Floating point number which defines a duration, in seconds, to add
        to the duration of overridden read calls. This defaults to 0.0.

    DEFAULT_MACHINE

        "qemu" or "dosemu" (default is "qemu")

    DOSEMU

        dosemu executable to use

    QEMU

        qemu executable to use

    DEBUG

        If set to a nonzero number, dump all serial I/O and all debugging
        messages.

    The most common reason for random failures is timing. If this is
    suspected to be the case, the duration variables allow increasing the
    time spent waiting on debugger output. They were added to replace the
    workflow of editing durations manually in the test script.

6: Interface Reference
----------------------

6.1 Interface Output

    The debugger provides a line-based text interface. The interface is
    written to DOS standard output by default. If InDOS mode is entered,
    INSTALL BIOSOUTPUT has been used, or the debugger is bootloaded then the
    interface is written to the terminal using interrupt 10h. Serial I/O can
    be enabled to write the interface to the serial port.

6.2 Interface Input

    The default command prompt indicates that a command may be entered. It
    is a dash "-" by default, or a hash sign "#" when DebugX is in Protected
    Mode. An exclamation point "!" is prepended by a DOS application or
    device mode debugger (not bootloaded) while DOS's InDOS flag is set.
    (This check always uses the actual InDOS flag, ignoring the "force
    InDOS" mode of the debugger.) A tilde "~" is prepended for DDebug, or
    CDebug while in debuggable mode.

    If DOS command line input is done using getinput (eg if DCO option 800h
    is set or INSTALL GETINPUT was run) or the input is from a raw (ROM-
    BIOS) terminal, or from a serial port, then the line editing history is
    enabled. Prior commands may be recalled using the Up arrow key. The Down
    arrow key may also be used to reverse the recall. As soon as any prior
    or new line is edited the history recall is disabled. To discard the
    current line and re-enable history recall, Control-C may be entered.

    Long command output may be paged. In that case, once a screenful has
    been displayed, a "[more]" prompt is displayed to pause the output.
    After pressing any key the output is continued. If Control-C is pressed,
    the current command is aborted.

6.3 Enabling serial I/O

    Refer to section 12.11 for the serial configuration variables. Setting
    the DCO flag 4000h enables serial I/O. This flag can also be set using
    the INSTALL SERIAL command. Upon enabling serial I/O a prompt is sent to
    the serial port. This prompt looks like the following example:

      lDebug connected to serial port. Enter KEEP to confirm.
      =

    (The name of the debugger is modified to indicate DebugX, DDebug,
    DDebugX, CDebug, or CDebugX. The prompt indicator is "~= " for DDebug
    or CDebug while in debuggable mode.) If the keep prompt is successfully
    displayed by the serial terminal and is responded to with the requested
    "KEEP" keyword then serial I/O is established.

    If the confirmation does not occur after a timeout then serial I/O is
    disabled again. The timeout defaults to about 15 seconds. In this case
    the debugger itself clears the DCO flag 4000h.

    If the DCO flag 4000h is cleared then serial I/O is disabled. The flag
    can also be cleared using the UNINSTALL SERIAL command.

6.4 Register dumping

    The R command (refer to section 10.37) without any parameters dumps the
    current register values. Then it disassembles a single instruction,
    or occasionally more than one. The register dump looks like this by
    default:

      -r
      AX=0000 BX=0001 CX=58A0 DX=0000 SP=0800 BP=0000 SI=0000 DI=0000
      DS=1BEC ES=1BEC SS=35A9 CS=1BEC IP=0140 NV UP EI PL ZR NA PE NC
      1BEC:0140 8CC8              mov     ax, cs
      -

    If the "RX" command was used to switch on 32-bit register dumping, then
    the register dump looks like this:

      -r
      EAX=00000000 EBX=00000001 ECX=000058A0 EDX=00000000 ESP=00000800 EBP=00000000
      ESI=00000000 EDI=00000000 NV UP EI PL ZR NA PE NC
      DS=1BEC ES=1BEC SS=35A9 CS=1BEC FS=0000 GS=0000 EIP=00000140
      1BEC:0140 8CC8              mov     ax, cs
      -

    The RE command (section 10.37.1) runs the RE buffer commands. The
    default RE buffer content is a single "@R" command. After running the
    program being debugged, usually the RE buffer commands are also being
    run. This includes a step with the T, TP, or P commands. (Section
    10.49, section 10.49.1, section 10.33.) It also includes a run with
    the G command. (Section 10.21.) Further, a permanent breakpoint which
    is configured as a pass point being passed also runs the RE buffer
    commands. (Section 10.7.)

    Setting the flags 1_0000 or 4_0000 in the DCO3 variable enables register
    change highlighting. (The command INSTALL RHIGHLIGHT sets DCO3 4_0000.)
    When output is written to DOS standard output or to a serial port then
    ANSI escape sequences are used to highlight. Specifically, "\x1B[7m" is
    used to reverse video and then "\x1B[m" to reset the colours.

    For DOS standard output it may be needed to install an ANSI escape
    sequence parser.

    For serial I/O the terminal connected to the debugger is expected to
    handle the escape sequences.

    If the output is to a terminal using interrupt 10h and DCO3 flag 2_0000
    is clear and the terminal is detected as functional then highlighting is
    done using interrupt 10h video attributes.

    The functionality check is done by calling interrupt 10h service 03h. If
    the indicated current column is nonzero then the terminal is considered
    functional. (Recent dosemu2 in -dumb terminal mode is detected as not
    being functional. Current dosemu2 is queried for -dumb mode directly,
    and considered not functional if in this mode.)

    If this check fails or the DCO3 flag 2_0000 is set then escape sequences
    are written using interrupt 10h.

6.5 Memory dumping

    Another basic command is the D command (section 10.12). It is used to
    dump memory contents. For example, to dump part of a program:

      -d
      1BEC:0140  8C C8 31 DB 05 70 14 50-53 CB 70 03 91 67 BC 45 ..1..p.PS.p..g.E
      1BEC:0150  3F 10 C1 6F F9 70 BA 22-7C 71 C3 72 0A 81 0A 81 ?..o.p."|q.r....
      1BEC:0160  47 74 68 76 6C 77 32 72-A7 2F BD 78 4B 16 9F 7B Gthvlw2r./.xK..{
      1BEC:0170  C9 2B 09 37 0A 81 81 7D-E2 7E AC A0 00 00 00 00 .+.7...}.~......
      1BEC:0180  10 49 00 00 0F 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 10 49 00 00 .I...........I..
      1BEC:0190  0F 00 00 00 F8 30 80 00-00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 .....0..........
      1BEC:01A0  07 00 00 00 07 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
      1BEC:01B0  00 00 00 00 97 65 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .....e..........
      -

    Or, to dump the stack as words:

      -dw ss:sp
      header     0    2    4    6    8    A    C    E    0123456789ABCDEF
      35A9:0800  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0810  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0820  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0830  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0840  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0850  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0860  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      35A9:0870  0000 0000 0000 0000-0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
      -

6.6 Disassembly

    The U command is used to disassemble one or several instructions.
    Example:

      -u
      305C:0000 8CD0              mov     ax, ss
      305C:0002 8CDA              mov     dx, ds
      305C:0004 29D0              sub     ax, dx
      305C:0006 31D2              xor     dx, dx
      305C:0008 B90400            mov     cx, 0004
      305C:000B D1E0              shl     ax, 1
      305C:000D D1D2              rcl     dx, 1
      305C:000F E2FA              loop    000B
      305C:0011 50                push    ax
      305C:0012 01E0              add     ax, sp
      305C:0014 83D200            adc     dx, +00
      305C:0017 83C00F            add     ax, +0F
      305C:001A 83D200            adc     dx, +00
      305C:001D 24F0              and     al, F0
      305C:001F 83FA01            cmp     dx, +01
      -

6.7 Loading the debuggee

    A program to examine can be loaded using the N and L commands. If the
    debugger is loaded as a DOS application with a filename specified in its
    command line, it will run the N and L commands on its own.

    The N command sets up some buffers internal to the debugger. One of
    those specifies the pathname of the executable file to load. The
    pathname must include the filename extension, if any. The pathname must
    be relative to the current directories at the time the L command runs,
    or it must be absolute. This is not true of the pathname initially
    specified on the debugger command line tail if the debugger switch /P
    is used. The path Extension for lDebug (refer to section 16.41) can be
    loaded to provide extension guessing and path search for later N or K
    commands after the debugger has been loaded properly.

    The tail of the N command after the pathname is used as the command line
    tail for a new debuggee process.

    The L command without any parameters attempts to load the program
    specified to the last N command into a new process. If the L command
    does not display any messages this indicates success.

6.8 Running the debuggee

    Once a program is loaded into the debugger it can be run in several
    ways:

    G command

        Runs at full speed until a breakpoint is encountered. Temporary
        breakpoints can be specified to the G command. Refer to section
        10.21.

    T command

        Traces a single instruction, except for software interrupts which
        are by default run at full speed with a breakpoint after them. Refer
        to section 10.49.

    P command

        Either runs at full speed with a breakpoint behind the current
        instruction, or traces a single instruction. Software interrupts,
        call instructions, repeated string instructions, and loop
        instructions are proceeded past by using a breakpoint. Refer to
        section 10.33.

    TP command

        Like the T command except that repeated string instructions are
        proceeded past like the P command would. Refer to section 10.49.1.

    All run commands support auto-repeat: Submitting an empty line to the
    debugger (blanks allowed but no comment) will make the debugger run
    the last command again. For the G command auto-repeat, the specified
    temporary breakpoints will be used again. Refer to section 10.1.

    Permanent breakpoints can be set up and changed using the B commands.
    They can be configured to behave as pass points as well. Refer to
    section 10.7.

    The ?RUN help page in section 19.8 lists some additional features of the
    T, P, and TP commands.

6.9 Help

    The online help can be accessed using the "?" command. Refer to section
    19 for copies of the online help.

7: Debugging the debugger itself
--------------------------------

    There are debuggable builds of the debugger, called lDDebug
    (unconditionally debuggable) and lCDebug (conditionally debuggable).

    The debuggable mode works by installing the mandatory interrupt handlers
    of the debuggable debugger only within the "run" function, so as to
    return the control flow to this instance when it runs its debuggee code.
    On return into this instance, it uninstalls its mandatory handlers
    again. This mechanism allows to debug most of the debugger using a
    different instance of lDebug (or potentially another debugger).

    In debuggable mode, an additional command is supported, the BU command
    (which stands for "Break Upwards"). It will run a breakpoint within the
    debugger's code segment which will break into the other debugger. Its
    code was updated so it will break at the command dispatcher after the
    label cmd4. This means if the outer debugger is also an lDebug then
    it can be instructed to skip to the next command being dispatched by
    entering the command "G ip".

    lDDebugX (or lCDebugX) can also install its exception areas into the
    other lDebugX instance. For this, the other debugger needs to have run
    an "INSTALL AMIS" command. Then the debuggable debugger can run its
    "INSTALL AREAS". Afterwards, faults in the debuggable debugger will make
    the other lDebugX indicate the area of the fault.

    After lDebugX has caught a fault in the CODE or CODE2 segment, it
    can be instructed to resume the lDDebugX (or lCDebugX) command input
    loop (cmd3) by running a "G=0" command. If "G=1" is used instead, an
    additional linebreak will be displayed by the debuggable debugger before
    it starts prompting for input. This is useful if the fault occurred
    with some partial output currently displayed. The offset 0 and offset 1
    entries are also supported by non-DPMI builds and can of course be used
    at any point in time other than after a fault, too.

    There are some DCO6 flags to control breakpoints and entering lCDebug's
    debuggable mode in the functions debuggerexception and putrunint. They
    can be displayed using a "?O6" command.

    Other than for the most trivial sessions it is recommended to control
    the outer debugger by serial I/O, separately from the I/O of the
    debuggable debugger. If the latter also should be controlled by serial
    I/O then two different ports can be used. The terminal connected to the
    outer debugger can also be set up for TracList, the lDebug companion
    application which traces a listing file. For instance, if lDDebugX is
    to be traced, TracList should be run with the ldebug/lst/ddebugx.lst
    listing file.

7.1 Initialising the debuggable debugger

    To allow the debuggable debugger to relocate and initialise its code
    sections, the outer debugger should generally start running the
    debuggable debugger with a plain "G" command. The debuggable debugger
    can then return control to the outer debugger using its "BU" command.

    If the initialisation of the debuggable debugger is to be debugged, the
    "/B" switch may be of use. Otherwise, note that the NEC V20/V30 and 486
    CPU detections may fail when traced using an outer lDebug.

    The NEC detection may lock the machine up if its specially encoded
    "pop cx" is traced or run with a breakpoint directly behind it. To allow
    to continue tracing after it, a breakpoint must be set up at the "jcxz"
    instruction or later. There must not be a breakpoint on the "mov sp, ax"
    instruction. The "pop cx" instruction must not be traced with the Trace
    Flag set. Failure to honour these requirements may lock up the NEC
    CPUs, for example the one used in the HP 95LX, which then may require
    resetting the system with Ctrl-Shift-On. This also resets the system
    date and time.

    The 486 detection may wrongly detect a 386 instead of a 486+ when traced
    on some systems, such as some revisions of dosemu(2).

7.2 Sectioning overview

    The sections of the debugger are declared in debug.asm:

        org 100h
        addsection lDEBUG_DATA_ENTRY, align=16 start=100h
      data_entry_start:
      %define DATASECTIONFIXUP -data_entry_start+100h
      _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start:
      %xdefine %[_CURRENT_SECTION %+ FIXUP] - _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start+100h
      
        addsection ASMTABLE1, align=16 follows=lDEBUG_DATA_ENTRY
        addsection ASMTABLE2, align=16 follows=ASMTABLE1
        addsection MESSAGESEGMENT, align=16 follows=ASMTABLE2 vstart=0
      messagesegment_start:
        addsection lDEBUG_CODE, align=16 follows=MESSAGESEGMENT vstart=0
      code_start:
      %define CODESECTIONFIXUP -code_start+0
      _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start:
      %xdefine %[_CURRENT_SECTION %+ FIXUP] - _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start+0
        addsection lDEBUG_CODE2, align=16 follows=lDEBUG_CODE vstart=0
      code2_start:
      %define CODE2SECTIONFIXUP -code2_start+0
      _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start:
      %xdefine %[_CURRENT_SECTION %+ FIXUP] - _CURRENT_SECTION %+ _start+0
      
        addsection DATASTACK, align=16 follows=ASMTABLE2 nobits
        addsection INIT, align=16 follows=lDEBUG_CODE2 vstart=0
      %if _DEVICE
        addsection DEVICESHIM, align=16 follows=INIT vstart=0
      %endif
        addsection RELOCATEDZERO, vstart=0 nobits
      relocatedzero:

    These are the sections:

    lDEBUG_DATA_ENTRY

        Data entry section. Used for data, most messages, and code
        entrypoints into the debugger. Addressed with the same segment
        as the debugger's PSP. This segment is usually addressed using
        SS, often DS also, and sometimes ES too. Not relocated, except if
        application /T switch used.

    ASMTABLE1, ASMTABLE2

        Assembler/disassembler tables. Addressed with the same segment as
        the debugger's PSP and the data entry section. Not relocated, except
        if application /T switch used.

    MESSAGESEGMENT

        Used to store some long messages, as well as the ELD link info
        tables. Addressed with a vstart of zero using its own segment.
        Relocated to behind the data stack section when the init sets up
        the debugger. May be truncated to drop ?BOOT help page when not in
        bootloaded mode.

    lDEBUG_CODE

        First and main code section. Addressed with a vstart of zero
        using its own segment. This segment is addressed using CS most of
        the time. Relocated to behind the message segment or behind the
        auxiliary buffer. May be truncated to drop boot code when not in
        bootloaded mode.

    lDEBUG_CODE2

        Second code section. Only used (not empty) if _DUALCODE is enabled.
        Addressed with a vstart of zero. Relocated to behind the first code
        section.

    DATASTACK

        Nobits. Uninitialised data and stack section. Addressed using the
        same segment as the data entry section. This contains the ELD data
        blocks, the size of which can be changed using the /Y= switch to the
        application or device driver init. The maximum ELD data size will
        expand this section up to offset 65_520.

    INIT

        Debugger init. Addressed using a vstart of zero. In device mode and
        application mode, this section is relocated at least once. A second
        relocation will be attempted if _INIT_MAX=0 and the chosen sizes
        of the auxiliary buffer, the ELD code segment, the history buffer,
        and the ELD data blocks are too large to fit into the initial
        allocation. Discarded after init is done.

    DEVICESHIM

        This section is eventually installed at the beginning of the
        debugger allocation for the device mode debugger, before the
        debugger's pseudo-MCB and PSP created by the init. It contains the
        header and resident code of the device driver that the debugger
        installs to stay resident.

    RELOCATEDZERO

        Nobits. A label in this section is used in far call (dualcall with
        _PM=0) instructions for the segment immediate. Its use is to emit a
        relocation into the listing file, helping these instructions to be
        matched by TracList.

    There are some additional segments that do not correspond to sections
    in the debugger's sources. All of these segments are allocated at init
    time.

    Auxiliary buffer

        Used for various needs. Default size is 8 KiB + 16 Bytes, can grow
        up to 24 KiB using /A= switch to non-boot init.

    History segment

        Used to hold line editor history. Default size is 8 KiB, can grow up
        to nearly 64 KiB using /H= switch to non-boot init. Can shrink to
        nearly 260 Bytes as well.

    Environment block

        Holds the debugger's environment. Size is 2 KiB.

    ELD code segment

        Provides space for loading ELD code instances. Default size is 16
        KiB, can grow up to 65_520 Bytes or shrink all the way to zero bytes
        using the /X= switch to non-boot init.

    Some additional memory allocations show up as gaps in the memory map of
    the debugger:

    Device driver header and code

        This is initialised from the DEVICESHIM section.

    Device driver trailer paragraph

        This is reserved to support the QC command, in case the debugger is
        stored in an SD sub-MCB.

    Layout 3 gap

        When the debugger init determines that the auxiliary buffer cannot
        be placed as desired in one of the first two layouts, then a gap of
        about 8 KiB is allocated additionally.

    Boot image ident

        This paragraph contains a signature that spells "NDEB" and size
        information on the allocation of the debugger.

    Boot alignment gap

        The boot allocation is done using the int 12h memory size. This
        size is specified in an amount of kilo binary bytes. Therefore, the
        debugger may need to allocate up to 1008 Bytes more than it needs to
        align its allocation to a KiB boundary.

7.3 Debugging ELDs

    The ELD code segment has a different convenience entrypoint that
    returns the control flow to the cmd3 loop. Due to the structure of ELD
    instances, there can be no code at offset 0. Instead, there is an entry
    at offset 79h. Therefore, when the inner debugger is running code in the
    ELD code segment, a "G=79" command can be used to cancel the currently
    running ELD. (At most points in an ELD, to cancel the currently running
    ELD should be safe. In particular, any calls to debugger code that may
    do I/O or that may invoke the error handler must be safely cancellable.)

7.3.1 Using the offset hint to debug ELDs

    ELDs can be loaded at arbitrary offsets in the ELD code segment. The
    first ELD is always loaded at offset 80h, but subsequent ELDs may be
    loaded at higher offsets. The only certainty is that the offset is
    paragraph-aligned.

    To help in using TracList to debug an ELD, a special handshake is
    provided to communicate an ELD's offset.

    The outer debugger should "install amis" and install the AMIS message
    ELD by running "ext amismsg.eld install" (refer to section 16.13). When
    the ELD linker runs in the inner debugger, it will send a hint message
    to the outer debugger's AMIS function 40h (refer to section 14.5.5).
    The hint is received by the AMIS message ELD of the outer debugger and
    displayed to the outer debugger's terminal before processing the next
    command in the cmd3 loop.

    The hint line looks like this example:

      TracList-add-offset=ldmem.lst::0080h

    When the hint line is received by tractest, it will hand it over into
    the line file and hint file, both read by TracList. TracList will then
    parse the offset provided by the hint. In the current use case this hint
    is always used to add a file-scoped offset.

7.3.1.1 Using the hint ELDs

    There are additional ELDs, hint.eld (section 16.51) and hintoth.eld
    (section 16.52). Both will enumerate listing hints for all currently
    loaded ELDs.

    The first, hint.eld, will send a string containing all the hints to the
    AMIS message service of another debugger instance.

    The second, hintoth.eld, will display the hints of an other link
    debugger to the terminal of the debugger instance that runs the
    hintoth.eld. This requires the other debugger instance to have installed
    its AMIS interface and loaded the amisoth.eld (section 16.28) to provide
    the other link.

7.3.2 Using houdinis to debug ELDs

    Houdinis are conditional breakpoints. They run an int3 instruction only
    if three conditions are met:

     1. Houdinis are enabled in the ELD's build

     2. The debugger is in debuggable mode (for lCDebug) or it is an
        unconditionally debuggable build (lDDebug)

     3. Houdinis have been enabled in the DCO7 using eg "install houdini"

7.3.3 ELD examples

    ldmem - Command hook

        Depicts how to install and uninstall a resident ELD with a command
        hook.

    ldmem - Nouns

        Dispatches to subfunctions using a table of nouns that can be
        entered on the command line, defaulting to ALL if no nouns are
        specified.

    ldmemoth - Other linker use

        Uses the other link info to access data structures of a different
        instance of lDebug running on the system. (Almost all of the sources
        are shared with ldmem.)

    amismsg - AMIS handler

        Implements two TSR-private AMIS services, functions 40h and 41h, by
        using the AMIS handler hook.

    amisoth - Export link info

        Exports the link info and data/entry/stack segment and selector of
        the debugger on the AMIS interface, to be read by ldmemoth.

    aformat - Iterate a table of handlers

        This ELD hooks into a record 4 handler chains exposed by the
        debugger. To handle all of them, the install and uninstall code
        iterates over a table that points to the handlers and the hooks in
        which they are referenced.

    list - Find files with wildcard pattern

        The list ELD finds and opens files specified by a pathname pattern.
        It can use DOS LFN find, DOS SFN find, or a bespoke boot directory
        scan to match filenames.

    list - Use eldstrict mode with annotated relocations

        This mode utilises the recent NASM's reloc warnings to enforce
        relocations being marked by the reloc or reloc2 mmacros.

    rn - Do 386-related patches upon loading the ELD

        The RN ELD implements patching based on whether it is running on
        a 386+ machine or not. It re-uses the debugger's patch and table
        writing macros.

    amount - Install an ELD variable

        This installs ELDAMOUNT as a variable that can be read by the
        debugger's expression evaluator.

    eldcomp - Modify output in the puts handler

        When detecting a difference, eldcomp will rerun the ELD under test
        and allocate buffers to copy the ELD's allocation. Then it will
        run a debugger C command to highlight differences. To relate the C
        command output to the ELD's listing file offsets, eldcomp hooks into
        the puts handler and writes the in-section offset before and after
        the C command output.

    eldcomp - Inject debugger commands

        To run its test commands, eldcomp installs itself as a resident ELD
        and hooks into the debugger's command injection handler. It then
        injects up to 17 commands to be run by the debugger.

    ifext - Add an IF command

        When installed as a resident ELD, ifext will provide the
        IF [NOT] EXT extensionname THEN command construct.

    x - Add a help page to the ? command

        The EMS commands ELD will add its help page using either of two
        commands: X? or ?X.

    set - Redirect output in a puts handler

        When run with the /E switch, the set ELD will inject a command with
        a puts handler installed. This handler will save one line of output
        and cause none of the output to actually be displayed.

    withhdr - Provide prefix commands

        The WITH HEADER and WITH TRAILER commands are prefixes that modify
        the workings of a subsequent command.

    variable - Preprocess command text

        This ELD installs a preprocess handler to expand DOS environment
        variables in commands.

    dpb - Get an address that is always a 86 Mode segmented address

        Uses getaddrX to get an 86 Mode segmented address, even in Protected
        Mode. This happens to work. The address is read if the DPB command
        is used with the LIST AT keywords.

    dosspace - Big number arithmetic

        Uses 48-bit byte size display and 64-bit numerics to display total
        and free space on a DOS drive.

    errfix - Provide an interface variable

        This ELD fills an indirect (pointer) variable in the debugger. Other
        ELDs can use the contents of this variable as part of an interface,
        to access an array variable that lives within the errfix.eld data
        block.

8: Parameter Reference
----------------------

8.1 Number

    Plain numbers are evaluated as expressions. Refer to section 9.
    Expressions consist of any number of the following:

     -  Unary operators

     -  Binary operators

     -  Operands

    Plain number parsing for an expression continues for as long as a valid
    expression is continued. For example, in the command "D 100 + 20 L 10"
    the starting address (its offset to be specific) is calculated as "100
    + 20". Then the expression evaluator encounters the "L", which is not a
    valid binary operator. Plain number expression parameters are used by a
    lot of commands. Sometimes, the plain number parameter type is called
    "count" or "value".

8.2 Address

    An address parameter is calculated with a default segment. First, a
    plain number is parsed. If it is followed by a colon, the first number
    is taken as segment, and then another number is parsed for the offset.
    If the first number is specified as a pointer type using the type
    keyword "POINTER" then its upper 16 bits are taken as segment and its
    lower 16 bits are taken as the offset. Otherwise, the first number is
    used as the offset. Offsets may be 16 bits or 32 bits wide, though 32-
    bit offsets are only valid for DebugX and only in 32-bit segments.

    If a segment or pointer type expression are prefixed by a dollar sign
    "$" then the specified segment is always taken as a Real/Virtual 86 Mode
    segment, even if DebugX is in Protected Mode. Otherwise, in Protected
    Mode a segmented address refers to a selector.

    Instead of an address, the address parameter may consist of the taken
    keywords: TAKEN or T for taken, and NOTTAKEN or NT for not taken. This
    is only valid if the current cs:(e)ip points at a conditional branch
    instruction, and will cause a parsing error otherwise. The taken
    keywords will evaluate to a segmented address pointing at the target
    of the conditional branch. The not taken keywords will evaluate to a
    segmented address pointing to behind the conditional branch instruction.

    Address parameters are used by a lot of commands.

8.3 Range

    A range parameter may have a default length, or it may be disallowed to
    omit a length. Parsing a range starts with parsing an address. Then,
    if the end of the line is not yet reached, an end for the range may be
    specified. The end may be a plain number, which is taken as the offset
    of the last byte to include in the range. The address of the last byte
    to include must be equal or above the address of the first byte that is
    included in the range.

    The end may instead be specified with an "L" or "LENGTH" keyword. In
    that case, the keyword is followed by a plain number and an optional
    item size keyword. A length of zero is not valid. The item size keyword
    may be "BYTES", "WORDS", "DWORDS", "QWORDS", "PARAS", "PARAGRAPHS",
    "PAGES", "KiB", "MiB", or "GiB". Except for the first, the plain number
    will be shifted as for the specified unit size (multiplying by 2, 4,
    8, 16, 512, 1024, 1_048_576, or 1_073_741_824). It is an error if the
    shifting overflows the debugger's 32-bit arithmetic. The "BYTES" keyword
    is only provided for symmetry; currently all commands taking ranges
    default to byte size for the "LENGTH" number.

    For example, the command "DD 100 LENGTH 4 DWORDS" will dump memory from
    address 0100h (in the current data segment) in dword units, for a length
    of 4*4 = 16 bytes. The item size keywords were introduced primarily for
    the "DW" and "DD" commands (refer to section 10.12), but they can be
    used for any command that accepts a range.

    There is a new keyword called "END". This keyword may appear where the
    "L" or "LENGTH" keyword would be expected. After the "END" keyword the
    end offset is parsed. This is the same behaviour as if no keyword was
    present but crucially it allows an end offset starting with the text
    "L", which would otherwise be misparsed as an "L" keyword.

    If the default length is used (the line ends after the start address)
    then a start address near the end of a segment (1_0000h or 1_0000_0000h)
    will shorten the length if it would otherwise overflow the segment.

    Range parameters are used by a lot of commands.

8.4 Range with LINES keyword allowed

    This type of parameter is an extension of the range parameter type. Both
    the default length and the explicit length may be specified as a number
    of lines instead of an address length.

    An explicit "LINES" length is specified by prepending an "L" or "LENGTH"
    keyword (like an address length) but then specifying a unit as "LINES"
    instead. The number of lines specified must be nonzero and below 8000h.

    The exact details of how a lines length is used depend on the command
    in question. A range with lines length is allowed for the U command
    (section 10.52) and the D/DB/DW/DD commands (section 10.12).

8.5 List

    A list is made up of a sequence of items. Each item is either a plain
    number or a quoted string. List parsing continues until the end of
    the line. Each plain number represents a single byte. Quoted strings
    represent as many bytes as there are quoted. A quoted string can be
    delimited by single quotes ' or double quotes ". If the used delimiter
    quote mark occurs twice back to back while reading the quoted string,
    this is taken as an escape to include the delimiter mark itself as
    a byte of the string. List parameters are used by the E, F, and S
    commands. Refer to section 10.18, section 10.20, and section 10.47.

    A list may have its type changed with an AS keyword, followed by a size
    keyword BYTES, WORDS, or DWORDS. When a larger size is selected, each
    subsequent number expression and each byte of quoted text are written to
    a full word or a full dword instead of to a byte. Text bytes are zero-
    extended. Numbers can calculate to any value fitting the specified size.
    A list's type may be changed multiple times within the list.

8.6 List or range

    A list or range can be specified for this parameter. The range is
    identified by a leading "RANGE" keyword. Otherwise, a list is parsed.
    A list or range parameter is as yet used by the S command and the F
    command, refer to section 10.47 and section 10.20.

8.7 Keyword

    A keyword is checked insensitive to capitalisation. Keywords depend on
    each command. Only the keywords used to specify a range's length are
    shared by all commands that parse ranges.

8.8 Index

    An index is a plain number that specifies a breakpoint index. It allows
    operating on one specific breakpoint. The index parameter type is used
    by the B commands, refer to section 10.7.

8.9 Segment

    A segment is a plain number for parsing purposes. The segment parameter
    type is used by the DM command and some BOOT commands, refer to section
    10.14 and section 19.11.

8.10 Breakpoint

    Each breakpoint is a single address, which defaults to the code
    segment. The address may instead be specified starting with an AT sign
    "@", followed by a blank or an opening parenthesis. In that case, the
    following plain number specifies the non-segmented linear address to
    use. The breakpoint parameter type is used by the B and G commands,
    refer to section 10.7 and section 10.21.

8.11 Label

    A label is a (not quoted) string keyword. A label can be used by the
    GOTO and Y commands, refer to section 10.22 and section 10.58. For the Y
    commands a label must start with a colon. For the GOTO command the colon
    may be specified but it is optional.

8.12 Port

    A port is a plain number for parsing purposes. The port parameter type
    is used by the I and O commands, refer to section 10.24 and section
    10.32.

8.13 Drive

    A drive may be either an alphabetic letter followed by a colon, or a
    plain number. The number zero corresponds to drive A: then. The drive
    parameter type is used by the L and W sector commands, refer to section
    10.28 and section 10.56. The EXT, N, and Y commands (section 10.19,
    section 10.31, and section 10.58) also accept drive parameters, but only
    as part of their filenames. These must be in the drive letter followed
    by colon format.

8.14 Sector

    A sector is a plain number, which can be equal to any 32-bit value. The
    sector parameter type is used by the L and W sector commands, refer to
    section 10.28 and section 10.56. Some BOOT commands also use sector
    numbers, refer to section 19.11.

8.15 Condition

    A condition is a plain number. It is evaluated either to nonzero
    (true) or zero (false). The condition parameter type is used by the IF
    command, as well as the P, TP, and T commands when specified with a
    "WHILE" keyword. The BW and BP (with a "WHEN" keyword) commands also
    use conditions. Refer to section 10.25, section 10.33, section 10.49,
    section 10.7.3, section 10.7.1. The length of a condition for B commands
    is limited by how much space is left in the permanent breakpoint
    conditions buffer. This buffer currently defaults to 1024 bytes. It is
    shared for all conditions of all permanent breakpoints.

8.16 Register

    A register specifies an internal variable of the debugger. Most
    prominently these include the debuggee's registers as stored by the
    debugger in its data segment. A register or variable may be an operand
    in a plain number's expression. However, several forms of the R command
    also use register parameters. These allow reading and writing the
    register values. Refer to section 10.37.

8.17 Command

    Command is a special parameter type that is used only by the RE.APPEND,
    RE.REPLACE, RC.APPEND, and RC.REPLACE commands (section 10.37.2 and
    section 10.37.4). It is read verbatim and entered into the RE or RC
    command buffer. Semicolons within a command parameter are not parsed
    as end of line comment markers. Instead, they are converted to CR (13)
    codes in the buffer. This delimits the parts of the parameter into
    several commands. A semicolon may be prefixed by a backslash to escape
    it and thus enter a literal semicolon into the buffer.

8.18 ID

    ID is a special parameter type that is used only by the BP and BI
    commands (section 10.7.1 and section 10.7.2). Leading and trailing
    whitespace is ignored. An ID can be empty, or contain up to 63 bytes of
    data. The length of an ID is also limited by how much space is left in
    the permanent breakpoint ID buffer. This buffer currently defaults to
    384 bytes. It is shared for all IDs of all permanent breakpoints.

8.19 Filename or pathname

    This parameter type is used by EXT, N, K, and Y commands, as well as
    some BOOT commands. EXT and Y commands allow to use double quote marks.
    When using DOS, EXT and Y commands can access files using Long File
    Names (LFNs). When using DOS, all available commands parsing filenames
    may specify drive letters. EXT and Y commands when bootloaded, and some
    BOOT commands, may specify partitions at the beginning of filenames.

8.20 Command line tail

    Command line tails are parsed by EXT, N, and K commands. They always are
    located behind a filename parameter. A command line tail may be empty.
    The N and K commands will store the command line tail for use by the L
    program-loading command. The EXT command passes its command line tail to
    the Extension for lDebug that it loads. The ELD may parse its command
    line tail in whatever way is desired, which may involve parsing other
    parameter types.

9: Expression Reference
-----------------------

9.1 Literals

    Literals consist of one or more digits. A literal must start with a
    digit or hash sign "#". Embedded underscores "_" are skipped. Literals
    must not overflow 4 giga binary minus 1, that is FFFF_FFFFh.

    The default base for literals is sixteen (hexadecimal). A hash sign "#"
    indicates a base change. If nothing preceeds the hash sign the base is
    changed to ten (decimal). Otherwise, the number before the hash sign is
    read in the prior base and taken as the base to change to. The base must
    be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Multiple hash signs are allowed in the
    same literal.

9.2 String literals

    String literals consist of up to 4 bytes. The bytes are specified
    starting with a hash sign "#" followed by a single-quote mark ' or
    double-quote mark ". The same quote mark is used to end the string
    literal. If the delimiter quote mark occurs twice back to back while
    reading the string literal, that is handled as an escape to include the
    delimiter mark itself as a byte. Strings are read in a little-endian
    order, same as NASM does. That is, the first byte of a multi-byte string
    is read into the lowest byte of the numeric value. This matches the
    order obtained by writing the string to memory and reading it as a word,
    3byte, or dword.

9.3 Variables

    A variable consists of a variable name, possibly followed by parentheses
    with an index expression. Variable names are capitalisation insensitive.
    Variables differ in size, there are variables consisting of 8, 16,
    24, or 32 bits. Variables can be written to using the R command. Some
    variables are read-only. A few variables allow writing some but not all
    bits.

9.4 Indirection

    Indirection is indicated by square brackets. Within the brackets an
    address is parsed, defaulting to ds as the segment. The size of the
    indirect access can be specified with a type specifier before the
    brackets. The usual types are BYTE, WORD, 3BYTE, and DWORD. Like
    variables, indirection terms can be written to using the R command.

9.5 Parentheses

    Parentheses can be used to force a different order of operations.

9.6 LINEAR keyword

    A keyword reading LINEAR introduces an address to parse. The address
    defaults to ds as the segment. The address may be separated from
    subsequent text with a comma. If the expression is to be separated from
    a subsequent element using a comma after a LINEAR address then two
    commas are needed. Depending on the segmentation scheme of the current
    mode the segmented address is converted into a linear address. If DebugX
    is in Protected Mode and the segment base cannot be determined the
    expression is rejected as an error.

9.7 DESCTYPE keyword

    This keyword introduces a descriptor type read. The following expression
    is taken to be a selector specification. This keyword is only valid for
    (DPMI-enabled) lDebugX builds, and only while in Protected Mode.

    The value is read from a "lar" instruction on the following expression,
    and shifted to the right by 8. If the instruction indicates that the
    selector does not refer to a valid descriptor then the result of this
    keyword is zero.

9.8 VALUE IN construct

    A keyword reading VALUE starts a VALUE IN construct. Between
    the VALUE and subsequent IN keyword there is a single value
    expression, or a range of the form FROM expression TO expression or
    FROM expression LENGTH expression. Next follows the IN keyword. After
    this, there is a list of match ranges. A match range is either a single
    value expression, or a range of the form FROM expression TO expression
    or FROM expression LENGTH expression. After each match range a comma
    indicates another match range follows.

    In a FROM TO specification the first expression has to evaluate to
    unsigned below-or-equal the second expression. In a FROM LENGTH
    specification the length must be nonzero. If these conditions are not
    met then the value or match range in question is always considered as
    not matching.

    The entire VALUE IN construct evaluates to how many of the match ranges
    match the value range. The construct only evaluates to zero if no
    matches occurred. A nonzero value indicates that at least one match
    occurred.

9.8.1 VALUE IN construct keywords

    Instead of a value or match range as specified here, the keyword
    EXECUTING may be specified. This expands to the following input:

      FROM LINEAR cs:cip LENGTH abo - cip

    If the _MEMREF_AMOUNT build option is enabled and paired with the
    direction and stackhinting switches to mktables then additional keywords
    are available for VALUE IN match ranges. That is, these keywords must be
    specified behind the IN and cannot be specified between the VALUE and
    IN.

    These keywords are as follows:

    READING

        Expands to a comma-separated list of FROM readadr0 LENGTH readlen0
        constructs, for every read access variable pair (refer to section
        12.19).

    WRITING

        Expands to a comma-separated list of FROM writadr0 LENGTH writlen0
        constructs, for every write access variable pair (refer to section
        12.19).

    ACCESSING

        Expands to READING, WRITING, EXECUTING.

9.9 Conditional ?? :: construct

    The ternary conditional operator takes three operands. It is the only
    ternary operator.

    The first operand, the condition, is specified before the ?? keyword.
    Note that the ?? keyword must be terminated by a blank or an opening
    square bracket or round parenthesis.

    The second operand is specified between the ?? keyword and the ::
    keyword. Its value is used as the construct's return value if the
    condition is true.

    The third operand is specified after the :: keyword. Its value is used
    as the construct's return value if the condition is false.

    The conditional operator can be nested freely. The conditional operator
    must not be combined into the R command's assignment operator as in
    ??:=. The third operand may be separated from subsequent text with a
    comma. If the expression is to be separated from a subsequent element
    using a comma after a conditional's third operand then two commas are
    needed.

    Any side effects that may happen from parsing and reading the second
    operand or the third operand will always happen, even if the operand in
    question is not selected as the result by the construct.

9.10 Expression side effects

    Some uses of the expression evaluator may have side effects. These side
    effects may happen even if the parsing of an expression or a command
    ultimately fails. As a special case, side effects may occur up to twice
    if a machine mode command (section 10.30) is parsed.

    The ternary ?? :: operator and the VALUE IN construct will both always
    evaluate every operand that they're given, even if that operand is not
    selected as the result or does not contribute to the match count.

    Possible side effects include:

     -  LFSR and RLFSR variables will be stepped once each time they're
        read.

     -  Indirection can read access arbitrary memory in the current mode,
        making it possible to affect memory-mapped I/O if such memory is
        visible to the debugger. Other variables may also read memory, but
        not as arbitrary as indirection.

     -  If an address parsed within an address parameter or in indirection
        or in a LINEAR construct includes a dollar sign prefixed segment or
        pointer type expression, then lDebugX may request a selector from
        the DPMI host.

     -  If the symbolic build option is enabled, symbol table access in XMS
        or 86 Mode memory may occur.

10: Command Reference
---------------------

10.1 Empty command - Autorepeat

    Entering an empty command at an interactive prompt results in
    autorepeat. Empty means no content except for blanks. A line starting
    with a semicolon comment is not considered empty. Interactive prompts
    for this purpose include:

     -  the debugger as a DOS application (int 21h)

     -  the debugger in InDOS mode or as a bootloaded program
        (int 16h/int 10h)

     -  the debugger across a serial port (port I/O)

    Input that does not count as an interactive prompt includes:

     -  reading from a file redirected as stdin using DOS (int 21h)

     -  reading from a Y script file using DOS (int 21h)

     -  reading from a Y script file while bootloaded (int 13h)

     -  reading from the command line buffer

     -  reading from the RE buffer

    Autorepeat is not supported by all commands. The following commands
    support autorepeat:

    D/DB/DW/DD

        Continues memory dump behind the last prior dumped position.
        Continues with the same element size as the prior dump. As for
        if the command is executed with an address lacking a length, the
        default length is used. (It defaults to 128 bytes, refer to section
        12.5.)

    DZ/D$/D#/DW#

        Continues string dump behind the last prior dumped string. Continues
        with the same type of string as the prior dump.

    DX

        Continues memory dump.

    G

        Repeats a step running the debuggee. An equals address given to the
        prior Go command is not used again. The same G breakpoints as used
        by the prior Go command are used (same as G AGAIN). The exception is
        that wherever a breakpoint matches the CS:(E)IP at the start of the
        command's execution, it is skipped once.

    P

        Repeats a step running the debuggee. An equals address given to the
        prior Proceed command is not used again. A count given to the prior
        Proceed command is not used again, autorepeat always runs as if not
        given a count. (That means the PPC variable is used as the effective
        count. Refer to section 12.4.)

    T

        Repeats a step running the debuggee. An equals address given to the
        prior Trace command is not used again. A count given to the prior
        Trace command is not used again, autorepeat always runs as if not
        given a count. (That means the TTC variable is used as the effective
        count. Refer to section 12.4.)

    TP

        Repeats a step running the debuggee. An equals address given to the
        prior Trace/Proceed command is not used again. A count given to the
        prior Trace/Proceed command is not used again, autorepeat always
        runs as if not given a count. (That means the TPC variable is used
        as the effective count. Refer to section 12.4.)

    U

        Repeats disassembly behind the last prior disassembled instruction.
        As for if the command is executed with an address lacking a length,
        the default length is used. (It defaults to 32 bytes, refer to
        section 12.5.)

10.2 ? command

      Online help    ?

    The question mark command (?) lists the main online help screen.

    There are additional help topics that can be listed by using the
    question mark command with an additional letter or keyword. These
    keywords are as follows:

      Registers      ?R
      Flags          ?F
      Conditionals   ?C
      Expressions    ?E
      Variables      ?V
      R Extended     ?RE
      Run keywords   ?RUN
      Options pages  ?OPTIONS
      Options        ?O
      Boot loading   ?BOOT
      lDebug build   ?BUILD
      lDebug build   ?B
      lDebug sources ?SOURCE
      lDebug license ?L

    The full help pages are listed in section 19.

10.3 : prefix - GOTO label

    A leading colon indicates a destination label for GOTO, see section
    10.22.

10.4 . (dot) command - Immediate assembler

    A dot command can be used to invoke the immediate assembler. This is
    only available if the _IMMASM build option was enabled. Following the
    dot, an instruction is parsed which is assembled. If successful, then
    the assembled instruction is immediately run.

    Branches and instructions involving CS as a prefix or operand are
    handled specifically to do something equivalent to the assembled
    instruction, by a combination of special detection and modification
    or as-if handling. This includes jmp far/near/short, jcc, loop, call
    far/near, retf/retn/iret, mov to ds, mov from ds or cs, push cs,
    push ds, pop ds, lds, and all memory operands with cs prefix. (The
    instructions involving ds are handled specifically because a cs prefix
    is replaced by a ds prefix and ds is temporarily replaced by the cs
    value then.)

    Interrupt calls are always proceeded past, even if TM is set. The int
    instruction is run from a buffer internal to the debugger. Interrrupts
    which depend on the CS or (E)IP they're called from may not work as
    expected. Calls are usually traced, but can be proceeded past by
    including a comma after the dot command.

    Warning: It is generally not safe to modify SS or SP to relocate the
    stack with the immediate assembler. This will fail because the immediate
    assembler traces most of the instructions assembled with it, which uses
    the stack both before and after running the instruction. LSS SP or LSS
    ESP are okay if the stack is valid immediately after the instruction is
    traced. To relocate the stack otherwise you may use the R command to
    modify the SS and (E)SP debugger variables. This does not trace anything
    in between modifying the two variables.

10.5 A command - Assemble

      assemble        A [address]

    Starts assembly at the indicated address (which defaults to CS segment),
    or if no address is specified, at the "a_addr" (AAS:AAO variables).

    Assembly mode has its own prompt. Entering a single dot (.) or an empty
    line terminates assembly mode. Comments can be given with a prefixed
    semicolon. In assembly mode, whereever an immediate number occurs an
    expression can be given surrounded by parentheses ( and ). In such
    expressions, register names like AX are evaluated to the values held by
    the registers at assembly time. To refer to a register as an assembly
    operand, it must occur outside parentheses.

10.6 ATTACH command - Attach to process (Leave TSR mode)

      attach process  ATTACH psp

    While in resident mode, the ATTACH command can be used to attach the
    debugger to a process. This is the opposite operation to the TSR command
    (see section 10.51). The device driver mode starts out as detached while
    the application mode starts out as attached.

    The provided parameter must be a segment value, even if lDebugX is in
    Protected Mode. It refers to the PSP to attach to. This PSP must not be
    self-owned.

    To attach to a process, the debugger stores away the current PRA and
    parent of the process, and modifies both to point to the debugger
    instead.

    When attached to a process, commands like QA and the process-loading L
    command can be used sensibly. The Q command will also try to terminate
    the attached process.

    When detached, the Q command will continue to run the current debuggee
    context after the debugger has been uninstalled.

    The usual parameter to the attach command consists of the "PSP"
    variable, which will have the command try to attach to the current
    debuggee process. Other choices like ATTACH PARENT are also valid.

10.7 B commands - Permanent breakpoints

    There are a fixed number of permanent breakpoints provided by the
    debugger. The default is to provide 16 permanent breakpoints. They are
    specified by indices ranging from 00 to 0F. A breakpoint can be unused,
    used while enabled, or used while disabled. A breakpoint that is in use
    has a specific linear address. It is allowed, though not advised, for
    several breakpoints to be set to the same address.

    When running the debuggee with the commands G, T, TP, or P, hitting a
    permanent breakpoint stops execution, and indicates in a message "Hit
    permanent breakpoint XX" where XX is replaced by the hexadecimal byte
    index of the breakpoint. If the breakpoint counter is not equal to 8000h
    when the breakpoint is hit, then the "Hit" message is followed by a
    "counter=YYYY" indicator. If the breakpoint ID is not empty, then the ID
    is shown with an "ID: " prefix. The ID is shown either on the same line
    as the "Hit" message, or on the next line if the ID exceeds 28 bytes.
    After that message a register dump occurs, same as for default breaking
    for the Run commands.

    The exceptions are as follows:

     -  If the CS:(E)IP at the first step of a G command matches any
        breakpoints, then G does a TP-like step with all breakpoints other
        than the "cseip"-breakpoint written, while the "cseip"-breakpoint
        is not written. After that, the "cseip"-breakpoint is written and
        execution resumes as normal for G.

     -  If T.NB or TP.NB or P.NB is used, no permanent breakpoints are
        written at all.

     -  If T.SB or TP.SB or P.SB is used, then during the first step no
        permanent breakpoints are written. If a counter higher than 1 is
        given, then during subsequent steps permanent breakpoints are
        written.

    Each breakpoint has a breakpoint counter, which defaults to 8000h if not
    set explicitly by the BP or BN commands. The breakpoint counter behaves
    as follows:

     -  If (counter & 3FFFh) equals zero then the counter is considered to
        be at a terminal state.

     -  If the point breaks while the counter is not at a terminal state,
        then the counter is decremented.

     -  If the counter is decremented to 0 or 4000h, then the point is hit.

     -  If the counter is decremented to 8000h or C000h, or was already at
        either count without being decremented, then the point is hit.

     -  If the point is not hit but the bit (counter & 4000h) is set, then
        the point is passed.

    Example counter values:

    8000h (default)

        Always break

    4000h

        Always pass

    8003h

        Break on third time the breakpoint is reached, then break always

    0003h

        Break on third time the breakpoint is reached, but do not break
        again

    C006h

        Pass for five times, then on the sixth time the breakpoint is
        reached break on it, then break always

    The point being passed means that during running the debuggee with a
    Run command, execution is not stopped, but a message indicating "Passed
    permanent breakpoint XX, counter=YYYY" is displayed. As for the "Hit"
    message the ID, if any, is also shown. After that message, a register
    dump occurs. Then execution is continued in accordance with the command
    that is running debuggee code.

    Each breakpoint can have a breakpoint condition. If the condition
    expression evaluates to false when the point breaks, then the point is
    not considered hit or passed. The breakpoint counter is not stepped then
    either.

10.7.1 BP command - Set breakpoint

      set breakpoint  BP index|AT|NEW address
                        [[NUMBER=]number] [WHEN=cond] [ID=id]

    BP initialises the breakpoint with the given index. It must be a yet
    unused breakpoint. If the index is specified as the keyword NEW, the
    lowest unused breakpoint (if any) is selected. If there is the keyword
    AT instead of an index or a keyword NEW, then an existing breakpoint at
    the same linear address, if any, is reset (unlike the NEW keyword), or a
    new one is added (same as if given the NEW keyword).

    The address can be given in a segmented format, which defaults to
    CS, and which in DebugX is subject to either PM or 86M segmentation
    semantics depending on which mode the debugger is in. The address can
    also be given with an @ specifier (followed by an opening parenthesis or
    whitespace) in which case it is specified as the 32-bit linear address.
    Debug without DPMI support limits breakpoints to 24-bit addresses, of
    which 21 bits are usable.

    The optional number, which defaults to 8000h, sets the breakpoint
    counter to that number.

    The optional WHEN keyword introduces a breakpoint condition. If the
    breakpoint is reached then the condition, if specified, is checked
    before stepping the counters. If the condition is false at that point
    the point is not considered hit or passed and its counter is not
    stepped.

    There is an optional OFFSET keyword (not shown in the example) which
    allows overriding the breakpoint's preferred offset. Refer to section
    10.7.4 for details.

    The optional ID keyword allows setting the breakpoint ID. The ID is
    displayed by BL and when a breakpoint is hit or passed. The default ID
    is an empty ID. Note that the ID extends for the remainder of the line.
    There cannot be a breakpoint counter number nor WHEN condition nor
    OFFSET after the ID keyword.

10.7.2 BI command - Set breakpoint ID

       set ID         BI index|AT address [ID=]id

    BI sets the breakpoint ID of the specified breakpoint. The ID is
    displayed by BL and when a breakpoint is hit or passed. The ID may be
    specified as empty.

10.7.3 BW command - Set breakpoint condition

       set condition  BW index|AT address [WHEN=]cond

    The BW command sets the breakpoint condition. If the WHEN keyword and
    the condition are absent then the condition is reset. That means the
    point is no longer conditional.

10.7.4 BO command - Set breakpoint preferred offset

       set offset     BO index|AT address [OFFSET=]number

    The BO command sets the breakpoint preferred offset. The preferred
    offset is used only by the BL command. It is used to determine the
    segmented address to display. The offset is a word variable for Debug
    and a dword variable for DebugX. If the OFFSET keyword and the number
    are absent then the offset is disabled, as if the breakpoint was
    specified with a linear address. (Internally this is done by setting the
    offset to all 1 bits. The offset can be explicitly set to FFFFh (Debug)
    or FFFF_FFFFh (DebugX) for the same effect.)

10.7.5 BN command - Set breakpoint number

       set number     BN index|AT address|ALL number

    BN sets the breakpoint counter of the specified breakpoint with the
    given index, or all used breakpoints when given the keyword ALL, or
    the first breakpoint with a matching linear address when given the AT
    keyword. The number defaults to 8000h.

10.7.6 BC command - Clear breakpoint

       clear          BC index|AT address|ALL

    BC clears the specified breakpoint with the given index, or all
    breakpoints when given the keyword ALL, or the first breakpoint with
    a matching linear address when given the AT keyword. This returns
    the specified breakpoint (or all of them) to the unused state. Any
    associated ID or condition is deleted by BC too.

10.7.7 BD command - Disable breakpoint

       disable        BD index|AT address|ALL

    Given an index or the keyword ALL or the keyword AT (like BC), BD
    disables breakpoints that are in use. A disabled breakpoint's address is
    retained and BP will not allow initialising it anew (except with AT),
    but it is otherwise skipped in breakpoint handling.

10.7.8 BE command - Enable breakpoint

       enable         BE index|AT address|ALL

    Like BD, but enables breakpoints.

10.7.9 BT command - Toggle breakpoint

       toggle         BT index|AT address|ALL

    Like BE and BD, but toggles breakpoints: A disabled breakpoint is
    enabled, while an enabled breakpoint is disabled.

10.7.10 BS command - Swap breakpoint

       swap           BS index1 index2

    This command is provided to allow re-ordering existing breakpoints.
    It takes two indices both of which must refer to valid breakpoints.
    However, it is allowed to specify the index of an unused breakpoint for
    either of the parameters (or even both). All data associated with the
    two breakpoints is swapped.

10.7.11 BL command - List breakpoints

       list           BL [index|AT address|ALL]

    BL lists a specific breakpoint given by its index, or all used
    breakpoints if given the keyword ALL or given neither an index nor the
    keyword. When given the AT keyword, all breakpoints with a matching
    linear address are listed. (This differs from all other B commands,
    which only select the first matching breakpoint when the AT keyword is
    given.)

    When listing all breakpoints only used breakpoints are displayed.

    The output format for unused breakpoints is as follows:

     -  "BP"

     -  The byte index given as two hexadecimal digits

     -  "Unused"

    The output format for used breakpoints is as follows:

     -  "BP"

     -  The byte index given as two hexadecimal digits

     -  A plus sign if the breakpoint is enabled, a minus sign if it is
        disabled.

     -  "Lin=" followed by the linear address of this breakpoint.

     -  The segmented address of this breakpoint. Only displayed if the
        breakpoint was initially specified with a segmented address, or it
        had a preferred offset specified with the BP OFFSET= keyword or to
        the BO command.

     -  The breakpoint content byte given in parentheses (generally "CC").

     -  "Counter=" followed by the breakpoint counter.

     -  "ID: " followed by the breakpoint ID, if any. Depending on the
        length the ID is shown on the first line or on a second line.

     -  "WHEN " followed by the breakpoint condition, if any. This is always
        written to a line on its own.

    Example output of BL:

      -bp at 100 id = start
      -bp at 103 counter = 4000
      -bp at 105 when al == 7
      -bl
      BP 00 + Lin=01_BB70  1BA7:0100 (CC) Counter=8000, ID: start
      BP 01 + Lin=01_BB73  1BA7:0103 (CC) Counter=4000
      BP 02 + Lin=01_BB75  1BA7:0105 (CC) Counter=8000
       WHEN al == 7
      -

10.8 BU command - Break Upwards

      break upwards   BU

    This command, which is only supported by Debuggable builds (DDebug)
    or Conditionally Debuggable builds (CDebug), causes the debugger to
    execute an int3 instruction in its own code segment (lDEBUG_CODE).
    This breaks to the next debugger that was installed prior to DDebug
    or CDebug. Prior to the breakpoint, the message "Breaking to next
    instance." is displayed. The breakpoint is in the cmd4 dispatcher. When
    the next instance is another lDebug then running the command "G ip" in
    it can be used to run the debuggable debugger until the next command
    is dispatched. (This does not work if an Extension for lDebug command
    handler processes a command instead of passing it on to the debugger.)

    In non-debuggable lDebug builds, the following error message is
    displayed instead:

      -bu
      Already in topmost instance. (This is no debugging build of lDebug.)
      -

    In conditionally debuggable builds, the following message is displayed
    instead if CDebug is currently not in debuggable mode:

      -bu
      Debuggable mode is disabled.
      Enable with this command: r DCO6 or= 0100
      -

10.9 BOOT commands - Boot loading support

    The BOOT commands are only available if the debugger is running in boot
    loaded mode.

10.9.1 BOOT PROTOCOL= command

      BOOT PROTOCOL=proto [parameters] [partition] [pathnames [cmdline]]

    This command is used to load a boot sector or kernel using the loaders
    implemented by the debugger. These loaders attempt to be highly
    compatible to the original loaders whose load protocols they simulate.

10.9.1.1 Specify protocol

    Using the keyword PROTOCOL, the load protocol to use as a base can be
    specified. This keyword is required, unless the special protocol named
    SECTOR is to be used.

10.9.1.2 Altering protocol parameters

    When specifying a protocol other than the special SECTOR protocol, the
    protocol parameters can be altered. Each protocol will set up defaults
    for all of those parameters. Each protocol can be completely described
    by a combination of parameters and default filenames. Every parameter
    is indicated by a keyword followed by a numeric expression, or in some
    cases followed by a segmented address.

    The following parameters are available:

    MINPARA

        Specify minimum amount of paragraphs to load from the first file. It
        is an error if a file is shorter than that.

    MAXPARA

        Specify maximum amount of paragraphs to load from the first file. It
        is valid for the file to be shorter or longer than this. If nonzero
        then it is an error if the file is so long that there is not enough
        memory to hold this amount of paragraphs. If zero, then as much of
        the file is loaded as fits.

    SEGMENT

        Specify load address of the data from the first file. The number
        specified is taken to be the segment of an address within memory.

    ENTRY

        Specify entrypoint to set up in the CS:IP registers. If a single
        numeric expression, it is taken as the offset (for IP) and the
        segment value is assumed as zero. That is, CS will be set up
        to equal the SEGMENT parameter in use. If a segmented address,
        the offset is used for IP and the segment is used as a relative
        adjustment to the SEGMENT that is in use to obtain the value for CS.
        It is valid for the segment value to be positive or negative.

    BPB

        Specify where to load the boot sector with (E)BPB. If a single
        numeric expression, it is taken as the offset in segment zero.
        If the segment is specified as 0FFFFh or -1, then the "auto-BPB"
        feature is used and the boot sector and stack is located at a high
        address that is not otherwise used. The offset is still set to the
        offset part in this case.

    CHECKOFFSET

        Specify offset of word value to check. Must not possibly cross a
        sector boundary. (This is checked by testing that the offset modulo
        32 is not equal to 31.) May not be higher than 0FFFEh.

    CHECKVALUE

        Specify value of word to check. If zero, no check occurs. It is an
        error if this value is nonzero and the check does not match.

    The following boolean parameters are available. Like the other
    parameters they read a numeric expression, but this is only checked to
    be true (non-zero) or false (zero).

    SET_DL_UNIT

        If true, set up the DL register with the load unit. This is used by
        several protocols.

    SET_BL_UNIT

        If true, set up the BL register with the load unit. This is used by
        the FreeDOS and EDR-DOS protocols.

    SET_SIDI_CLUSTER

        If true, initialise the DI (FAT12/FAT16) or SI:DI (FAT32) registers
        to hold the number of the first cluster of the first file. This is
        used by the MS-DOS v7 protocol.

    SET_DSSI_DPT

        If true, initialise DS:SI registers to point to the DPT. (Set equal
        to the interrupt 1Eh vector.) This may be used by the MS-DOS v6 and
        IBMDOS protocols.

    PUSH_DPT

        If true, initialise stack to hold a segmented (16:16) pointer to the
        interrupt 1Eh vector (always 0:78h) and then the DPT address (equal
        to the interrupt 1Eh vector). This may be used by the MS-DOS v6 and
        IBMDOS protocols, and is used by the MS-DOS v7 protocol.

    DATASTART_HIDDEN

        If true, modify the data start variable at dword [ss:bp - 4] to
        include the number of hidden sectors. (The hidden sectors are the
        partition's start offset in its unit.) This is used by the MS-DOS
        (v6/v7) and IBMDOS protocols.

    SET_AXBX_DATASTART

        If true, set the AX:BX register pair to the data start variable. If
        DATASTART_HIDDEN is also set, the registers will receive the value
        of the data start variable that includes the hidden sectors. This is
        used by the MS-DOS v6 and IBMDOS protocols.

    SET_DSBP_BPB

        If true, set up the DS register to equal SS. This makes DS:BP point
        to the boot sector with the (E)BPB. This is used by the EDR-DOS
        protocol.

    LBA_SET_TYPE

        If true, change the third byte of the boot sector to indicate the
        use of LBA access functions in the manner expected by the MS-DOS v7
        load protocol. That means a 90h (nop instruction) is written if to
        use CHS access, a 0Eh is written if the FAT type is not FAT32 and to
        use LBA access, and a 0Ch is written if the FAT type is FAT32 and to
        use LBA access.

    MESSAGE_TABLE

        If true, include the message table used by the MS-DOS v7 load
        protocol.

    SET_AXBX_ROOT_HIDDEN

        If true, pass the sector number of the root directory start
        including hidden sectors in the AX:BX register pair. This is used by
        the RxDOS.0 and RxDOS.1 protocols.

    NO_BPB

        If true, do not load the boot sector with BPB. This is used by the
        CHAIN protocol.

    SET_DSSI_PARTINFO

        If true, load sector with partition table to address 00600h and
        point DS:SI and DS:BP to the active partition table entry within the
        partition table. This is used by the CHAIN protocol.

    CMDLINE

        If true, allow a command line to be specified after the filenames.
        This is used by the RxDOS.2, RxDOS.3, and lDOS protocols. As an
        extension it may be enabled for the EDR-DOS or FreeDOS protocols,
        too.

10.9.1.3 Specifying protocol partition

    After the parameters, the debugger will try to parse a partition
    specification. Partition specifications are capitalisation-insensitive.
    A partition may be specified in the following ways:

    FDA

        Diskette-style (unpartitioned) file system on unit 00h

    FDB

        Diskette-style (unpartitioned) file system on unit 01h

    HDA1

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, first primary
        partition

    HDA2

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, second primary
        partition

    HDA5

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, first logical
        partition

    HDA6

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, second logical
        partition

    HDA(partnumber)

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, with partition
        specified by partnumber.

    HDB1

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 81h, first primary
        partition

    LDP

        File system that the debugger loaded from

    YDP

        File system that the most recent Y command loaded from

    SDP

        Last used file system

    U00.

        Diskette-style (unpartitioned) file system on unit 00h

    U80.1

        MBR-style (partitioned) file system on unit 80h, first primary
        partition

    U(unitnumber).(partnumber)

        Unit specified by unitnumber with partition specified by partnumber.
        The specified partnumber may be specified as an expression in
        parentheses or as a literal number without parentheses. If it
        is an expression equal to zero in parentheses then that means
        unpartitioned.

    LD(partnumber)

        Unit that the debugger loaded from, with partition specified by
        partnumber.

    YD(partnumber)

        Unit that the most recent Y command loaded from, with partition
        specified by partnumber.

    SD(partnumber)

        Last used unit, with partition specified by partnumber.

    If no partition can be parsed, SDP is assumed. Note that partition
    numbers are parsed as decimal numbers, except if the partition number is
    specified as an expression with parentheses, in which case the default
    expression base is used (hexadecimal).

10.9.1.4 Specifying protocol filenames

    One or two pathnames may be specified to load, after the parameters or
    the partition specification. Both will have a default specified by the
    protocol. The default for the second name may be empty. If the second
    name is empty, no additional file is searched for. If two names are
    specified, they must be separated by one or more blanks.

    Each pathname may include subdirectory names, indicated by trailing
    slashes. If a pathname ends in a slash, the default filename is searched
    in the directory indicated by the pathname. The second pathname may
    be specified as two slashes to indicate no second file. If the second
    name defaults to empty, a lone dot may be used to indicate no second
    file. If the second name defaults to not empty, a lone dot may be used
    to indicate searching the default name in the same directory as the
    first file. If either pathname is specified as only one slash, then the
    corresponding default name is searched for in the root directory.

    If the second name is not specified at all, or is specified as a lone
    dot, the default additional filename is searched for in the same
    directory as the first file. If the second name is specified but does
    not start with a slash, then it is assumed to be a pathname relative
    to the directory of the first file. Otherwise, if the second name is
    specified and starts with a slash, the second name is searched in the
    directory of the specified pathname which is interpreted as being
    relative to the root directory.

    The 32-byte directory entry of the first file is loaded to 00500h. The
    32-byte directory entry of the second file is loaded to 00520h. These
    entries are used by the MS-DOS v6 and IBMDOS protocols. If no second
    file is searched for, the 32 bytes at 00520h are filled with zeroes.

    The blank-padded FCB filenames of the two files are stored within the
    pseudo boot sector with (E)BPB that the loader sets up for the kernel.
    This supports kernels scanning the boot sector for informational
    filenames.

10.9.1.5 Specifying protocol command line

    If the CMDLINE boolean parameter is enabled, then after the two
    pathnames specifying filenames a command line is parsed. The command
    line should be separated from the second filename specification with
    one or more blanks. This command line is passed to the loaded kernel as
    specified for the lDOS load protocol. (The FreeDOS kernel was extended
    to also use a command line passed this way.)

    If the CMDLINE parameter is enabled but no command line content is
    specified, then an empty command line is passed. Note that this differs
    from passing no command line. To pass no command line, the CMDLINE
    parameter must be disabled.

    As a special case, semicolons are allowed within the specified command
    line and do not indicate comments.

10.9.1.6 Boot load protocol compatibilities

    The following notes are from lDOS boot.asm, in a comment titled "Notes
    about partial load compatibilities":

10.9.1.6.1 FreeDOS

     -  Relocates to an address other than 27A00h (1FE0h:7C00h)

    This is true of the lDebug BOOT command as well. However, the original
    FreeDOS loader relocation can be emulated by specifying a BPB=1FE0:7C00
    parameter.

     -  A lot of options between _USE_PART_INFO, _QUERY_GEOMETRY, _CHS,
        _LBA, and/or _RPL need to be disabled to make the loader fit

    This is not a problem to the lDebug BOOT command.

10.9.1.6.2 DR-DOS

     -  Must enable _MEMORY_CONTINUE to load off file systems with cluster
        sizes > 1 KiB (depending on file size) or >= 32 KiB (certainly)

     -  Will not load whole file if _MEMORY_CONTINUE is enabled and file
        data exceeds 29 KiB, without erroring out. The new option called
        _LOAD_CHECK_MAX_SIZE has been added to address this. However, it
        won't fit without disabling some other options such as _LBA, _CHS,
        _USE_PART_INFO, or _QUERY_GEOMETRY.

    This is not a problem to the lDebug BOOT command. The full 29 KiB can
    be loaded regardless of cluster size, given a sector size of 1 KiB or
    below.

     -  Disables DPT, data start, and directory entry to 00500h options by
        default so loading a faithful IBMDOS v4+ kernel will fail as msload
        or lDOS iniload need these options to operate

    This is not a problem to the lDebug BOOT command. In fact the DRDOS
    protocol in lDebug exactly matches the IBMDOS protocol except that it
    defaults to a MAXPARA=-1 parameter. Therefore a small enough IBMBIO.COM
    file can be loaded with the DRDOS protocol even if it expects any of the
    bits and bobs provided by the IBMDOS protocol.

10.9.1.6.3 IBMDOS and MS-DOS 6

     -  Does not actually relocate DPT, just provide its address

    Applicable to lDebug as well. The table can be relocated and modified by
    the user however, if need be. This should be done after running a BOOT
    PROTOCOL command so as to pass the original DPT address to the kernel.

     -  A lot of options between _USE_PART_INFO, _QUERY_GEOMETRY, _CHS,
        and/or _LBA need to be disabled to make the loader fit

    This is not a problem to the lDebug BOOT command.

10.9.1.6.4 MS-DOS 7

     -  Does not actually relocate DPT, just provide its address

    Applicable to lDebug as well. The table can be relocated and modified by
    the user however, if need be. This should be done after running a BOOT
    PROTOCOL command so as to pass the original DPT address to the kernel.

     -  Does not contain message table used by loader

    The message table is provided by the lDebug BOOT command if enabled
    using the MESSAGE_TABLE parameter. This is default enabled for the
    MSDOS7 protocol.

10.9.1.7 Boot load protocol compatibilities additions

10.9.1.7.1 FreeDOS

    The original FreeDOS loaders may misbehave trying to load a file that
    is larger than 128 KiB, when rounded up to a full cluster boundary. The
    lDebug loader is impacted by this problem less.

10.9.1.7.2 DR-DOS

    The DR-DOS and the original Enhanced DR-DOS load (prior to lDOS single-
    file EDR-DOS load in 2024) are similar. They depend on the BIO file to
    be fully loaded. The BIO file is limited to 29 KiB for DR-DOS load. (For
    original EDR-DOS load the BIO file has limits similar to the kernel file
    for FreeDOS load.)

    These loads do not use any directory entries nor file start clusters
    passed anywhere. Consequently, they have to scan the root directory for
    their DOS files, named IBMDOS.COM or DRDOS.SYS. That means these files
    and their filenames cannot be overridden by the debugger.

    DR-DOS load presumably uses only the load unit passed in the DL register
    to find the file system that it wants to load its DOS file off. Original
    EDR-DOS load also used the hidden sectors in the BPB pointed to by DS:BP
    to identify the correct file system.

10.9.1.7.3 IBMDOS and MS-DOS 6

    Although the initial loader originally introduced for MS-DOS v4.00 is
    called the "Non-Contiguous IBMBIO Loader (MSLOAD)" it does still depend
    on the first cluster of the BIO file being cluster 2, the first data
    cluster of the file system. This was fixed as of MS-DOS v5.00 however.

    Original loaders expect the BIO file as the first entry in the root
    directory and the DOS file as the second entry. They also arrange for
    these entries to be loaded to linear 00500h and 00520h. The debugger
    will allow any file in the file system to be used and will load the
    directory entries to the expected locations, which may enable booting
    differently named or located files.

    There is a problem with the DOS file loader: It may select a drive to
    load from using only the load unit, but read the start cluster from the
    DOS file directory entry and use the data start sector passed from the
    prior loader.

10.9.2 BOOT LIST command

      BOOT LIST [unit|partition]

    This command is used to list partitions on an MBR-style partitioned
    unit.

10.9.3 BOOT DIR command

      BOOT DIR [partition] [pathname]

    This command is used to list files within a directory of a FAT12, FAT16,
    or FAT32 file system. A partition specification may be included. A
    pathname may be included; if it refers to a directory then the contents
    are listed, otherwise the specified file is listed.

10.9.4 BOOT READ and BOOT WRITE commands

      BOOT READ|WRITE [unit|partition] segment [[HIDDEN=sector] sector [count]]

    These commands are used to read or write sectors from disks. After
    the command keyword, a partition specification may be listed. Then, a
    segment must follow. This specifies the buffer to use.

    After the segment, an optional HIDDEN= keyword can be specified to
    specify a 32-bit sector number base. This is useful to implement 33-
    bit LBA access, but note it will overwrite the partition offset if a
    partition is specified. Instead of the HIDDEN= keyword, a HIDDENADD=
    keyword can be specified. It also reads a 32-bit sector number base.
    However, as opposed to HIDDEN=, HIDDENADD= will add to the hidden value
    of a specified partition, instead of replacing it. If a whole unit
    without a partition is specified then HIDDEN= and HIDDENADD= will result
    in the same offset being used.

    After the segment and optional hidden keywords, a 32-bit sector number
    may be specified. It defaults to zero. After the sector number, a 16-bit
    count may be specified. It defaults to one.

    Note that sectors are read or written one sector at a time. If the
    interrupt 13h function used returns an error 9 (boundary error), the
    debugger will attempt to use its auxiliary buffer to carry out the read
    or write, copying data as appropriate. The auxiliary buffer is aligned
    so as not to cross a 64 KiB boundary in memory. (Error 9 is usually
    returned if trying to access too many sectors at once or when diskette
    ISA DMA would cross a 64 KiB boundary.)

10.9.5 BOOT QUIT command

      BOOT QUIT

    This attempts to shut down the machine. A dosemu-specific callout will
    be attempted first, if dosemu is detected. Using APM will be attempted
    next, which works on qemu. If neither works, the debugger gives up.

10.10 C command - Compare memory

      compare         C range address

    Given a range, the address of which defaults to DS, and another address
    that also defaults to DS, this command compares strings of bytes, and
    lists the bytes that differ.

10.11 COUNT command - Count list length

      count length    COUNT [RANGE range|list]

    This command parses a range or list parameter. The resulting pattern's
    length is displayed in hexadecimal and decimal. The COUNT variable is
    also set to the length count number. If a range is given then the length
    has to fit into the segment.

10.12 D command - Dump memory

      dump            D [range]
      dump bytes      DB [range]
      dump words      DW [range]
      dump dwords     DD [range]

    Given a range, the address of which defaults to DS, this command
    dumps memory in hexadecimal and as ASCII characters. The range may be
    specified with a lines length (refer to section 8.4). The default length
    if none is specified defaults to the number of lines specified in the
    variable DEFAULTDLINES if it is nonzero, or else the number of bytes
    specified in the variable DEFAULTDLEN.

    If a lines length is used, that many lines are dumped. The count of
    lines does not include the header or trailer if they're used. The count
    of lines will be inaccurate if the symbolic build is used and the dump
    lists symbols that point into the dumped data. (The amount of data in
    this case will match what it should be to produce the requested count of
    lines if no symbols were listed.) The count of lines will be accurate
    if either the 40-column friendly mode is enabled or not. If enabled,
    roughly half as much data is dumped for a given amount of lines, as the
    40-column mode dumps up to 8 bytes per line as opposed to the 80-column
    mode which dumps up to 16 bytes per line.

    If the DCO option 4 is set, text with the high bit set (80h to FFh, the
    top half of the 8-bit encoding space) is displayed as-is in the text
    dump. If a TOP keyword is used before the range, then top half text is
    displayed as-is as well. Otherwise, it will be treated like nonprintable
    text, which means it is replaced by dots in the text dump.

    The variable DDTEXTAND is used as a mask to modify the text code before
    display. It defaults to 0FFh. Setting this to 7Fh will mimic MS-DOS
    Debug's display of text in its data dump, masking off the high bit. In
    this case the TOP setting has no effect.

    If no range is specified, the D command continues dumping at "d_addr"
    (ADS:ADO), which is updated by each D command to point after the last
    shown byte. The default length is determined in the same way as for if
    a range without a length is specified. If autorepeat is used it behaves
    the same way as a D command without a range.

    The default is for D to dump bytes. After a DW or DD command, the
    autorepeat and plain D (without a range) default to the last-used size.
    If the default range should be used but the size should be reset to
    bytes, the DB command can be used. The D command with a range always
    acts the same as DB.

10.13 DI command - Dump Interrupts

      dump interrupts DI[R][M][L] interrupt [count]

    The DI command dumps interrupt vectors from the IVT (86M) or IDT (PM).
    In PM, for the vectors 00h to 1Fh, the exception handlers are also
    dumped. In 86 Mode, an interrupt chain is displayed if more than one
    entrypoint is reachable from the topmost handler. To make the next
    handler reachable, a handler must match one of several header / entry
    formats:

     -  IBM Interrupt Sharing Protocol (IISP) header (fully standard, with
        10EBh entrypoint and EBh jump to hardware reset - this matches what
        Ralf Brown's AMIS programs recognise)

     -  Non-standard IISP header

     -  iHPFS-style uninstalled IISP header (EA90h entrypoint)

     -  FreeDOS kernel relocation (near call followed by far jump immediate)

     -  Just a far jump immediate

    If the R is specified (directly after DI) then 86 Mode handlers are
    dumped even if in PM.

    If the M is specified then MCB names are displayed.

    If the L is specified then AMIS interrupt lists are queried for the
    interrupt number being dumped. This is so that the involved multiplex
    numbers and interrupt list indices can be displayed, and also so that
    hidden chains can be dumped. This means chains that are not reachable
    from the topmost IVT handler, but are found through the AMIS "Determine
    Chained Interrupts" call (either 03h pointer or 04h list return). The
    list index is displayed as FFFFh if the handler was found with 03h
    pointer return. Otherwise it indicates how many list entries precede the
    found handler's entry. For example, "list:0000h" means that the first
    list entry matched, and "list:0001h" means that the second list entry
    matched.

    Specifying the L makes the debugger use its auxiliary buffer. That
    means the DIL command cannot be used from the RE buffer if the T/TP/P
    silent buffer is used, or if RH mode is enabled. In addition, note that
    with the default buffer size, no more than about a 1000 handlers can
    be handled. (The actual limit may be as low as 500 handlers if a lot
    of hidden chains occur.) If the limit is exceeded then the DIL command
    will display an error. The same error can also occur if the chain loops,
    or references a single handler from more than one other handler, or a
    single handler is listed by more than one multiplexer.

10.14 DM command - Dump MCBs

      dump MCB chain  DM [segment]

    The DM command dumps an MCB chain. If not given a start MCB segment, and
    the debugger is running as an 86-DOS application or device driver, the
    start of DOS's MCB chain is used. If given a start MCB segment, this is
    used as the starting MCB. (Note: In current RxDOS builds, the start MCB
    is always at segment 60h.)

    The DM command initially lists the debuggee's PSP. This is only valid
    when the debugger is running as an 86-DOS application or device driver.

    The MCB chain dump is continued until an MCB is encountered that has
    neither an M nor a Z signature letter, or the MCB address wraps around
    the 1 MiB boundary. In particular, this means that a disabled UMB link
    MCB (usually pointing to the MCB at segment 9FFFh if there is no EBDA
    nor any pre-boot-loaded programs) will not end the dump.

    There is an Extension for lDebug (ELD) that also implements the DM
    command, known as dm.eld. It adds some additional features. Refer to
    section 16.4.

    Example output:

      -dm
      PSP: 2ACA
      02B4 4D 0008 0018     384 B SD
      02CD 4D 0000 0013     304 B
      02E1 4D 02E2 00A8   2.6 KiB COMMAND
      038A 4D 038B 00A8   2.6 KiB COMMAND
      0433 4D 0434 2695   154 KiB LDEBUG
      2AC9 5A 2ACA 7535   468 KiB DEBUGGEE
      9FFF 4D 0008 2100   132 KiB SC
      C100 4D 0008 0144   5.0 KiB SD
      C245 4D 0000 0006      96 B
      C24C 4D C24D 00A8   2.6 KiB COMMAND
      C2F5 4D 0000 1D09   116 KiB
      DFFF 4D 0008 1000  64.0 KiB SC
      F000 4D F001 0019     400 B SEEKEXT
      F01A 4D 0000 07F3  31.7 KiB
      F80E 4D 0000 0090   2.2 KiB
      F89F 4D 038B 001E     480 B COMMAND
      F8BE 4D 02E2 0040    1024 B COMMAND
      F8FF 5A C24D 0100   4.0 KiB COMMAND
      -

    The columns are as follows:

     1. Segment address of MCB in hexadecimal. Always one less than the
        segment of the memory block contents.

     2. Signature letter in hexadecimal. Usually 4D ("M") for linking MCB
        and 5A ("Z") otherwise.

     3. Owner of the MCB in hexadecimal. Values below 50h are special system
        values. 0 indicates an unused MCB. 8 is the usual SC/SD/S system
        MCB owner. Higher values are generally process segments. A process
        segment is usually a memory block that is preceded by an MCB, which
        is owned by that block itself.

     4. Size in paragraphs of the MCB in hexadecimal. A value of zero is
        valid and indicates an MCB with an empty corresponding memory block.

     5. Size in bytes or kibibytes, in decimal. This is a number of up to 4
        digits, which may have a fractional part, and a unit of B (Bytes) or
        KiB (Kilo binary Bytes).

     6. Name of the owner of this MCB. Free MCBs do not have a name. System
        MCBs have a name that is up to two letters long. Otherwise, the name
        is read from the MCB owner's own MCB. In this case the name is up to
        8 letters long.

10.15 DZ/D$/D#/DW# commands - Dump strings

      display strings DZ/D$/D[W]# [address]

    The D string commands each dump a string at a specified address, which
    defaults to DS as the segment.

     -  DZ displays an ASCIZ string, terminated by a byte with the value 0.

     -  D$ displays a CP/M-style string, terminated by a dollar sign
        character $.

     -  D# displays a Pascal-style string with a length count in the first
        byte.

     -  DW# displays a string with a length count in the first word.

10.16 D.A/D.D/D.B/D.L/D.T commands - Descriptor modification

    These commands are only available in lDebugX (DPMI-enabled) builds. They
    can only be used in Protected Mode. RC is set to 800h when attempting to
    use any of these commands while not in Protected Mode.

      Descriptor modification commands:
       (only valid in Protected Mode)
        Allocate      D.A
        Deallocate    D.D selector
        Set base      D.B selector base
        Set limit     D.L selector limit
        Set type      D.T selector type

10.16.1 D.A command - Allocate descriptor

        Allocate      D.A

    Allocates an LDT descriptor from the DPMI host. Sets the variable
    DARESULT to the selector if successful, else FFFFh. Sets RC to 801h or a
    DPMI error code (>= 8000h) on failure.

10.16.2 D.D command - Deallocate descriptor

        Deallocate    D.D selector

    Deallocates an LDT descriptor. Sets RC to 802h or a DPMI error code (>=
    8000h) on failure.

10.16.3 D.B command - Set descriptor base

        Set base      D.B selector base

    Sets the base of an LDT descriptor. A useful shorthand is to use a
    construct like "LINEAR cs:0" to get the base of a descriptor referenced
    by another selector. Sets RC to 803h or a DPMI error code (>= 8000h) on
    failure.

10.16.4 D.L command - Set descriptor limit

        Set limit     D.L selector limit

    Sets the limit of an LDT descriptor. Limits beyond FFFFFh must be 4 KiB
    aligned (low 12 bits set). Sets RC to 804h or a DPMI error code (>=
    8000h) on failure.

10.16.5 D.T command - Set descriptor type

        Set type      D.T selector type

    Sets the type of an LDT descriptor. 00FAh is a 16-bit code segment,
    4000h is the D/B bit (Default size / Big), so 40FAh is a 32-bit
    code segment. 00F2h is a 16-bit data segment. 8000h is the G bit
    (Granularity); modifying it may change the limit. The DESCTYPE keyword
    can be used in an expression to read the current type of a descriptor,
    refer to section 9.7. Sets RC to 805h or a DPMI error code (>= 8000h) on
    failure.

10.17 DT command - Dump text table

      dump text table DT [T] [number]

    Without a number parameter and without the T specifier, an ASCII table
    (codepoints 00h to 7Fh) is listed with short names for unprintable ASCII
    but the text itself for printable ASCII. The table lists the decimal
    and hexadecimal numbers. Without a number parameter but with the T
    specifier, a similar table depicting the top half of the 8-bit codepoint
    space is listed (values 80h to FFh).

    With a parameter, each byte of the specified number is displayed in
    decimal, hexadecimal, and the short name or the text itself (quoted). If
    the T specifier is present, top half text (value >= 80h) is displayed
    quoted, otherwise it instead displays as "top". The command will loop
    starting with the least-significant byte of the number, then continue
    with subsequent bytes until all remaining bytes are equal to zero. All
    up to four bytes are listed on the same line.

    Note that without the T specifier, no codepage dependent text is
    displayed. The T stands for "top".

10.18 E command - Enter memory

      enter           E [address [list]]

    The E command is used to enter values into memory. If the list is
    specified, its contents are written to the address specified. Otherwise,
    the interactive enter mode starts at the address specified. If no
    address is specified then interactive enter mode starts at the last used
    address. This is behind the last byte written by a prior E command, or
    at the last byte displayed in interactive enter mode.

    In the interactive enter mode, the segmented address is displayed, and
    then the current byte value (2 hexadecimal digits) found at that address
    yet. Following the value a dot is displayed. For example:

      -e 100
      1FFE:0100  C3.

    At this point the debugger accepts several different inputs:

     -  One or two hexadecimal digits: To enter a new value to be written at
        this address

     -  A blank: To write the new value (if any) and proceed to the next
        byte

     -  A minus: To write the new value (if any) and proceed to the prior
        byte

     -  Carriage Return, Line Feed, or a period: To write the new value (if
        any) and quit interactive enter mode

     -  Backspace: To delete the most recently entered digit of a candidate
        new value

     -  All other inputs are ignored

    After entering a blank, the debugger will either display the next byte's
    current value in the same line or start a new line with the current
    segmented address and then the current byte value. A new line is started
    if the current offset is divisible by 8. For example, after entering 8
    blanks:

      -e 100
      1FFE:0100  C3.     CC.     CC.     CC.     CC.     CC.     CC.     CC.
      1FFE:0108  CC.

    After entering a minus, the minus is displayed on the current line and
    then (always) a new line is started to display the new segmented address
    (with its offset decremented). For example, entering a new value ("A0"),
    then a blank, then a minus, and then another new value ("A1"), then a
    CR:

      -e 100
      1FFE:0100  C3.A0   CC.-
      1FFE:0100  A0.A1
      -

10.19 EXT command - Load and run an Extension for lDebug

      run extension   EXT [partition/][extensionfile] [parameters]

    The EXT command is used to run an Extension for lDebug (ELD) file.

    This command and the infrastructure needed for it, including two buffers
    of usually several dozen KiB together, are only included when the
    debugger is built with the _EXTENSIONS option enabled. (This is now the
    default.)

    The ELD must be in a special executable format defined by the debugger.
    The current ELD format starts with the magic bytes "ELD1" at offset zero
    in the file. An ELD file typically has a filename extension .ELD or .XLD
    though this is not required. (If the extname.eld is installed it will
    check for either of the two known extensions, and if none is specified
    it will guess the same two extensions in order.)

    To load ELDs in the application mode or device mode debugger, the DOS
    file system is used. That means DOS must be available for loading ELDs
    then. To load ELDs in the boot loaded mode debugger, the auxiliary
    buffer must be available and int 13h is used to access a FAT file
    system.

    Like the Y command (refer to section 10.58.1), the EXT command pathname
    can be specified with one of the debugger configuration path keywords.
    Also, if an EXT command doesn't find a file specified without a
    configuration path keyword, the debugger will retry the file open with
    the ::scripts:: path prepended.

    Unlike Script for lDebug files opened with the Y command, Extensions for
    lDebug may be run with parameters specified after the ELD filename. The
    ELD receives the parameters as free form string data which it is free to
    interpret as it wishes. A semicolon may or may not be interpreted as a
    comment indicator by an ELD. The ELD can expect that within 256 bytes a
    Carriage Return occurs.

    Some ELDs can install themselves as resident Extensions to the debugger,
    hooking into the command dispatch to run their own command rather than
    the debugger's default. All resident ELDs provide a command hook, at
    least for their respective uninstall commands. Some resident ELDs may
    hook into other parts of the debugger as well.

10.19.1 Current ELDs

    The ELDs are described in detail in section 16. The following ELDs are
    provided currently:

    LDMEM

        Displays information on memory use of the debugger. Can be installed
        residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the LDMEM command, and
        uninstalled with an LDMEM UNINSTALL command.

    HISTORY

        Lists the command history of the debugger, or clears it. Can be
        installed residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the HISTORY
        command, and uninstalled with a HISTORY UNINSTALL command.

    DI

        Re-creation of the DI and DIL commands of the debugger. This allows
        to use the DI commands when the debugger is built with the _INT=0
        build option. Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to
        provide the DI command, and uninstalled with a DI UNINSTALL command.

    DM

        Re-creation of the DM command of the debugger. This allows to use
        the DM command when the debugger is built with the _MCB=0 build
        option. Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to
        provide the DM command, and uninstalled with a DM UNINSTALL command.

    RN

        Re-creation of the RN command of the debugger. This allows to use
        the RN command when the debugger is built with the _RN=0 build
        option (as is the default now). Can be installed residently with
        INSTALL parameter to provide the RN command, and uninstalled with an
        RN UNINSTALL command.

    RM

        Re-creation of the RM command of the debugger. This allows to use
        the RM command when the debugger is built with the _RM=0 build
        option (as is the default now). Can be installed residently with
        INSTALL parameter to provide the RM command, and uninstalled with an
        RM UNINSTALL command.

    X

        Re-creation of the X commands of the debugger. This allows to use
        the X commands when the debugger is built with the _EMS=0 build
        option (as is the default now). Can be installed residently with
        INSTALL parameter to provide the X commands, and uninstalled with an
        X UNINSTALL command.

    DX

        Re-creation of the DX command of the debugger. This allows to use
        the DX command when the debugger is built with the _DX=0 build
        option (which is the default as of release 9). Can be installed
        residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the DX command, and
        uninstalled with an DX UNINSTALL command. This ELD requires a 386+
        machine.

    INSTNOUN

        Displays information on install flags of the debugger. These are
        the nouns accepted by the INSTALL and UNINSTALL commands. Can be
        installed residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the INSTNOUN
        command, and uninstalled with an INSTNOUN UNINSTALL command.

    RECLAIM

        Transient utility to reclaim unused space in the ELD code buffer
        and the ELD data blocks buffer. This is no longer needed because
        the debugger now includes the implementation of this tool and
        automatically reclaims memory before loading an ELD.

    ELDCOMP

        A tool to compare an ELD with its XLD counterpart. XLD is the
        filename extension typically used to hold a build of an ELD with
        some linker optimisations. ELDCOMP allows to compare the two,
        helping to identify and locate relocation errors in the ELD to be
        tested.

    AFORMAT

        Once installed, this ELD hooks into the assembler. After a line is
        submitted to the assembler, the AFORMAT ELD will dump in hexadecimal
        the bytes written by the assembler.

    AMISMSG

        This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides
        the AMIS functions 40h and 41h to send messages to the debugger
        terminal. A message may consist of up to 383 bytes of text. The
        message is displayed either on the next command being read in the
        cmd3 command input loop using a command injection handler, or when
        the command "AMISMSG DISPLAY" is run.

    AMOUNT

        This ELD once installed provides the ELDAMOUNT variable. This
        variable can be read to obtain the amount of installed ELDs.

    BASES

        A converter for different numeric bases. Can accept a numeric
        parameter to be evaluated by the expression evaluator. Using a BASE=
        specifier or the name of a base (HEXADECIMAL, DECIMAL, BINARY,
        OCTAL) the input number may be specified as a literal, which accepts
        unsigned numbers of up to 64 bits. Output is in the four known
        bases, formatted to resemble the expression evaluator's literal
        input format. Output can be in one arbitrary base using a trailing
        OUTPUT keyword, followed by BASE=, GROUP=, and WIDTH= specifiers.
        The BASES ELD can be installed residently using an INSTALL parameter
        to provide the resident BASES command.

    CO

        Installs the COPYOUTPUT commands. Once a file is specified with
        "COPYOUTPUT NAME filename" the debugger opens the file to append to
        it. While not InDOS all output to the debugger terminal is written
        to the opened file.

    CONFIG

        Allows to show or set the debugger config paths.

    DTADISP

        Displays the current DOS Disk Transfer Address.

    IFEXT

        Allows to run another command conditionally, using a command of the
        form IF [NOT] EXT "extension name" THEN command. May be used as a
        transient ELD or installed residently using an INSTALL command to
        provide the IF EXT commands.

    KDISPLAY

        Displays the current K/N command buffers' content.

    LIST

        Displays the description lines for ELD files that are specified
        with a single pathname pattern. The pattern may contain wildcards
        in the last component. After the pathname, several keywords may be
        specified: VERBOSE to display technical details, HELP to display the
        help, and SFN to force use of the DOS SFN find interface instead of
        trying the DOS LFN find interface.

    PRINTF

        Allows to print formatted output. Can be installed residently or
        used as a transient tool.

    SET

        Allows to access the environment block to read or write variables.
        Can install a resident SET command using an INSTALL parameter, or
        run transiently using a RUN parameter.

    USEPARAT

        Installs an output hook into the debugger to display an underscore
        line after disassembling near or far jumps or near, far, or
        interrupt return instructions.

    VARIABLE

        Installs a command preprocessor hook to expand "%VARIABLE%"
        specifications in commands.

    WITHHDR

        Installs a prefix command called WITH. This can be used as
        WITH HEADER or WITH TRAILER to temporarily set DCO flags to enable D
        command headers or trailers. Command injection is used to reset the
        flags afterwards.

    AMISCMD

        This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides the
        AMIS function 43h to inject commands into the debugger.

    AMISOTH

        This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides the
        AMIS function 42h to export the debugger's link info as an "other
        link".

    AMITSRS

        Port of Ralf Brown's AMIS TSR lister.

    BOOTDIR

        List directory entries in bootloaded mode.

    DBITMAP

        Dump 8-bit-wide graphics from memory.

    DOSCD

        Change DOS current directory or drive.

    DOSDIR

        List directory entries using DOS.

    DOSDRIVE

        Get or set a DOS drive.

    DOSPWD

        Display DOS current directory.

    EXTNAME

        Installs residently to guess EXT and Y command filename extensions.

    INJECT

        Injects commands into other debugger instance using the other's AMIS
        function 43h. (This function is provided by the AMISCMD ELD.)

    INSTNOTH

        INSTNOUN variant that operates on another debugger instance. This
        requires the other instance to have installed the AMISOTH ELD and
        its AMIS handler to provide the AMIS function 42h.

    LDMEMOTH

        LDMEM variant that operates on another debugger instance. This
        requires the other instance to have installed the AMISOTH ELD and
        its AMIS handler to provide the AMIS function 42h.

    LINFO

        Installs residently to display status of program-loading L command.

    PATH

        Provides path search and filename extension guessing for the K and N
        commands.

    EXTLIB

        Library of ELDs to be used instead of single files.

    EXTPAK

        Compressed library of ELDs.

    QUIT

        Quits the machine. Can be installed residently.

    DOSSEEK

        Get or set the DOS 32-bit seek of a process handle.

    ALIAS

        Define simple aliases that are replaced in a command preprocess
        handler.

    DPB

        Display a DOS drive's DPB (MS-DOS v4 to v6 layout, optionally with
        FreeDOS, MS-DOS v7.10, or EDR-DOS FAT32 extensions).

    RDumpIdx

        Dump text bytes pointed to by DS:SI and ES:DI in R register dump.

    RDumpStr

        Dump text pointed to by DS:DX in R register dump.

    CHECKSUM

        Calculate checksum over a memory range, as a transient command or
        installed residently.

    HINT

        Display TracList listing offset hints for all installed ELDs,
        writing to the terminal of another debugger instance (using its
        AMISMSG service). Can be used as a transient command or installed
        residently.

    HINTOTH

        Display TracList listing offset hints for all installed ELDs of the
        other link debugger instance (using its AMISOTH service). Can be
        used as a transient command or installed residently.

    CHSTOOL

        Utilities to work with int 13h unit partitions and geometry. Can be
        used as a transient command or installed residently.

    S

        Replaces the S command (section 10.47) with additional support for
        WILD and CAPS keywords.

    DOSSPACE

        Display DOS drive total and free space

    DOSSTRAT

        Display DOS memory allocation strategy and UMB link status

    DHM

        Dump HMA Memory Control Block chain

    ERRFIX

        Fix error message display

    RCEXEC

        Add RC.EXECUTE command to fill RC buffer then immediately run it

    DEVICES

        List device driver headers and DPBs

    SBRANCH

        Search for short or near direct branches to a target

    TSC

        Provides access to the 586-level Time Stamp Counter

    QUIET

        Quieten debugger terminal output

    RESERVE

        Manage debugger reserved memory

    KCMDLINE

        Operate on kernel command line (for booting lDOS or FreeDOS kernel)

    FDBPLACE

        N extension: Placeholder for drive B: (This extension can only be
        loaded by the lDOS pre-boot loader.)

    ENAMELIB

        Set EXTNAME ELD library name string

    PATCHQRY

        Access query patch site of an in-memory lDOS initial loader

10.20 F command - Fill memory

      fill            F range [RANGE range|list]

    The F command fills memory with a byte pattern. The first parameter
    is the range to fill. The next parameter can be a list, in which case
    it provides the pattern with which to fill. If the RANGE keyword is
    provided then the pattern is read from memory as indicated by the range
    parameter that follows the keyword. The pattern is repeated so as to
    fill the destination. If the RANGE keyword is used, then the length of
    the pattern address range is optional. If the length is absent, it is
    assumed to equal that of the destination range.

10.21 G command - Go

      go              G [=address] [breakpts]

    The G command runs the debuggee. It can be given a start address (the
    segment of which defaults to CS), prefixed by an equals sign, in which
    case CS:EIP is set to that start address upon running. Note that if
    there is an error parsing the command line, CS:EIP is not changed.
    Further, if a breakpoint fails to be written initially, CS:EIP also is
    not changed.

    The G command allows specifying breakpoints, which are either segmented
    addresses (86M or PM addresses depending on DebugX's mode) or linear
    addresses prefixed by an "@ " or "@(", similar to how the BP command
    allows a breakpoint specification. G breakpoints are identified by their
    position in the command line, as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. The build
    option _NUM_G_BP specifies how many G breakpoints are supported. By
    default, 16 G breakpoints are supported.

    The G AGAIN command re-uses the breakpoints given to the last
    (successfully parsed) G command. It also allows an equals-sign-prefixed
    start address like the plain G command, in front of the AGAIN keyword.
    After the AGAIN keyword, additional breakpoints may be specified.

    If the command repetition of G is used, it is handled as if "G AGAIN"
    was entered, that is it re-uses the same breakpoints as those given to
    the prior G command.

    A G command that fails to parse will not modify the stored G breakpoint
    list. If an error occurs during writing breakpoints, the list will have
    been modified already however.

    The G LIST command lists the breakpoints given to the last (successfully
    parsed) G command.

    The "content" byte in G LIST is usually CCh (the int3 instruction
    opcode), but retains its original value if a failure occurs during
    breakpoint byte restoration.

    Example output of G LIST:

      -g 100 103 105
      AX=3000 BX=0000 CX=0200 DX=0000 SP=FFFE BP=0000 SI=0000 DI=0000
      DS=1BA7 ES=1BA7 SS=1BA7 CS=1BA7 IP=0103 NV UP EI PL ZR NA PE NC
      1BA7:0103 CD21              int     21
      -g list
         1st G breakpoint, linear 0001_BB70  1BA7:0100, content CC
         2nd G breakpoint, linear 0001_BB73  1BA7:0103, content CC (is at CS:IP)
         3rd G breakpoint, linear 0001_BB75  1BA7:0105, content CC
      -

    The output is as follows:

     -  The 1-based index ordinal of the point.

     -  The linear address of the point. (21-bit for Debug, 32-bit for
        DebugX.)

     -  The segmented address of the point. Only listed if the point was
        specified in a segmented form. That is, if the point was specified
        with a "@ " or "@(" prefix then no segmented address is saved along
        with it. (Internally, the word or dword "preferred offset" variable
        is set to all 1 bits then.) In Protected Mode, the segment is
        specified as "CS:" if the code segment's base matches the preferred
        offset. Otherwise, an R86M segment is shown with a dollar sign "$"
        prefix if the preferred offset matches any R86M segment. Failing
        that the offset is shown with a prefix reading "????:".

     -  The content byte. This is usually CCh. However, if a breakpoint
        failed to be restored then the original value is displayed here.

     -  Indicator that this point matches the current CS:IP or CS:EIP.
        This is only displayed if such a match is applicable. Running G
        AGAIN when this is applicable will step one time to bypass the
        corresponding point.

    There is another G command: After any equals sign, AGAIN keyword, and/or
    specified breakpoints, the line can be ended with a REMEMBER keyword.
    This saves the specified G breakpoint list and then returns control
    to the user. (The equals address, if any, is discarded.) It allows
    preparing a G breakpoint list ahead of its use. Auto-repeat, if enabled,
    will run like G AGAIN and actually run the debuggee after a G REMEMBER
    command.

10.22 GOTO command - Control flow branch

      goto            GOTO :label

    The GOTO command can only be used when executing from a script file, the
    command line buffer, or the RE buffer. It lets execution continue at a
    different point in the file or buffer. Labels are identified by lines
    that start with a colon, followed by the alphanumeric label name, and
    optionally followed by a trailing colon. The destination label of the
    GOTO command may be specified with or without the leading colon.

    There are several special cases:

     -  If the destination label is :SOF (Start Of File) then the file or
        buffer completely rewinds to its start.

     -  If the destination label is :EOF (End Of File) then the file or
        buffer is closed.

     -  If the destination label is not found then the file or buffer is
        closed, along with an error message.

10.23 H command - Hexadecimal add/subtract values

      hex add/sub     H value1 [value2 [...]]
      base display    H BASE=number [GROUP=number] [WIDTH=number] value

    The H command performs calculation and displays the result. If a single
    expression is given then its value is displayed, in hexadecimal and
    then in decimal. If more than one expression is given then two results
    are displayed, in hexadecimal only. The first result is that which is
    calculated by adding all expressions. The second result is calculated
    by subtracting all subsequent expressions from the first expression's
    value.

    If a value is above or equal to 8000_0000h then along each display of
    that value, the value interpreted as a negative two's complement number
    is listed in parentheses.

    If the form with the BASE keyword is given then only one number is
    displayed. The specified base may be between 2 and 36, inclusive. If the
    GROUP keyword is also used then digits are grouped. The group separator
    is the underscore, "_". The grouping number must be below or equal 32
    (20h). The default grouping is none, same as GROUP=0. If the WIDTH
    keyword is also used then at least that many digits are displayed. The
    width must be below or equal 32 (20h). The default width is one digit,
    same as WIDTH=0 or WIDTH=1.

    Examples:

      -h 1
      0001  decimal: 1
      -h 1 1
      0002  0000
      -h 1 1 1
      0003  FFFFFFFF (-0001)
      -h 1 + 2 * 3
      0007  decimal: 7
      -h cs * 10
      0001A730  decimal: 108336
      -h -26
      FFFFFFDA (-0026)  decimal: 4294967258 (-38)
      -h base=2 group=8 AA55
      10101010_01010101
      -h base=2 group=4 width=#16 #1234
      0000_0100_1101_0010
      -h base=#10 group=3 400*400
      1_048_576
      -h base=3 group=3 FFFF_FFFF
      102_002_022_201_221_111_210
      -

10.24 I command - Input from port

      input           I[W|D] port

    The I commands input from an x86 port. The port can be any number
    between 0 and FFFFh. Plain I inputs a byte from the specified port. The
    IW and ID commands input a word or dword respectively.

10.25 IF command - Control flow conditional

      if numeric      IF [NOT] (cond) THEN cmd
      if script file  IF [NOT] EXISTS Y file [:label] THEN cmd
      if ext file     IF [NOT] EXISTS EXT file THEN cmd
      if variable     IF [NOT] EXISTS R variablename THEN cmd

    The IF command allows specifying a conditionally executed command. This
    is especially useful for creating conditional control flow branches with
    the GOTO command (see section 10.22).

    For the first form, the condition is a numeric expression. If it
    evaluates to non-zero it is considered true. If the NOT keyword is
    absent then a true condition expression leads to executing the THEN
    command. With the NOT keyword present the logic is reversed. Note
    that if an error occurs in parsing, the THEN command is not executed,
    regardless of whether the NOT keyword is present.

    The second form specifies a script file in the same format as accepted
    by the Y command (refer to section 10.58). Note that this form of the IF
    command mustn't be run from the RE buffer, and will error out if this is
    attempted. A label may be specified behind the filename, as for the Y
    command. If the file is not found, it may be searched for subsequently
    in the ::SCRIPTS:: directory as described in section 10.58.1.2.

    If the file is found, and contains the specified label if any, then the
    EXISTS clause is considered true. Depending on the presence of the NOT
    keyword the THEN command is executed next, or skipped. Note that if an
    error occurs in parsing, the THEN command is not executed, regardless of
    whether the NOT keyword is present.

    Likewise, if an unanticipated error occurs during access then the THEN
    command is not executed. Anticipated errors include:

     1. The drive or ROM-BIOS unit cannot be accessed at all. (Determined by
        sector 0 being unreadable.)

     2. The specified partition is not found.

     3. A specified directory is not found.

     4. The file is not found.

     5. A DOS error occurs opening the file.

     6. The file is empty.

     7. A specified label is not found.

    The third form specifies a file, which is checked to exist and contain
    an Extension for lDebug. If the file is not found, it may be searched
    for subsequently in the ::SCRIPTS:: directory as described in section
    10.58.1.2.

    The file is opened to check for a possible ELD1TAIL trailer and an ELD1
    header (either at seek 0 or where indicated by the trailer), refer to
    section 17.1 for details of the ELD executable format. Memory use is not
    checked, so actually loading the same ELD using an EXT command could
    return an out of memory error. Validity of the ELD header beyond the
    signature also is not checked. Library ELDs can only be checked to exist
    at all, they cannot be checked to contain any specific ELDs in their
    library.

    The fourth form checks for a variable name being recognised like for
    the R variable access command. If the variable name is recognised the
    condition is considered true. Otherwise, the candidate name is skipped
    by scanning for the first blank or comma, except for parenthetical index
    expressions which are parsed as expressions. The condition is considered
    false if no variable is recognised.

10.26 INSTALL command - Install optional features

    This command can be used to enable certain optional features. The
    parameters are a list of comma-separated keywords. First the entire list
    will be parsed. Upon successful parsing of all keywords the command will
    then start to handle the keywords.

    The first keyword to the INSTALL command may be the TOGGLE keyword. In
    this case the subsequently specified keywords are toggled rather than
    enabled.

    Save for the "AREAS" keyword, these features can be accessed by using
    the corresponding DCO flags as well. The allowed keywords are:

    INT2F

    DPMIHOOK

        (lDebugX-only) Enable installing debugger's interrupt 2Fh hook to
        intercept the DPMI entrypoint function call. The interrupt hook will
        actually occur upon running any debuggee code in Real/Virtual 86
        Mode. If the debugger is unable to hook the DPMI entrypoint then a
        message is displayed and the DCO4 flag is cleared. This is expected
        on MSWindows 4 and old dosemu versions. This hook is enabled by
        default. This keyword controls DCO4 flag 0002h.

    FAULTS

    INTFAULTS

        Install debugger's interrupt 0Dh and 0Ch hook. These interrupts may
        be called by the machine in Real 86 Mode, or by a VMM like dosemu2
        in Virtual 86 Mode, to indicate faults occurred. Interrupt 0Dh
        indicates a General Protection Fault, while interrupt 0Ch indicates
        a Stack Fault. (If an address faults with the SS segment it is
        considered a Stack Fault.) Both of these interrupt handlers are
        usually called for IRQs as well, however. The debugger's handlers
        will check whether the corresponding IRQ is being serviced. If it
        is, the call is chained to the debugger's downlink. Only if the IRQ
        is not being serviced, the debugger will handle the call as a fault.
        (This heuristic is not perfect, but it works most of the time.) This
        keyword controls DCO4 flag 0010h.

    INT08

    INT8

    TIMER

        Install debugger's interrupt 8 hook for the timer tick IRQ. This
        enables the Interrupt 8 Control pressed detection depending on the
        INT8CTRL variable (refer to section 12.27) as well as the double
        Control-C via serial I/O detection. This keyword controls DCO4 flag
        0004h.

    INT2D

    AMIS

        Install debugger's AMIS interface on interrupt 2Dh. A free multiplex
        number must be available and the existing interrupt vector must be
        valid for this to succeed. This keyword controls DCO4 flag 0008h.

    AREAS

        (lDDebugX-/lCDebugX-only) Install this debugger's exception areas
        into another debugger. The other debugger must have its AMIS
        interface installed at the point in time that this command is run.
        This keyword does not correspond to any DCO flags.

    SERIAL

        Install serial I/O for the debugger interface. Configuration must be
        ready, refer to section 12.11. This keyword controls DCO flag 4000h.

    INDOS

        Enter force InDOS mode. The debugger will avoid calling DOS in this
        mode, helping in debugging DOS or the interrupt 21h or 2Fh handlers.
        This keyword controls DCO flag 0008h.

    GETINPUT

        Enter the use DOS getinput mode. When DOS is available and used
        for I/O, this mode enables use of the debugger's getinput function
        rather than using the DOS interrupt 21h service 0Ah line editor to
        read from standard input. The debugger's line editor includes proper
        line editing, allows overlong input with a horizontally scrolling
        view of the buffer, and enables history recall. This keyword
        controls DCO flag 0800h.

    RHIGHLIGHT

        Enable R command register change highlighting. This keyword controls
        DCO3 flag 04_0000h.

    AUTOREPEAT

        Enable autorepeat while reading from a terminal. This feature is
        enabled by default. This keyword controls DCO3 flag 1000_0000h (in
        reverse).

    BIOSOUTPUT

        Prefer to output to video ROM-BIOS terminal using interrupt 10h
        services instead of to the DOS interrupt 21h. This keyword controls
        DCO6 flag 0200h.

    FLATBINARY

    FSWITCH

        Enable flat binary read mode, in which MZ .EXE files and .HEX files
        are read and written as if they were flat binaries. This feature is
        also controlled by the /F+ or /F- switches. This keyword controls
        DCO6 flag 0400h.

    BIGSTACK

    ESWITCH

        Enable .BIG style stack mode, in which flat binaries are loaded with
        the stack set up in a separate segment. This allows to execute .BIG
        style flat format executables like used in the build process of the
        debugger itself. This feature is also controlled by the /E+ or /E-
        switches. This keyword controls DCO6 flag 0800h.

    RH

        Enable RH mode. In RH (Register dump History) mode, a number of the
        last R, RE, T, TP, P, or G outputs are buffered in the auxiliary
        buffer. (The auxiliary buffer is about 8 KiB large by default.) The
        RH command can then be used to display all or some of the steps of
        the buffered contents. Other commands that use the auxiliary buffer,
        like RN and RM, cannot run when this mode is enabled. Enabling RH
        mode will clear the RH/silent buffer. This keyword controls DCO6
        flag 10_0000h.

    DEBUG

        (lCDebug-only) Enable debuggable mode. The conditionally debuggable
        debugger defaults to start up in debuggable mode. This feature is
        also controlled by the /D+ or /D- switches. This keyword controls
        DCO6 flag 0100h.

    PAGING

        Enable paging. This feature is enabled by default. This keyword
        controls the DCO1 flag 10h (in reverse).

    PAGINGRC

        Enable paging when running RC buffer commands. This keyword controls
        the DCO3 flag 1000h.

    PAGINGY

    PAGINGSCRIPT

        Enable paging when running Script for lDebug commands. This keyword
        controls the DCO3 flag 2000h.

    PAGINGRE

        Enable paging when running RE buffer commands. This keyword controls
        the DCO3 flag 4000h.

    RX

    REGS386

        Enable 32-bit and 386 registers display. This keyword controls the
        DCO1 flag 1. This flag is also toggled by the RX command, section
        10.41.

    TM

    TRACEINTS

        Enables tracing into software interrupt handlers. This keyword
        controls the DCO1 flag 2. This flag is also accessed by the TM
        command, section 10.50.

    HOUDINI

        Enables breaking on houdini breakpoints in Extensions for lDebug.
        This only takes effect in lDDebug, or in lCDebug with debuggable
        mode enabled. This keyword controls the DCO7 flag 100h.

    DEBUGOPTLINK

        Enables debugging output of missing optional links in Extension for
        lDebug linker. This keyword controls the DCO7 flag 2.

    QUIETINSTALL

        Enables suppressing Extension for lDebug installation messages. This
        keyword controls the DCO7 flag 4.

    QUICKRUN

        Enables quickly running Extensions for lDebug. This keyword controls
        the DCO7 flag 8. Only quit.eld (refer to section 16.44) is affected
        by this yet.

10.27 L command - Load Program

      load program    L [address]

10.28 L command - Load Sectors

      load sectors    L address drive sector count

    Loads sectors from a local DOS drive. The count specifies how many
    sectors to load. The sector number specifies where on the drive to load
    from. The drive specifies the drive to access, and is specified either
    as an expression or a drive letter with trailing colon (section 8.13).
    The address is a segmented address indicating where to write the sector
    data.

    The reverse is the Write Sectors command, section 10.56.

10.29 M command - Move memory

      move            M range address

    This command copies data from one memory range to another range. The
    source range is specified as the first parameter. The destination is
    specified as the second parameter, which only accepts an address. The
    length of the destination is equal to the length of the source.

    If the source and destination overlap, the data movement is insured to
    be done in the direction which will end up with the original source data
    found intact at the destination. If the source and destination do not
    overlap then the movement may be done forwards or backwards.

10.30 M command - Set Machine mode

      80x86/x87 mode  M [0..6|C|NC|C2|?]

    An M command without parameters, with a single "?" parameter, with an
    "NC" parameter, or a single expression parameter is a get or set machine
    mode command.

    The machine mode is used by the assembler and disassembler to show
    machine requirements exceeding the current machine.

    A plain "M" or "M ?" command displays the current machine.

    An "M NC" or "M C0" command sets the current coprocessor to absent.

    An "M C" command sets the current coprocessor to present. It is set to
    the coprocessor type corresponding to the current machine.

    An "M C2" command sets the current coprocessor to present, and the
    coprocessor type to 287. This command is only valid if the current
    machine is a 386.

    An M command with an expression evaluating to 0 to 6 sets the current
    machine to the specified numeric value. It also sets the current
    coprocessor type corresponding to the specified numeric value.
    Coprocessor presence is not modified by this command however.

    Note that all machine mode commands that parse a numeric expression (not
    "M", "M ?", nor "M NC") will actually parse the expression twice due
    to the internal dispatching between the machine mode commands and the
    move memory command. If the expression has side-effects then these side-
    effects will also occur twice. (An example of a side effect is reading
    the LFSR variable, which will step the LFSR.)

10.31 N command - Set program Name

      set name        N [[drive:][path]progname.ext [parameters]]

    This command sets up the filename and parameters to use when setting up
    a new process using the L (Load program) command. If the filename ends
    in .COM or .EXE it will be loaded as a DOS program using the interrupt
    21h service 4B01h. If the filename ends in .HEX it will be interpreted
    by the debugger to load the contained data as a binary image. Otherwise
    the file is loaded as a flat binary by the debugger itself. In any case,
    the PSP of the process created by the L command will receive the command
    line tail, which starts after the filename.

    Unlike Microsoft's Debug the executable filename is not included in the
    command line tail, and an existing process won't be modified by the N
    command. It only sets the filename and tail for L to use.

10.32 O command - Output to port

      output          O[W|D] port value

    The O commands output to an x86 port. The port can be any number between
    0 and FFFFh. Plain O outputs a byte to the specified port. The OW and
    OD commands output a word or dword respectively. The value to write is
    specified by the second expression.

10.33 P command - Proceed

      proceed         P [=address] [count [WHILE cond] [SILENT [count]]]

    The P command causes debuggee to run a proceed step. This is the same as
    tracing (T command) for most instructions, but behaves differently for
    "call", "loop", and repeated string instructions. For these, a proceed
    breakpoint is written behind the instruction (similarly to how the G
    command writes breakpoints), and the debuggee is run without the Trace
    Flag set.

    As an exception, if a near immediate "call" (opcode E8h) is to be
    executed and its callee is a "retf" or "iret" instruction, then the
    "call" instruction is traced and not proceeded past. (This supports some
    relocation sequences.)

    Like for the G command, a start address can be given to P prefixed by an
    equals sign. Next, a count may be specified, which causes the command to
    execute as many P steps as the count indicates.

    After a count, a WHILE keyword may be specified, which must be followed
    by a conditional expression. Execution will only continue if the WHILE
    expression evaluates to true.

    After a count (when no WHILE is given) or after a WHILE condition,
    a SILENT keyword and optional count may be given. In this case, the
    debugger buffers the register dump and disassembly output of the
    executed steps, until control returns to the debugger command line.
    Then, the last dumps stored in the buffer are displayed. If a non-zero
    count is given, at most that many register dumps are displayed.

10.34 Q command - Quit

      quit            Q

    This command attempts to quit the debugger. It may fail if the currently
    attached process (if any) does not return into the debugger's Parent
    Return Address upon running an interrupt 21h function 4C00h in the
    debuggee context. It may also fail if any of the hooked interrupts
    cannot be restored. In this case, setting the corresponding DCO4 flags
    can force unhooking upon a retry.

    For quitting a device driver mode debugger, the QC and/or QD flags to
    the quit command must be used. Refer to section 5.3 for a description of
    them.

    If the debugger was attached to a DOS process the quit command will try
    to terminate the process. If the quit command succeeds, the debugger
    will return to its own parent process.

    If not attached to a DOS process the quit command acts differently. This
    is always true of the bootloaded debugger, is true of the device driver
    mode debugger by default (absent any ATTACH commands), and is true of
    the application mode debugger after a successful TSR command (absent
    subsequent ATTACH commands). In this case, a quit command that succeeds
    will continue to run the current debuggee code in the exact state it was
    left in last.

    The bootloaded debugger offers the BOOT QUIT command which will try to
    quit the currently running (virtual) machine rather than quitting the
    debugger. It is described in section 10.9.5.

    The quit Extension for lDebug (section 16.44) acts like the BOOT QUIT
    command but can be loaded as an ELD even when in a DOS mode.

    If the QB flag to the quit command is used, then the debugger will
    run a breakpoint in its quit handler, if the quit command succeeds.
    This breakpoint runs after the debugger has uninstalled its interrupt
    handlers. Refer to section 10.36.

10.35 QA command - Quit attached process

      quit process    QA

    The QA command tries to quit an attached process. It does this by
    resetting the current cs:eip, ss:esp, efl, and (only for DebugX) all
    segment registers. Then it runs interrupt 21h service 4C00h in the
    context of the current debuggee. Afterwards it reports on how the
    debugger regained control and whether the attached process terminated.

    (If between the current debuggee's process and the debugger's process
    there is any process that is self-parented, or a breakpoint interrupt or
    trace interrupt is caused by the current process having terminated, then
    the attached process may be considered not terminated.)

    The same underlying function is used by the program-loading L command
    and the default Q command (except if the debugger is running in TSR mode
    or bootloaded).

10.36 QB command - Quit and break

      quit and break  QB

    The QB command is composed of a Q command with a B flag. It indicates to
    the debugger to quit as usual, but to then run a breakpoint just before
    the debugger returns the control flow to either the OS, the application
    that executed the debugger, or (when resident as TSR, device driver, or
    bootloaded) the current debuggee.

    When successful, this instance of the debugger has already uninstalled
    all its interrupt hooks, so the breakpoint will run the interrupt 3
    handler that was installed prior to the debugger having been installed.

10.37 R command - Display and set Register values

      register        R [register [value]]

    The R command without any register specified dumps the current
    registers, either displayed as 16-bit or 32-bit values (depending on the
    RX option), and disassembles the instruction at the current CS:(E)IP
    location. If the instruction is a conditional jump then the R command
    disassembly will include a trailing notice that reads "jumping" or
    "not jumping" depending on the current status.

    R with a register, named debugger variable, or memory variable (of the
    form BYTE/WORD/3BYTE/DWORD [segment:offset]) displays the current value
    of the specified variable. It then displays a prompt, allowing the user
    to enter a new value for that variable. Entering a dot (.) or an empty
    line returns to the default debugger command line.

    R with a variable, followed by a dot (.), only displays the current
    value of that variable.

    R with a variable, followed by an optional equals sign, and followed by
    an expression, evaluates the expression and assigns its resulting value
    to the variable. The equals sign may instead be a binary operator with a
    trailing equals sign, which is handled as an assignment operator.

    Examples:

      -r ax .
      AX 0000
      -r ax
      AX 0000  :1
      -r ax
      AX 0001  :.
      -r ax += 4
      -r ax
      AX 0005  :
      -r word [cs:0]
      WORD [1867:0000] 20CD  :
      -r dif .
      DIF 0100B00B
      -

    R with the special register name F accesses the flags register using the
    symbolic flag states. Like for regular registers, this will display all
    the current states then prompt for new ones, except if a dot or at least
    one new flag state is specified trailing after the R F command. Multiple
    flags' states can be entered on the same line.

    The table in section 19.3 lists the flag states that are recognised, in
    the third and fourth column.

    It is valid to set two or more states for the same flag, with the last
    one winning. The new flag state input line is parsed in two passes.
    An error that is detected during a subsequent parameter will have the
    debugger not already having applied the earlier parameters. Only when
    the entire line has been parsed successfully, the flag changes take
    effect.

10.37.1 RE command - Run register dump Extended

      Run R extended  RE

    The RE command runs the RE buffer commands. Refer to section 19.7. The
    RE buffer has the highest priority among all buffered commands. (The RC
    buffer and Y command Script for lDebug files have a lower priority than
    the RE buffer.)

    RE buffer commands are displayed with a prompt consisting of a percent
    sign % or, for DDebug or for CDebug while in debuggable mode, a tilde
    followed by a percent sign ~%.

10.37.2 RE buffer commands

      RE commands     RE.LIST|APPEND|REPLACE [commands]

    RE.LIST lists the RE buffer contents in a way that can be re-used as
    input to RE.REPLACE.

    RE.APPEND appends the following commands to the RE buffer. This command
    can overflow the RE buffer, in which case the command aborts with an
    error. In this case the command has no effect on the RE buffer contents.

    RE.REPLACE replaces the RE buffer with the following commands. This
    command generally cannot overflow the RE buffer.

    The RE buffer usage is described in the ?RE help page (section 19.7).

10.37.3 RC command - Run Command line buffer

      Run Commandline RC

    The RC command runs the command line buffer commands. This is similar
    to the RE command, except it uses a different buffer. Further, the RC
    buffer contents have the lowest priority among all buffered commands.
    (The RE buffer and Y command Script for lDebug files have a higher
    priority than the RC buffer.) Upon initialisation of the debugger the RC
    buffer is filled.

    In case the debugger is loaded as a DOS application or DOS device
    driver, the RC buffer first gets the configuration command. Then the
    debugger's init appends the content of the /C switch (if any). If an /IN
    switch is specified, the RC buffer is cleared.

    In case the debugger is bootloaded, the RC buffer receives the contents
    of the kernel command line (if any) or the default kernel command line
    contents.

    If the RC buffer is not empty, the equivalent to an RC command is run on
    startup of the debugger. (This running happens after the initial N and L
    commands.)

    Command line buffer commands are displayed with a prompt consisting of
    an ampersand & or, for DDebug or for CDebug while in debuggable mode, a
    tilde followed by an ampersand ~&. When both RE and RC are running out
    of their respective buffers, the RE buffer contents take precedence.

10.37.4 RC buffer commands

      RC commands     RC.LIST|APPEND|REPLACE [commands]

    RC.LIST lists the command line buffer contents in a way that can be re-
    used as input to RC.REPLACE.

    RC.APPEND appends the following commands to the command line buffer.
    Like RE.APPEND this will cause an error if the buffer overflows.

    RC.REPLACE replaces the command line buffer with the following commands.

10.38 RH command - Display Register dump History steps

      regdump history RH [IN value, value, ...|value]

    The RH command displays steps from the RH/silent buffer while RH mode
    is enabled. RH mode can be enabled using the INSTALL RH command. (Refer
    to section 10.26.) The parameter to the RH command can be the keyword
    IN, followed by one or more comma-separated match ranges, or by a single
    number, or no parameter at all.

    The no parameter form displays all steps still saved in the RH buffer.

    The one parameter form displays a single step from the RH buffer. The
    number 0 refers to the most-recent saved step. The number 1 refers to
    the second most-recent saved step. And so on.

    The RH IN form accepts one or more match ranges. A match range can be:

     -  A single number. (Must be below 1_0000h.)

     -  The keyword FROM followed by a number followed by the keyword TO
        followed by a number. (The second number must be above-or-equal the
        first number. Both must be below 1_0000h.)

     -  The keyword FROM followed by a number followed by the keyword LENGTH
        followed by a number. (The length number plus the first number must
        be below-or-equal 1_0000h. A zero-length is valid, and will produce
        no output.)

    The RH IN command will treat each match range by displaying the
    corresponding steps from the RH buffer, but in chronological order. For
    instance, the following two commands are equivalent:

      rh in from 2 length 4

      rh in 5,4,3,2

    When parameters specify a number that is above the oldest still saved
    step in the RH buffer, the behaviour is not certain and may yet change.
    (For now, each older step will display nothing. This still may be
    subject to change.)

    The RH command defaults to page its output, if paging is enabled. Paging
    can be disabled for the RH command using the silent buffer output paging
    control. (This will, of course, also affect the silent buffer output.)
    The command r dco3 = dco3 clr 200 or 100 will instruct the RH command to
    not page its output.

    As an exception, if the RH buffer is empty then any valid RH command
    will produce no output at all.

    If RH mode is not enabled then the RH command may display stale or
    corrupted output, except when run directly after a silent-buffered
    T/TP/P command. In the latter case, the RH command will operate on the
    contents stored by the last run command.

10.39 RM command - Display MMX Registers

      MMX register    RM [BYTES|WORDS|DWORDS|QWORDS]

    This command dumps all 8 MMX registers. It is only available if MMX is
    supported by the machine. The optional size keyword specifies an item
    size, which defaults to BYTES. The BYTES size will match memory order of
    the byte values, displaying the least significant byte's value first. A
    size keyword of WORD will display the least significant word first, and
    so on.

    MMX support is redetected when lDebugX enters or leaves Protected Mode.
    (dosemu2 may support MMX in its Protected Mode while not supporting it
    in 86 Mode.)

    This command is no longer included in the default build as of
    release 7. To use it, either enable the build time _RM define or run
    "ext rm.eld install" to install it as an Extension for lDebug. (Refer to
    section 16.6.)

10.40 RN command - Display FPU Registers

      FPU register    RN

    This command is no longer included in the default build as of
    release 7. To use it, either enable the build time _RN define or run
    "ext rn.eld install" to install it as an Extension for lDebug. (Refer to
    section 16.5.)

10.41 RX command - Toggle 386 Register Extensions display

      toggle 386 regs RX

    This command toggles the DCO flag 0001h. The same flag can be set using
    the command INSTALL RX or cleared using the command UNINSTALL RX. This
    command is not valid on a non-386 machine.

10.42 RV command - Show sundry variables

    This command shows the first 16 user-defined variables (refer to section
    12.16), the current options variables DCO (that is DCO1), DCS, DAO,
    DAS, the internal flags DIF (that is DIF1), as well as the debugger
    process segment (DPR), the debugger parent return address (DPI), and
    the debugger parent process (DPP). lDebugX also shows the debugger
    process selector (DPS), which is zero in 86 Mode and a selector value in
    Protected Mode. (All of these variables can be queried manually, the RV
    command lists them merely for convenience.)

    Additionally, in the last line the RV command displays the current
    debuggee's mode. This is either Real 86 Mode, Virtual 86 Mode, or
    (lDebugX only) Protected Mode with either a 16-bit CS or a 32-bit CS.

10.43 RVV command - Show nonzero user-defined variables

    This command shows all user-defined variables (refer to section 12.16)
    that are not currently zero. Variables are always shown four to a line,
    so a single non-zero variable will additionally show up to 3 variables
    that are currently zero.

10.44 RVM command - Show debugger segments

    This command shows various segments (and, in Protected Mode, selectors)
    used by the debugger. It currently shows the following:

     -  Code segment

     -  Code2 segment (only if _DUALCODE build)

     -  Data segment

     -  Entry segment (same as data segment but with a code selector in PM)

     -  Message segment

     -  Auxbuff segment

     -  History segment

    A more detailed list of the debugger's segments, including their sizes,
    can be obtained using the ldmem Extension for lDebug (section 16.1).

10.45 RVP command - Show process information

    This command shows the debugger's mode as well as some client and
    debugger process addresses. The mode is one of:

     -  Boot loaded

     -  Device driver

     -  Application

     -  Application installed as TSR

    The process addresses include:

    PSP

        Process Segment Prefix (always a 86M segment value)

    Parent

        Parent of the PSP (for the debugger the would-be parent for
        termination, however note that during normal operation the debugger
        is self-parented)

    Parent Return Address

        16:16 far pointer (a segmented 86M far address) of the process's
        interrupt 22h value, the entrypoint to return to the parent (again
        for the debugger this is the would-be PRA for termination, during
        normal operation the debugger sets up its actual PRA to return
        control to the debugger itself)

    PSP Selector (only displayed for lDebugX)

        A selector or segment value, appropriate for the current mode, to
        address the PSP

    The process addresses can all be accessed individually too, using the
    following variables:

    PSP

        PSP (client), DPSP (debugger)

    Parent

        PARENT (client), DPARENT (debugger)

    Parent Return Address

        PRA (client), DPRA (debugger)

    PSP Selector (always a segment if not lDebugX)

        PSPSEL (client), DPSPSEL (debugger)

    The DPARENT and DPRA variables read as all zeros when the debugger is
    loaded in bootloaded, device driver, or resident application (TSR) mode.

10.46 RVD command - Show device information

    This command shows the device header (segmented 86M) far address as well
    as the size of the device's allocation, in paragraphs. If the debugger
    is not loaded in device mode then instead a message indicating this is
    displayed.

    The two variables can be accessed individually, too. These are the
    DEVICEHEADER and DEVICESIZE variables. Both of them read as all zeros
    when the debugger is not loaded in device mode.

10.47 S command - Search memory

      search          S range [REVERSE] [SILENT number] [RANGE range|list]

    The S command searches memory for a byte string. The first range
    specifies the search space. By default, searching will begin at the
    bottom of the search space and move upwards. If a REVERSE keyword is
    specified after the range then searching will begin at the top of the
    search space moving downwards. The search string is specified either
    with the RANGE keyword followed by another range, or as a list of byte
    values.

    If the SILENT keyword is specified, a silent number must be parsed
    before the list or range parameter. The number specifies how many result
    lines are displayed at most. It is a 32-bit unsigned number that may
    take any value in the range, including zero. If the number is zero, only
    the amount of matches is displayed.

    The read-only variable SRC (Search Result Count) will receive the 32-
    bit value that is the amount of matched occurrences. The variable SRS0
    receives the first Search Result Segment. Likewise SRO0 receives the
    first Search Result Offset. SRO1 to SROF hold subsequent Search Result
    Offsets. SRO is an alias to SRO0. SRO variables are 32-bit in the _PM
    build lDebugX, 16-bit otherwise. Unused SRO variables are zeroed out
    by a successful search. The COUNT variable is set to the length of the
    search string.

    The display of search results is as follows:

     -  First, the result's segmented address.

     -  Then, the displacement of the following dump. This is displayed with
        a leading plus sign and some amount of hexadecimal digits (2, 4, 6,
        or 8 digits). The number is the length of the search pattern (which
        is also written to the COUNT variable).

     -  Then, a hexadeximal dump of the up to 16 bytes that follow the
        search string match at this point.

     -  Finally, the ASCII character dump of these up to 16 bytes.

    There is an option to disable the data dump so as to only display the
    match addresses. If the bit 80_0000h is set in the DCO variable then the
    data dump is suppressed.

10.48 SLEEP command

      sleep           SLEEP count [SECONDS|TICKS]

    The SLEEP command sleeps for the indicated length. The duration defaults
    to seconds. If the TICKS keyword is specified then the duration is taken
    to mean timer ticks. (A timer tick is about 1/18 seconds.) If the input
    is from DOS or serial I/O then Control-C from the input terminal may be
    used to cancel the sleep.

10.49 T command - Trace

      trace           T [=address] [count [WHILE cond] [SILENT [count]]]

    The T command is similar to the P command. However, T traces most
    instructions. Depending on the TM option (section 10.50), interrupt
    instructions are also traced (into the interrupt handler) or proceeded
    past.

10.49.1 TP command - Trace/Proceed past string ops

      trace (exc str) TP [=address] [count [WHILE cond] [SILENT [count]]]

    The TP command is alike the T command, but proceeds past repeated string
    instructions like the P command would.

10.50 TM command - Show or set Trace Mode

      trace mode      TM [0|1]

    This instruction accesses the DCO flag 2. If run without an expression
    then the current status is displayed. Otherwise tracing into interrupts
    (for the T and TP commands) is enabled (nonzero expression) or disabled
    (zero expression).

10.51 TSR command - Enter TSR mode (Detach from process)

      enter TSR mode  TSR

    This command tries to find the PSP to which the debugger is attached. It
    starts the search at the current PSP and walks up the parent processes
    until finding the debugger. If a self-owned process is encountered the
    search is aborted.

    Once found, the attached PSP is patched with the PRA and parent process
    noted down for the debugger itself. That is, the debugger's would-be
    parent is made the parent of the attached process. The debugger's fields
    for original PRA and parent are cleared. Thus the TSR command, if it
    succeeds, switches the debugger into resident mode.

    The reverse operation is performed by the ATTACH command (see section
    10.6). The TSR command can be used right away in application mode, or
    can be used in device driver mode after the debugger has been attached
    to a process using the ATTACH command. The default state of the device
    driver mode debugger is resident mode.

    The TSR command and the ATTACH command are not usable in bootloaded
    mode.

10.52 U command - Disassemble

      unassemble      U [range]

    Given a range, the address of which defaults to CS, this command
    disassembles instructions from memory. The range may be specified with
    a lines length (refer to section 8.4). The default length if none is
    specified defaults to the number of lines specified in the variable
    DEFAULTULINES if it is nonzero, or else the number of bytes specified in
    the variable DEFAULTULEN.

    If a lines length is used, that many lines are disassembled. However,
    if a single instruction does not fit within one line due to a too long
    string of machine code, then the lines used for this instruction will
    count as one line as concerns the lines length. If an address length is
    specified, all instructions that are contained within or start within
    the specified range are disassembled.

    If no range is specified, the U command continues disassembling at
    "u_addr" (AUS:AUO), which is updated by each U command to point after
    the last disassembled byte. The R command sets "u_addr" to equal the
    current CS:(E)IP, including if the register dump is called by a run
    command. The default length is determined in the same way as for if a
    range without a length is specified. If autorepeat is used it behaves
    the same way as a U command without a range.

10.53 UNINSTALL command - Uninstall optional features

    This command can be used to disable certain optional features. The
    parameters are a list of comma-separated keywords. First the entire list
    will be parsed. Upon successful parsing of all keywords the command will
    then start to handle the keywords.

    The available keywords are documented for the INSTALL command, refer to
    section 10.26.

10.54 V command - Video screen swapping

      view screen     V [ON|OFF [KEEP|NOKEEP]]

    The V commands allow to enable or disable video screen swapping. When
    enabled, the debugger takes care that screen output of debuggee and
    debugger are strictly separated. This is useful to debug fullscreen text
    mode programs.

    The screen will be swapped whenever the debuggee is run with a run
    command (T/TP/P/G), or when the plain V command is used. The plain V
    command is provided to watch the debuggee screen while the debugger is
    active. It ends upon the user entering any key to the debugger terminal.

    Video screen swapping currently requires an XMS driver, and the debugger
    will allocate an XMS memory block of 32 KiB.

    V OFF KEEP will disable video screen swapping but keep the current
    debugger screen contents. V OFF NOKEEP (and the default for V OFF if the
    keep flag has not been set) will instead return to the debuggee screen
    contents. When the Q command succeeds, it executes the equivalent of V
    OFF. That is it will use the current keep flag.

10.55 W command - Write Program

      write program   W [address]

10.56 W command - Write Sectors

      write sectors   W address drive sector count

    Writes sectors to a local DOS drive. The count specifies how many
    sectors to write. The sector number specifies where on the drive to
    write to. The drive specifies the drive to access, and is specified
    either as an expression or a drive letter with trailing colon (section
    8.13). The address is a segmented address indicating where to read the
    sector data.

    The reverse is the Load Sectors command, section 10.28.

    Note that on MS-DOS v7 this command will lock and unlock the specified
    drive to insure it is locked when writing. As there is no way to query
    the lock status, this will unconditionally unlock the drive after
    writing.

    _Warning:_ You should know what you are doing if you use this command.
    Misuse may corrupt any data stored on this drive.

10.57 X commands - Expanded Memory (EMS) commands

      expanded mem    XA/XD/XM/XR/XS, X? for help

    These commands are no longer included in the default build as of
    release 7. To use them, either enable the build time _EMS define or run
    "ext x.eld install" to install them as an Extension for lDebug. (Refer
    to section 16.7.)

10.58 Y command - Run script file

      run script      Y [partition/][scriptfile] [:label]

    The Y command runs a Script for lDebug file.

10.58.1 Y command pathnames

    The script file is specified in two different ways, depending on whether
    the debugger is running as an 86-DOS application or device driver, or
    rather as a boot-loaded kernel replacement.

     -  If running as an application or device driver, the script name is a
        regular pathname. It may be quoted with doublequotes if the pathname
        includes blanks, semicolons, or commas. If the indicated drive
        supports long filenames (LFNs) then the debugger will first try to
        open the pathname as an LFN.

     -  Otherwise, the script name may start with a partition specification
        to use. (Refer to the ?BOOT help page in section 19.11 for partition
        specifications.) Then, the pathname relative to that partition's
        root directory follows. Long filenames are not supported. Note that
        it is not valid to run an empty script file when boot-loaded.

    In both cases, commas are parsed as separators that end a pathname,
    except if they occur within doublequotes. The same is true of
    semicolons. Semicolons may be parsed as end-of-line markers as well.

10.58.1.1 Y command configuration pathes

    A pathname may start with one of two special keywords to use one of the
    debugger configuration pathes:

    ::config::

        Access the debugger configuration directory

    ::scripts::

        Access the debugger scripts directory

    The pathname should not include a path separator (backslash or forward
    slash) directly after the keyword.

    The default path for the debugger configuration directory is detected as
    follows:

     1. If the debugger is bootloaded, the configuration directory is set to
        ldp/.

     2. If the environment variable LDEBUGCONFIG is set, read it.

     3. Else, if the path to the debugger's executable can be determined,
        use that.

     4. Else, the current directory on the current drive is used.

    The default path for the debugger scripts directory is detected as
    follows:

     1. If the debugger is bootloaded, the scripts directory is set to ldp/.

     2. If the environment variable LDEBUGSCRIPTS is set, read it.

     3. Else, if the path to the debugger's executable can be determined,
        use that.

     4. Else, the current directory on the current drive is used.

    The configuration pathes can be shown or modified using the "config"
    Extension for lDebug (refer to section 16.17).

10.58.1.2 Y command default scripts path

    If a Y command filename is not found, and no config path keyword was
    used, the debugger will retry the file open with the ::scripts:: path
    prepended to the specified filename. If this is not desired, an explicit
    ::empty:: path keyword may be used.

10.58.2 Y command labels

    A label may be specified after a pathname to cause execution to start
    at that label instead of at the start of the file. This is equivalent
    to placing a "GOTO :label" command at the start of the script file. The
    colon to indicate a label is required.

    If execution already is within a script file, then the Y command may be
    run with only a label (again with the colon required). In that case, the
    current script file is opened in a subsequent level (handle or boot-
    loaded script file context) and execution starts at that label.

10.58.3 Y command InDOS interaction

    Opening a script file as DOS application or device driver only works
    while DOS is available (InDOS not set). Additionally, if during script
    file execution DOS becomes unavailable (InDOS is set) then the script
    file execution is paused. It is resumed once DOS becomes available
    again. (Control-C with a non-zero IOL variable may still be used to
    cancel script file execution. DOS is called to close affected handles
    only if DOS is available.)

10.59 Z commands - Symbolic debugging support

    These commands are only supported if the _SYMBOLIC build option is
    enabled.

10.59.1 Z /S=size - Allocate, resize, or free symbol tables

    The /S switch allows to change the symbol table allocation. The symbol
    tables may take up up to 256 KiB of 86 Mode memory (below 1024 KiB)
    or up to 2 MiB of XMS memory. XMS use implies an additional 65 KiB is
    allocated for padding and a transfer buffer.

    XMS use can be forced by using a letter X behind the /S. 86 Mode memory
    use can be forced by using a letter R instead. The prior selection can
    be undone using an asterisk *, returning to the default behaviour.
    That means allocate XMS if available, and fall back to 86 Mode memory
    otherwise.

    After the equals sign a size is to be specified. The size can be an
    immediate number or an expression, or the keyword MAX to use the maximum
    size. An expression must be surrounded by round parentheses. The size
    specifies the amount of kibibytes to allocate. The size may be zero,
    which signals to free all symbol tables. This deletes all symbols yet
    defined. Otherwise, new symbol tables are allocated. Existing symbols
    will be transferred from the old symbol tables, if there are any. It is
    an error to specify a symbol table size that is not large enough to hold
    all currently defined symbols, except for specifying a zero size.

    Multiple /S switches can be specified within the same Z command. They
    are processed one by one, that is an error during parsing or execution
    of a subsequent switch will not make it so a prior switch is skipped.

10.59.2 Z STAT - Show symbol table statistics

    This command shows statistics on the current symbol table sizes,
    including the amount of total, used, and free units. Each of the symbol
    main array, symbol hash array, and symbol string heap are listed.

10.59.3 Z ADD - Add a symbol

    This command is used to add a new symbol. It can be followed by several
    parameters. These are:

    SYMBOL= or S=

        Name of the symbol, may be quoted

    OFFSET= or O=

        Offset of the symbol

    LINEAR= or L=

        Linear address of the symbol

    FLAGS= or F=

        Flags of the symbol

    No keyword

        Segmented address of the symbol to specify the linear address and
        offset

10.59.4 Z DEL - Delete a symbol

    This command deletes a symbol. It can be followed by the symbol name
    to delete, or a RANGE keyword and an address range parameter, or an
    UNREFSTRING keyword. The latter is to clean up the symbol string heap by
    deleting entries that are no longer used.

10.59.5 Z COMMIT - Commit temporary symbols

    Z ADD will batch up new symbols as temporary symbols. They are committed
    into the symbol tables upon several conditions, such as no more space
    for temporary symbols or execution of a command other than Z ADD or Z
    ABORT. The Z COMMIT command is for forcing the temporary symbols be
    committed. This should not usually be required.

10.59.6 Z ABORT - Discard temporary symbols

    This command discards all temporary symbols batched by prior Z ADD
    commands if they were not yet committed. If the debugger responds to
    every command with the error message "Invalid symbol table data!" then
    something went wrong with the committing of temporary symbols. In this
    case the Z ABORT command may help to return the debugger to a usable
    state.

10.59.7 Z LIST - List symbols

10.59.8 Z MATCH - Match symbols

10.59.9 Z RELOC - Relocate symbols

11: Assembler Reference
-----------------------

    The assembler is accessed by running the A command (section 10.5). The
    prompt for the assembler consists of a segmented address, with a 16-bit
    segment/selector and a 16-bit or 32-bit offset. Entering an empty line
    (whitespace only) or a single dot to the assembler exits back to the
    debugger prompt. Trailing comments may be added using semicolons.

11.1 Assembler comparison to MSDebug

    Differences from MSDebug's assembler include:

     -  386 level 32-bit operands and addresses are supported. The call,
        jmp, push, and pop instructions with memory operands will assume a
        default WORD or DWORD size depending on the D bit of the current CS
        being assembled into

     -  Immediate operand and displacement sizes (BYTE, WORD, DWORD) can be
        specified to force longer encodings

     -  Disassembly defaults to NASM address syntax, lowercase output
        (except numeric digits), and a blank after any comma

     -  Indentation of the first operand can be disabled, though it defaults
        to enabled

     -  Some NASM style instruction names like retn, int3, and xlatb are
        used in the disassembly, and may be used with the assembler

     -  Segment overrides may be included in address operands rather than
        in a label-like form (on a line of their own or as a prefix to an
        instruction, with a trailing colon)

     -  Segment overrides do not require a colon if they are placed before
        string instructions

     -  Segment overrides may be placed in a SEG pseudo-instruction

     -  The disassembler always shows a size for push or pop with a memory
        operand, although the assembler can assume a default size

11.2 Assembler comparison to NASM

    The assembler generally strives to accept assembly input matching the
    syntax of NASM (the Netwide Assembler). Key differences:

     -  Labels are not supported

     -  Numeric input defaults to hexadecimal (while expressions in
        parentheses can switch base using a "#" prefix)

     -  Character constants are not supported directly, requiring an
        expression in parentheses which accepts string literals

     -  SIB indexing must be done using exact numbers, multipliers like 9 or
        5 are not automatically parsed into valid SIB bytes

     -  The NOSPLIT keyword is not supported, and the assembler never splits
        indexing expressions

     -  The MODRM keyword is added, which allows selecting non-default
        instruction encodings (most of which are size pessimisations)

     -  LOOP instructions can be suffixed with a size letter "W" or "D"
        whereas NASM requires a second operand that reads "CX" or "ECX". The
        NASM form is supported too, but the disassembler defaults to the
        suffix form.

     -  A STRICT keyword is not accepted, instead size and distance keywords
        can be used to force certain forms

     -  CALL FAR and JMP FAR will allow a single immediate number operand,
        assembling to an imm:imm branch instruction with the segment equal
        to the segment currently being assembled into

     -  Size and distance keywords can be followed by a "PTR" keyword, which
        has no effect

11.3 Assembler roundtrip

    The disassembler is supposed to generate output which is valid input
    to the assembler. Ideally, any disassembly would make it through a
    "roundtrip", that is assembling the disassembly output should result in
    exactly the same machine code bytes. This is not always true however.

    For instance, the SIB long form encoding of a disp32-only memory
    address is disassembled just as the non-SIB form, and the assembler
    currently lacks a way to force this encoding. Invalid prefixes may also
    not roundtrip successfully. The order of multiple prefixes may also
    change, which can be significant in some cases (eg the dispatchers for
    the disassembler's repeated string op simulation). Additionally, the
    disassembler may display annotations like "(unused)" and "[needs 386]".
    These must be stripped from the instruction to enter it into the
    assembler. The same is true when running an R command (register dump)
    and its disassembly shows a memory content annotation or the "jumping"
    or "not jumping" notice.

11.4 Disassembly fields

    The disassembly consists of several fields:

     1. The segment which is being read, 4 hexadecimal digits

     2. The offset of the first machine code byte in this line, 4 or 8
        hexadecimal digits

     3. The machine code dump, an even number of hexadecimal digits

     4. The instruction mnemonic

     5. 0 to 3 instruction operands, depending on the instruction

     6. The annotation, optional

11.5 Assembly fields

    The assembly input consists of:

     1. The segment:offset that the next instruction will be written to,
        this forms the prompt for the debugger's line input. Offset may be 4
        or 8 hexadecimal digits.

     2. The instruction mnemonic

     3. 0 to 3 instruction operands, depending on the instruction

     4. A comment indicated by a semicolon, optional

    The assembler may emit an annotation after it accepts a line. This
    will be written to the next line, and can read like "[needs 386]"
    or "[needs math coprocessor]" depending on the current machine type
    (section 10.30) and the needed machine type for the instruction.

    Additionally, if the AFORMAT Extension for lDebug (section 16.12) is
    installed and enabled, each accepted line to the assembler will reply
    with a machine code dump in a subsequent line. This dump looks similar
    to the disassembler's dump. It will correspond exactly to what was
    written by the assembler. (It checks which address was used for the last
    prompt and which address is used for the next prompt. The ORG directive
    is handled as a special case.)

11.6 Assembly instruction reference

    It is recommended to keep an instruction reference on hand. The
    old NASM instruction reference does nicely for all 386-level
    instructions, though it lacks descriptions of system structures like
    descriptors, the TSS, and the FSAVE format. It is hosted on the web at
    https://pushbx.org/ecm/doc/insref.htm with its sources available in the
    repo at https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/insref/

11.6.1 Assembler instruction mnemonics

    A mnemonic is a keyword that maps to a certain instruction. Mnemonics
    are generally matched cap-insensitively. Some mnemonics allow different
    forms with optional or required size suffix letters. If present, such a
    letter can be either a "W" or a "D" to indicate a word (16-bit) or dword
    (32-bit) size.

11.6.2 Assembler operand types

    Every explicit operand to an assembly language instruction is one of:

     1. A register, which includes 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit registers, most
        often a GPR (General Purpose Register), part of a GPR, or a segment
        register

     2. Memory, possibly addressed using none to two registers and/or a
        displacement, possibly with a segment override. A memory operand
        generally has the address surrounded by square brackets "[...]".

     3. An immediate, possibly byte, word, or dword sized, where a byte may
        be sign-extended for certain instructions

11.6.3 A quick overview of most 8086 instructions

    ALU 2-operand

        add, adc, sub, sbb, and, or, xor, cmp, test

    ALU 1-operand

        neg, not, inc, dec

    Multiplication and division

        mul, imul, div, idiv

    Shifts and rotates

        shl, shr, sar, rol, ror, rcl, rcr

    Data movement

        mov, xchg

    Stack

        push, pop, pushf, popf

    Branch

        jmp, jcc, loop, jcxz, call, int, retn, retf, iret

    Flags

        clc, stc, cmc, cld, std, cli, sti, lahf, sahf

    String

        lods*, stos*, scas*, cmps*, movs*

    Port I/O

        in, out

    Special: Addresses and segments

        lea, les, lds

    Special: Prefixes

        repe, repne, lock, es, ss, cs, ds

    Special: BCD

        daa, das, aaa, aas, aam, aad

    Special

        nop, xlatb, cbw, cwd, hlt

11.6.4 ALU 2-operand instructions

    add

        Add op1 + op2 and store in op1

    adc

        Add op1 + op2 + CF and store in op1

    sub

        Subtract op1 - op2 and store in op1

    sbb

        Subtract op1 - op2 - CF and store in op1

    and

        Bitwise AND both ops and store in op1

    or

        Bitwise OR both ops and store in op1

    xor

        Bitwise XOR both ops and store in op1

    cmp

        Calculate op1 - op2, affects only flags

    test

        Calculate bitwise AND, affects only flags

11.6.5 ALU 1-operand instructions

    neg

        Negate operand in two's complement

    not

        Bitwise NOT the operand

    inc

        Increment operand, preserves CF

    dec

        Decrement operand, preserves CF

11.6.6 Multiplication and division

    mul

        Multiply to doublewidth result

    imul

        Multiply signed to doublewidth result

    div

        Divide doublewidth number

    idiv

        Divide signed doublewidth number

11.6.7 Shifts and rotates

    shl

        Shift left

    shr

        Shift right, fill zeroes

    sar

        Shift arithmetic right, fill sign bit

    rol

        Rotate left

    ror

        Rotate right

    rcl

        Rotate with Carry left

    rcr

        Rotate with Carry right

11.6.8 Data movement

    mov

        Copy data value

    xchg

        Exchange two data values

11.6.9 Stack

    push

        Push from operand

    pop

        Pop into operand

    pushf

        Push flags

    popf

        Pop flags

11.6.10 Branch

    jmp

        Unconditional jump

    jcc

        Conditional short jump

    loop

        Decrement counter register and jump if nonzero

    jcxz

        Jump if counter register is zero

    call

        Push next instruction's address and jump to subroutine

    int

        Invoke interrupt handler

    retn

        Return near

    retf

        Return far

    iret

        Interrupt return

11.6.11 Flags

    clc

        Clear CF (NC)

    stc

        Set CF (CY)

    cmc

        Complement CF

    cld

        Clear DF (UP)

    std

        Set DF (DN)

    cli

        Clear IF (DI)

    sti

        Set IF (EI)

    lahf

        Load AH from flags

    sahf

        Store AH to flags

11.6.12 String

    lods*

        Load from string

    stos*

        Store to string

    scas*

        Compare accumulator register to string

    cmps*

        Compare two strings

    movs*

        Copy from string to string

11.6.13 Port I/O

    in

        Input from port

    out

        Output to port

11.6.14 Special: Addresses and segments

    lea

        Load Effective Address (calculate offset into register)

    les

        Load offset and Extra Segment from far pointer in memory

    lds

        Load offset and Data Segment from far pointer in memory

11.6.15 Special: Prefixes

    repe

        Repeat string instruction (while ZF set)

    repne

        Repeat string instruction (while ZF clear)

    lock

        Lock bus for atomic RMW

    es

        Override with Extra Segment

    ss

        Override with Stack Segment

    cs

        Override with Code Segment

    ds

        Override with Data Segment

11.6.16 Special: BCD

    daa

        Decimal Adjust after Addition

    das

        Decimal Adjust after Subtraction

    aaa

        ASCII Adjust after Addition

    aas

        ASCII Adjust after Subtraction

    aam

        ASCII Adjust after Multiply

    aad

        ASCII Adjust before Division

11.6.17 Special

    nop

        Do nothing

    xlatb

        Load byte from lookup table

    cbw

        Convert signed byte to word

    cwd

        Convert signed word to dword

    hlt

        Halt until an IRQ arrives

12: Variable Reference
----------------------

12.1 Registers

    All debuggee registers can be accessed numerically:

     -  al, cl, dl, bl, ah, ch, dh, bh

     -  ax, cx, dx, bx, sp, bp, si, di

     -  eax, ecx, edx, ebx, esp, ebp, esi, edi

     -  es, cs, ss, ds, fs, gs

     -  fl, efl, ip, eip

    Each two 16-bit registers can be used in a 32-bit register pair, such
    as:

     -  dxax

     -  bxcx (used by L load program and W write program commands)

     -  sidi

     -  csip

    Every 16-bit register can be accessed with a "00" suffix, which puts the
    register's value in the high word and a constant zero into the low word.
    This is useful with the PTR 16:16 far pointer type in particular, using
    the specified register for the segment part with an offset of zero. For
    instance:

     -  ax00

     -  cs00

     -  es00

    Every 8-bit register can be used as the high byte in a 24-bit register
    pair with any 16-bit register as the low word. For example:

     -  dlax

     -  ahcx

    An 8-bit register with the "00" suffix works similarly to the 16-
    bit register case. The register is used for the high byte of a 24-bit
    (3byte) value while the low 16 bits are a constant zero.

    Writing to a register pair made up of parts of the same register (eg
    axax, alax) is not well defined and should be avoided.

12.2 MMX registers - MMxy

    If MMX is available, the debuggee's MMX registers can be accessed as
    variables. However, as the debugger only supports 32-bit numbers, only
    half of a 64-bit MMX register can be accessed. The "x" is a digit from 0
    to 7. The "y", if present, is one of the following letters:

    L

        Access only low 32 bits

    H

        Access only high 32 bits

    Z

        Read low 32 bits, write full 64 bits with zero extension to qword

    S

        Read low 32 bits, write full 64 bits with sign extension to qword

    Letter absent

        Same as letter Z

12.3 Options

12.3.1 DCO - Debugger Common Options

    DCO1 (alias DCO) to DCO7. Dword. Writable.

12.3.2 DCS - Debugger Common Startup options

    DCS1 (alias DCS) to DCS7. Dword. Read-only.

12.3.3 DIF - Debugger Internal Flags

    DIF1 (alias DIF) to DIF7. Dword. Read-only.

12.3.4 DAO - Debugger Assembly Options

    Dword. Writable.

12.3.5 DAS - Debugger Assembly Startup options

    Dword. Read-only.

12.3.6 DPI - Debugger Parent Interrupt 22h

    Alias DPRA. Dword. Read-only. Always a 86M segmented pointer. 0 if in
    TSR mode, or loaded as a device driver, or in bootloaded mode.

12.3.7 DPR - Debugger PRocess

    Alias DPSP. Word. Read-only. Always a 86M segment.

12.3.8 DPP - Debugger Parent Process

    Alias DPARENT. Word. Read-only. Always a 86M segment. 0 if in TSR mode,
    or loaded as a device driver, or in bootloaded mode.

12.3.9 DPS - Debugger Process Selector

    0 while in Real or Virtual 8086 Mode, debugger process selector
    otherwise. (The process selector addresses DebugX's PSP and DATA ENTRY
    section.) This variable does not exist on non-DPMI lDebug builds.

12.3.10 DPSPSEL - Debugger PSP Segment/Selector

    The debugger's PSP segment while in 86 Mode, a selector pointing to the
    same base while in Protected Mode. This variable exists even on non-DPMI
    builds, where it is always the same as DPSP.

12.4 Default step counts

    PPC

        Proceed command (section 10.33) default step count

    TPC

        Trace/Proceed command (section 10.49.1) default step count

    TTC

        Trace command (section 10.49) default step count

    All of these are doublewords and default to 1. For the respective
    commands, these counts specify the number of steps to take if none is
    specified explicitly. This includes when a command is run by autorepeat,
    refer to section 10.1. If one of these is set to zero then it is an
    error to not specify a count explicitly for the corresponding command.

12.5 Default lengths

    DEFAULTDLEN

        Word. Default length of D/DB/DW/DD commands in bytes (section
        10.12). Only used if DEFAULTDLINES is zero. Default is 128.

    DEFAULTDLINES

        Word. Default length of D/DB/DW/DD commands in lines (section
        10.12). Not used if zero. This is a word variable, but setting it to
        a value higher than 7FFFh is invalid. Default is zero.

    DEFAULTULEN

        Word. Default length of U command in bytes (section 10.52). Only
        used if DEFAULTULINES is zero. Default is 32.

    DEFAULTULINES

        Word. Default length of U command in lines (section 10.52). Not used
        if zero. This is a word variable, but setting it to a value higher
        than 7FFFh is invalid. Default is zero.

12.6 Limits

12.6.1 RELIMIT - RE buffer execution command limit

    Doubleword. Default is 256. If this many commands are executed from the
    RE buffer, the execution is aborted and the command that called RE is
    continued.

12.6.2 RECOUNT - RE buffer execution command count

    Doubleword. This is reset to zero when RE buffer execution starts.
    Each time a command is executed from the RE buffer, this variable is
    incremented. If it reaches the value of RELIMIT, RE buffer execution is
    aborted.

12.6.3 RCLIMIT - RC buffer execution command limit

    Doubleword. Default is 4096. If this many commands are executed from the
    RC buffer, the execution is aborted.

12.6.4 RCCOUNT - RC buffer execution command count

    Doubleword. This is reset to zero when RC buffer execution starts.
    Each time a command is executed from the RC buffer, this variable is
    incremented. If it reaches the value of RCLIMIT, RC buffer execution is
    aborted.

12.7 Return Codes

12.7.1 RC - Return Code

    Word. This holds the most recent command's return code. If the most
    recent command succeeded, then this is zero.

12.7.2 ERC - Error Return Code

    Word. This holds the most recent non-zero return code.

12.8 Addresses

12.8.1 A address (AAS:AAO)

    AAS: word, AAO: doubleword. Default address for the assembler. Updated
    to point after each assembled instruction.

12.8.2 D address (ADS:ADO)

    Default address for memory dumping. Updated to point after each dumped
    memory content.

12.8.3 Address behind R disassembly (ABS:ABO)

12.8.4 U address (AUS:AUO)

    Default address for the disassembler.

12.8.5 E address (AES:AEO)

    Default address for memory entry.

12.8.6 DZ address (AZS:AZO)

    Default address for DZ command, ASCIZ strings. Terminated by zero byte.

12.8.7 D$ address (ACS:ACO)

    Default address for D$ command, CP/M strings. Terminated by dollar sign
    "$".

12.8.8 D# address (APS:APO)

    Default address for D# command, Pascal strings. Prefixed by length count
    byte.

12.8.9 DW# address (AWS:AWO)

    Default address for DW# command. Prefixed by length count word.

12.8.10 DX address (AXO)

    Default address for DX command. (Only included in DebugX.)

12.9 I/O configuration

12.9.1 IOR - I/O Rows

    Byte. Default 1. Sets the number of rows of the terminal used by DOS or
    BIOS output. Setting this to zero disables paging to the DOS or BIOS
    output. Setting this to 1 uses the automatic selection. That means the
    BIOS Data Area byte at address 484h, plus one, is used. If using that
    byte and it is zero, paging is disabled.

12.9.2 IOC - I/O Columns

    Byte. Default 1. Sets the number of columns of the terminal used by BIOS
    input or DOS input if getinput is enabled. Setting this to zero selects
    a default (80). Setting this to 1 uses the automatic selection. That
    means the BIOS Data Area word at address 44Ah is used. This is used by
    the line input handling if inputting from the BIOS terminal (int 16h,
    int 10h), or if inputting from a DOS terminal when DCO flag 800h is set
    (eg by using INSTALL GETINPUT). A value between 2 and 39, inclusive, is
    not recommended.

12.9.3 IOCLINE - I/O Columns for splitting lines in getinput

    Byte. Default 0. Sets the number of columns of the terminal at which
    to split overlong lines after the user submits an input line with
    the getinput line editor. If this is zero, splitting overlong lines
    is disabled and it is assumed that the terminal will split lines as
    desired. Otherwise, overlong lines (ie those extending past the IOC
    width) will be split to have no more than the amount of bytes specified
    by the IOCLINE variable. Makes most sense to set this equal to IOC or
    DSC, or else to zero. Any nonzero value is allowed.

12.9.4 IOS - I/O Circular Keypress Buffer Start

    Word. Default 0 or 1Eh. Indicates where the ROM-BIOS's circular
    keypress buffer starts. Value can be nonzero to force a particular
    offset in segment 40h. Value can be zero to force using the value at
    word [40h:80h], using an extension not available on all systems.

    On startup the debugger checks whether the extension values are valid.
    If they are then the default of the IOS variable is left as zero.
    Otherwise, the default is set to 1Eh, which is the default buffer
    location.

    This variable is used to check for Ctrl-C keypresses if the InDOS mode
    is on (either InDOS flag set, DCO flag 8 set, or in bootloaded mode) and
    serial I/O is not in use and the flag DCO3 2000_0000h is set. Setting
    this variable nonzero and equal to IOE disables Ctrl-C checking.

    Modifying this variable should only be done while it is not in use.
    That means using DOS for input, using serial I/O for input, or clearing
    the DCO3 flag 2000_0000h. Modifying this variable and the IOE variable
    should be done together, so that they are valid together when in use.

12.9.5 IOE - I/O Circular Keypress Buffer End

    Word. Default 0 or 3Eh. Indicates where the ROM-BIOS's circular
    keypress buffer ends. Value can be nonzero to force a particular
    offset in segment 40h. Value can be zero to force using the value at
    word [40h:82h], using an extension not available on all systems.

    Refer to IOS description above.

12.9.6 IOL - I/O Amount of Script Levels to Cancel

    Word. Default 255. Indicates how many levels of script files and RE
    buffer execution to cancel when a Control-C input or critical DOS error
    is detected by the debugger. The effective value will be incremented by
    one if IOF flag 1 is set and RE buffer execution is in progress.

    Zero indicates to only cancel the current command. One indicates to
    cancel the current command, plus the RE buffer execution if any, else
    up to one level of script file execution. Two indicates to cancel two
    levels of execution: either the RE buffer execution and one level of
    script file execution, or up to two levels of script file execution.

    The debugger always cancels RE buffer execution first if it is in
    progress. Next, the innermost script file execution is cancelled, if
    any.

12.9.7 IOF - I/O Flags

    Word. Default 1. Flags for I/O handling. Currently defined:

    1

        Extra IOL level for RE buffer execution. If set, RE buffer execution
        being in progress increments the effective value of the IOL
        variable.

12.10 I/O reading variables

    IOK - Read a keypress

        Returns a keypress scancode and/or ASCII text byte. The keypress is
        read from the current debugger terminal. The terminal waits until a
        keypress arrives, if none is buffered yet. The keypress is consumed.
        The low byte is an ASCII codepoint or zero. The high byte is an int
        16h scancode or zero.

    IOI - Check for input

        Returns a nonzero value if input is available to the current
        debugger terminal. The input is not consumed however. When using
        DOS, the value 0FFFFh indicates input is available. When using int
        16h, a nonzero return will consist of a scancode in the high byte
        and/or an ASCII codepoint in the low byte. When using serial I/O a
        nonzero value will be an ASCII codepoint.

12.11 Serial configuration

12.11.1 DSR - Debugger Serial Rows

    Byte. Default 24. Sets the number of rows of the terminal connected via
    serial port. Setting this to zero disables paging to the serial port.
    Setting this to 1 uses the IOR variable handling.

12.11.2 DSC - Debugger Serial Columns

    Byte. Default 80. Sets the number of columns of the terminal connected
    via serial port. Setting this to zero selects a default (80). Setting
    this to 1 uses the IOC variable handling. This is used by the line input
    handling. A value between 2 and 39, inclusive, is not recommended.

12.11.3 DST - Debugger Serial Timeout

    Byte. Default 15. This gives the number of seconds that the KEEP prompt
    upon serial connection waits. Setting this to zero waits at the prompt
    forever.

12.11.4 DSF - Debugger Serial FIFO size

    Byte. Default 16. This gives the size of the 16550A's built-in TX FIFO
    to use. Set to 15 if using dosemu before revision gc7f5a828 2019-01-22,
    see https://github.com/stsp/dosemu2/issues/748.

12.11.5 DSPVI - Debugger Serial Port Variable Interrupt number

    Byte. Default 0Bh, corresponding to COM2. Use 0Ch for COM1. This
    specifies the interrupt number to hook so as to be notified of serial
    events. The use of this variable occurs only when connecting to serial
    I/O. The value at that point in time is cached for as long as the serial
    connection is in use.

12.11.6 DSPVM - Debugger Serial Port Variable IRQ Mask

    Word. Default 0000_1000b, corresponding to COM2. Use 0001_0000b for
    COM1. This specifies the IRQ mask of which IRQs to enable. The low 8
    bits correspond to IRQ #0 to #7 and the high 8 bits correspond to IRQ
    #8 to #15. If any bit of the high 8 bits is set then generally the bit
    0100b should be set too, to enable the chained PIC. This circumstance is
    not automatically detected. The use of this variable occurs only when
    connecting to serial I/O. The value at that point in time is cached for
    as long as the serial connection is in use.

12.11.7 DSPVP - Debugger Serial Port Variable base Port

    Word. Default 02F8h, corresponding to COM2. Use 03F8h for COM1. This
    specifies the I/O port base to address the UART. The use of this
    variable occurs only when connecting to serial I/O. The value at that
    point in time is cached for as long as the serial connection is in use.

12.11.8 DSPVD - Debugger Serial Port Variable Divisor latch

    Word. Default 12, corresponding to 9600 baud. This specifies the DL
    value to set during initialisation. The use of this variable occurs only
    when connecting to serial I/O.

12.11.9 DSPVS - Debugger Serial Port Variable Settings

    Byte. Default 0000_0011b, corresponding to 8n1. (8n1 = 8 data bits, no
    parity, 1 stop bit.) This specifies the settings to set up in LCR. The
    high bit (80h) generally must be clear. The use of this variable occurs
    only when connecting to serial I/O.

12.11.10 DSPVF - Debugger Serial Port Variable FIFO select

    Byte. Default 0. This specifies what to write to the FCR. The low 3 bits
    (07h) generally must be clear. The use of this variable occurs only when
    connecting to serial I/O. The value at that point in time is cached for
    as long as the serial connection is in use.

12.12 Timer configuration

    These variables control some details of the debugger's timers used for
    waiting in a few places. The affected timers are:

     -  SLEEP command

     -  KEEP prompt timeout during serial I/O connection

     -  Serial output send wait if buffer full

    Unaffected timers include:

     -  DCO3 flag 0400_0000h (delay for a tick before writing breakpoints),
        this only waits until one tick change is observed

     -  Interrupt 8 Control pressed check, this does not count tick changes
        but rather counts interrupt calls

12.12.1 GREPIDLE - getc repeat idle count

    Byte. Default 0. If the getc function invokes the idle handling, it
    will repeatedly call the idle function if this variable holds a nonzero
    value. The value specifies the amount of repetitions past the first
    call. This variable is intended for debugging.

12.12.2 SREPIDLE - Sleep repeat idle count

    Byte. Default 0. If the SLEEP command invokes the idle handling, it
    will repeatedly call the idle function if this variable holds a nonzero
    value. The value specifies the amount of repetitions past the first
    call. This variable is intended for debugging.

12.12.3 SMAXDELTA - Maximum encountered delta ticks

    Word. This value is set anew whenever a wait handler has found a delta
    ticks larger than the prior value of this variable. After any wait
    iteration the variable inevitably will be nonzero.

12.12.4 SDELTALIMIT - Delta ticks limit

    Word. Default 5. This variable specifies the upper limit of the delta
    between tick low words accepted as being accurate.

    Note that at midnight the tick low word goes from 00AFh or 00B0h to
    0000h. The delta appears to be FF51h or FF50h ticks at that point.
    Therefore the limit should be set small enough that the total wait time
    is not majorly skewed at midnight.

    However, it is possible that the idle handling takes so long that more
    than one tick has actually gone by until the wait handling is run again.
    For such system setups it can be desirable to set the limit to more than
    1.

    A good compromise is to set the limit to between 1 and 6, inclusive. A
    limit of 6 ticks only skews for 1/3 of a second at midnight.

12.13 _DEBUG1 variables

    These variables are not supported by default. The build option _DEBUG1
    must be enabled to include them. The Test Counter variables work
    similarly to permanent breakpoint counters:

     -  If the counter AND-masked with 7FFFh is zero, it is at a terminal
        state.

     -  If the counter is not yet at a terminal state, it is decremented.

     -  If the counter is decremented to zero, it triggers.

     -  If the counter is decremented to 8000h or already at 8000h, it
        triggers.

    The default values for all counters and addresses is zero.

12.13.1 TRx - Test Readmem variables

    If a fault is injected into readmem, it returns the value given in TRV.

    TRC - Test Readmem Counter

        Word. Each of the TRC0 to TRCF counters gives one counter for
        readmem fault injection testing.

    TRA - Test Readmem Address

        Doubleword. Each of the TRA0 to TRAF counters gives one linear
        address for readmem fault injection testing.

    TRV - Test Readmem Value

        Byte. Default 0. If a readmem fault is injected, this byte value is
        returned by the read instead of the actual memory content.

12.13.2 TWx - Test Writemem variables

    If a fault is injected into writemem, it returns failure (CY).

    TWC - Test Writemem Counter

        Word. Each of the TWC0 to TWCF counters gives one counter for
        writemem fault injection testing.

    TWA - Test Writemem Address

        Doubleword. Each of the TWA0 to TWAF counters gives one linear
        address for writemem fault injection testing.

12.13.3 TLx - Test getLinear variables

    If a fault is injected into getlinear, it returns failure (CY).

    TLC - Test getLinear Counter

        Word. Each of the TLC0 to TLCF counters gives one counter for
        getlinear fault injection testing.

    TLA - Test getLinear Address

        Doubleword. Each of the TLA0 to TLAF counters gives one linear
        address for getlinear fault injection testing.

12.13.4 TSx - Test getSegmented variables

    If a fault is injected into getsegmented, it returns failure (CY).

    TSC - Test getSegmented Counter

        Word. Each of the TSC0 to TSCF counters gives one counter for
        getsegmented fault injection testing.

    TSA - Test getSegmented Address

        Doubleword. Each of the TSA0 to TSAF counters gives one linear
        address for getsegmented fault injection testing.

12.14 _DEBUG3 variables

    These variables are not supported by default. The build option _DEBUG3
    must be enabled to include them. These variables are used to test the
    read-only masking. Read-only masking makes it so that bits given in the
    mask are read-only. Bits that are clear in the mask are writable.

12.14.1 MT0 - Mask Test 0

    Doubleword. Default 0. Mask AA55_AA55h.

12.14.2 MT1 - Mask Test 1

    Doubleword. Default 0011_0022h. Mask 00FF_00FFh.

12.15 Y command variables

    Y command variables can be used when the Y command (as application
    or bootloaded) has been used to open a script file. YSx (Y Script)
    variables are generic and refer to whatever Y file is opened. YBx (Y
    Bootloaded script) variables refer to opened Y files while bootloaded.
    YHx (Y Handle script) variables refer to opened Y files as application.

12.15.1 YSF - Y Script Flags

    Word. Partially read-write, partially read-only.

    Flag 4000h controls whether script file input is displayed or not.
    Prepending an AT sign (@) to a line that is read from a script file will
    hide the input of that line. Setting YSF flag 4000h will hide all input
    lines instead. The effect is similar to prepending @ to every line.

    YSF variables are only available while executing script files.

12.16 V variables - Variables with user-defined purpose

    Doubleword. Default zero. V0 to VF or V00 to VFF each specify one
    variable. It is valid to refer to any V variable using an index
    expression. Index expression means that the variable name (V) is
    immediately followed by an opening parenthesis, followed by a numeric
    expression which evaluates to a number below 100h.

12.17 PSP variables

    All of these are read-only. All of them are zero if in bootloaded mode.

12.17.1 PSP - Process Segment Prefix

    Word. Always a segment,

12.17.2 PPR - Process PaRent

    Alias PARENT. Word. Always a segment.

12.17.3 PPI - Process Parent Interrupt 22h

    Alias PRA. Dword. Always a 86 Mode segmented address.

12.17.4 PSPSEL - PSP segment or selector

    Alias PSPS. Word. Segment or selector according to mode.

12.18 SR variables - Search Results

12.18.1 SRC - Search Result Count

    Doubleword. Read only. Amount of matches found by last S command.

12.18.2 SRS - Search Result Segment

    Word. Read only. SRS0 to SRSF each specify one variable. Search result
    segments of last S command's matches.

12.18.3 SRO - Search Result Offset

    Word or doubleword (DebugX). Read only. SRO0 to SROF each specify one
    variable. Search result offsets of last S command's matches. It is valid
    to refer to any SRO variable using an index expression. Index expression
    means that the variable name (SRO) is immediately followed by an opening
    parenthesis, followed by a numeric expression which evaluates to a
    number below 10h.

12.19 Access variables

    These variables can be left out of the build. The build option
    _MEMREF_AMOUNT must be enabled to include them.

12.19.1 READADR

    Doubleword. Read only. READADR0 to READADR3 each specify one variable.
    (Amount of READADR variables can be configured at build time with the
    option _ACCESS_VARIABLES_AMOUNT, which defaults to 4.) Linear addresses
    of string, stack, or explicit memory operand reads. Initialised by the
    R command. Unused variables are reset to zero by the R command. It
    is valid to refer to any READADR variable using an index expression.
    Index expression means that the variable name (READADR) is immediately
    followed by an opening parenthesis, followed by a numeric expression
    which evaluates to a number below 4.

12.19.2 READLEN

    Doubleword. Read only. READLEN0 to READLEN3 each specify one variable.
    Length of string, stack, or explicit memory operand reads. Initialised
    by the R command. Unused variables are reset to zero by the R command.
    It is valid to refer to any READLEN variable using an index expression.

12.19.3 WRITADR

    Doubleword. Read only. WRITADR0 to WRITADR3 each specify one variable.
    Linear addresses of string, stack, or explicit memory operand writes.
    Initialised by the R command. Unused variables are reset to zero by the
    R command. It is valid to refer to any WRITADR variable using an index
    expression.

12.19.4 WRITLEN

    Doubleword. Read only. WRITLEN0 to WRITLEN3 each specify one variable.
    Length of string, stack, or explicit memory operand writes. Initialised
    by the R command. Unused variables are reset to zero by the R command.
    It is valid to refer to any WRITLEN variable using an index expression.

12.20 Machine type variables

    MMT - Maximum Machine Type encountered

        Set whenever the disassembler encounters an instruction requiring
        a machine type that is higher than this variable's current value.
        Writable.

    MACHX86 - Machine type for assembler and disassembler

        Current machine type to use for assembler and disassembler. Read-
        only, use M commands to modify.

    MACHX87 - Coprocessor encoded machine type

        Contains valid argument to M command: C0h if no coprocessor, 0Ch if
        coprocessor matching machine, C2h if machine is a 386 with a 287
        coprocessor. Read-only, use M commands to modify.

12.21 LFSR variables

    These variables provide access to a simple LFSR (Linear Feedback Shift
    Register). The default taps are chosen so that a full-range 32-bit LFSR
    is in use. That means there are 4 giga binary steps, minus one, and all
    possible 32-bit values are in use except for the all zeros value. A step
    of the LFSR is done by shifting the old value to the right once. If the
    bit shifted out is a 1, then the new value is obtained by applying the
    LFSR taps as a XOR mask to the shift result. If the bit shifted out is a
    0, then the new value is simply the shift result.

    LFSR - Forward LFSR variable

        Whenever this variable is read, it first executes an LFSR step from
        the variable's prior value. What is actually read is the new value
        after the step. This variable is initialised to the constant 2 on
        startup of the debugger. That means that with the default taps, the
        first read will return 1, the second 8020_0003h, etc.

    LFSRTAP - Taps to use for the LFSR

        This variable determines the tap bits to use for the LFSR. The
        default is 8020_0003h, leading to a full-range 32-bit LFSR.
        Different values may be chosen. The highest bit of the taps value
        determines how wide the forward LFSR is.

    RLFSR - Reverse LFSR variable

        Similar to the forward LFSR variable, except it runs backwards. This
        also uses the LFSRTAP variable, however the taps are shifted to the
        left once, and the least-significant bit is set to 1. In addition,
        the RLFSRTOP variable is used to get the check mask, by shifting
        left the constant 1 by RLFSRTOP binary digits places. The check mask
        is used to determine whether to XOR mask with the taps or not. The
        check mask also indicates what bit to clear in the taps in order to
        create the reverse taps.

    RLFSRTOP - Reverse LFSR top bit count

        This variable indicates what bit to check in order to determine
        whether the reverse LFSR should tap or not. It also indicates what
        bit to clear in the creation of the reverse taps. Its default is
        1Fh (31), which lends itself to a 32-bit taps value. Setting this
        to a number higher than 1Fh (31) is invalid, and may be subject to
        behaviour as yet undetermined.

12.22 RIxxy - Real 86 Mode Interrupt vectors

    These read-only variables provide access to the 86 Mode interrupt
    vectors in a more accessible format.

    The xx must be a single or two hexadecimal digits, or an index
    expression in parentheses which evaluates to a number below 256.

    The y must be one of the following letters:

     -  P - Read vector as a 16:16 segmented pointer (dword), ready for
        use as a pointer-type expression. (Actual use as a pointer-type
        expression still requires a PTR type keyword.)

     -  S - Read vector's segment. (Word.)

     -  O - Read vector's offset. (Word.)

     -  L - Read vector as a linear address. (3byte.)

12.23 FL.xF - Flag status

    These read-only variables support reading the flag status of certain
    flags.

    The x must be one letter to form one of the following names:

    CF

        Carry Flag

    PF

        Parity Flag

    AF

        Auxiliary carry Flag

    ZF

        Zero Flag

    SF

        Sign Flag

    IF

        Interrupt Flag

    DF

        Direction Flag

    OF

        Overflow Flag

    Note that the FL.xF flags are read-only. To write to a flag with the R
    command, it is valid to specify just xF as the variable name, but this
    is not valid within expressions to read the flag status. (It cannot
    be supported in expressions because some of the flag names are all
    hexadecimal digits, such as CF.)

12.24 HHRESULT - H command result

    Dword. Result of most recent H command. (If H twofold operation is used
    then the addition result is stored in the variable.)

12.25 DARESULT - D.A command result

    Word. Result of most recent D.A command. This is set to 0FFFFh by a
    failed D.A command and to the allocated selector by a successful D.A
    command. This variable is only present in lDebugX.

12.26 XARESULT - XA command result

    Word. Result of most recent XA command. This is set to 0FFFFh by a
    failed XA command and to the allocated handle by a successful XA
    command. This variable is only present if the debugger was built with
    the _EMS option or the x.eld has been installed.

12.27 INT8CTRL - Interrupt 8 Control pressed detection time

    Word. Number of ticks to wait with Control pressed until breaking into
    the debugger. This variable is only used if the interrupt 8 handler is
    installed. If the handler detects that Control is pressed continuously
    for this length of time while not in the debugger then the handler will
    break into the debugger. Default is set up for about 5 seconds (5 times
    18). Set to 0 to disable Control pressed detection.

12.28 Device mode variables

    DEVICEHEADER

        Dword. Read-only. Gives segmented 16:16 address of device header
        installed by the debugger. Zero if not in device mode.

    DEVICESIZE

        Word. Read-only. Gives amount of paragraphs allocated to device.
        Zero if not in device mode.

12.29 QQCODE - Q command termination return code

    Byte. Default 0. This variable is used to set the return code used by
    the debugger to terminate itself with interrupt 21h service 4Ch. This
    only happens if the debugger is in application mode and not in TSR mode,
    or a device mode debugger has been attached to a process.

12.30 TERMCODE - Debuggee termination return code

    Word. Debugger sets this value when it is entered from a debuggee having
    terminated. The value is what interrupt 21h service 4Dh returned.

12.31 DDTEXTAND - Data dump text AND mask

    The variable DDTEXTAND is used as a mask to modify the text code of a
    data dump before display. It defaults to 0FFh. Setting this to 7Fh will
    mimic MS-DOS Debug's display of text in its data dump, masking off the
    high bit. In this case the TOP setting of the D command has no effect.

12.32 AMIS variables

12.32.1 TRYAMISNUM

    The TRYAMISNUM variable is a writable byte variable. It defaults to 0.
    Its content is tried first when searching a free multiplex number. After
    that the debugger currently will search starting from number 0 up to
    255.

12.32.2 AMISNUM

    The AMISNUM variable is a read-only byte variable. It contains the
    actually used multiplex number while the DIF4 flag 8 is set. Otherwise
    its content is not used and is considered stale.

12.32.3 TRYDEBUGNUM

    The TRYDEBUGNUM variable is a writable byte variable. It defaults to
    255. It is similar to TRYAMISNUM, however its content is tried first
    to find another debugger instance. After that the debugger currently
    will search starting from number 255 down to 0. Unused if it matches
    the debugger's own currently installed AMIS handler's multiplex number.
    This is used by the debugger to find the following services provided by
    another debugger instance:

     -  Update IISP Header

     -  Install DPMI entrypoint hook

     -  Install fault areas

    None of these services are detected and used if DCO3 flag 800_0000h is
    set. (In the past this flag was wrongly documented as applying to the
    Update IISP Header service only.)

    TRYDEBUGNUM is as well used by Extensions for lDebug to find the
    following services:

     -  AMISMSG (one or several listing hints in ELD linker or hint.eld)

     -  AMISOTH (ldmemoth.eld, instnoth.eld, hintoth.eld)

     -  AMISCMD (inject.eld)

    The DCO3 option flags do not affect the ELD use of AMIS services.

12.32.4 DEBUGFUNC

    The DEBUGFUNC variable is a read-only word variable. It defaults to 0.
    When the Update IISP Header function of the debugger is called and a
    search for another debugger happens, then this variable receives a 0 if
    no other debugger is found. It receives a value with the low byte equal
    to 30h if another debugger was found. (The low byte is set up as the
    AMIS private function number of the Update IISP Header service.) The
    high byte is equal to the detected multiplex number then.

12.33 COUNT - List length count

    Dword. Any successfully parsed COUNT or S command will write the length
    of the pattern it counted, given in bytes, to this variable.

12.34 RHCOUNT - Count of RH buffer entries

    Word. Reads as the current amount of buffered RH mode entries. May be
    corrupted if RH mode is not currently enabled.

12.35 ELDAMOUNT - Amount of installed ELDs

    Word. Reads as the amount of residently installed Extensions for lDebug.
    This variable is only supported if the amount.eld has been installed.
    Due to the ELD architecture, this variable will always read as above-or-
    equal 2.

12.36 CIP - Current CS's EIP or IP

    In Protected Mode in lDebugX, this variable is either a word or dword.
    Which one it is depends on the D bit of the descriptor corresponding
    to the current CS selector. In Real or Virtual 86 Mode this variable
    is always a word. In lDebug without DPMI support this variable is also
    always a word.

12.37 CSP - Current SS's ESP or SP

    In Protected Mode in lDebugX, this variable is either a word or dword.
    Which one it is depends on the B bit of the descriptor corresponding
    to the current SS selector. In Real or Virtual 86 Mode this variable
    is always a word. In lDebug without DPMI support this variable is also
    always a word.

12.38 Boot loading variables

12.38.1 BOOTUNITFLxx

    The boot unit flags are 256 partially writable byte variables. Every
    flag byte corresponds to an int 13h unit. The following flags are
    defined:

     -  01h Force CHS access, do not detect LBA support with 13.41

     -  02h Force LBA access, do not detect LBA support with 13.41

     -  04h Force use of BPB's CHS geometry, do not detect with 13.08

    The flag 01h takes precedence over 02h if both are set.

    These flags match the low flags of the lDOS iniload query patch site.
    All the flags are by default pre-initialised to zero, but this can be
    overridden in two ways.

    The source macro file debug.mac contains the following equates and
    defines:

      lufForceCHS:		equ 1
      lufForceLBA:		equ 2
      lufForceGeometry:	equ 4
      luf_mask_writable equ lufForceCHS | lufForceLBA | lufForceGeometry
      
      		numdef LUF_DEFAULT_DISKETTE, 0
      		numdef LUF_DEFAULT_HARDDISK, 0

    The first define is the default value used for all diskette units, that
    is unit numbers below 80h. The second define is the default value used
    for hard disk units, that is unit numbers above-or-equal 80h.

    Further, as documented for lDOS boot, the query patch site of a bootable
    lDebug executable can have its default changed during the build or can
    be patched later. If the highest bit of the active patch site byte (80h)
    is set then the flags are used to initialise the boot unit flags of the
    loaded from unit.

    The low two flags exactly match the lDebug boot unit flags. The flag 04h
    differs a little, to lDOS iniload it means to pass along the geometry
    either detected by or hardcoded in the prior loader. To lDebug, the
    flag means to probe the boot sector (presumed to be a diskette or
    superdiskette with a FAT FS BPB). In both cases, an interrupt 13h
    service 08h call is avoided.

13: Return Code Reference
-------------------------

13.1 Return Codes in the 00xxh range - Success

    Only the return code 0000h is used for this, which generally indicates
    a successful command. (Specific errors that fail to set an RC will also
    write zero to the RC variable.)

13.2 Return Codes in the 01xxh range - Generic

    This range is the catchall for codes not using any other range. It
    includes the Return Code 01FFh for nonspecific errors. The following
    Return Codes are used:

    0100h

        Expected end of line not matched

    0101h

        Auxiliary buffer already in use (guarded)

    0102h

        RE buffer or RC buffer in use (guarded)

    0103h

        RE command found unexpected auxiliary buffer guard or no symbols
        flag

    0104h

        RE limit or RC limit reached (reassigned to 0143h and 0144h)

    0104h

        RC or RE unknown subcommand (reassigned to 0145h)

    0105h

        Not available while InDOS (reassigned to 0147h)

    0105h

        RC or RE command found escaped linebreak (reassigned to 0146h)

    0106h

        RC or RE command overflow

    0107h

        IF command: No THEN keyword found (after IF EXISTS Y) (reassigned to
        0149h)

    0107h

        L program command not available while resident (reassigned to 0148h)

    0108h

        BP command with NEW: No unused breakpoint left

    0109h

        Verify writable segment in Protected Mode failed

    010Ah

        R variable command attempted to write to read-only variable

    010Bh

        R memory command write attempt failed to write memory

    010Ch

        R variable command attempted to access MMX variables but MMX is not
        supported

    010Dh

        Assembler internal error

    010Eh

        Disassembler internal error

    010Fh

        TSR command: Attached process Parent Return Address doesn't point to
        debugger

    0110h

        TSR command: Attached process not found

    0111h

        ATTACH command: Already attached to a process

    0112h

        ATTACH command: PSP is invalid

    0113h

        ATTACH command: PSP is self-owned

    0114h

        TSR command: Already resident

    0115h

        Q command: Cannot quit bootloaded mode or TSR while in Protected
        Mode

    0116h

        L program command: Attached process did not terminate

    0117h

        L program command: Attached process terminated but still in
        Protected Mode

    0118h

        L command not supported in bootloaded mode

    0119h

        K and N command not supported in bootloaded mode

    011Ah

        W command not supported in bootloaded mode

    011Bh

        Q command: Cannot quit bootloaded mode while memory size mismatches

    011Ch

        Loader: Rehook serial interrupt panic

    011Dh

        Loader: Rehook AMIS interrupt 2Dh panic

    011Eh

        Loader: Error during LOADERSUPPORT debugger installation

    011Fh

        Q command unspecified error (eg, cannot unhook interrupt)

    0120h

        Q command: Attached process did not terminate

    0121h

        QD command: Not able to quit to device init

    0122h

        QC command: Not able to quit from device container

    0123h

        Q command: Cannot unhook serial interrupt

    0124h

        Q command: Still in Protected Mode after attempt to terminate
        attached process

    0125h

        Q command: Error uninstalling areas

    0126h

        K and N command: Too long pathname

    0127h

        K and N command: Too long command line tail

    0128h

        Unexpectedly found RE end without linebreak

    0129h

        Unexpectedly found RC end without linebreak

    012Ah

        Depack error in TESTHELP command

    012Bh

        Depack error in a help command

    012Ch

        EXT command internal error

    012Dh

        EXT command I/O error

    012Eh

        EXT command invalid file error

    012Fh

        EXT command out of memory

    0130h

        V command: Video screen swapping is disabled

    0131h

        V command: Failed to enable video screen swapping

    0132h

        Immediate assembler: EIP target beyond 64 KiB in 16-bit CS

    0133h

        DI command error

    0134h

        DI command: DPMI gate not accessible

    0135h

        Silent buffer write error

    0136h

        WHILE condition not true to begin with, did not run any T/TP/P step

    0137h

        Q command not supported while in device mode, try QC or QD

    0138h

        Stack overflow detected

    0139h

        Disassembler: Attempted writing to too many memrefs

    013Ah

        BU command: Debuggable mode is disabled (lCDebug)

    013Bh

        BU command: Not a debuggable build

    013Ch

        D/S commands: Attempt to access 32-bit offsets in 16-bit segment

    013Dh

        No DOS extender found

    013Eh

        L program command not available in Protected Mode

    013Fh

        L program command out of memory

    0140h

        W program command not available in Protected Mode

    0141h

        W program command cannot write an .EXE or .HEX program

    0142h

        W program command cannot write with no name specified

    0143h

        (Reassigned from 0104h) RE limit reached

    0144h

        (Reassigned from 0104h) RC limit reached

    0145h

        (Reassigned from 0104h) RC or RE unknown subcommand

    0146h

        (Reassigned from 0105h) RC or RE command found escaped linebreak

    0147h

        (Reassigned from 0105h) Not available while InDOS

    0148h

        (Reassigned from 0107h) L program command not available while
        resident

    0149h

        (Reassigned from 0107h) IF command: No THEN keyword found (after IF
        EXISTS Y)

    01FFh

        Non-specific error

13.3 Return Codes in the 02xxh range - Boot or loader

    This range is only used by the bootloaded debugger, for BOOT commands,
    EXT or Y commands, loader MOVE commands, or loader Extensions for
    lDebug.

    0200h

        Boot Y command: Too many handles open, label specified while not
        running a file, or no filename specified

    0201h

        Boot commands not available in Protected Mode

    0202h

        BOOT QUIT command failed

    0203h

        Incompatible boot protocol flag combination

    0204h

        Nonspecified boot error

    0205h

        Boot protocol internal error

    0206h

        Boot Y command: Partition not found

    0207h

        Sector signature mismatch

    0208h

        Sector doesn't contain valid code

    0209h

        Sector sizes mismatch

    020Ah

        Boot Y command: Filename empty

    020Bh

        Boot Y command: File too large

    020Ch

        Boot Y command: File empty

    020Dh

        Bad FAT chain

    020Eh

        Bad FAT clusters

    020Fh

        Bad FAT (too small)

    0210h

        Boot protocol command specified too low segment

    0211h

        Boot dir partition not found

    0211h

        Boot protocol partition not found

    0212h

        Boot sector partition not found

    0213h

        Boot list partition not found

    0214h

        Boot list LDP partition not found

    0215h

        Boot read/write partition not found

    0216h

        Boot protocol invalid filename

    0217h

        Boot protocol BPB and load area overlap

    0218h

        (Unused, always overridden)

    0219h

        Boot protocol BPB too low

    021Ah

        Boot protocol file too big

    021Bh

        Boot protocol file too small

    021Ch

        Boot protocol check value mismatch

    021Dh

        Boot protocol stack underflow

    021Eh

        Boot file not found

    0220h

        Internal error, auxiliary buffer crosses 64 KiB boundary

    0221h

        Out of memory

    0222h

        Access error

    0223h

        Sector size too large (may have corrupted memory)

    0224h

        Sector size too small

    0225h

        Sector size not a power of two

    0226h

        Invalid CHS sectors geometry

    0227h

        Invalid CHS heads geometry

    0280h

        Loader: Unsupported move requested

    0281h

        Loader: RPL memory reservation detected

    0282h

        Loader: Not at top

    0283h

        Loader: Out of memory

    0284h

        Loader: EBDA not at top

    0285h

        Loader: Too large EBDA

    0286h

        Loader: Cannot move because auxiliary buffer cannot be placed

    0287h

        Loader: Cannot move because interrupts (serial or 2Dh) cannot be
        unhooked

    0288h

        Loader: Cannot boot sector while loader is at bottom

    0289h

        Loader: Loader at bottom overlaps specified load segment

    028Ah

        Loader must be hidden to run GODEBUG command

    028Bh

        GODEBUG command did not find lDOS iniload entrypoint code for
        lsvExtra

    028Ch

        GODEBUG command found too small Load Stack Variables allocation

    028Dh

        GODEBUG command found too low load segment / not enough data loaded

    028Eh

        GODEBUG command did not find LOADERSUPPORT signature

    028Fh

        GODEBUG command found LOADERSUPPORT signature with unknown flag set

    0290h

        Loader: Cannot move because interrupts (serial, 2Dh, 18h, or 19h)
        cannot be unhooked

    0291h

        Loader: Trying to install empty extension

    0292h

        Loader: Installing extension must be done while loader is at bottom

    0293h

        Loader: G command unable to unhook int 2Dh or serial int during
        simulation

    0294h

        Loader: G command unable to unhook serial int during real run

    0295h

        Loader: G command unable to unhook int 2Dh during real run

    02FFh

        Unspecified boot error

13.4 Return Codes in the 03xxh range - Script commands

    These return codes are set in lineio.asm

    0300h

        GOTO command requires a file or RC/RE buffer to be open

    0301h

        GOTO command did not find label

    0302h

        GOTO command requires a destination label

    0304h

        Y command requires a filename or label

    0305h

        Y command in DOS device mode or DOS application mode cannot run
        while InDOS

    0306h

        Y command empty (quoted) filename

    0307h

        Y command missing closing quote mark

    0308h

        Y command: Too many handles opened to Script for lDebug files

    0309h

        Y command with label only: Not currently running from a file

    030Ah

        Y command received DOS error on open

    03FFh

        Y or GOTO command without specific return code

13.5 Return Codes in the 04xxh range - ROM-BIOS int 13h errors

    04xxh

        Boot read/write error, low byte is error code from int 13h

13.6 Return Codes in the 06xxh range - Misc

    0601h

        dd3 internal error

13.7 Return Codes in the 07xxh range - Fault areas

    0701h

        Areas cannot be installed, function not supported

    0702h

        Areas cannot be installed, function failed

    0703h

        Areas already installed

    0704h

        Areas cannot be installed, no debugger found

    0705h

        Areas already not installed

13.8 Return Codes in the 08xxh range - DPMI commands

    0800h

        D.x or DL command attempted while not in Protected Mode

    0801h

        D.A error with DPMI returned ax < 8000h

    0802h

        D.D error with DPMI returned ax < 8000h

    0803h

        D.B error with DPMI returned ax < 8000h

    0804h

        D.L error with DPMI returned ax < 8000h

    0805h

        D.T error with DPMI returned ax < 8000h

13.9 Return Codes in the 0Exxh range - Extensions

    Generated by Extensions for lDebug that display specific errors.

    0E01h

        Common: Uninstall error upon resident receiving an UNINSTALL command

    0E10h

        alias.eld: line_in overflow

    0E11h

        alias.eld: No alias name specified

    0E12h

        alias.eld: Alias to delete not found

    0E13h

        alias.eld: Alias buffer out of memory

    0E14h

        alias.eld: Alias to list not found

    0E15h

        alias.eld: No aliases to list

    0E16h

        amitsrs.eld: No valid interrupt 2Dh handler installed

    0E17h

        amitsrs.eld: No AMIS multiplexers found resident

    0E18h

        amount.eld: Unknown ext variable format

    0E19h

        amount.eld: No free ext variable slot

    0E1Ah

        co.eld: Error closing file handle

    0E1Bh

        co.eld: Cannot truncate, no file open

    0E1Ch

        co.eld: Cannot truncate while InDOS

    0E1Dh

        co.eld: Truncate encountered a DOS error

    0E1Eh

        co.eld: File open/create encountered a DOS error

    0E1Fh

        config.eld: Too long pathname given

    0E20h

        doscd.eld: Error setting current drive

    0E21h

        doscd.eld: Error setting current directory

    0E22h

        dosdir.eld: Nothing found

    0E23h

        dosdir.eld: Too long short name, internal error

    0E24h

        dosdir.eld: File not found, internal error

    0E25h

        dosdir.eld: Filenames list does not fit in buffer

    0E26h

        dosdrive.eld: Error setting current drive

    0E27h

        dospwd.eld: Error getting working directory for drive

    0E28h

        dosseek.eld: Process handle points beyond the Process Handle Table

    0E29h

        dosseek.eld: Process Handle Table entry is closed

    0E2Ah

        dosseek.eld: No free process handle

    0E2Bh

        dosseek.eld: Error duplicating process handle

    0E2Ch

        dosseek.eld: I/O error trying to seek (set seek)

    0E2Dh

        dosseek.eld: I/O error trying to query current seek (get seek)

    0E2Eh

        dx.eld: Machine is not a 386 or higher (reassigned to 0E72h)

    0E2Eh (duplicate RC)

        tsc.eld: Machine does not support TSC (reassigned to 0E73h)

    0E2Fh

        eldcomp.eld: Free data space is not contiguous

    0E30h

        eldcomp.eld: Not enough ELD data space left

    0E31h

        eldcomp.eld: Unable to uninstall puts handler! Staying resident as
        zombie

    0E32h

        eldcomp.eld: Overflow

    0E33h

        eldlink.eld: Other link unknown format

    0E34h

        eldlink.eld: No other link found, or amisoth.eld not installed

    0E35h

        eldlink.eld: A required link is missing

    0E36h

        extlib.eld: Unexpexted EOL while quoted

        (All extlib.eld RCs can be generated by extpak.eld as well.)

    0E37h

        extlib.eld: Specified ELD not found in library

    0E38h

        extlib.eld: Invalid ELD name specified

    0E39h

        extlib.eld: Internal error

    0E3Ah

        extlib.eld: I/O error

    0E3Bh

        extlib.eld: Invalid ELD

    0E3Ch

        extlib.eld: Out of memory

    0E3Dh

        history.eld: No history format link

    0E3Eh

        history.eld: Unknown history format

    0E3Fh

        history.eld: History variable missing

    0E40h

        ifext.eld: Unexpected EOL while quoted

    0E41h

        instnoun.eld: No install flag format link

    0E42h

        instnoun.eld: Unknown install flag format

    0E43h

        ldmem.eld, reserve.eld: Noun not found

    0E44h

        linfo.eld: Probe not possible while InDOS

    0E45h

        linfo.eld: File open error

    0E46h

        linfo.eld: File read error

    0E47h

        list.eld: File not found (boot)

    0E48h

        list.eld: File not found (DOS)

    0E49h

        list.eld: I/O error

    0E4Ah

        list.eld: Double packed

    0E4Bh

        list.eld: Invalid ELD

    0E4Ch

        path.eld: Too long command line tail

    0E4Dh

        path.eld: Path search result does not fit in buffer

    0E4Eh

        printf.eld: No starting quote mark

    0E4Fh

        printf.eld: No ending quote mark

    0E50h

        printf.eld: Unknown format percent specifier

    0E51h

        printf.eld: Too long string or width

    0E52h

        quit.eld: Quit failed

    0E53h

        rm.eld: No MMX support detected

    0E54h

        rn.eld: No x87 support detected

    0E55h

        set.eld: Variable to show isn't present in environment

    0E56h

        set.eld: Unable to uninstall puts handler, staying resident

    0E57h

        set.eld: Unable to uninstall puts handler

    0E58h

        set.eld: Invalid environment

    0E59h

        set.eld: Environment full

    0E5Ah

        set.eld: No environment

    0E5Bh

        variable.eld: Too long expansion

    0E5Ch

        variable.eld: Detected invalid environment

    0E5Dh

        withhdr.eld: Unexpected options layout

    0E5Eh

        dx.eld, tsc.eld, x.eld: Unknown ext variable format

    0E5Fh

        dx.eld, tsc.eld, x.eld: No free ext variable slot

    0E60h

        dpb.eld: No DPB found

    0E61h

        hint.eld: No outer debugger found

    0E62h

        hint.eld: Error during ELD enumeration

    0E63h

        hint.eld: Buffer full

    0E64h

        hint.eld: AMIS message service not installed, truncated, or unknown
        error

    0E65h

        chstool.eld: Invalid geometry

    0E66h

        tsc.eld: Patch area is in use or too short

    0E67h

        dosspace.eld: Drive not found

    0E68h

        dhm.eld: Not calling DOS while InDOS

    0E69h

        dhm.eld: Int 2Fh function 4A04h not supported

    0E6Ah

        dhm.eld: Int 2Fh function 4A05h returned invalid pointer

    0E6Bh

        kcmdline.eld: No valid kernel command line found

    0E6Ch

        kcmdline.eld: Appending would cause overflow

    0E6Dh

        kcmdline.eld: Kernel command line terminator not found

    0E6Eh

        errfix.eld: Cannot install, indirect array variable is in use

    0E6Fh

        rcexec.eld: Internal error (priorinject NZ)

    0E70h

        rcexec.eld: Internal error (priorrc NZ)

    0E71h

        fdbplace.eld: No need for FDBPLACE N extension, already have >= 2
        diskette drives

    0E72h

        (Reassigned from 0E2Eh) dx.eld: Machine is not a 386 or higher

    0E73h

        (Reassigned from 0E2Eh) tsc.eld: Machine does not support TSC

    0E74h

        enamelib.eld: EXTNAME ELD instance not found

    0E75h

        enamelib.eld: Detected an error in ELD instance chain

    0E76h

        enamelib.eld: EXTNAME ELD instance lacks NAMELIB0 signature

    0E77h

        enamelib.eld: EXTNAME ELD instance holds invalid pointers

    0E78h

        enamelib.eld: Unable to find boot executable

    0E79h

        enamelib.eld: Unable to find device executable

    0E7Ah

        enamelib.eld: Unable to find application executable

    0E7Bh

        enamelib.eld: Unable to use executable variable (The EXTNAME ELD
        library buffer is too small, or the init_executable_pathname
        variable is corrupted. Not used when this variable doesn't exist or
        is empty, in that case the older methods for finding pathnames are
        attempted.)

    0E7Ch

        enamelib.eld: Unable to use truename of pathname

    0E7Dh

        enamelib.eld: Truename requires DOS call

    0E7Eh

        enamelib.eld: Unable to use yy name of pathname

    0E7Fh

        extlib.eld: Internal error in EXT LIB, multiple seek to library

        (All extlib.eld RCs can be generated by extpak.eld as well.)

    0E80h

        patchqry.eld: Invalid unit name

    0E81h

        patchqry.eld: Invalid query patch choice

    0E82h

        patchqry.eld: Query patch site not found

13.10 Return Codes in the 0Fxxh range - Extensions early return

    If an Extension for lDebug returns to the loader with a code >= 0FF00h
    then the return code is set to 0Fh in the high byte. The low byte is
    passed through.

    0FFFh

        ELD linker error

    0FFDh

        reclaim.eld error, or withhdr.eld unexpected options layout

    0FFCh

        alias.eld install error (insufficient ELD data area space)

13.11 Return Codes in the 10xxh range - L/W sector access

    The low byte indicates what value was returned in AL by the int 25h, int
    26h, or int 21h function 7305h interfaces along with a CY flag.

13.12 Return Codes in the 11xxh range - DOS errors

    The low byte, if in the range 00h to 0FEh, indicates the DOS error that
    was encountered by the command. If the low byte is 0FFh then the DOS
    error that was encountered exceeded 0FEh (ie, it is in the range 00FFh
    to 0FFFFh inclusive).

13.13 Return Codes above-or-equal 8000h - DPMI errors

    These are generated by the D.x commands (D.A, D.D, D.B. D.L, D.T), if
    the DPMI host returns an error code >= 8000h.

14: Interrupt Reference
-----------------------

14.1 Mandatory interrupt hooks

     -  Interrupt 0 - Divide error

     -  Interrupt 1 - Trace

     -  Interrupt 3 - Breakpoint

     -  Interrupt 6 - Invalid opcode

     -  Interrupt 18h - Diskless boot hook

     -  Interrupt 19h - Boot load

    These interrupts are always hooked by the debugger. For the non-_DEBUG
    builds they are hooked during initialisation and the debugger attempts
    to unhook them when quitting. The highest 8 bits of the dword variable
    DCO4 control whether they are unhooked only if reachable (bits in DCO4
    zero), or forcibly so if not reachable (bits in DCO4 ones). If not
    forcibly unhooking and an interrupt handler is not reachable then the Q
    command fails.

    For DDebug, these interrupts are hooked within the run function and
    unhooked before the run function returns. This unhooking in DDebug is
    always forcible; that is, if not reachable then the interrupts are
    unhooked by simply updating the IVT entries with whatever handlers are
    stored as the next vectors in DDebug's entrypoints.

    CDebug can run in debuggable mode (like DDebug) or with debuggable mode
    disabled. If the cmd3 loop detects a change in the DCO6 flag 100h then
    it will toggle debuggable mode to match the flag. This will involve
    hooking the mandatory handlers or unhooking them (forcibly).

    As a special exception, if the debugger detects that it is running on an
    HP 95LX, then interrupt 6 is never hooked. This supports the different
    use of this software interrupt by the software or firmware on this type
    of device.

14.2 Serial interrupt

    This interrupt hook is optional. Setting the DCO flag 4000h (enable
    serial I/O) instructs the debugger to set up this interrupt hook.
    Clearing the flag or using the Q command instructs the debugger to
    unhook its handler. The DCO4 flag 1_0000h controls whether the interrupt
    unhooking is forcible (flag set) or not (flag clear).

    The exact interrupt number used as serial interrupt depends on the
    DSPVI variable at the point in time at which serial I/O is enabled. The
    default is interrupt 0Bh, corresponding to COM2.

14.3 Interrupt 2Fh - Multiplex (DPMI entrypoint)

    This interrupt is only hooked by DebugX. This interrupt hook is
    optional. Setting the DCO4 flag 2 instructs the debugger to set up this
    interrupt hook. The debugger tries to hook this interrupt if it runs
    application code in Real or Virtual 86 Mode. Clearing the flag, entering
    Protected Mode, or using the Q command instructs the debugger to unhook
    its handler. The DCO4 flag 2_0000h controls whether the interrupt
    unhooking is forcible (flag set) or not (flag clear).

    This interrupt is hooked to intercept calls to function 1687h, used to
    detect the DPMI entrypoint. DebugX attempts to hook this service to
    return its own entrypoint to the caller. The hook may fail if the DPMI
    host handles interrupt 2Fh calls before chaining to the 86 Mode handler
    chain. (MS Windows 4.x and older dosemu are reported to do this.)

14.4 Interrupt 8 - Timer

    This interrupt hook is optional. Setting the DCO4 flag 4 instructs the
    debugger to set up this interrupt hook. Clearing the flag or using the
    Q command instructs the debugger to unhook its handler. The DCO4 flag
    4_0000h controls whether the interrupt unhooking is forcible (flag set)
    or not (flag clear).

    This interrupt is used to detect the double Control-C via serial I/O
    condition. If the serial I/O handler of the debugger receives two
    Control-C keypresses while the debugger is busy running an application
    then the interrupt 8 hook will interrupt the run.

    This interrupt is also used to detect the Control pressed for 5 seconds
    condition. Similarly to the serial I/O double Control-C condition, this
    will make the debugger interrupt the current run.

14.5 Interrupt 2Dh - Alternate Multiplex Interrupt

    This interrupt hook is optional. Setting the DCO4 flag 8 or running an
    INSTALL AMIS command instructs the debugger to set up this interrupt
    hook. Clearing the flag or running UNINSTALL AMIS or using the Q command
    instructs the debugger to unhook its handler. The DCO4 flag 8_0000h
    controls whether the interrupt unhooking is forcible (flag set) or not
    (flag clear).

    This interrupt allows other programs to detect the debugger in the AMIS
    interface. The vendor string is "ecm" and the product string "lDebug".
    (For the lDOS pre-boot loader, the product string is "Loader" instead.)
    The description string contains the same display name and version as
    the command line help. There are two real uses of this. First, the AMIS
    function 4, which will return the list of interrupt entrypoints of the
    debugger. Second, lDebug's private AMIS functions 30h, 31h, 33h, 40h,
    41h, 42h, and 43h. They are described in the next sections.

    This interrupt hook only succeeds if the current handler is valid.
    That is, an offset not equal to FFFFh and a segment not equal to zero.
    Another condition is that the debugger needs to detect an unused AMIS
    multiplex number to allocate. This is done automatically when hooking
    the interrupt. If either condition fails then a message is displayed and
    the debugger clears the DCO4 flag 8 on its own.

    The TRYAMISNUM variable is a writable byte variable. It defaults to 0.
    Its content is tried first when searching a free multiplex number. After
    that the debugger currently will search starting from number 0 up to
    255.

    The AMISNUM variable is a read-only byte variable. It contains the
    actually used multiplex number while the DIF4 flag 8 is set. Otherwise
    its content is not used and is considered stale.

    Note that the AMIS interface is not AMIS-compliant in a few ways:

     -  The uninstall function returns 00h (not implemented).

     -  If lDDebug or lCDebug are in debuggable mode, their mandatory
        handlers will still be listed in the AMIS function 4 interrupt list
        despite not being installed. (Their downlink fields will contain
        FFFFh:FFFFh then.)

     -  If the build option _CATCHSYSREQ is enabled then the SysReq hook
        will not be listed for AMIS function 5. The interrupt 8 Control
        pressed hook is also not listed.

14.5.1 AMIS private function 30h - Update IISP Header

    This function is provided for use by our programs that use AMIS
    multiplexers and interrupt handler entrypoints with IISP headers. All
    TSRs (including RxANSI, lClock, SEEKEXT, KEEPHOOK, FDAPM, FreeDOS SHARE)
    and SHUFHOOK use this function. (The debugger itself also uses this
    function, if it is provided by another resident debugger.)

      lDebug - Update IISP Header
      INP:    al = 30h
              ds:si -> source IISP header (or pseudo header)
              es:di -> destination IISP header
      OUT:    al = FFh to indicate suppported,
               si and di both incremented by 6
               destination's ieNext field updated from source
              al != FFh if not supported,
               si and di unchanged
      CHG:    -
      REM:    This function is intended to aid in debugging
               handler re-ordering, removal, or insertion.
               The 32-bit far pointer needs to be updated
               as atomically as possible to avoid using
               an incorrect pointer.
              Test case: Run a program such as our TSRs'
               uninstaller or SHUFHOOK and step through it
               with "tp fffff" when operating on something
               crucial such as interrupt 21h. Without this
               function the machine will crash!
              To enable this function to be called, first run
               the command "r dco4 or= 8", or "INSTALL AMIS"
                (install our AMIS multiplexer handler).
              Other workaround: Use SILENT for TP and disable
               DCO3 flag 4000_0000 (do not call int 21.0B to
               check for Ctrl-C status).
              Yet another workaround: Set flag DCO 8 (enable
               fake InDOS mode, avoid calling int 21h).
      REM:    The source may be a pseudo IISP header. In this
               case the ieEntry field should hold 0FEEBh
               (jmp short $) and the ieSignature field
               should indicate the source, eg "VT" for the IVT
               or "NH" for inserting a New Handler.

14.5.2 AMIS private function 31h - Install DPMI entrypoint hook

    This function is for use by lDDebugX (or lCDebugX). It instructs lDebugX
    (or lCDebugX) to install its DPMI entrypoint hook. It is called by the
    debuggable debugger right before it tries to install its own hook. Non-
    zero return values in AL indicate the function is supported. A return
    value of 0FFh in AL indicates success. Other non-zero return values
    indicate that no hook occurred. Non-DPMI builds of lDebug return zero.
    This function should be called only while the InDOS flag is zero.

      lDebugX - Install DPMI hook
      INP:    al = 31h
      OUT:    al = FFh if installed
              al = FEh..F0h if not installed but call is supported
              al = 00h if not supported
      CHG:    -
      STT:    not in DOS

14.5.3 AMIS private function 32h - Reserved for lDebugX

      lDebugX - Reserved
      INP:    al = 32h

14.5.4 AMIS private function 33h - Install fault areas

    This function is by default provided by lDebugX (including the variants
    lCDebugX and lDDebugX) and is for use by lDDebugX as well as lCDebugX
    (in debuggable mode). It is called when the debuggable debugger is
    instructed to INSTALL AREAS.

      lDebugX - Install fault areas
      INP:    al = 33h
              dx:bx -> fault area structure of client
      OUT:    al = FFh if installed
              al = FEh..01h if not installed but call is supported
              al = 00h if not supported
      CHG:    al, bx, cx, dx, si, di, es, ds
      REM:    The area structure is defined in the lDebug sources'
               debug.mac file. The first 32 bytes of the structure
               start with a signature word, which is equal to the
               word value CBF9h (encoding the instruction sequence
               of stc \ retf) if the structure is not currently
               installed into any debugger. The remainder of the
               32 bytes, as well as the details of how the first
               two bytes are used otherwise, are private to the
               debugger that provides this service (the server).
              The area structure may be far-called in 86 Mode. The
               only currently defined function (in al) for this call
               is function 00h, which attempts to uninstall the area
               structure which is being called. It is valid for
               either the server or the client to uninstall an
               area structure if they so wish.
              The fields of the structure behind the first 32 bytes
               point to a number of sub-structures and area function
               lists and area lists. All of these structures are
               to be accessed using the same segment as the main
               area structure. They contain linear start and linear
               end addresses, which the client sets up before it
               tries to install the areas. The linear start address
               is also assumed to point to the segment base address
               which is used as the reference for the area functions
               and areas. (They do not have to match the offset part
               actually used to run the code, but the lists must be
               based on the linear start address.)

14.5.5 AMIS private function 40h - Display message

    This function is provided by an ELD hooking into the debugger's AMIS
    handler. The ELD is installed by running "ext amismsg.eld install",
    refer to section 16.13. The function provides a way to display a single
    message, of up to 384 Bytes, to the debugger terminal. (Older revisions
    only allowed a message size up to 128 Bytes.) The message is displayed
    by the ELD's inject handler, before the next debugger command is read in
    the cmd3 command loop.

      lDebug - AMIS message ELD - Display message to debugger terminal
      INP:    al = 40h
              dx:bx -> ASCIZ message, will be truncated if > 384 Bytes
      OUT:    al = 00h if not supported
              al = FFh if supported and full message stored
               (older revisions unconditionally returned al = FFh)
              al = FEh if supported and truncated message stored
               (truncation may occur at 383 or 384 Bytes of non-NUL text)
      REM:    Older versions of the ELD only had a buffer of 128 Bytes.

    Note that the address in dx:bx is a segmented 86 Mode address as the
    AMIS interface operates in Real/Virtual 86 Mode. However, dx was chosen
    to pass the segment to simplify calling the interface from Protected
    Mode. PM code must ensure to fill the register with a segment value, not
    a Protected Mode selector.

    This function is used by the ELD linker or hint.eld to pass along offset
    hints to TracList, refer to section 7.3.1.

14.5.6 AMIS private function 41h - Query message status

    This function is provided by the same ELD as function 40h. It allows to
    query whether a stored messsage has been displayed yet.

      lDebug - AMIS message ELD - Query message status
      INP:    al = 41h
      OUT:    al = 00h if not supported
              al = 01h if supported and no message is stored
              al = 02h if supported and message is still stored (not yet displayed)

14.5.7 AMIS private function 42h - Get other link data

    This function is provided by an ELD hooking into the debugger's AMIS
    handler. The ELD is installed by running "ext amisoth.eld install",
    refer to section 16.28. The function exports the debugger's link data
    for use by "other link" ELDs running in another debugger instance.

      lDebug - AMIS other debugger link ELD - Get other link data
      INP:    al = 42h
      OUT:    al = 00h if not supported
              al = FFh if supported
               bx (86M segment) => link tables
               cx (selector) => link tables
               dx (86M segment) => PSP
               si (selector) => PSP
               di -> link info in link tables section
      REM:    If the debugger is without DPMI support or if not in PM,
               the selector values may be uninitialised or stale.

14.5.8 AMIS private function 43h - Inject a debugger command

    This function is provided by an ELD hooking into the debugger's AMIS
    handler. The ELD is installed by running "ext amiscmd.eld install",
    refer to section 16.27. The function allows to send commands to be
    injected into the command loop of the debugger.

    Multiple commands can be injected back to back. They will be injected
    in the order of the calls to this function. However, the buffer is of
    a fixed size. (Currently, 1024 Bytes.) If the buffer is full, an error
    will be returned to the caller.

      lDebug - AMIS command ELD - Inject a debugger command
      INP:    al = 43h
              cx = flags, all reserved for now (must pass as 0)
              dx:bx -> message in byte-counted string,
               1 byte length (<= 254)
               N bytes text, length matching the value of length byte
               1 byte Carriage Return (= 13)
      OUT:    al = 00h if not supported
              al = 01h if supported, but buffer is full
              al = 02h if supported, but unknown bit set in cx
              al = FFh if successfully stored in buffer

15: Service Reference
---------------------

    These are the services called by the debugger.

15.1 Interrupt 10h

    Used for output while InDOS, DCO flag 8 set, bootloaded, when
    "INSTALL BIOSOUTPUT" was used (DCO6 flag 200h set), or when DCO6 flag
    100_0000h set.

    Function 02h

        Set cursor position (only used if highlighting)

    Function 03h

        Get cursor position (only used if highlighting, indicates to
        highlight to int 10h if supported)

    Function 06h

        Scroll up window (used if CLEAR command done while writing to int
        10h)

    Function 08h

        Get video attribute (only used if highlighting)

    Function 09h

        Set video attribute (only used if highlighting)

    Function 0Eh

        Teletype output

    Function 0Fh

        Get video mode and page

15.2 Interrupt 16h

    Used for input while InDOS, DCO flag 8 set, bootloaded, or DCO6 flag
    100_0000h is set.

    Function 00h

        Read keypress (wait until keypress available, consume it)

    Function 01h

        Read keypress (return if no keypress available, retain it if any)

15.3 Interrupt 2Fh

    Function 1261h

        PTS-DOS: Get first UMCB

    Function 1680h

        Idle (Release timeslice to multitasker)

    Function 1687h

        Get DPMI entrypoint (used and hooked by lDebugX)

    Function 4300h, 4310h

        XMS detection and get entrypoint

    Function 4A06h

        RPL adjust base memory size (called by booted debugger if RPL
        signature present)

15.4 Interrupt 12h

    Called by booted debugger to determine base memory size.

15.5 Protected Mode Interrupt 31h

    Used by lDebugX while in Protected Mode.

    Function 0000h

        Allocate LDT descriptor

    Function 0001h

        Free LDT descriptor

    Function 0002h

        Get selector from segment

    Function 0003h

        Get next selector increment value

    Function 0006h

        Get segment base

    Function 0007h

        Set segment base

    Function 0008h

        Set segment limit

    Function 0009h

        Set descriptor access rights

    Function 000Ah

        Create alias descriptor

    Function 000Bh

        Get descriptor

    Function 000Ch

        Set descriptor

    Function 0200h

        Get 86M interrupt vector

    Function 0201h

        Set 86M interrupt vector

    Function 0202h

        Get PM exception vector

    Function 0203h

        Set PM exception vector

    Function 0204h

        Get PM interrupt vector

    Function 0205h

        Set PM interrupt vector

    Function 0300h

        Call Real/Virtual 86 Mode interrupt

    Function 0301h

        Call Real/Virtual 86 Mode far function

    Function 0305h

        Get raw mode switch save state addresses

    Function 0306h

        Get raw mode switch addresses

    Function 0900h

        Disable Virtual Interrupt Flag

    Function 0901h

        Enable Virtual Interrupt Flag

    Function 0902h

        Get Virtual Interrupt Flag

15.6 Protected Mode Interrupt 2Fh

    Function 1680h

        Idle (Release timeslice to multitasker)

    Function 168Ah

        Determine whether DOS extender is available.

15.7 Protected Mode Interrupt 21h

    Function 7305h

        Read/write sectors from/to DOS drive. Used to implement L and W
        command.

    Function 4Ch

        Terminate DPMI client and process

15.8 Protected Mode Interrupt 25h

    Read sectors from DOS drive. Used to implement L command.

15.9 Protected Mode Interrupt 26h

    Write sectors to DOS drive. Used to implement W command.

15.10 Interrupt E6h

    Function bx = 0, ax = -1

        Used by booted debugger to implement BOOT QUIT command when running
        in dosemu2.

    Function ax = 9

        Called early in debugger init when running in dosemu2. This call
        instructs the VM to start its -input injection. It is normally only
        needed when booting the debugger.

15.11 Interrupt 15h

    Function 87h

        Used by DX command to read memory.

    Function 5301h, 530Eh, 5307h

        Used by booted debugger to implement BOOT QUIT command when running
        in qemu.

    Function 4DD4h, bx = 0

        Detect HP 95LX

15.12 Interrupt 13h

    Used by the booted debugger to load scripts, ELDs, or kernel
    executables.

    Function 00h

        Reset disk system

    Function 02h

        Read sector with CHS addressing

    Function 03h

        Write sector with CHS addressing

    Function 08h

        Query CHS geometry

    Function 41h

        Detect LBA extensions support

    Function 42h

        Read sector with LBA

    Function 43h

        Write sector with LBA

15.13 Interrupt 19h

    Boot load. Used if booting the debugger fails.

15.14 Interrupt 2Dh

    Used to access Alternate Multiplex Interrupt Specification TSRs. Can be
    used while bootloaded too.

    Function 00h

        Installation check. Determines whether an AMIS number is in use.

    Function 04h

        Determine chained interrupts. Determines interrupt entrypoints.

    AMIS private functions 30h, 31h, 33h, 40h, 41h, 42h, 43h of lDebug
    (refer to section 14.5)

15.15 Interrupt 25h

    Read sectors from DOS drive. Used to implement L command. Only used if
    the debugger is loaded as a DOS application or DOS device driver.

15.16 Interrupt 26h

    Write sectors to DOS drive. Used to implement W command. Only used if
    the debugger is loaded as a DOS application or DOS device driver.

15.17 Interrupt 21h

    DOS services. Only used while not InDOS. (Only used if the debugger is
    loaded as a DOS application or DOS device driver.)

    Function 08h

        Get standard input keypress

    Function 0Ah

        Line buffered standard input

    Function 0Bh

        Check standard input available / Check Control-C

    Function 19h

        Get default drive

    Function 1Ah

        Set DTA (used by list.eld)

    Function 25h

        Set interrupt vector

    Function 29h

        Parse filename

    Function 2Fh

        Get DTA (used by list.eld and dtadisp.eld)

    Function 3000h

        Get DOS version

    Function 3306h

        Get true DOS version

    Function 34h

        Get InDOS flag address

    Function 35h

        Get interrupt vector

    Function 3700h

        Get switch character

    Function 3Ch

        Create file

    Function 3Dh

        Open file

    Function 3Eh

        Close file

    Function 3Fh

        Read from file

    Function 40h

        Write to file (Used to write to stdout too)

    Function 41h

        Delete file

    Function 42h

        Seek in file

    Function 45h

        Duplicate file handle

    Function 4400h

        Used in initialisation to determine whether handle is to a device

    Function 440Dh

        Used to lock and unlock drives by W command

    Function 48h

        Allocate memory

    Function 4Ah

        Resize memory

    Function 4B01h

        Load executable and return to debugger

    Function 4Ch

        Terminate process

    Function 4Dh

        Get process return code

    Function 4Eh

        SFN Find First (used by list.eld)

    Function 4Fh

        SFN Find Next (used by list.eld)

    Function 50h

        Set PSP

    Function 51h

        Get PSP

    Function 52h

        Get List of Lists

    Function 55h

        Create child PSP

    Function 58h

        Get or set memory allocation strategy and UMB link status

    Function 5D06h

        Get DOS SDA address (used to switch active PSP)

    Function 6Ch

        Extended open/create

    Function 716Ch

        Extended open/create with LFN

    Function 714Eh

        LFN Find First (used by list.eld)

    Function 714Fh

        LFN Find Next (used by list.eld)

    Function 71A0h

        Get LFN volume information

    Function 71A1h

        LFN Find Close (used by list.eld)

    Function 7305h

        Read/write sectors from/to DOS drive. Used to implement L and W
        command.

15.18 Interrupt 67h

    EMS services. Used by X commands.

16: Extensions for lDebug reference
-----------------------------------

    Extensions for lDebug (ELDs) can be loaded using the EXT command
    (section 10.19). Some ELDs operate in a transient way only; some memory
    is allocated to them when they load and they free this memory again
    after their run is done. Other ELDs can be installed residently and will
    reserve some of their memory as used beyond their initial run.

16.1 LDMEM - Dump lDebug memory use.

    Displays information on memory use of the debugger. Can be installed
    residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the LDMEM command, and
    uninstalled with an LDMEM UNINSTALL command.

    The resident LDMEM command as well as the transient ELD provide a number
    of keywords to control the output:

    MEM

        Display memory areas of the debugger, with their segments, selectors
        (in Protected Mode only), and size in Bytes in hexadecimal as well
        as in KiB.

    SEG

        Display segments and (in Protected Mode) selectors in a small
        overview, without size information on the sections.

    HISTORY

        Display history utilisation, including how many history entries are
        used, how many history buffer bytes are used and how many there are
        in total, and the average size per history entry.

    STACK

        Display stack utilisation, including the total stack size and how
        many bytes appear to be used (by a heuristic scan).

    ELD

        Display ELD code instances and data blocks use. Each code instance
        is displayed either with a code instance name or the indicator
        "Free space". For each code instance, the code start, stop, and
        size is displayed in hexadecimal, as well as the size in decimal
        Bytes/KiB. For code instances marked as free, the code instance name
        is listed behind the size. This may be stale. For code instances
        which have an ELD data block allocated to them, the data start,
        stop, and size is displayed on a second line. Finally, if the ELD
        code buffer or the ELD data buffer have trailing free space, it is
        displayed as "Free space" at the end.

    ELDUSE

        Display in use, free, and total memory used by ELDs. The first line
        displays ELD code use. The second line displays ELD data use.

    ELDVAR

        Display ELD variables. The ext variables format, structure size,
        amount used, and amount total are displayed. For each allocated
        variable, its flags, maximum array index, name, and entrypoint into
        the ELD are displayed. The entrypoint display includes the ELD code
        instance base address and the ELD code instance name.

    COMMANDHANDLER

        Display ELD command and preprocess handlers. Each entrypoint is
        displayed with its offset, the offset of its ELD code instance, and
        the ELD code instance name.

    AMISHANDLER

        Display ELD AMIS handlers. This is alike the command handlers. (Note
        that AMIS handlers are always called in Real/Virtual 86 Mode.)

    ASMHANDLER

        Display ELD assembly handlers. This is alike the command handlers.

    PUTSHANDLER

        Display ELD puts-related handlers. This is alike the command
        handlers.

    INJECTHANDLER

        Display ELD inject handlers. Unlike the command handlers, inject
        handlers do not point to a chain of handlers. Instead, there is only
        ever none or one single inject handler installed. That means the
        display of inject handlers is not very useful for the LDMEM ELD.
        However, the LDMEMOTH ELD may make this display more useful.

    Some keywords are expanded to a list of other keywords:

    ALL

        All output.

    ALLNOSEG

        All output, except for the SEG output.

    ELDALL

        All ELD-related output.

    ELDHANDLERS

        All ELD handlers output.

    The keyword "HELP" is handled specifically to display an online help
    page when specified to the transient ELD. It is not valid for the
    resident ELD's command, however.

    If no keywords are specified, the default keyword is assumed as
    "ALLNOSEG".

16.2 HISTORY - Command history utility.

    Lists the command history of the debugger, or clears it. Can be
    installed residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the HISTORY
    command, and uninstalled with a HISTORY UNINSTALL command.

    Provides two subcommands:

    SHOW

        Dump all history entries, in chronological order.

    CLEAR

        Clear the history, deleting all existing entries.

    If the transient ELD is run without a keyword, then the online help is
    displayed.

16.3 DI - Dump Interrupt vectors.

    Re-creation of the DI and DIL commands of the debugger. This allows to
    use the DI commands when the debugger is built with the _INT=0 build
    option. Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to provide
    the DI command, and uninstalled with a DI UNINSTALL command.

    Refer to section 10.13.

16.4 DM - Dump MCBs.

    Re-creation of the DM command of the debugger. This allows to use the DM
    command when the debugger is built with the _MCB=0 build option. Can be
    installed residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the DM command,
    and uninstalled with a DM UNINSTALL command.

    Refer to section 10.14.

    The DM ELD by default includes support to dump the position of each
    MCB as Bytes or KiB. Specifying the keyword POSITION as the very first
    parameter will enable this.

    The DM ELD by default includes support to end the listing past a certain
    segment address. Specifying the specifier LIMIT= followed by a numeric
    expression enables this. The specifier must be either early (after
    POSITION if present, before SKIPSD) or after the explicit start MCB.

    The DM ELD by default includes support to dump SD (System Data) sub-
    MCBs. They are displayed indented by one column. Specifying the keyword
    SKIPSD as a parameter will skip the SD sub-MCB listing. (This keyword
    must be after the POSITION keyword or after the early LIMIT= specifier,
    if present.)

    As a special addition, the DM command implemented by the ELD
    additionally allows the following parameters:

    HEADER

        Display a header line first, indicating the meaning of the columns.

    TABLE

        Similar to HEADER, but expand the columns to a table format for
        easier readability.

    The HEADER or TABLE parameter must be after POSITION, an early LIMIT=,
    or SKIPSD if present, but before any explicit start MCB segment
    expression.

16.5 RN - Display FPU registers.

    Re-creation of the RN command of the debugger. This allows to use the RN
    command when the debugger is built with the _RN=0 build option (as is
    the default now). Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to
    provide the RN command, and uninstalled with an RN UNINSTALL command.

    Refer to section 10.40.

16.6 RM - Display MMX registers.

    Re-creation of the RM command of the debugger. This allows to use the RM
    command when the debugger is built with the _RM=0 build option (as is
    the default now). Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to
    provide the RM command, and uninstalled with an RM UNINSTALL command.

    Refer to section 10.39.

16.7 X - EMS commands.

    Re-creation of the X commands of the debugger. This allows to use the X
    commands when the debugger is built with the _EMS=0 build option (as is
    the default now). Can be installed residently with INSTALL parameter to
    provide the X commands, and uninstalled with an X UNINSTALL command.

    Refer to section 10.57.

16.8 DX - Dump Extended memory.

    Re-creation of the DX command of the debugger. This allows to use the DX
    command when the debugger is built with the _DX=0 build option (which
    is the default as of release 9). Can be installed residently with
    INSTALL parameter to provide the DX command, and uninstalled with an
    DX UNINSTALL command. This ELD requires a 386+ machine.

16.9 INSTNOUN - Operate on INSTALL flag nouns.

    Displays information on install flags of the debugger. These are the
    nouns accepted by the INSTALL and UNINSTALL commands. Can be installed
    residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the INSTNOUN command, and
    uninstalled with an INSTNOUN UNINSTALL command.

    The operation that can be selected is:

    QUIET

        Flag for subsequent operation to not display any output.

    SET

        Enable/install a flag.

    CLEAR

        Disable/uninstall a flag.

    TOGGLE

        Toggle a flag.

    After the operation, the name of one or more flags must be listed.

    If no operation is specified, all flags are listed. The format is as
    follows for the first name of a flag:

     -  Flag address in debugger entry section. "0000" if a special flag.

     -  Flag mask, or the address of the special flag entrypoint. A mask
        with more than one bit set indicates a reverse mask.

     -  A single symbol representing the state of the flag: "+" if enabled,
        "-" if disabled, "?" if a special flag.

     -  The name of the flag.

     -  The description of the flag.

    For subsequent alias names of a flag, only the name is listed.

16.10 RECLAIM - Reclaim unused ELD memory.

    Transient utility to reclaim unused space in the ELD code buffer and the
    ELD data blocks buffer. This is no longer needed because the debugger
    now includes the implementation of this tool and automatically reclaims
    memory before loading an ELD.

    This ELD may still be needed in conjunction with ELDCOMP to reset the
    ELD buffers the way ELDCOMP expects them after a run.

16.11 ELDCOMP - Compare ELDs with differing linker options.

    A tool to compare an ELD with its XLD counterpart. XLD is the filename
    extension typically used to hold a build of an ELD with some linker
    optimisations. ELDCOMP allows to compare the two, helping to identify
    and locate relocation errors in the ELD to be tested.

    Before running ELDCOMP, you may want to install nofreeoneshot and
    uninstall paging to avoid interfering with the operation of ELDCOMP. In
    addition, it may be useful to run the debugger with the /X switch and
    particularly the /Y switch to increase the size of the ELD buffers that
    may be needed by ELDCOMP.

    Up to 8 commands are passed to ELDCOMP, separated by semicolons. The
    first and fifth command are typically EXT commands. The first one loads
    an XLD, whereas the fifth loads the corresponding ELD in the same way.
    The second and sixth command may invoke a residently installed XLD/ELD,
    and are typically the same. The third and seventh command are used to
    uninstall a residently installed XLD/ELD, if any, and are typically the
    same as well. The fourth and eighth command should be ext reclaim.eld.

    The output of the first pass of ELDCOMP is as follows:

     -  Output of running the eight commands

     -  A line with the data length, data hash, code length, code hash of
        the first run

     -  A line with the lengths and hashes of the second run

     -  The line "Data length mismatch" if applicable

     -  The line "Data hash mismatch" if applicable

     -  The line "Code length mismatch" if applicable

     -  The line "Code hash mismatch" if applicable

    If any of the mismatch messages were displayed, ELDCOMP will attempt to
    run its second pass. If the ELD data space doesn't suffice for running
    the second pass, the message "Not enough ELD data space left!" is
    displayed. You may want to retry with a debugger running with the /Y
    switch.

    The output of the second pass of ELDCOMP starts out the same as the
    first pass's. However, the hashes are expected not to equal those of
    the first pass because the ELD data block lives at another offset. The
    second pass will additionally display one or both of the following
    parts:

     -  "Comparing data", followed by the left, right, and length numbers.
        The output of a C command follows, with the in-ELD offsets prepended
        and appended.

     -  "Comparing code", in the same way.

    The offsets displayed at the beginning and end of each line of the C
    commands are offsets within the ELD data block or the ELD code instance.
    They can be referenced in the ELD's listing file to find the source of
    the mismatch.

16.12 AFORMAT - Format assembly output.

    Once installed, this ELD hooks into the assembler. After a line is
    submitted to the assembler, the AFORMAT ELD will dump in hexadecimal the
    bytes written by the assembler.

16.13 AMISMSG - Display message received on AMIS interface.

    This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides the AMIS
    functions 40h and 41h to send messages to the debugger terminal. (Refer
    to section 14.5.5 and section 14.5.6.) A message may consist of up to
    127 bytes of text. The message is displayed either on the next command
    being read in the cmd3 command input loop using a command injection
    handler, or when the command "AMISMSG DISPLAY" is run.

    This ELD is intended to be used in the outer debugger to receive the
    TracList offset hints sent by hint.eld (refer to section 16.51) or by
    the ELD linker of an ELD being loaded in the inner debugger.

16.14 AMOUNT - Provide ELDAMOUNT variable.

    This ELD once installed provides the ELDAMOUNT variable. This variable
    can be read to obtain the amount of installed ELDs.

16.15 BASES - Convert between different numeric bases.

    A converter for different numeric bases. Can accept a numeric parameter
    to be evaluated by the expression evaluator. Using a BASE= specifier
    or the name of a base (HEXADECIMAL, DECIMAL, BINARY, OCTAL) the input
    number may be specified as a literal, which accepts unsigned numbers of
    up to 64 bits. Output is in the four known bases, formatted to resemble
    the expression evaluator's literal input format. Output can be in one
    arbitrary base using a trailing OUTPUT keyword, followed by BASE=,
    GROUP=, and WIDTH= specifiers. The BASES ELD can be installed residently
    using an INSTALL parameter to provide the resident BASES command.

16.16 CO - Copy debugger terminal output to a file.

    Installs the COPYOUTPUT commands using the INSTALL parameter. Once a
    file is specified with "COPYOUTPUT NAME filename" the debugger opens
    the file to append to it. While not InDOS all output to the debugger
    terminal is written to the opened file.

    Several commands are provided by this ELD:

    COPYOUTPUT NAME filename

        Set filename and open/create file to append. An existing file is
        opened for writing, not truncated.

    COPYOUTPUT ON

        Enable writing to an opened file. (Default.)

    COPYOUTPUT OFF

        Disable writing to an opened file.

    COPYOUTPUT TOGGLE

        Toggle the ON / OFF status.

    COPYOUTPUT GETINPUTMODE [ALL|FULLONLY|TOGGLE]

        Display or change getinput mode of the COPYOUTPUT ELD.

    COPYOUTPUT TRUNCATE

        Truncate the currently opened file to zero bytes.

    COPYOUTPUT CLOSE

        Close the currently opened file.

    COPYOUTPUT UNINSTALL

        Close a file if any is opened, and uninstall the ELD.

    The getinput mode determines how getinput output is written to the
    COPYOUTPUT file:

    ALL

        All getinput output is written, including Carriage Returns and
        blanks and printable text that is used to reposition the cursor or
        redraw the visible text.

    FULLONLY (default)

        Only the prompt and the final accepted input line are written.
        Repositioning and redrawing output is filtered out and not written.

16.17 CONFIG - Access debugger config paths.

    Allows to show or set the debugger config paths. This ELD operates as a
    transient ELD only. Run as:

    SHOW CONFIG

        Show debugger config path.

    SET CONFIG path

        Set debugger config path.

    SHOW SCRIPTS

        Show debugger scripts path.

    SET SCRIPTS path

        Set debugger scripts path.

16.18 DTADISP - Displays the current DOS Disk Transfer Address.

    This ELD runs as a transient ELD only. It is only valid to run this ELD
    when DOS is available.

16.19 IFEXT - Conditionally run a command if an ELD is installed.

    Allows to run another command conditionally, using a command of the form
    IF [NOT] EXT "extension name" THEN command. May be used as a transient
    ELD or installed residently using an INSTALL command to provide the
    IF EXT commands.

    The extension name to provide must match an ELD code instance name as
    displayed by a command like "ext ldmem.eld eld". An ELD is considered
    installed if at least one non-free ELD code instance matches the
    specified name. The name is matched insensitive to capitalisation. The
    name must be specified with quote marks if it contains a blank. Names
    must not be longer than 8 bytes.

    For transient use, the "IF [NOT] EXT" construct follows after the ELD
    filename. For instance, "ext ifext.eld if ext "amiscmd" then r" will run
    an R command if the AMIS command ELD is installed.

16.20 KDISPLAY - Displays the current K/N command buffers' content.

    This ELD runs as a transient ELD only.

16.21 LIST - List ELD/SLD files, description lines, sizes, help.

    Displays the description lines for ELD files or SLD files that are
    specified with a single pathname pattern. The pattern may contain
    wildcards in the last component. After the pathname, several keywords
    may be specified:

     -  VERBOSE to display technical details,

     -  HELP to display the help,

     -  SFN to force use of the DOS SFN find interface instead of trying the
        DOS LFN find interface,

     -  LIB to recurse into library ELDs displaying the same infos for every
        embedded ELD.

     -  /name (where the name is a pattern that can contain question marks
        or a trailing asterisk) to filter library ELDs which match the name
        pattern. This allows to inspect one or a few of the embedded ELDs
        without listing all embedded ELDs.

16.22 PRINTF - Print formatted output.

    Allows to print formatted output. Can be installed residently or used
    as a transient tool. The first parameter is a quoted string. Subsequent
    parameters provide data to format.

    Supported escape codes:

     -  \b Backslash (8)

     -  \t Tab (9)

     -  \n Line Feed (10). Usually wanted in a sequence \r\n

     -  \r Carriage Return (13)

     -  \s Blank (32)

     -  \f Form Feed (12)

     -  \xNN Byte value in one or two hexadecimal digits

    Supported format codes:

     -  %% Literal percent sign

     -  %X, %x Hexadecimal number (Capitalised, uncapitalised)

     -  %U Unsigned number

     -  %D, %I Signed number

     -  %C Text byte

     -  %S Text string

     -  %B Format as Byte/kB/KiB size

    Text strings are provided in one of three forms:

     -  START list-parameter END (refer to section 8.5)

     -  RANGE range-parameter

     -  ASCIZ range-parameter

16.23 SET - Access environment variables.

    Allows to access the environment block to read or write variables.
    Can install a resident SET command using an INSTALL parameter, or run
    transiently using a RUN parameter.

    Running the command, the following parameters are accepted:

    (None)

        Display all variables in order of their occurrence.

    variable

        Display the content of the given variable, or a message indicating
        the variable is not set.

    variable=

        Delete a variable if it exists.

    variable=content

        Set or modify a variable, if it fits in the environment block.

    /E variable=command

        Set a variable to the first line of output displayed by the command.
        The output is not written to the debugger terminal.

    /E /xxx variable=command

        Set a variable to a line of output displayed by the command. The
        "xxx" indicates which line to choose; "/0" chooses the first
        nonempty line, "/1" the second line, etc.

16.24 USEPARAT - Display disassembly separators.

    Installs an output hook into the debugger to display an underscore line
    after disassembling near or far jumps or near, far, or interrupt return
    instructions. An equals sign line is displayed after disassembly of a
    DOS termination call, if it is detected.

    Once installed, the command "USEPARAT WIDTH expression" is provided. It
    sets the width of the lines to display, between 0 and #80. The default
    is #39.

16.25 VARIABLE - Expand environment variables.

    Installs a command preprocessor hook to expand "%VARIABLE%"
    specifications in commands. This ELD can be used as a transient ELD
    or as a resident ELD. Once installed, variable uses in commands are
    expanded. Note that the command to uninstall the resident variable.eld
    is "VARIABLES UNINSTALL", not matching the filename of the ELD.

    To use the ELD transiently, a parameter reading either RUN or DISPLAY
    is to be used. RUN will run the subsequent command with variable uses
    expanded. DISPLAY will instead display the subsequent text with variable
    uses expanded.

16.26 WITHHDR - Run commands with temporary DCO flags set.

    Installs a prefix command called WITH. This can be used as WITH HEADER
    or WITH TRAILER to temporarily set DCO flags to enable D command headers
    or trailers. The ELD can also be used as WITH NODUMP to temporarily
    set a DCO flag to disable the S command data dump from after S command
    search results. Command injection is used to reset the flags afterwards.

16.27 AMISCMD - Run commands received on AMIS interface.

    This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides the AMIS
    function 43h to inject commands into the debugger. (Refer to section
    14.5.8.) This requires this debugger to have run "install amis".

    In another debugger instance, inject.eld can be used to inject commands
    into this debugger.

16.28 AMISOTH - Provide other link info on AMIS interface.

    This ELD hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. It provides the AMIS
    function 42h to export the debugger's link info as an "other link".
    (Refer to section 14.5.7.) This requires this debugger to have run
    "install amis".

    In another debugger instance, "other link" ELDs (ldmemoth.eld,
    instnoth.eld, and hintoth.eld) can be used to access this debugger's
    data.

16.29 AMITSRS - List currently installed AMIS multiplexers.

    Port of Ralf Brown's AMIS TSR lister. This ELD can be installed
    residently or used transiently. If the parameter is not equal to
    INSTALL, then the following parameters are accepted:

    VERBOSE

        Display all information for each multiplexer.

    MPX

        Include the line that indicates the multiplex number.

    HOTKEYS

    KEYS

        Include the display of installed hotkeys.

    INT

    INTLIST

    INTERRUPTS

        Include the interrupt list display.

    VERSION

        Include the line that indicates the version number.

    ENTRY

        Include the line that indicates the private entrypoint.

    DEVICE

        Include device response line and display all devices

    CHAR

        Include device response line and display character devices

    BLOCK

        Include device response line and display block devices

    DPB

        Display block devices and their DPBs

    If no parameters are specified, then only one line is displayed
    per multiplexer, listing the vendor and product signatures and the
    description line of each multiplexer.

    The multiplex numbers to process can be changed from the default (all)
    to a range using the ONLY= keyword. After it, a single number parameter
    or a FROM start TO end or FROM start LENGTH length construct may follow.

16.30 BOOTDIR - List directory entries.

    List directory entries in bootloaded mode. This ELD runs as a transient
    ELD only. The first parameter must be a pathname pattern. The last
    component may include wildcards. The available wildcards are:

    Question mark "?"

        Matches one byte as a wildcard.

    Asterisk "*"

        Matches any number of bytes as a wildcard, up to the end of the
        current SFN field.

    After the pathname pattern, any number of keywords may follow:

    WIDE

        Display in wide mode, up to 5 names per line.

    SORT

        Sort filenames.

    DATE

        Must be specified along with SORT. Sort by date.

    SIZE

        Must be specified along with SORT. Sort by size.

    REVERSE

        Reverse the sort order.

    DIRFIRST

        Sort directories first before any files.

    When sorting, the ELD will detect a buffer for storing the filenames
    while scanning the directory in the first pass, for sorting the entries.
    If this buffer overflows, the ELD cannot succeed.

    If the date of a directory entry is zero, which would be decoded as
    "1980-00-00", the date field is blanked out.

16.31 DBITMAP - Dump 8-bit-wide graphics from memory.

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently.

    When installed residently, three DBITMAP commands are available in
    addition to the usual UNINSTALL command:

     -  SET0 followed by a list, to set the default string for 0 bits. The
        list must not exceed 10 bytes.

     -  SET1 followed by a list, to set the default string for 1 bits. The
        list must not exceed 10 bytes.

     -  Optional RUN keyword, followed by a range, or by an INTERNAL keyword
        followed by a word, or by a STR keyword followed by a list. (This
        command can be used transiently as well.)

    After the RUN keyword optionally there may be a SET0 or SET1 keyword
    followed by a list that ends with an END keyword. After any number of
    such constructs a range or INTERNAL keyword or STR keyword must follow.
    These constructs allow to override the strings for a 0 bit or for a 1
    bit for the duration of a single command.

    The three choices for RUN commands are handled differently:

    Range

        Display data in range, 8 bits per line, given length (default: 8
        bytes). Addresses are displayed before each data dump line.

    INTERNAL followed by a word

        Display 8 bytes from the internal font, 8 bits per line, offset by
        the specified word. To address a specific codepoint, multiply its
        numeric value by 8. Addresses are displayed before each data dump
        line.

    STR followed by a list

        Display a graphical string from the internal font. No addresses are
        displayed.

    The STR mode allows processing escape codes indicated by a backslash.
    The following escapes are defined:

    "\\"

        Write a single backslash.

    "\M"

        Write the next codepoint but with the bits mirrored (left and right
        are swapped).

    "\H"

        Write a blank, whose width is specified by the next alphanumeric.
        "\H8" is the same as a regular blank, "\H4" produces a half-width
        blank.

    Examples:

      -f 100 l 8 FF
      -f 108 l 8 00
      -ext dbitmap.eld run 100
      2B03:0100  ********
      2B03:0101  ********
      2B03:0102  ********
      2B03:0103  ********
      2B03:0104  ********
      2B03:0105  ********
      2B03:0106  ********
      2B03:0107  ********
      -ext dbitmap.eld run 108
      2B03:0108  ........
      2B03:0109  ........
      2B03:010A  ........
      2B03:010B  ........
      2B03:010C  ........
      2B03:010D  ........
      2B03:010E  ........
      2B03:010F  ........
      -ext dbitmap.eld run set1 '#' end 100 l 2
      2B03:0100  ########
      2B03:0101  ########
      -ext dbitmap.eld run internal #'L' * 8
      0436:9226  ..**....
      0436:9227  ..**....
      0436:9228  ..**....
      0436:9229  ..**....
      0436:922A  ..**....
      0436:922B  ..**....
      0436:922C  ..******
      0436:922D  ........
      -ext dbitmap.eld run str "\MLDOS"
      ....**...*****....*****...*****.
      ....**...**..**..**...**.**...**
      ....**...**...**.**...**..**....
      ....**...**...**.**...**...***..
      ....**...**...**.**...**.....**.
      ....**...**..**..**...**.**...**
      ******...*****....*****...*****.
      ................................
      -

16.32 DOSCD - Change DOS current directory or drive.

    This ELD can only be used transiently. DOS must be available to run this
    ELD.

    If only a drive letter and colon are specified, then the current drive
    is changed to the indicated drive.

    If the first parameter is a keyword "BOTH" then the current drive is
    changed to the indicated drive and the current directory on that drive
    is changed to the indicated path. It is an error to specify the keyword
    "BOTH" if no drive letter is given.

    If the first parameter is a keyword "IFBOTH" then if a drive letter is
    specified, the current drive is changed to the indicated drive. Then the
    current directory is changed to the indicated path.

    The current drive is changed by using interrupt 21h function 0Eh, and
    checked for success by using interrupt 21h function 19h. The current
    directory is changed by using interrupt 21h function 3Bh.

16.33 DOSDIR - List directory entries.

    List directory entries using DOS. This ELD runs as a transient ELD only.
    DOS must be available to run this ELD.

    The first parameter must be a pathname pattern. The last component may
    include wildcards. The available wildcards are:

    Question mark "?"

        Matches one byte as a wildcard.

    Asterisk "*"

        Matches any number of bytes as a wildcard, up to the end of the
        current SFN field. Semantics may differ for LFNs.

    After the pathname pattern, any number of keywords may follow:

    SFN

        Use DOS SFN search, even if LFN search would be available.

    WIDE

        Display in wide mode, up to 5 names (SFNs) per line.

    SORT

        Sort filenames.

    SORTSFN

        Sort filenames, but sort by SFNs rather than LFNs.

    SORTLFN

        Sort filenames, but sort by LFNs rather than SFNs.

    DATE

        Must be specified along with SORT. Sort by date.

    SIZE

        Must be specified along with SORT. Sort by size.

    REVERSE

        Reverse the sort order.

    DIRFIRST

        Sort directories first before any files.

    When sorting, the ELD will detect a buffer for storing the filenames
    while scanning the directory in the first pass, for sorting the entries.
    If this buffer overflows, the ELD cannot succeed.

    If the date of a directory entry is zero, which would be decoded as
    "1980-00-00", the date field is blanked out.

16.34 DOSDRIVE - Get or set a DOS drive.

    This ELD runs as a transient ELD only. DOS must be available to run this
    ELD.

    If no parameters are specified, gets the current DOS drive and displays
    it as the drive letter followed by a colon.

    If the parameter "GET" is specified without a trailing pathname, act as
    if no parameters are specified.

    If the parameter "GET" is specified with a trailing pathname, parses the
    pathname and displays its drive letter if any is specified, or else the
    current drive.

    If the parameter "SET" is specified with a trailing pathname, then the
    pathname must contain a drive letter. The current drive is changed to
    the specified drive.

    If the parameters "SET QUIET" are specified, then the trailing pathname
    and its drive letter specification are optional. If no such drive
    specification is included, the command silently does nothing.

16.35 DOSPWD - Display DOS current directory.

    This ELD runs as a transient ELD only. DOS must be available to run this
    ELD.

    If no parameter is specified, displays the current directory on the
    current drive.

    If a parameter "NUMBER" is specified, then a trailing plain number
    parameter is parsed from an expression. This number must be below 32. It
    specifies the drive of which to get the current directory.

    Otherwise the parameter must be a drive letter followed by a colon. It
    specifies the drive of which to get the current directory.

16.36 EXTNAME - Guess EXT and Y command filename extensions.

    Installs residently to guess EXT and Y command filename extensions.
    Install using the INSTALL keyword.

    Once installed, running an EXT or Y command without a filename extension
    will guess the filename extension. The EXT command will guess the
    extension as ".ELD" first and ".XLD" second. The Y command will guess
    the extension as ".SLD".

    The following commands are additionally provided:

    EXTNAME WARNEXT

        Display status of warning on unknown filename extension.

    EXTNAME WARNEXT ON

        Enable warning on unknown filename extension.

    EXTNAME WARNEXT OFF

        Disable warning on unknown filename extension.

    EXTNAME WARNEXT TOGGLE

        Toggle warning on unknown filename extension.

    EXTNAME GUESSEXT

        Display status of guessing filename extension.

    EXTNAME GUESSEXT ON

        Enable guessing filename extension.

    EXTNAME GUESSEXT OFF

        Disable guessing filename extension.

    EXTNAME GUESSEXT TOGGLE

        Toggle guessing filename extension.

16.36.1 EXTNAME ELD library name control

    The extname.eld contains a library name. This is a pathname stored in a
    buffer in the extname.eld resident instance. If the buffer is filled,
    EXT commands that fail to match any files will try to load the desired
    ELD from the library ELD given by this buffer.

    The library name can be set using either the EXTNAME LIB SET command or
    by invoking the enamelib Extension for lDebug. Refer to section 16.67.

    The following commands implement library name control:

    EXTNAME DEBUGLIB

        Display status of library fallback debugging output. This is a line
        displayed during processing of the EXT command, indicating that the
        lookup failed to find an ELD by the specified name, followed by the
        library name about to be searched.

    EXTNAME DEBUGLIB ON

        Enable library fallback debugging output.

    EXTNAME DEBUGLIB OFF

        Disable library fallback debugging output.

    EXTNAME DEBUGLIB TOGGLE

        Toggle library fallback debugging output.

    EXTNAME LIB

        Library name control: Display current library name.

    EXTNAME LIB SET pathname

        Library name control: Set current library name. ::CONFIG::,
        ::SCRIPTS::, or ::EXECUTABLE:: are expanded.

16.37 INJECT - Inject commands into other debugger instance.

    Injects commands into other debugger instance using the other's AMIS
    function 43h (refer to section 14.5.8). (This function is provided by
    the AMISCMD ELD, refer to section 16.27.)

16.38 INSTNOTH - INSTNOUN which operates on other link debugger.

    INSTNOUN variant (refer to section 16.9) that operates on another
    debugger instance. This requires the other instance to have installed
    the AMISOTH ELD (refer to section 16.28) and its AMIS handler to provide
    the AMIS function 42h (refer to section 14.5.7).

16.39 LDMEMOTH - LDMEM which operates on other link debugger.

    LDMEM variant (refer to section 16.1) that operates on another debugger
    instance. This requires the other instance to have installed the AMISOTH
    ELD (refer to section 16.28) and its AMIS handler to provide the AMIS
    function 42h (refer to section 14.5.7).

16.40 LINFO - Display status of L command.

    Installs residently to display status of program-loading L command.
    Running a program-loading L command will then display some information
    on the file being loaded and the process that was created.

    Additionally the following commands are provided:

    LINFO FILE

        Display the program load filename. This is what an L command will
        show before the command is processed.

    LINFO FILE QUIET

        As LINFO FILE, but display nothing if no program load filename
        specified.

    LINFO PROBE

        Probe the program load file and current PSP. This is most of what a
        successful L command will show after the command is processed.

    LINFO PROBE QUIET

        As LINFO PROBE, but display nothing if no program load filename
        specified.

16.41 PATH - Path search for K/N commands.

    Provides path search and filename extension guessing for the K and N
    commands. This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently.

    If used transiently, the first parameter must be the command letter "K"
    or "N". The path search is done on the program load filename specified
    to the given command, and then the command is run with the resulting
    pathname. A warning is displayed if the WHILE buffer or DOS are not
    available, as path search will not happen in this case. An error is
    displayed if the expanded pathname doesn't fit into the line_in buffer.

    If used residently, the K or N commands are intercepted in the command
    handler. The path search is done on the program load filename, and if
    found the command is modified to receive the resulting pathname. _No
    warning_ is displayed if the WHILE buffer or DOS are not available, but
    path search will not happen in this case. An error is displayed if the
    expanded pathname doesn't fit into the line_in buffer.

    The following commands are additionally provided when installed
    residently:

    PATH WARNEXT

        Display status of warning on unknown filename extension.

    PATH WARNEXT ON

        Enable warning on unknown filename extension.

    PATH WARNEXT OFF

        Disable warning on unknown filename extension.

    PATH WARNEXT TOGGLE

        Toggle warning on unknown filename extension.

    PATH GUESSEXT

        Display status of guessing filename extension.

    PATH GUESSEXT ON

        Enable guessing filename extension.

    PATH GUESSEXT OFF

        Disable guessing filename extension.

    PATH GUESSEXT TOGGLE

        Toggle guessing filename extension.

    PATH PATHSEARCH

        Display status of searching path.

    PATH PATHSEARCH ON

        Enable searching path.

    PATH PATHSEARCH OFF

        Disable searching path.

    PATH PATHSEARCH TOGGLE

        Toggle searching path.

16.42 EXTLIB - Library of ELDs.

    Library of ELDs to be used instead of single files. This library
    contains most other ELDs. To load an embedded ELD, specify its filename
    or ELD code instance name as a parameter to the EXTLIB ELD. The name
    may be specified with an ".ELD" or ".XLD" filename extension, which
    is ignored. All trailing parameters after the name are passed to the
    embedded ELD.

    If no ELD name or the name "HELP" is specified, the EXTLIB ELD's help is
    displayed instead. If after the "HELP" keyword one more keyword follows,
    the short or long list of embedded ELDs is displayed along with the
    EXTLIB help:

    WIDE

        Display ELD filenames in a wide format, up to 8 ELDs per line.

    DESCRIBE

        Display ELD filenames along with the corresponding ELD description
        lines, one ELD per line.

16.43 EXTPAK - Compressed library of ELDs.

    This is used exactly the same as extlib.eld (section 16.42) except
    that the embedded ELDs are compressed (using heatshrink or lzexedat -
    4 compression). This means that operations like the HELP DESCRIBE list
    or scanning for an ELD code instance name may take longer than with the
    uncompressed extlib.eld.

16.44 QUIT - Quit the machine.

    Quits the machine. Can be installed residently or used transiently. When
    run with a parameter "RUN" then this ELD will attempt to quit (shut
    down) the currently running machine or VM. When "install quickrun" has
    been used, running this ELD without a parameter will also attempt to
    quit the machine.

16.45 DOSSEEK - Get or set the DOS 32-bit seek of a process handle.

    This ELD only operates transiently, and requires DOS to be available.

    The first parameter is either GET or SET. The second parameter is an
    expression that evaluates to a process handle number. This number
    must refer to a process handle that is opened in the current debuggee
    process.

    For getting the seek, after the process handle there may follow the
    VAR index specification. If it is given, then the specified V variable
    (section 12.16) is set to the current 32-bit seek. Further, a QUIET
    keyword may follow to suppress the output of the command. If not both a
    VAR and a QUIET keyword are specified, then the output will be like the
    following example:

      -ext dosseek.eld get 5
      Process handle 5 current seek is 0000_1400  #5120   5.0 KiB

    For setting the seek, after the process handle another keyword must
    follow:

    ABS

        Set absolute seek.

    CUR

        Set signed offset from current seek.

    EOF

        Set signed offset from EOF.

    After the keyword, an expression follows which gives the 32-bit offset
    to seek to.

16.46 ALIAS - Define aliases.

    Define simple aliases that are replaced in a command preprocess handler.
    This ELD must be installed residently.

    To add an alias, run as "ALIAS ADD aliasname expansion".

    To delete an alias, run as "ALIAS DEL aliasname".

    To list aliases, run as "ALIAS LIST" or "ALIAS LIST aliasname".

16.47 DPB - Display a DOS drive's DPB.

    Display a DOS drive's DPB (MS-DOS v4 to v6 layout, optionally with
    FreeDOS, MS-DOS v7.10, or EDR-DOS FAT32 extensions). Can be installed
    residently with INSTALL parameter to provide the DPB command, and
    uninstalled with a DPB UNINSTALL command.

    An optional parameter specifies the drive to access. It defaults to
    zero. A drive letter may be specified with a trailing colon. Otherwise,
    a number is parsed. Zero means to access the DOS current drive. The
    number one corresponds to drive A:, two to drive B:, and so on. The DPB
    is accessed using interrupt 21h function 32h, which requires DOS to be
    available. Enhanced DR-DOS may return DPBs for FAT32 drives on this
    function whereas FreeDOS and MS-DOS 7.10 may refuse to do so.

    Instead of the drive parameter, the keyword ADDRESS may be specified. It
    must be followed by an address parameter. This address specifies where
    to read the DPB from. This address uses a selector in Protected Mode,
    except when the parameter is prepended by a dollar sign.

    Instead of the drive parameter, the keyword LIST may be specified.
    After this keyword, either the keyword SKIP or the keyword DRIVE has to
    follow.

    After the keywords LIST SKIP a number is parsed. The list of DPBs is
    detected from the DOS List of Lists and a number of DPBs are skipped
    in the chain until reaching the target. The number specified after the
    keyword indicates how many DPBs to skip.

    After the keywords LIST DRIVE a drive is parsed. This may be either a
    number or a drive letter. The list of DPBs is detected from the DOS List
    of Lists and the DPBs are scanned for one matching the specified drive
    in its first field.

    Between the LIST keyword and the next keyword, an address for the DOS
    List of Lists may be inserted. This starts with an AT keyword. Then
    an address parameter is parsed. This address parameter is always a 86
    Mode segmented address, even in Protected Mode. The address parameter's
    segment defaults to the DOS data segment as obtained from reading the 86
    Mode interrupt 31h vector's segment. The address specifies where to find
    the DOS List of Lists.

    Before the LIST or ADDRESS keywords or the drive specifier, the keyword
    EXTENDED= may be specified to display an EDPB. It must be followed by
    one of the known DOS version keywords. These are: FREEDOS, MSDOS, or
    EDRDOS. The DOS keyword indicates what format of EDPB to display.

    Before the EXTENDED= keyword, the keyword ONLY may be specified. If
    specified, only the EDPB extended fields are displayed, skipping the
    base DPB.

    As an example, a drive with a typical 1440 KiB diskette file system will
    display as follows:

      -ext dpb.eld A:
      DOS function 32h call returned al=00h.
      DOS function returned 86 Mode address=00D9:1E40
      Drive                       00: 00  0
      DeviceUnit                  01: 00  0
      BytesPerSector              02: 0200  512
      HighestSectorInCluster      04: 00  0
      SectorsPerClusterShift      05: 00  0
      ReservedSectors             06: 0001  1
      AmountFATs                  08: 02  2
      AmountRootEntries           09: 00E0  224
      DataStart                   0B: 0021  33
      MaximumCluster              0D: 0B20  2848
      SectorsPerFAT               0F: 0009  9
      RootStart                   11: 0013  19
      DeviceHeader                13: 0070_0610  7341584
      MediaID                     17: F0  240
      Accessed                    18: 00  0
      Next                        19: 00D9_1E7D  14229117
      FreeClusterNext             1D: 0000  0
      AmountFreeClusters          1F: FFFF  65535
      -

    Note that at least the FreeDOS kernel always resets the FreeClusterNext
    and AmountFreeClusters fields whenever the DPB is obtained using
    interrupt 21h function 32h.

    Invalid drives (including file system redirector drives) will result in
    a nonzero return in AL:

      -ext dpb.eld Z:
      DOS function 32h call returned al=FFh.
      -

16.48 RDumpIdx - Dump text bytes pointed to by DS:SI and ES:DI in R register
    dump.

    Once installed, this ELD hooks into the debugger's R command register
    dump. If the dump is in 16-bit mode and not configured for 40-column
    display, and lDebugX is not in Protected Mode, this ELD will take
    effect. It will display a trailer to the first line of the register
    dump, listing what text bytes are found at the addresses indicated by
    DS:SI and ES:DI.

    Example:

      AX=5A20 BX=0000 CX=051C DX=0000 SP=FFFE BP=0000 SI=0082 DI=0000  SI='s' DI=top
      DS=5A21 ES=5A21 SS=5A21 CS=5A21 IP=04D0 NV UP EI PL ZR NA PE NC
      5A21:04D0 AC                lodsb

16.49 RDumpStr - Dump text pointed to by DS:DX in R register dump.

    Once installed, this ELD hooks into the debugger's R command register
    dump. If the dump is in 16-bit mode and not configured for 40-column
    display, and lDebugX is not in Protected Mode, this ELD will take
    effect. It will display a trailer to the second line of the register
    dump, listing what text is found starting at the address indicated by
    DS:DX.

    Example:

      AX=0A07 BX=FD2B CX=0000 DX=02BB SP=FFFC BP=0000 SI=0087 DI=0000
      DS=5A21 ES=5A21 SS=5A21 CS=5A21 IP=03FF NV UP EI PL NZ NA PO NC "Other kernel,"
      5A21:03FF 80FFFD            cmp     bh, FD

16.50 CHECKSUM - Calculate checksum over a memory range.

    This ELD can be used as a transient command or installed residently.
    Install with an INSTALL keyword. The CHECKSUM command accepts a range
    parameter, with a default length of 512 Bytes. After the range an
    optional initial sum can be specified. This sum defaults to 1.

    The checksum is an unsigned 16-bit number. It is calculated according to
    the following pseudocode:

      initial sum = 1
      for every byte in range:
        sum = sum * 31
        sum += byte value
        sum = sum & 0FFFFh

16.51 HINT - Display TracList hints to outer debugger

    This ELD can be used as a transient command or installed residently.
    Install with an INSTALL keyword. When run, this command displays
    TracList listing offset hints for all currently installed ELDs of the
    debugger running this ELD. The hints are written to the terminal of
    another lDebug instance, assumed to be the outer debugger. This utilises
    that outer debugger's AMISMSG service, so the amismsg.eld (refer to
    section 16.13) and AMIS interface must be installed in that debugger.

    An optional keyword SKIPSELF may be specified. If it is given, then
    the hint.eld will not write a hint corresponding to its own ELD code
    instance. This is useful for running with eldcomp.eld.

16.52 HINTOTH - Display TracList hints of the other link debugger

    This ELD can be used as a transient command or installed residently.
    Install with an INSTALL keyword. When run, this command accesses the
    other link debugger's installed ELDs. This utilises the other link
    debugger's AMISOTH service, so the amisoth.eld (refer to section 16.28)
    and AMIS interface must be installed in that debugger. The HINTOTH
    command will display TracList listing offset hints for all currently
    installed ELDs of the detected other link debugger.

16.53 CHSTOOL - Work with int 13h partitions and geometry.

    Utilities to work with int 13h unit partitions and geometry. Can be
    used as a transient command or installed residently. This ELD will not
    operate in Protected Mode, as it depends on segment arithmetic and
    accessing the ROM-BIOS int 13h interface.

    The following commands are supported:

    numeric

        Read number as a 32-bit encoded CHS tuple. Lists the decoded CHS
        tuple. Using a default unit of 80h, the resulting LBA sector number
        is also calculated and displayed, along with the size of preceding
        data of this sector number. The size is displayed using IEC and SI
        unit prefixes with the default DCO1 options. (Actually, the size is
        displayed once as is, then once after the DCO1 flag 1000h has been
        toggled, then the flag is toggled again to reset it. )

        Note that the encoded tuple number can be specified as cxdx when
        the registers are set up for an int 13h function 02h call, or by
        reading the first dword (start) or second dword (end) of an MBR-
        style partition table entry. The low byte is always ignored.

    UNIT=unit numeric

        Same as before, but query ROM-BIOS for the specified unit's geometry
        rather than using the default unit of 80h.

    SECTORS=sectors HEADS=heads numeric

        Same as before but specify the geometry manually. If only one of
        the two properties is set, the other one is still detected from the
        unit, either the default unit 80h or one specified with the UNIT=
        keyword.

    GEOMETRY unit

        Determine geometry of the specified unit and display it.

    WALK unit

        Walk the partition tables of the specified unit. After the unit
        number, a number of keywords may follow:

        EXTENDED

            Also display all nested extended partitions.

        SKIPEXT

            Skip display of all extended partitions, including outermost
            extended partitions.

        DUMP

            Dump raw partition table entries as the partition tables are
            read. These follow the format: offset in sector, active byte,
            CHS start encoded 3byte tuple, partition type byte, CHS end
            encoded 3byte tuple, partition start dword, partition size
            dword.

        DUMPRELOAD

            If DUMP is also specified, dump even partition tables that are
            certainly rereading the same tables read already.

        LABEL

            For FAT FS partitions, add another line that dumps the label in
            the BPB new, as well as the FAT FS ID, and the unit number and
            partition number.

        QUIET

            Suppress the lines listing the CHS start and end tuples, and
            their LBA sector numbers and byte sizes.

        UPTO=unit

            Specify multi-unit operation. The trailing unit number should be
            at least as high as the start unit number. The scan will process
            all specified units in order. If the mode indicates a non-DLA-
            sort order, every single pass of the partition table scanner
            will process all specified units before control flows to the
            next pass. If the mode indicates a DLA-sort order, then every
            unit is processed fully (all passes run) before the next unit is
            processed.

        MODE=mode

            Change the mode of operation. Refer to section 16.53.1 for the
            valid modes.

16.53.1 CHSTOOL ELD partition table scanner modes

    Modes allow the partition table scanner to emulate most of the different
    behaviours of different kernels. The following mode keywords are
    recognised to select a complete configuration:

    LDOS2024

        Old lDOS behaviour. Only a single primary partition per unit, then
        a single extended partition per MBR or EPBR of type 5 or type 15,
        and a single logical partition per EPBR. No FAT32 partitions are
        recognised.

    LDOSNEW

        Proposed new lDOS behaviour. DLA sort (one unit after another not
        interleaved in multi-pass scanner), all primary partitions first
        then all logical partitions, using lDebug/lDOS altmbr order,
        recognising all extended partitions of types 5, 15, or 85h. No FAT32
        partitions are recognised.

    FREEDOS

        FreeDOS behaviour. Non-DLA sort, all first active or first primary
        partitions of each unit first, then a single extended partition per
        unit of type 5 or 15, with multiple logical partitions per EPBR
        (traditional order) but only a single nested extended partition per
        EPBR. Finally, all remaining primary partitions.

    FREEDOSDLA

        Like FreeDOS with the DLA sort enabled, so that all drives of one
        unit are processed before continuing to the next unit.

    EDRDOS

        Enhanced DR-DOS behaviour. DLA sort disabled, all primary partitions
        first, then logical partitions (multiple per EPBR, traditional
        order), a single extended partition of type 5 or 15 per MBR or EPBR.

    MSDOS5

        MS-DOS v5 behaviour. DLA sort disabled, every unit's first
        active or first primary partition, then for every unit a single
        extended partition of type 5, a single logical partition per EPBR
        (traditional order), and a single nested extended partition per
        EPBR. Finally, all remaining primary partitions. No FAT32 or LBA
        partitions are recognised.

    MSDOS7

        MS-DOS v7 (or more accurately v7.10) behaviour. Like MS-DOS v5 but
        FAT32 and LBA partition types are supported. Further, the first
        extended partition per MBR or EPBR may be of type 15.

    The mode can be specified numerically as well. A leading plus sign +
    means set flag mask, a leading minus sign - means clear flag mask, and
    neither means overwrite all flags. For the numeric meanings, refer to
    the source text of the scanptab module.

16.54 S - Search command with additional support for WILD and CAPS keywords

    This ELD provides the same basic command as the S command (section
    10.47). However, it allows some extensions as well. The S ELD can be
    used transiently or installed residently. To invoke a resident S ELD
    the command letter S must be recognised as a string, that is the search
    range's first letter or digit must not immediately follow the "S"
    letter.

    The basic command format is:

      search          S range [REVERSE] [SILENT number] [RANGE [CAPS] range|list]

    The keywords REVERSE, SILENT, and RANGE are all described in section
    10.47. The list parameter is based on the debugger's generic list
    parameter type, refer to section 8.5. However, it adds three new
    keywords:

16.54.1 WILD - Search wildcard

    This keyword when encountered in the search pattern list inserts one
    wildcard item of the current element size. As the default item size is
    byte, a WILD keyword defaults to inserting a byte-sized wildcard. After
    for example AS WORDS, a WILD keyword instead will insert a word-sized
    (2-byte) wildcard.

    Using wildcards may degrade search performance.

16.54.2 CAPS - Search with capitalisation folding

    This keyword enables the search to treat every subsequent byte of the
    search pattern as requiring capitalisation be folded, so that small
    letters and big letters (in the ASCII alphabet) will match one another.

    The CAPS keyword may appear in a search pattern list, or after the RANGE
    keyword. In the latter case capitalisation is folded for the entire
    search pattern range.

    Using the CAPS keyword may degrade search performance.

16.54.3 UNCAPS - Reset search to do no capitalisation folding

    This keyword is only allowed in a search pattern list. It resets the
    status set up by the CAPS keyword, so that byte values are matched
    exactly again.

16.54.4 S ELD internals

    The wildcard and caps search modes are implemented using a tag buffer.
    Every tag consists of two bits, one of which indicates that the
    corresponding byte is a wildcard and the other one for capitalisation
    folding.

    There are three families of internal functions to handle search that may
    involve nonzero tags:

     -  Repeated scan byte for a given value

     -  Scan a single byte for a given value

     -  Compare trailing string after an initial byte match was found

16.54.4.1 S ELD - Byte scan functions

    The first function is used to scan for the pattern's first byte in
    almost the entire search space. The second function is used to scan the
    very last possible match of the first byte. This distinction is needed
    because of how the debugger handles search space length of up to 64 KiB
    with a 16-bit counter.

    Both of these functions must work either with Direction Flag cleared
    (UP) or set (DN). Additionally, there is a branch to an a32 variant of
    each of these functions to allow searcning in 32-bit segments.

    The repeated scan byte functions are implemented by calling the single
    byte scan functions in an appropriate loop.

    If the tag of the search pattern's first byte is zero, simple functions
    that only consist of the a32 dispatching and a single string operation
    are used. Tnis is a speed optimisation.

16.54.4.2 S ELD - Trailing string comparison function

    The third function is used after a candidate match is identified from
    the first byte scan. If any tags are nonzero in the search pattern,
    then complicated functions are used. These will loop like the single
    string operation "repe cmpsb" would, but internally they use the single
    byte scan functions to handle tags appropriately. The tags are iterated
    through alongside the pattern values.

    This function always works with the Direction Flag cleared (UP) although
    it would work otherwise as well. As for the other two functions there is
    a32 dispatching for searching in 32-bit segments.

    If all tags are zero, the trailing string comparison function is handled
    by simple functions consisting of a32 dispatching and a single string
    operation. If the RANGE CAPS keywords are used together, medium complex
    functions are used which always pass an immediate tag value to the
    single byte scan function. Otherwise the full handling of all possible
    tag combinations is done, and the loop keeps track of both the current
    offset, the remaining length, and the current bit position in the tag
    buffer.

16.55 DOSSPACE - Display DOS drive total and free space

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently. The DOSSPACE
    command accepts a drive specification. If none is given, the DOS default
    drive is used. If a drive letter followed by a colon is specified,
    that drive is used. Else, a number is parsed. The number 0 selects the
    default drive, the number 1 selects drive A:, and so on.

    Before the drive specification, the keyword EXPANDED may be specified.
    This will list more of the interrupt 21h function 7303h fields.

    The DOSSPACE command requires DOS to be available. Once run, it will
    call interrupt 21h functions 36h and 7303h.

    Example output of a FAT12 diskette drive on the lMS-DOS kernel:

      -ext extlib.eld dosspace
      DOS function 36h dl=00h call returned ax=0001h, bx=002Eh, cx=0200h, dx=0B1Fh.
      spc             0001  1
      free            002E  46
      bps             0200  512       512 B
      total           0B1F  2847
      bpc             0000_0200  512       512 B
      sfree           0000_002E  46
      stotal          0000_0B1F  2847
      bfree           0000_0000_5C00  23552    23.0 KiB
      btotal          0000_0016_3E00  1457664    1423 KiB
      DOS function 7303h not supported, error=7300h!
      -

    Example output of a FAT32 hard disk drive on the Enhanced DR-DOS kernel,
    with the EXPANDED keyword specified:

      -ext a:extlib.eld dosspace expanded C:
      DOS function 36h dl=00h call returned ax=0004h, bx=A6B6h, cx=0200h, dx=F614h.
      spc             0004  4
      free            A6B6  42678
      bps             0200  512       512 B
      total           F614  62996
      bpc             0000_0800  2048      2048 B
      sfree           0002_9AD8  170712
      stotal          0003_D850  251984
      bfree           0000_0535_B000  87404544    83.3 MiB
      btotal          0000_07B0_A000  129015808     123 MiB
      ext.spc         0000_0001  1
      ext.free        0002_9AD8  170712
      ext.bps         0000_0200  512       512 B
      ext.total       0003_D850  251984
      ext.bpc         0000_0000_0000_0200  512       512 B
      ext.sfree       0000_0000_0002_9AD8  170712
      ext.stotal      0000_0000_0003_D850  251984
      ext.bfree       0000_0000_0535_B000  87404544    83.3 MiB
      ext.btotal      0000_0000_07B0_A000  129015808     123 MiB
      ext.physsfree   0002_9AD8  170712
      ext.physstotal  0003_D850  251984
      ext.physfree    0002_9AD8  170712
      ext.phystotal   0003_D850  251984
      ext.reserved    0000_0000_0000_0000  0
      -

    The fields after ext.btotal are only displayed if the EXPANDED keyword
    is specified.

16.56 DOSSTRAT - Display DOS memory allocation strategy and UMB link status

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently. It displays
    the current DOS memory allocation strategy and UMB link status, as
    returned by int 21h functions 5800h and 5802h. An optional FORCE keyword
    will run the int 21h calls even if the debugger is in InDOS mode.

16.57 DHM - Dump HMA Memory Control Block chain

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently. The DHM
    command dumps the chain of HMA MCBs. These are used by MS-DOS v7 and
    lDOS to partition the HMA, if it is managed by DOS.

    The following parameters are accepted:

    FORCE

        Force calling int 2Fh function 4A04h even if InDOS

    HEADER

        Display header line to the list

    TABLE

        Display header line and format list as a table

    Offset expression

        Do not call int 2Fh function 4A04h, instead use expression result as
        first HMCB offset (in segment FFFFh). It is assumed that A20 is on.
        Usually 30h will access the first HMCB.

16.58 ERRFIX - Fix error message display

    This ELD cannot be used transiently, it must be installed residently
    using an INSTALL keyword.

    The purpose of this ELD is to improve the display of the "^ Error"
    message (the "error carat") in the presence of other ELDs. Integration
    with errfix.eld has been added to the following Extensions:

     -  EXTNAME

     -  ALIAS

     -  VARIABLE

     -  IFEXT

    If ERRFIX has been installed, modifications to a command made by
    them will be reflected in the column at which the "^ Error" message
    is written. ERRFIX now also works to put the message at the correct
    position if a Script for lDebug file contains a tab, or a tab is entered
    when getinput mode is disabled. This assumes that tabs cause the next
    text to be aligned to an 8-column tab stop boundary.

    The resident ERRFIX command accepts five different commands:

    UNINSTALL

        Uninstall the ELD

    DEBUG

        Display debugging output's status (disabled or enabled)

    DEBUG ON

        Enable debugging output

    DEBUG OFF

        Disable debugging output

    DEBUG TOGGLE

        Toggle status of debugging output

    The debugging output will dump the command line contents (at the
    beginning of the line_in buffer) at the time the error handler is
    called.

    Every text byte takes up three columns in the dump. Tabs are replaced by
    the text "\t", unexpected Carriage Returns or Line Feeds are replaced
    by the texts "cr" or "lf" respectively, and all other control codes
    (ASCII code below 32) are replaced by a single dot. The end of the
    buffered text is indicated by an all-caps "CR". Below each text byte,
    the expected column is displayed as two hexadecimal digits. The text and
    column at which the error message will be written are both marked by an
    asterix "*" prefix within the dump.

    Examples, with ERRFIX and VARIABLE and EXTNAME installed:

      ~-ext bases.eld
       e  x  t     b  a  s  e  s  .  e  l  d *CR
       00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C*0D
                     ^ Error
      ~-ext bases
       e  x  t     b  a  s  e  s  .  E  L  D *CR
       00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 08 08 08 08*09
                 ^ Error
      ~-ext set run vldfoo=r ax .
      ~-%vldfoo% .
       r     a  x     .    *.  CR
       00 00 00 00 00 00 08*09 0A
                 ^ Error
      ~-variable run -h%vldfoo% .
       -  h *r     a  x     .     .  CR
       0D 0E*0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 0F 17 18 19
                       ^ Error
      ~-variable run %% %vldfoo%
      *%     r     a  x     .  CR
      *0D 0F 10 10 10 10 10 10 18
                     ^ Error
      ~-

16.59 RCEXEC - Add RC.EXECUTE command

    This ELD cannot be used transiently, it must be installed residently
    using an INSTALL keyword.

    Running the new RC.EXECUTE command that's added by this ELD is handled
    by replacing the text RC.EXECUTE by RC.REPLACE, then injecting an RC
    command to immediately run the RC buffer. This way a single command
    can be used to run multiple commands. This is particularly useful for
    alias.eld aliases (refer to section 16.46).

    Other than the RC.EXECUTE command, this ELD only supports the
    RCEXEC UNINSTALL command to try uninstalling this ELD.

16.60 DEVICES - List device driver headers and DPBs

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently. The DEVICES
    command lists all device driver headers in the system, or a subset of
    them. It currently only operates when not in InDOS mode.

    Keywords may be specified to indicate what filter to apply:

    CHAR

        Display character devices

    BLOCK

        Display block devices

    DPB

        Display block devices and their DPBs

    If any keyword is specified, only the selected items are displayed. In
    the absence of all keywords, everything is displayed.

16.61 SBRANCH - Search for short or near direct branches to a target

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently. Given a 16-bit
    range and a 16-bit target offset, this ELD searches for branches within
    the range segment that appear to point to the target. Only near or short
    immediate, direct branches are found, namely:

     -  JMP short

     -  JCC short

     -  LOOP short

     -  JMP near

     -  CALL near

    Because all of these encode their targets using a relative number, they
    can be found even when the exact segment base as required for proper
    execution isn't known.

    The SBRANCH command accepts exactly two parameters: A range parameter
    for the search range, followed by a target offset given as a number.

    This ELD is not intended for use on segments larger than 64 KiB or code
    segments that default to 32-bit osize/asize. Size prefixes are also not
    handled by this ELD.

    The output of this ELD is similar to that of the S command (section
    10.47). It also writes to the same variables: SRC, SRO, and SRS.

16.62 TSC - Provides access to the 586-level Time Stamp Counter

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently, although some
    of its features are resident-only. On loading this ELD, it checks that
    the current machine supports CPUID and the TSC.

    Running tsc.eld with an empty command line displays the 64-bit Time
    Stamp Counter value. Installing tsc.eld residently adds a TSC command
    that does the same thing. However, if installed residently, this ELD
    provides a number of 32-bit variables as well.

    LASTTSC1:LASTTSC0 are written to whenever the TSC command is used.
    The command allows to specify a QUIET keyword which will suppress the
    terminal output of the TSC value. It will still write to the variables
    however.

    The tsc.eld will write to 2 or 3 patch areas in the debugger. The
    LASTTSC3:LASTTSC2 pair is written when the debugger prepares to run
    debuggee code. The LASTTSC5:LASTTSC4 pair is written when the debugger
    has regained control after running debuggee code.

16.63 QUIET - Quieten debugger terminal output

    This ELD is to be installed residently. It provides the QUIET command,
    with the following subcommands:

    ON

        Enable quieting of debugger terminal output.

    OFF

        Disable quieting.

    TOGGLE

        Toggle quieting state.

    (Empty)

        Display current quieting status. (Note that this command's output is
        itself subject to being quietened if quieting is enabled.)

    UNINSTALL

        Uninstall the resident ELD, also disables this ELD instance's
        quieting if it was still enabled.

    The default quieting state after installation is off. Output written by
    the getinput function is always shown, even when quieting is enabled.
    Output is discarded in an ELD multi-purpose puts handler, refer to
    section 17.6.6. The ELD also installs an ELD puts getline handler, refer
    to section 17.6.8.

16.64 RESERVE - Manage debugger reserved memory

    This ELD is only for transient use. It can only be used while the
    debugger is installed as a DOS application and there is a process
    attached.

    Any number of keywords can be passed to this ELD to choose action:

    (none)

        Alias to DISPLAY

    DISPLAY

        Display reserved memory

    FREE

        Free reserved memory

    ALLOC

        Allocate reserved memory

    GET

        Get reserved memory limit

    SET number

        Set reserved memory limit

    GETENV

        Get (remember) current environment size

    SETENV number

        Set (remember) specified environment size

    ALLOCENV

        Allocate block of environment size (freed at end)

    FREEENV

        Free block of environment size

    QA

        Run QA command then continue this ELD's run

    L

        Run plain L command then continue this ELD's run

    RELOAD

        Run: l getenv qa free allocenv alloc freeenv l

    The reserve.eld is intended for use along with the /R= switch of the
    debugger. (This switch is not documented in the command help.) For
    instance:

      ldebug /t /r=FFF /c=ext,reserve.eld,reload int3.com

    This command will eventually load the process to segment 1000h (with the
    process MCB at segment 0FFFh) if possible.

16.65 KCMDLINE - Operate on kernel command line

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently.

    When booting using the lDOS or FreeDOS load protocol, a kernel command
    line may be passed to the kernel being loaded. This command line may
    consist of up to 255 text bytes followed by a NUL terminator byte. This
    ELD provides some commands to work with a kernel command line.

    The following commands are recognised:

    LIST

        List kernel command line contents

    APPEND

        Append following to kernel command line contents

    REPLACE

        Replace kernel command line contents

    INVALID

        Invalidate kernel command line

    Note that appending does not insert semicolon separators, so if one is
    desired it must be included after the APPEND keyword.

16.66 FDBPLACE - N extension: Placeholder for drive B:

    This extension can only be loaded by the lDOS pre-boot loader. Further,
    the loader must be in the bottom position to use this extension. Running
    the extension with an INSTALL keyword will install the placeholder
    beyond the Low Memory Area, adjusting the memory size down. The
    extension will not install itself if there already are 2 or more
    diskette drives reported by the system.

16.67 ENAMELIB - Set EXTNAME ELD library name string

    This ELD can only be used transiently. This ELD requires that an EXTNAME
    ELD is resident, refer to section 16.36.

    The purpose of this ELD is to set the extname.eld library name (refer to
    section 16.36). This is a pathname stored in a buffer in the extname.eld
    resident instance. If the buffer is filled, EXT commands that fail to
    match any files will try to load the desired ELD from the library ELD
    given by this buffer.

    The following commands are available:

    RUN [MCP] [QUIET]

        Try to set the library name to debugger executable. This is similar
        to RUN YNAME ::EXECUTABLE::. This is particularly useful for the
        Master Control Program build of the debugger, which contains
        extlib.eld appended to the same file.

    RUN TRUENAME [QUIET] pathname

        Try to call DOS truename SFN function (int 21h function 60h) with
        the given pathname, storing the result as the library name. This
        fails for bootloaded mode.

    RUN YNAME [QUIET] pathname

        Parse pathname, expanding keywords like ::CONFIG:: or ::SCRIPTS::.
        (Does not check for existence of file and thus doesn't automatically
        retry with scripts path.)

16.68 PATCHQRY - Access query patch site of an in-memory lDOS initial loader

    This ELD can be installed residently or used transiently.

    This ELD allows displaying or modifying the query patch site, a special
    patch area found in the lDOS initial loader. The ELD (unlike the stand-
    alone utility of the same name) does not operate on a file, it only
    operates on an iniload image within debuggee memory.

    The following keywords can be used with the patchqry ELD command:

    (None)

        Display supported flags

    SHOW

        Must be last. Show current values.

    RANGE range

        Specify a range to search. Default is cs:0 l #4096 + #256.

    DISKETTE [change...]

        Must be last. Show current values of diskette byte, or update them.

    HARDDISK [change...]

        Must be last. Show current values of hard disk byte, or update them.

    The "change" terms above are any amount of parameters of the format:

    number

        Must be first. Replace the entire byte with this value.

    +number

        Insure that the bitmask specified as number is set.

    -number

        Insure that the bitmask specified as number is clear.

    The "number" parameter is one of:

     -  A decimal number literal. Embedded "_" underscores are allowed.

     -  A hexadecimal number literal with a trailing "h" specifier.

     -  A hexadecimal number literal with a leading "0x" specifier.

     -  A binary number literal with a leading "0b" specifier.

     -  A binary number literal with a trailing "b" specifier.

     -  An lDebug numeric expression, surrounded by "(...)" parentheses.

17: Extension for lDebug format
-------------------------------

17.1 ELD executable format

    An ELD file may have an "ELD trailer header". If present, this structure
    must be located at the very end of the file. It has the following
    structure:

              struc ELD_TRAILER_HEADER
      eldthSignature:         resb 8  ; "ELD1TAIL"
      eldthHeaderOffset:      resd 1  ; negative displacement from eldthSignature,
                                      ;  add this dword to the seek offset
      eldthReserved:          resw 1  ; reserved, must be initialised to zero
      eldthChecksum:          resw 1  ; sum of all words in trailer header = 0
              endstruc
              endarea ELD_TRAILER_HEADER, 1

    If the trailer header is present, then the seek offset of eldthSignature
    plus the value in dword [eldthHeaderOffset] gives the seek offset of the
    ELD header. The ELD header must start before the trailer header, that
    is the computed ELD header offset must be below the offset of the ELD
    trailer header. If the ELD trailer header is not present then the ELD
    header must be located at seek offset 0, at the very beginning of the
    file.

    (The eldapend.c tool allows to append an ELD to an existing file along
    with the appropriate ELD trailer header.)

    The ELD header structure has the following structure:

                      ; ELD executable header
              struc ELD_HEADER
      eldhSignature:          resb 4  ; "ELD1"
                              resb 3  ; reserved
                              resb 1  ; 26 (Ctrl-Z)
      eldhCodeOffset:         resd 1  ; position displacement from eldSignature
      eldhCodeImageLength:    resw 1  ; amount bytes, at least 32
      eldhCodeAllocLength:    resw 1  ; amount bytes, added to prior. sum < 64 KiB
      eldhDataOffset:         resd 1
      eldhDataImageLength:    resw 1  ; (zero allowed)
      eldhDataAllocLength:    resw 1  ; (zero allowed)
      eldhCodeEntrypoint:     resw 1  ; within code section, used as displacement
      eldhReserved:           resb 4  ; reserved
      eldhExtensionSize:      resw 1  ; from eldhSignature, -> past eldhx fields in use
              endstruc
              endarea ELD_HEADER, 1

    The first four bytes and the 8th byte are checked to match the known
    format by the debugger. Extensions should go into the last 6 bytes
    which should be zero-initialised for now. That is, unless a new ELD
    format is chosen, which is indicated by changing the signature in the
    first four bytes. The header is exactly 32 Bytes long. The last field,
    eldhxExtensionSize, is the first such extension. It specifies the size
    of the extension header, refer to section 17.1.1.

    The header must be found either using the ELD trailer header or it must
    be found at the very beginning of the ELD file. The offsets given in
    the fields eldhCodeOffset and eldhDataOffset are to be interpreted as
    being displacements that are added to the base equal to the position
    of the start of the ELD header structure. (This is the position of the
    eldhSignature field.)

    The length fields are typically paragraph-aligned but this is not a
    requirement. However, the resulting allocation of code and data space
    in memory is always rounded up to a paragraph boundary. The image and
    alloc length fields for either the code space or the data space must not
    overflow 16 bits when added. (Code and data together may exceed 64 KiB
    however.) Keep in mind that ELD code space is typically 8 or 16 KiB (up
    to 65_520 Bytes maximum) and ELD data space is by default 16 KiB.

    Allocation beyond the images is not generally initialised by the
    debugger. If the ELD wishes to initialise it, this needs to be included
    in the ELD code.

    The entrypoint field is an offset within the code section. The exact IP
    value is derived from this by adding the ELD's instance base offset to
    the entrypoint field value. The CS value points to the ELD code segment
    or a code selector referencing the same segment. The entrypoint is
    entered with the following function protocol:

                      ; INP:  es:dx -> loaded initial ELD image
                      ;        ELD instance structure filled
                      ;       es => ELD code area
                      ;       ds:di -> link info
                      ;       ss:bx -> loaded initial data
                      ;       ss:si -> command line tail
                      ;       cs:ip -> entrypoint
                      ;       ss:sp -> far return address for current mode
                      ; STT:  UP, EI
                      ; REM:  file seek -> behind data image just loaded
                      ;       file seek is not meaningful when loaded as an ELD
                      ;        by a compressed library ELD

    All other registers (cx, ax, bp, fs, gs, high words) are don't cares.

    It is expected that the entrypoint will run a linker, which uses
    the link info pointed to by DS:DI to link the ELD with the exposed
    interfaces of the debugger.

17.1.1 ELD executable extension header

    The eldhxExtensionSize field in the ELD executable header specifies
    the size of the extension header. If it is zero, this is a backwards
    compatible indication of there not being an extension header.

    The extension header is of the following format:

              struc ELD_HEADERX
      eldhxHeader:            resb ELD_HEADER_size
      eldhxDescriptionOffset: resd 1  ; zero if none, from eldhxHeader. <= 128 Bytes
      eldhxHelpOffset:        resd 1  ; zero if none, from eldhxHeader
      eldhxLibTable:          resd 1  ; zero if none, from eldhxHeader
      eldhxDateTimeOffset:    resd 1  ; zero if none, from eldhxHeader
              alignb 16
              endstruc

    Each currently defined extension field can be zero to indicate it isn't
    in use. Therefore, to make use of a field both the eldhxExtensionSize
    field must point past it and its content must be nonzero. The fields are
    as follows:

    eldhxDescriptionOffset

        Points to an ASCIZ string in the file, relative to the beginning
        of the header. This gives a single line describing the ELD. The
        terminating NUL must appear in the first 128 bytes past the
        beginning.

    eldhxHelpOffset

        Points to another ASCIZ string. This gives a help message. Unlike
        the description, it is expected that the help message contains
        linebreaks.

    eldhxLibTable

        Points to an ELD_LIBTABLE structure, refer to section 17.1.2.
        The presence of this indicates that this ELD is a library ELD,
        containing other ELDs. This is only used as yet for extlib.eld and
        its compressed counterpart extpak.eld.

    eldhxDateTimeOffset

        Points to an ASCIZ string. The string is a date time stamp,
        currently always in a combined ISO 8601 format, with seconds
        precision, with the time zone indicator "Z". For instance, 2025-07-
        18T18:38:26Z.

        After the date time stamp's terminating NUL, an extension follows.
        This is currently always a zero byte. If this extension is defined
        in a future revision, its use is indicated by a nonzero byte in this
        position.

    The help, library table, and date time stamp are usually all contained
    within the ELD's data image. However, this is not required.

17.1.2 ELD library executable format

    The library table, if present, is pointed to by the eldhxLibTable field
    in the extension header. It should be aligned to a dword boundary,
    albeit this is not required at this time. This is the structure of its
    beginning:

              struc ELD_LIBTABLE
      eldltFormat:            resw 1
              ; 0 = uncompressed
              ; 2 = heatshrink compressed
              ; 3 = lzexedat -4 compressed
              ; 4 = lzexedat -4 -l compressed
      eldltAmount:            resw 1
      eldltOffset:            resd 1  ; from eldhxHeader
      eldltCompressedLength:          ; (dword, only present if format 2, 3, or 4)
              endstruc
              endarea ELD_LIBTABLE, 1

    The eldltAmount field indicates how many ELDs are contained in this
    library. It is valid for this field to hold a zero, albeit this isn't
    ever the case yet.

    The eldltOffset field gives the position of the beginning of the image
    of contained ELDs, relative to the beginning of the library's ELD
    header. This image is compressed if the library format equals 2, 3, or
    4. (Format 1 was an earlier format, now unused.)

    The field named eldltCompressedLength is only present for the three
    supported compressed formats. It gives the length of the compressed
    image. It was absent in format 1, which is why format 2 was created.

    After either eldltOffset or eldltCompressedLength, the list of per-
    ELD table entries starts. This contains as many entries as indicated by
    eldltAmount. Every entry is 12 bytes long.

    The first dword indicates a displacement within the image of contained
    ELDs, pointing to an ELD's header. If the image is compressed, this
    dword addresses the depacked data, not the compressed image.

    The trailing 8 bytes give the contained ELD's library entry name. If it
    is shorter than 8 bytes it is padded using blanks (ASCII 32).

17.2 ELD instance format

    Each ELD instance is stored in the ELD code space with the following
    format:

                      ; ELD instance header
              struc ELD_INSTANCE
      eldiStartCode:          resw 1  ; -> this structure itself (para aligned)
      eldiEndCode:            resw 1  ; -> behind memory used by instance (para aligned)
      eldiStartData:          resw 1  ; -> data in data entry section (para aligned), or 0
      eldiEndData:            resw 1  ; -> behind data (para aligned), or 0
      eldiIdentifier:         resb 8  ; blank-filled text
      eldiFlags:              resw 1  ; flags
      eldiListing_size equ 14
      eldiListing:            resb eldiListing_size
                                      ; ASCIZ listing file name
              endstruc
                      ; flags for eldiFlags:
      eldifResident:          equ 1

    The first field references its own address. The second field indicates
    where the next ELD instance lives, unless it matches the value of
    word [extseg_used]. The second field must always be at least the value
    of the first field plus 32 (the size of the instance header). The third
    and fourth field specify where the ELD data block associated with this
    ELD instance lives, unless both fields are zero indicating no ELD data
    block. All of these first four fields are initialised by the loader
    (usually the debugger EXT command handler) upon initialising an ELD.
    However, the ELD is free to modify them within the given constraints.
    (Note that the ELD buffer fields described in section 17.6.1 must be
    modified to match the ELD instance fields, depending on how they are
    changed.)

    The fifth field contains an 8 byte all-printable-ASCII text name that
    identifies the ELD. It should be initialised within the ELD executable.
    When shorter than 8 bytes, it should be padded with blanks (value 32).

    The flags field indicates whether the ELD instance is resident. If it
    is resident, then other commands (including the EXT command and ELD
    space reclaim) will not re-use the code or data areas referenced by this
    instance. If it is not resident, then any re-entry into the debugger's
    cmd3 command loop should be assumed to overwrite this instance's memory.
    Note that any DOS I/O and any debugger code that may branch to the
    debugger error handlers may become a point at which the debugger returns
    to the command loop.

    The last field, eldiListing, may contain all-zeroes or an ASCIZ string
    referring to the filename of the ELD's listing file. This is used by the
    hint and hintoth Extensions for lDebug.

17.3 ELD link info format

    The ELD link info table looks like the following structure:

                      ; ELD link info header
              struc ELD_LINKINFO
      eldlSignature:          resw 1  ; 0E1D1h
      eldlReserved:           resw 2
      eldlUseLinkHash:        resw 1
      eldlDataAmount:         resw 1
      eldlDataPrefixes:       resw 1
      eldlDataEntries:        resw 1
      eldlDataAddresses:      resw 1
      eldlCodeAmount:         resw 1
      eldlCodePrefixes:       resw 1
      eldlCodeEntries:        resw 1
      eldlCodeAddresses:      resw 1
              endstruc

    The eldlUseLinkHash field should be 1 to indicate hashes are used, and 0
    to indicate the prefix text is used instead. Other values are not valid
    to current ELDs.

    It is expected that a linker embedded into an ELD will use this table to
    link to the exposed debugger interfaces. The linker may also be used to
    resolve internal references of the ELD to its own code section and data
    block, both of which are loaded to dynamically chosen offsets.

    The amount fields indicate how many different links of each type there
    are. All three arrays of the same type have as many entries as the
    amount field of that type indicates.

    The prefixes table contains either a 16-bit hash value per link name, or
    the first two text bytes of each link name. The hash value is calculated
    using the symbolic branch text hash function, which is implemented as
    follows:

      hash = 1
      for each text value byte:
        hash = (hash * 31 + value byte) & 0FFFFh

    The entries table contains a word per link that points to a byte-counted
    message string in the same segment as the link info table. This message
    starts with a byte giving the remaining length of the message. If hashes
    are used, the message is the entire link name. Otherwise, the message is
    the link name remaining after the first two bytes. (Link names shorter
    than two bytes are not allowed. Link names should be at most 64 bytes
    long.)

    The address table for the data links contains one word per link. This
    address is equal to the data link value, typically but not always an
    offset in the debugger stack segment.

    The address table for the code links contains two words per link. The
    first word is equal to the code link offset value. This is the address
    of the code in its respective code section. The second word indicates
    which section the link points to. It must be below 3, and indicates the
    section as follows:

    0

        lDEBUG_CODE

    1

        lDEBUG_CODE2 (only used if _DUALCODE build option enabled)

    2

        lDEBUG_ENTRY (not used yet)

    These values must be used with the contents of the linkcall_table to
    determine the offsets within the default ELD (LINKCALL) which must be
    called in order to transfer control to the respective section. The
    reference to the link call table must be found by linking part of the
    linker itself first, using the data link to this table.

17.4 ELD link call table

    The link call table contains mappings from section values in the code
    links to offsets within the ELD code segment. These offsets are entries
    into the builtin default ELD, called LINKCALL. This ELD is installed by
    the debugger's init if possible. It currently occupies a fixed size of
    128 Bytes, including its own ELD instance header stored at offset 0 in
    the ELD code segment. Thus if no regular ELDs are currently installed
    residently then a regular ELD will always be loaded to offset 0080h in
    the ELD code segment. (Thus a --local-offset 80h switch to TracList is
    useful.)

    The link call table has the following format:

    word .init

        Specifies table is initialised and its format. Must be 1.

    word Amount

        Specifies how many section records follow. Typically 2 or 3.

    dword per Section Record

        Each record has the following format:

        word Section Index

            Match for a section value from a code link.

        word Call Offset

            Offset to call in ELD code segment.

    An ELD link call is constructed as follows:

     -  Opcode byte for call rel16: 0E8h.

     -  Displacement word in rel16 format pointing to appropriate call
        offset.

     -  2 bytes of code to handle return path, typically a jump short
        (0EBh).

     -  Offset word of code to call in target section.

    The ELD linker is responsible for filling in this structure for every
    link call that is to be used. The displacement is calculated from the
    call offset field of the link call table entry matching the section
    value from the code link. It must be calculated by subtracting the
    offset behind the near call rel16 instruction. The offset word to call
    is copied from the code link directly.

17.5 ELD linker internals

    The ELD linker is composed of three files:

    elddata.mac

        ELD link data and internal relocations macros

    eldcall.mac

        ELD link call macros

    eldlink.asm

        ELD linker code and dump of relocation tables

17.5.1 ELD data macros

    The ELD data macros contain the following mmacros for users:

    internalcoderelocation

        Can be used in DATA section or CODE section. Section type must match
        "DATA" to indicate a data section. Links a 16-bit word to the place
        the ELD code section is loaded. Parameter specifies offset from
        current assembly address, defaulting to -2 to place the relocation
        at the end of the prior instruction. The relocation must be filled
        with an address that uses the code section vstart, typically a label
        in the code section.

    internaldatarelocation

        Can be used in DATA section or CODE section. Section type must match
        "DATA" to indicate a data section. Links a 16-bit word to the place
        the ELD data section is loaded. Parameter specifies offset from
        current assembly address, defaulting to -2 to place the relocation
        at the end of the prior instruction. The relocation must be filled
        with an address that uses the data section vstart, typically a label
        in the data section.

    linkdatarelocation

        Can be used in DATA section or CODE section. Section type must match
        "DATA" to indicate a data section. Links a 16-bit word to a data
        link of the debugger. First parameter is data link name. Second
        parameter specifies offset from current assembly address, defaulting
        to -2 to place the relocation at the end of the prior instruction.
        Third parameter is the keyword "required" (default), "PM required",
        or "optional". A fourth parameter is allowed, either "single"
        (default), "next", or "last". The relocation must be filled with an
        address based on the label relocateddata. The value of this label is
        subtracted during linking, and the value of the data link is added.
        If the data link is optional, a missing link will have the linker
        zero the relocation field.

    Prior to 2025-12-26, multiple references to the same data link could
    cause problems if one or more of them were treated as optional.

17.5.2 ELD code macros

    The ELD code macros contain the following mmacros for users:

    houdini

        Emits a conditional int3 breakpoint. Can be disabled at build time
        with _HOUDINI=0 define. Can be disabled at run time by clearing DCO7
        flag 100h or disabling debuggable mode.

    extcall

        Sets up a 7-byte ELD extension call into the debugger. This should
        only be used in the CODE section, that is a section with type not
        equal to "DATA". An appropriate reference to a code link is added
        to the link tables. There is a second parameter allowed, defaulting
        to "required". The other options are "optional" and "PM required".
        When the code link for an optional extcall is not found, the near
        call instruction is overwritten with three NOP instructions. A third
        parameter is allowed, either "single" (default), "next", or "last".

    extcallcall

        Sets up a 3-byte call to an 8-byte extension call site, which will
        be composed of a 7-byte ELD call and a retn instruction. This should
        only be used in the CODE section, that is a section with type not
        equal to "DATA". Multiple extcallcall uses to the same target will
        use the same extension call site. This is the same code size for
        two calls, and saves code size for three or more calls. However,
        it deoptimises the call stack because an additional indirection is
        added. (The extension call site spends another word on the near
        return address that points back to the extcallcall user.) This macro
        cannot be used after eldcall_dump_callcall is used.

    eldcall_dump_callcall

        Must be called like "eldcall_dump_callcall ELDCALL_CALLCALL_LIST".
        Dumps the extension call sites for all prior uses of the extcallcall
        mmacro. Also will disable further use of the extcallcall mmacro.
        This should be used in the CODE section, before the label to
        calculate the resident or installed size. (Resident size is the ELD
        code size after the linker is discarded. Installed size is the ELD
        code size that remains if the ELD is installed residently.)

    Prior to 2025-12-26, multiple references to the same code link could
    cause problems if one or more of them were treated as optional.

17.5.3 ELD macros: Optional status and connection

    A link data relocation or extcall link code relocation may be marked
    with three different optionality keywords:

    "required"

        (Default.) The link is required. The two-pass linker will emit
        diagnostics if it is missing. The linker will then not start up the
        ELD proper, returning an error to the ELD loader.

    "optional"

        The link is optional. If the DEBUGOPTLINK install flag is enabled,
        the two-pass linker will emit diagnostics if it is missing. If only
        optional links are missing (all required ones found), then the
        linker will eventually start up the ELD proper.

    "PM required"

        If the build_option_PM data link is set to 1, treat as required.
        Otherwise, if it is set to 0, treat as optional.

    Optional data links that are not found result in writing a zero word
    into the relocation. Optional code links that are not found have their
    immediate near call instruction overwritten by three NOP instructions.

    If a link is not found, at most one message per link name, per type
    (code or data) and per optionality (treated as optional or required)
    is displayed by the two-pass linker. Currently, if a required link is
    not found and a later optional link uses the same link type and link
    name and otherness, then no diagnostic is emitted for the optional
    missing link. It is expected that a link is either used optionally or as
    required, not both.

    A link data relocation or extcall link code relocation may further be
    marked with three different connection keywords:

    "single"

        (Default.) This is not a connected link, it stands on its own. Must
        not occur directly after a "next" link.

    "next"

        This link must be "optional" or "PM required". If it is matched, any
        subsequent "next" links (if any) up to and including the next "last"
        link are skipped. If a "next" link is not matched, the usual warning
        diagnostic is emitted if enabled but the zero or NOP initialisation
        of the relocation is skipped. All consecutive "next" links must
        refer to the same relocation, in the same section, and of the same
        otherness.

    "last"

        This link must occur after one or more (consecutive) "next" links.
        It may be of any optionality. If one of the associated "next" links
        is matched, then the "last" link will be skipped last and afterwards
        normal processing of "single" or "next" links is continued. All
        associated "next" links and the "last" link must refer to the same
        relocation, in the same section, and of the same otherness.

17.5.4 ELD data link macros: Otherness

    The linkdatarelocation mmacro has a variant called
    otherlinkdatarelocation. This, in conjunction with assigning 1 to
    "ELDOTHER", will allow entering data links into another relocation
    table. The linker will detect an other link debugger instance using the
    AMIS interface function 42h (refer to section 14.5.7) and link all other
    data links to the link info of this other instance.

    If otherlinkdatarelocation is used but "ELDOTHER" is assigned
    0, the data link is entered into the default table just as if
    linkdatarelocation was used.

17.5.5 ELD linker sources

    The ELD linker does not define any mmacros. The assembly source file
    generally should be included at the very end of the CODE section, and
    must be placed after all uses of the ELD data and code macros. The only
    lines after the include directive should be an alignment directive and
    the equate for the code section size.

    The linker uses two labels: "linker" is the code entrypoint into the
    linker, which should be called like this:

                      ; INP:  es:dx -> loaded initial ELD image
                      ;        ELD instance structure filled
                      ;       es => ELD code area
                      ;       ds:di -> link info
                      ;       ss:bx -> loaded initial data
                      ;       ss:si -> command line tail
                      ;       cs:ip -> entrypoint
                      ;       ss:sp -> far return address for current mode
                      ; STT:  UP, EI
                      ; REM:  file seek -> behind data image just loaded
                      ;       file seek is not meaningful when loaded as an ELD
                      ;        by a compressed library ELD

    This is typically entered into the ELD executable header's field named
    eldhCodeEntrypoint, using a directive like "dw linker - code".

    The second label used by the linker is "start", which the linker will
    branch to once it has successfully finished linking. This is called with
    the following protocol:

                      ; INP:  es => ELD code segment (writable)
                      ;       ds:si -> command line tail
                      ;       ds:bx -> ELD data block
                      ;       ss:sp -> far return address for current mode
                      ; STT:  ds = ss, UP, EI
                      ; REM:  file seek -> behind data image just loaded
                      ;       file seek is not meaningful when loaded as an ELD
                      ;        by a compressed library ELD

    The far return address passed to these two entrypoints allows to return
    to the debugger without the need for a code link to the cmd3 command
    loop. It expects a result code in ax, which it will display as an error
    code in case it is above-or-equal 0FF00h. The linker returns with code
    0FFFFh if a required link is missing. The reclaim ELD returns with code
    0FFFDh on errors.

17.5.6 ELD two-pass linker

    The linker will use two passes by default. The first pass links the
    linker itself. The second pass links the ELD application. If the
    first pass succeeded, the second pass may utilise the debugger output
    interfaces to display diagnostic messages (warnings or errors). The
    second pass will thus emit error messages indicating exactly which links
    are missing, if any.

17.6 ELD interfaces

17.6.1 ELD code and data buffers

    The ELD code section is referenced with the following variables:

    extseg

        ELD code section's segment

    extcssel

        In Protected Mode, code selector to ELD code section (D bit = 0)

    extdssel

        In Protected Mode, data selector to ELD code section (writable)

    extseg_size

        Size of the ELD code section (Bytes), para-aligned, 0 to 65_520

    extseg_used

        Amount of Bytes currently allocated to ELD instances, para-aligned,
        must match eldiEndCode of the last ELD instance

    The ELD data area is referenced with the following variables. It always
    lives in the data/entry/stack section of the debugger.

    extdata

        Offset of ELD data area start, para-aligned. This must be at least
        256.

    extdata_size

        Size of the ELD data area (Bytes), para-aligned

    extdata_used

        Amount of Bytes of the ELD data area that are currently allocated to
        ELD instances, para-aligned

    The extdata_size and extdata_used values have to be added to the offset
    base in extdata to receive offsets in the debugger data section. The
    extdata + extdata_size calculation must not overflow and may result in
    up to 65_520. This maximum is reached if the /Y=MAX switch to init was
    specified.

17.6.2 ELD command handler

    The ELD command handler allows resident ELDs to be called whenever the
    cmd3 command loop of the debugger has received a command and is about
    to execute it. The ELD command handler is called soon after the command
    loop has received a command from the getline function. It is valid for
    the ELD command handler to modify the buffered text, pass on control to
    the subsequent command handler without changes, or completely take over
    the command. In the latter case, the ELD should branch back to cmd3 once
    it is done executing the command.

    Multiple ELDs can install command handlers. The command handlers consist
    of a certain structure which contains either an extcall to the label
    cmd3_not_ext (if no further ELD has installed a command handler) or a
    downlink made of a rel16 near jump to the next ELD's command handler.
    Branching to this downlink or extcall structure allows to pass on a
    command (modified or not) to the next ELD, or finally to the debugger's
    normal command processing.

    The command handler entrypoint is called with the following registers:

      ; INP:  al = first non-blank byte of command text
      ;       si -> subsequent command text
      ;       command text is stored in line_in variable
      ;       (some users may expect the current command text be stored
      ;        at line_in + 2, with a counter in byte [line_in + 1].)
      ;       sp = word [savesp]
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode

    The same protocol should generally be followed for passing on a
    command to the next command handler or back to the debugger's command
    processing.

    Before modifying the command text in a way which exceeds the prior
    length of the command text, yy_reset_buf should be called.

    The command entrypoint must adhere to this structure for the first ELD
    installing a command handler:

     -  A strict short jump to behind the downlink structure (2 Bytes, 0EBh
        08h)

     -  An extcall to cmd3_not_ext, padded to 8 Bytes size (starts with
        0E8h)

    If another ELD command handler is already installed, one of the two ELDs
    will have its command handler modified as follows:

     -  A strict short jump to behind the downlink structure (2 Bytes, 0EBh
        08h)

     -  A near jump to the next command handler (starts with 0E9h)

     -  Padding to 8 Bytes size

    The top-most ELD command handler is pointed to by the word variable
    ext_command_handler. To install or uninstall a command handler, an ELD
    should use a data link to this variable.

17.6.2.1 Procedure for installing ELD command handler

    The suggested procedure for installing a command handler is:

     1. Adjust sizes of ELD code instance and ELD data block to installed
        sizes

     2. Obtain value of the debugger variable ext_command_handler

     3. If value is zero, skip to step 5

     4. If value is nonzero:

         1. Overwrite first byte of our ELD's extcall with 0E9h to create a
            downlink

         2. Calculate displacement to write to our downlink to address the
            value obtained

         3. Write the displacement to our structure to finish the downlink

     5. Mark our ELD as resident in the ELD instance flags, if it isn't yet

     6. Write our ELD's command handler address into the debugger variable
        ext_command_handler

17.6.2.2 Procedure for uninstalling ELD command handler

    The suggested procedure for uninstalling a command handler is:

     1. Obtain value of the debugger variable ext_command_handler

     2. Verify the value is nonzero, or stop the attempt as this is an error
        condition

     3. If value matches our command handler:

         1. Check whether our handler does have a downlink structure (ie it
            has opcode 0E9h)

         2. If yes, calculate the offset referenced by the downlink's
            displacement and write this offset to the debugger variable
            ext_command_handler

         3. If no, write a zero to the debugger variable ext_command_handler

         4. Done

     4. Else:

         1. Verify that the current handler has a downlink structure (ie it
            has opcode 0E9h), or stop on error condition

         2. Remember the current handler in case its downlink matches our
            handler

         3. Calculate the offset of the next handler from the downlink's
            displacement

         4. If the offset doesn't match ours yet go back to step 1

     5. Copy our downlink or extcall structure to the remembered previous
        handler, adjusting the downlink or extcall displacement (same
        position) to make it work at the offset of the remembered previous
        handler (thus add our base to the displacement then subtract their
        base)

     6. Done

17.6.3 ELD command injection

    The ELD command injection allows an ELD to run most of the cmd3 command
    loop and then regain the control flow. At that point, the ELD may either
    return to the cmd3 command loop, or it may inject a command of its own
    creation, or it may continue the last part of the command loop which
    calls getline.

    Installing command injection is done by writing an offset of a
    handler within the ELD code section into the debugger variable
    ext_inject_handler. Note that this variable is always cleared to zero
    when it is read by the cmd3 command loop. To do command injection again,
    the inject handler needs to write to the variable again.

    An inject handler being installed may preserve the prior value of the
    ext_inject_handler variable and restore the value upon uninstalling
    itself.

    The inject handler is called with this protocol:

      ; INP:  sp = word [savesp]
      ;       line_out -> prompt message
      ;       di -> behind prompt message
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode

    The inject handler may usually branch to one of three entrypoints:

     -  cmd3 to restart command loop

     -  cmd3_not_inject to have command loop continue to call getline00 next
        (must pass di -> behind prompt message)

     -  cmd3_injected to have command loop accept an injected command

    In the latter case, the entrypoint is to be branched to with the
    following protocol:

      ; INP:  al = first non-blank byte of command text
      ;       si -> subsequent command text
      ;       command text is stored in line_in variable
      ;       (some users may expect the current command text be stored
      ;        at line_in + 2, with a counter in byte [line_in + 1].)
      ;       sp = word [savesp]
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode

    Before writing command text to the line_in buffer, yy_reset_buf should
    be called.

17.6.4 ELD preprocess handler

    The ELD preprocess handler allows resident ELDs to be called whenever
    the cmd3 command loop of the debugger has received a command and is
    about to execute it. The ELD preprocess handler is called directly after
    the command loop has received a command from the getline function (or
    from an inject handler). It is valid for the ELD preprocess handler to
    modify the buffered text, or pass on control to the subsequent handler
    without changes. Before modifying the command text in a way which
    exceeds the prior length of the command text, yy_reset_buf should be
    called.

    Preprocess handlers should not completely take over commands passed
    to them. The purpose of preprocess handlers is to see commands first,
    before they are passed to the ELD command handler chain. That means all
    installed preprocess handlers will see a command, even if one of the ELD
    command handlers will take over the command execution.

    Preprocess handlers have the same structure as ELD command handlers,
    except they use the debugger variable ext_preprocess_handler to point
    to the first preprocess handler, and the last preprocess handler should
    chain to cmd3_preprocessed. Their installation and uninstallation
    procedures are the same except for using the other variable and branch
    destination. The protocol comment shown for ELD command handlers also
    applies to preprocess handlers. This includes line_in + 2 holding the
    current command.

17.6.5 ELD AMIS handler

    This handler hooks into the debugger's AMIS interface. The handler is
    called early, after matching the AMIS multiplex number but before any of
    the implementations of debugger functions.

    AMIS handlers have a similar downlink structure in their entrypoint
    as command handlers and preprocess handlers. They start with a strict
    short jump, but the rel8 displacement is only equal to 3. A downlink is
    composed of a strict near jump. The final AMIS handler contains a far
    return instruction instead, and the downlink field is padded to 3 bytes
    using two NOP instructions.

    The handler is called with this protocol:

      ; INP:  NC
      ;       ds => entry segment
      ;       ss:sp -> far return address, ds, dx, cx, bx, ax, iret frame
      ;       cx destroyed
      ;       ax, bx, dx, bp, si, di, es, ss = original
      ;       fs, gs, high words = original
      ; OUT:  stack frame modified if desired
      ;       CY to iret after popping frame,
      ;        should retf (not use downlink)
      ;       NC to process function as usual (stack al = function),
      ;        may use downlink
      ; STT:  Real/Virtual 86 Mode
      ;       ss != debugger data/entry/stack segment
      ;       UP
      ;       DI

17.6.6 ELD multi-purpose puts handler

    The ELD multi-purpose puts handler provides a hook into the debugger's
    debug terminal output. This allows an ELD to filter, store, and/or
    suppress output generated by other parts of the debugger or other ELDs.

    A multi-purpose puts handler is installed by writing an offset in
    the ELD code section to the debugger variable ext_puts_handler. If
    this variable is nonzero, calls to puts (that is, all normal debugger
    interface output) will transfer control to the specified handler. The
    puts handlers now form a chain similar to command handlers, except that
    the variable ext_puts_handler is used and the final handler chains back
    to puts_ext_done. (Prior revisions of the ELDs did not create a chain of
    handlers.)

    If to suppress the message output, the handler should resume the normal
    control flow of the debugger by branching to puts_ext_done using an
    extcall (_not_ an extcallcall!) with CY set. The es register should be
    unchanged but all of ax, bx, cx, and dx need not be preserved. 386-
    specific register upper words should be preserved. If to continue to
    output the message, the handler should chain to the next handler with NC
    and es unchanged, and es:dx -> the message to display, length ax. The bx
    and cx registers never have to be preserved.

    Each handler is called with this protocol:

      ; INP:  es:dx -> message to display
      ;       ax = length of message
      ;       NC
      ; OUT:  CY to not pass on the message for display or write to silent buffer,
      ;        have to transfer control directly to puts_ext_done (using extcall)
      ;        ax and dx may be changed
      ;       NC to pass on the message,
      ;        may chain to next handler (or transfer to puts_ext_done)
      ; CHG:  bx, cx, (upon transfer to puts_ext_done with CY: ax, dx)
      ; STT:  ds = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode
      ;       in Protected Mode, es should have a selector that
      ;        references a segment base which matches an 86 Mode segment

17.6.6.1 ELD multi-purpose puts handler: puts_ext_next entrypoint

    If a multi-purpose puts handler wishes to display text that differs
    from what it was passed, it should call to the puts_ext_next handler.
    The call may be an extcall or extcallcall. The handler must pass an
    appropriate entrypoint into the ELD code section in cx. This is usually
    the chain entry of the handler, which is either a jump to a downlink or
    an extcall (not extcallcall) to puts_ext_done. (If the chain entry is
    passed, there is no risk of re-entering the calling handler.)

    The protocol for puts_ext_next is as follows:

      ; INP:  es:dx -> message to display
      ;       ax = length of message
      ;       NC
      ; CHG:  ax, bx, cx, dx
      ; OUT:  -
      ; STT:  ds = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode
      ;       in Protected Mode, es should have a selector that
      ;        references a segment base which matches an 86 Mode segment
      ;        (this is true of the debugger stack selector)

    Passing a CY to puts_ext_next could indicate to skip the message
    displayed. However, if the chain entry passed in cx has a downlink to
    another multi-purpose puts handler then the Carry Flag is most likely
    ignored.

    If the entry is a final transfer to puts_ext_done, the debugger function
    transfer_ext_cx used to bounce the control flow back into the ELD code
    section will now preserve the Carry Flag. (A prior bug would force NC in
    this transfer function for lDebugX, the _PM=1 build.)

    Finally, there is no supported use for passing CY here as the effect
    of not displaying a message at all can be achieved by not calling
    puts_ext_next to begin with.

17.6.7 ELD puts copyoutput handler

    This handler was added to support the co.eld (Copy Output ELD, refer to
    section 16.16). It is called whenever the debugger actually outputs text
    to the debugger terminal. This does not include output written only to
    the silent buffer or suppressed in the multi-purpose puts handler. Also
    not included are paging prompts as they are inserted later, after the
    puts copyoutput handler has returned.

    The handlers for this hook form a chain similar to the ELD command
    handler. However, they use the variable ext_puts_copyoutput_handler and
    the last handler transfers control to puts_copyoutput_ext_done.

      ; INP:  es:dx -> message to display
      ;       ax = length of message
      ;       NC
      ;       byte [in_getinput] = boolean flag indicating if output
      ;        is from getinput session, either 0 (false) or 0FFh (true)
      ; CHG:  bx, cx
      ; OUT:  NC
      ;       (could set CY and transfer directly to puts_copyoutput_ext_done
      ;        in order to suppress output)
      ; STT:  ds = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode
      ;       in Protected Mode, es should have a selector that
      ;        references a segment base which matches an 86 Mode segment

    As noted above, a puts copyoutput handler can suppress the output passed
    to it. However, this is not recommended and no handler currently does
    this.

17.6.8 ELD puts getline handler

    This handler was added to support the co.eld (Copy Output ELD, refer to
    section 16.16) and errfix.eld (Error carat display fix ELD, refer to
    section 16.58).

    The co.eld functions 0 and 1 are called after getline has received a
    complete input line either from int 21h service 0Ah or from the getinput
    function. It is not called if a "file" type input source has yielded a
    line of input. This happens to match when the debugger enters a line
    into its line editor history, which the debugger does directly after
    this handler chain returns.

    The five functions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are for errfix.eld. Of these, function
    2 is called after getline_eol if the input line was not displayed and
    function 3 is called in the same spot if the input line was displayed.
    Function 4 is called by the error handler with an offset to where the
    error occurred in line_in. Function 4 may be chained either as function
    4 or as function 5, where function 5 passes an amount of columns while
    function 4 passes the offset. Function 6 is used by if.asm to move down
    a command line.

    The handlers for this hook form a chain similar to the ELD command
    handler. However, they use the variable ext_puts_getline_handler and the
    last handler transfers control to puts_getline_ext_done.

    The following protocol is used for the dispatch types 0 and 1 in bl:

      ; INP:  byte [line_in + 1] = length of text (excluding CR), 0 to 254
      ;       es:line_in + 2 -> text received, terminated by a CR
      ;       bl = dispatch type,
      ;        = 0 if input is from int 21h service 0Ah
      ;        = 1 if input is from getinput function
      ;         (note that output corresponding to this input has already
      ;         been written to the ELD puts copyoutput handler)
      ; CHG:  ax, bh, cx, dx, si, di
      ; OUT:  pass along bl to next handler
      ; STT:  es = ds = ss
      ;       UP, EI
      ;       may be in Protected Mode, Real 86 Mode, or Virtual 86 Mode
      ;       in Protected Mode, es has a selector (stack selector) that
      ;        references a segment base which matches an 86 Mode segment

    The following protocol is used for the dispatch types 2 and 3 in bl:

      ; INP:  byte [line_in + 1] = length
      ;       line_in + 2 -> text
      ;       word [promptlen] = length of prompt
      ;       al = first non-whitespace text byte
      ;       si -> next text
      ;       bl = 2 or 3 means from getline_eol, any line read
      ;       bl = 2 if not displayed, = 3 if displayed
      ; CHG:  ah, bh, cx, dx, di
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI

    The following protocol is used for the dispatch types 4 and 5 in bl:

      ; INP:  bl = 4 means want to get effective carat position,
      ;        si -> text with error
      ;       bl = 5 means want to get carat position with
      ;        si = input value for counter
      ; OUT:  bl == 4 if to run default handling,
      ;        si may be modified
      ;       bl == 5 if to use si as number of spaces to indent,
      ;        si = value for counter
      ;       bl must be 4 or 5
      ; CHG:  ax, bh, cx, dx, di
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI

    The following protocol is used for the dispatch type 6 in bl:

      ; INP:  bl = 6
      ;       byte [line_in + 1] = length
      ;       es:di -> line_in + 2
      ;       ds:si -> higher in line_in
      ;       ax = length of data to move down (includes CR)
      ; CHG:  cx, bh, dx
      ; STT:  ds = es = ss
      ;       UP, EI

    The following protocol is used for the dispatch types >= 7 in bl, until
    further notice:

      ; INP:  bl >= 7 if unknown dispatch type, should just pass along
      ; CHG:  fl
      ; STT:  preliminary assumption:
      ;        ds = es = ss
      ;        UP, EI

17.6.9 ELD variables

    ELD variables allow an ELD to add variables to the debugger's
    "isvariable?" function, which is used in the expression evaluator as
    well as in the R variable commands.

    A certain number of ELD variables are allocated space in the list of
    multi-byte-text "isvariable?" structures. The build option to add these
    defaults to reserving space for 16 ELD variables.

    ELD variables can be used for special purpose read-only variables,
    as the ELD is called for the "special set up" implementation for the
    variable. However, writable variables are possible using this interface
    only if they are trivial.

    An ELD should use the following to install an ELD variable:

     -  Data link ext_var points to the 10-byte ELD variable structures

     -  Data link ext_var_amount specifies how many structures exist

     -  Data link ext_var_format indicates the format of the structures,
        currently only format 1 is defined (this should be checked)

     -  Data link ext_var_size indicates the ISVARIABLESTRUC_size (this
        should be checked)

     -  Data link isvariable_morebyte_nameheaders.ext points to the 2-byte
        name headers for each ELD variable

     -  Data link var_ext_setup (albeit actually pointing at code) is
        provided to fill in the ELD variable structure, specifically the
        ivSetup field which must point to a near function in the expr.asm
        code section (hence an ELD has to use this particular function to
        branch to the ELD's code)

     -  Code link var_ext_setup_done which the ELD variable set up code
        should branch to using an extcall (_not_ an extcallcall!) once it is
        done

    The following protocol specifies what the variable set up code is called
    as:

      ; INP:  ax = array index (0-based)
      ;       cx = offset of this handler (ip)
      ;       dil = default size of variable (1..4)
      ;       dih = length of variable name
      ;       bx -> ISVARIABLESTRUC structure
      ; CHG:  ax, bx, cx, dx, si, di
      ; OUT:  NC if valid,
      ;        bx -> var, di = 0 or di -> mask
      ;        cl = size of variable (1..4)
      ;        ch = length of variable name

    An ELD variable should be installed by scanning the structures pointed
    to by ext_var for a structure with the first word (ivName) equal to
    zero. If this is found, the ELD variable structure is to be copied into
    this slot of the isvariable? structure array. The appropriate slot in
    the name headers also has to be filled with the first two text bytes of
    the variable name.

    An ELD variable is uninstalled by clearing the first three words of
    the structure (ivName, ivFlags, and importantly ivAddress), and also
    clearing the name headers slot to a zero value.

17.6.10 ELD near transfer interface

    This hook allows to enter an ELD from a near call in the (first)
    debugger code section. The ELD can return to the near caller, too.

    The entrypoint is near_transfer_ext_entry. This entrypoint's offset
    address is available as a data link in order to allow it to be entered
    into callback variables.

    When this entry is run, the original value of cx is pushed, then the
    value of word [near_transfer_ext_address] is loaded to cx, and then
    control is transferred to the ELD via transfer_ext_cx.

    Note that there is only one entrypoint and one variable for this
    interface. That means either it can only be used for one particular
    callback, or the called ELD function has to dispatch based on the near
    return address on the stack.

    The bootloaded directory scanner, accessed by calling scan_dir_aux,
    provides several offsets in its code as data links to facilitate such
    dispatching:

    ..@boot_scan_dir_return_fat16_root_entry

        Return when called as a FAT12 or FAT16 root directory entry is to be
        scanned, calling word [handle_scan_dir_entry]

    ..@boot_scan_dir_return_subdir_or_fat32_entry

        Return when called as a subdirectory or FAT32 root directory entry
        is to be scanned, calling word [handle_scan_dir_entry]

    ..@boot_scan_dir_return_filenotfound

        Return when called as the directory search has ended after the scan
        function returned CY, calling word [handle_scan_dir_not_found]

    To return to the near caller, the ELD function should transfer the
    control flow to near_transfer_ext_return with an extcall, _not_ an
    extcallcall. This handler will pop cx four times then return near.

18: Command help
----------------

18.1 lDebug help

      lDebug (YYYY-MM-DD), debugger.
      
      Usage: LDEBUG[.COM] [/C=commands] [[drive:][path]progname.ext [parameters]]
      
      /C=commands   semicolon-separated list of commands (quote spaces)
      /IN           discard command line buffer, do not run config
      /A=MAX        expand auxiliary buffer to maximum, #24_576 Bytes
      /A=MIN        restrict auxiliary buffer to minimum, #8_208 Bytes
      /A=number     set auxiliary buffer size to hex number of bytes
      /A=#number    set auxiliary buffer size to decimal number of bytes
      /A            alias for /A=MAX
      /X=[MAX|MIN|number]   change ELD code buffer size, 0 to #65_520 Bytes
      /Y=[MAX|MIN|number]   change ELD data buffer size, 0 to #29_504 Bytes
      /H=[MAX|MIN|number]   change history buffer size, #260 to #65_520 Bytes
      /B            run a breakpoint within initialisation
      /P[+|-]       append ext to initial filename and search path
      /F[+|-]       always treat executable file as a flat binary
      /E[+|-]       for flat binaries set up Stack Segment != PSP
      /V[+|-]       enable/disable video screen swapping
      /2[+|-]       enable/disable use alternate video adapter for output
      progname.ext  (executable) file to debug or examine
      parameters    parameters given to program
      
      For a list of debugging commands, run LDEBUG and type ? at the prompt.

18.2 INSTSECT help

      INSTSECT: Install boot sectors. 2018--2025 by E. C. Masloch
      
      Usage of the works is permitted provided that this
      instrument is retained with the works, so that any entity
      that uses the works is notified of this instrument.
      
      DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.
      
      Options:
      
      a:              load or update boot sectors of specified drive
      /M=filename     operate on FS image file instead of drive
      /MN             operate on drive instead of image file (default)
      /MS=number      set sector size of FS image file (default 512)
      /MO=number      set offset in image file in bytes (default 0)
      /MOx=number     set offset (x = S sectors, K 1024, M 1024 * 1024)
      
      /Fx=filename    replace Xth name in the boot sector, X = 1 to 4
      /F=filename     alias to /F1=filename
      
      /U KEEP         keep default/current boot unit handling (default)
      /U AUTO         patch boot loader to use auto boot unit handling
      /U xx           patch boot loader to use XXh as a fixed unit
      
      /P KEEP         keep default/current part info handling (default)
      /P AUTO         patch boot loader to use auto part info handling
      /P NONE         patch boot loader to use fixed part info
      
      /Q KEEP         keep default/current query geometry handling (default)
      /Q AUTO         patch boot loader to use auto query geometry handling
      /Q NONE         patch boot loader to use fixed geometry
      
      /L KEEP         keep default/current LBA handling (default)
      /L AUTO         patch boot loader to use auto LBA handling
      /L AUTOHDD      patch boot loader to use auto LBA (HDD-only) handling
      /L NONE         patch boot loader to use only CHS
      
      /4 PREFIX       enable 4 KiB prefix patch
      
      /G KEEP         keep all current geometry (default)
      /G AUTO         read all auto geometry from DOS
      /G HEADS=x      set geometry CHS heads (x = KEEP, AUTO, numeric)
      /G SECTORS=x    set geometry CHS sectors (x = KEEP, AUTO, numeric)
      /G HIDDEN=x     set geometry hidden (x = KEEP, AUTO, numeric)
      
      /SR             do not read boot sector from source file (default)
      /S=filename     read boot sector loader from source file
      /S12=filename   as /S=filename but only for FAT12 (also /S16, /S32)
      /SV             validate boot sector jump and FS ID (default)
      /SN             do not validate boot sector jump and FS ID
      /SI             validate FAT32 FSIBOOT compatibility (default)
      /SJ             do not validate FAT32 FSIBOOT compatiblity
      /SG=sign        check for FAT32 FSIBOOT exact signature match
      
      /BS             write boot sector to drive's boot sector (default)
      /B=filename     write boot sector to file, not to drive
      /BN             do not write boot sector
      /BR             replace boot sector loader with built-in one (default)
      /BO             keep original boot sector
      /BC             restore boot sector from backup copy
      
      Only applicable for FAT32 with sector size below or equal to 512 bytes:
      
      /IS             write FSIBOOT to drive's FSINFO sector (default)
      /I=filename     write FSIBOOT to file, not to drive
      /IB             write FSIBOOT to boot sector file (see /B=filename)
      /IN             do not write FSIBOOT
      /IR             replace reserved field with built-in FSIBOOT (default)
      /IO             keep original reserved fields (including FSIBOOT area)
      /IC             restore FSINFO from backup copy
      /IZ             zero out reserved fields (including FSIBOOT area)
      /II             leave invalid FSINFO structure
      /IV             make valid FSINFO if there is none (default)
      
      Only applicable for FAT32:
      
      /C              force writing to backup copies
      /CB             force writing sector to backup copy
      /CI             force writing info to backup copy
      /CN             disable writing to backup copies
      /CNB            disable writing sector to backup copy
      /CNI            disable writing info to backup copy
      /CS             only write backup copies if writing sectors (default)
      /CSB            only write sector to backup copy if writing sector
      /CSI            only write info to backup copy if writing sector

19: Online help pages
---------------------

19.1 ? - Main online help

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       set offset     BO index|AT address [OFFSET=]number
       set number     BN index|AT address|ALL number
       clear          BC index|AT address|ALL
       disable        BD index|AT address|ALL
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      if script file  IF [NOT] EXISTS Y file [:label] THEN cmd
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      load sectors    L address drive sector count
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19.2 ?R - Registers

      Available 16-bit registers:             Available 32-bit registers: (386+)
      AX      Accumulator                     EAX
      BX      Base register                   EBX
      CX      Counter                         ECX
      DX      Data register                   EDX
      SP      Stack pointer                   ESP
      BP      Base pointer                    EBP
      SI      Source index                    ESI
      DI      Destination index               EDI
      DS      Data segment
      ES      Extra segment
      SS      Stack segment
      CS      Code segment
      FS      Extra segment 2 (386+)
      GS      Extra segment 3 (386+)
      IP      Instruction pointer             EIP
      FL      Flags                           EFL

    Enter ?F to display the recognized flags.

19.3 ?F - Flags

    Recognized flags:

      Value   Name                      Set                     Clear
      0800  OF  Overflow Flag         OV  Overflow            NV  No overflow
      0400  DF  Direction Flag        DN  Down                UP  Up
      0200  IF  Interrupt Flag        EI  Enable interrupts   DI  Disable interrupts
      0080  SF  Sign Flag             NG  Negative            PL  Plus
      0040  ZF  Zero Flag             ZR  Zero                NZ  Not zero
      0010  AF  Auxiliary Flag        AC  Auxiliary carry     NA  No auxiliary carry
      0004  PF  Parity Flag           PE  Parity even         PO  Parity odd
      0001  CF  Carry Flag            CY  Carry               NC  No carry

    The short names of the flag states are displayed when dumping registers
    and can be entered to modify the symbolic F register with R. The short
    names of the flags can be modified by R.

19.4 ?C - Conditionals

    In the register dump displayed by the R, T, P and G commands,
    conditional jumps are displayed with a notice that shows whether the
    instruction will cause a jump depending on its condition and the current
    register and flag contents. This notice shows either "jumping" or "not
    jumping" as appropriate.

    The conditional jumps use these conditions: (second column negates)

       jo             jno             OF
       jc jb jnae     jnc jnb jae     CF
       jz je          jnz jne         ZF
       jbe jna        jnbe ja         ZF||CF
       js             jns             SF
       jp jpe         jnp jpo         PF
       jl jnge        jnl jge         OF^^SF
       jle jng        jnle jg         OF^^SF || ZF
       j(e)cxz                        (e)cx==0
       loop                           (e)cx!=1
       loopz loope                    (e)cx!=1 && ZF
       loopnz loopne                  (e)cx!=1 && !ZF

    Enter ?F to display a description of the flag names.

19.5 ?E - Expressions

    Recognized operators in expressions:

      |       bitwise OR              ||      boolean OR
      ^       bitwise XOR             ^^      boolean XOR
      &       bitwise AND             &&      boolean AND
      >>      bit-shift right         >       test if above
      >>>     signed bit-shift right  <       test if below
      <<      bit-shift left          >=      test if above-or-equal
      ><      bit-mirror              <=      test if below-or-equal
      +       addition                ==      test if equal
      -       subtraction             !=      test if not equal
      *       multiplication          =>      same as >=
      /       division                =<      same as <=
      %       modulo (A-(A/B*B))      <>      same as !=
      **      power

    Implicit operater precedence is handled in the listed order, with
    increasing precedence: (Brackets specify explicit precedence of an
    expression.)

       boolean operators OR, XOR, AND (each has a different precedence)
       comparison operators
       bitwise operators OR, XOR, AND (each has a different precedence)
       shift and bit-mirror operators
       addition and subtraction operators
       multiplication, division and modulo operators
       power operator

    Recognized unary operators: (modifying the next number)

      +       positive (does nothing)
      -       negative
      ~       bitwise NOT
      !       boolean NOT
      ?       absolute value
      !!      convert to boolean

    Note that the power operator does not affect unary operator handling.
    For instance, "- 2 ** 2" is parsed as "(-2) ** 2" and evaluates to 4.

    Although a negative unary and signed bit-shift right operator
    are provided the expression evaluator is intrinsically unsigned.
    Particularly the division, multiplication, modulo and all comparison
    operators operate unsigned. Due to this, the expression "-1 < 0"
    evaluates to zero.

    Recognized terms in an expression:

       32-bit immediates
       8-bit registers
       16-bit registers including segment registers (except FS, GS)
       32-bit compound registers made of two 16-bit registers (eg DXAX)
       32-bit registers and FS, GS only if running on a 386+
       32-bit variables V00..VFF
       32-bit special variables DCO, DCS, DAO, DAS, DIF, DPI, PPI
       16-bit special variables DPR, DPP, PSP, PPR
        (fuller variable reference in the manual)
       byte/word/3byte/dword memory content (eg byte [seg:ofs], where both the
        optional segment as well as the offset are expressions too)

    The expression evaluator case-insensitively checks for names of
    variables and registers as well as size specifiers.

    Enter ?R to display the recognized register names. Enter ?V to display
    the recognized variables.

19.6 ?V - Variables

    Available lDebug variables:

     -  V0..VF User-specified usage

     -  DCO Debugger Common Options

     -  DAO Debugger Assembler/disassembler Options

    The following variables cannot be written:

     -  PSP Debuggee Process

     -  PPR Debuggee's Parent Process

     -  PPI Debuggee's Parent Process Interrupt 22h

     -  DIF Debugger Internal Flags

     -  DCS Debugger Common Startup options

     -  DAS Debugger Assembler/disassembler Startup options

     -  DPR Debugger Process

     -  DPP Debugger's Parent Process (zero in TSR mode)

     -  DPI Debugger's Parent process Interrupt 22h (zero in TSR mode)

    Enter ?O to display the options and internal flags.

19.7 ?RE - R Extended

    The RUN commands (T, TP, P, G) and the RE command use the RE command
    buffer to run commands. Most commands are allowed to be run from the
    RE buffer. Disallowed commands include program-loading L, A, E that
    switches the line input mode, TSR, Q, Y, RE, and further RUN commands.
    When the RE buffer is used as input during T, TP, or P with the SILENT
    keyword, commands that use the auxbuff are also disallowed and will emit
    an error noting the conflict.

    RE.LIST shows the current RE buffer contents in a format usable by the
    other RE commands. RE.APPEND appends the following commands to the
    buffer, if they fit. RE.REPLACE appends to the start of the buffer. When
    specifying commands, an unescaped semicolon is parsed as a linebreak
    to break apart individual commands. Backslashes can be used to escape
    semicolons and backslashes themselves.

    Prefixing a line with an @ (AT sign) causes the command not to be shown
    to the standard output of the debugger when run. Otherwise, the command
    will be shown with a percent sign % or ~% prompt.

    The default RE buffer content is @R. This content is also detected and
    handled specifically; if found as the only command the handler directly
    calls the register dump implementation without setting up and tearing
    down the special execution environment used to run arbitrary commands
    from the RE buffer.

19.8 ?RUN - Run keywords

    T (trace), TP (trace except proceed past string operations), and P
    (proceed) can be followed by a number of repetitions and then the
    keyword WHILE, which must be followed by a conditional expression.

    The selected run command is repeated as many times as specified by the
    number, or until the WHILE condition evaluates no longer to true.

    After the number of repetitions or (if present) after the WHILE
    condition the keyword SILENT may follow. If that is the case, all
    register dumps done during the run are buffered by the debugger and the
    run remains silent. After the run, the last dumps are replayed from the
    buffer and displayed. At most as many dumps as fit into the buffer are
    displayed. (The buffer is currently 8 KiB sized by default, though the
    /A switch can be specified to init to grow it up to 24 KiB.)

    If a number follows behind the SILENT keyword, only at most that many
    dumps are displayed from the buffer. The dumps that are displayed are
    always those last written into the buffer, thus last occurred.

19.9 ?OPTIONS - Options pages

    Enter one of the following commands to get a corresponding help page:

     -  ?O1 DCO1 - Options

     -  ?O2 DCO2 - More Options

     -  ?O3 DCO3 - More Options

     -  ?O4 DCO4 - Interrupt Hooking Options

     -  ?O6 DCO6 - More Options

     -  ?OI DIF - Internal Flags

     -  ?OA DAO - Assembler/Disassembler Options

19.10 ?O - Options

    Available options: (read/write DCO, read DCS)

     -  0001 RX: 32-bit register display

     -  0002 TM: trace into interrupts

     -  0004 allow dumping of CP-dependent characters

     -  0008 always assume InDOS flag non-zero, to debug DOS or TSRs

     -  0010 disallow paged output to StdOut

     -  0020 allow paged output to non-StdOut

     -  0040 display raw hexadecimal content of FPU registers

     -  0100 when prompting during paging, do not use DOS for input

     -  0200 (in 86 Mode) do not execute HLT instruction to idle

     -  0400 do not idle, the keyboard BIOS idles itself

     -  0800 use getinput function for int 21h interactive input

     -  1000 in disp_*_size use SI units (kB = 1000, etc). overrides 2000!

     -  2000 in disp_*_size use JEDEC units (KB = 1024)

     -  4000 enable serial I/O (port 02F8h interrupt 0Bh)

     -  8000 disable serial I/O when breaking after 5 seconds Ctrl pressed

     -  0001_0000 gg: do not skip a breakpoint (bb or gg)

     -  0002_0000 gg: do not auto-repeat

     -  0004_0000 T/TP/P: do not skip a (bb) breakpoint

     -  0008_0000 gg: do not auto-repeat after bb hit

     -  0010_0000 T/TP/P: do not auto-repeat after bb hit

     -  0020_0000 gg: do not auto-repeat after unexpectedinterrupt

     -  0040_0000 T/TP/P: do not auto-repeat after unexpectedinterrupt

     -  0080_0000 S: do not dump data after matches

     -  1000_0000 R: do not repeat disassembly

     -  2000_0000 R: do not show memory reference in disassembly

     -  4000_0000 quiet command line buffer input

     -  8000_0000 quiet command line buffer output

    More options: (read/write DCO2, read DCS2)

     -  0001 DB: show header

     -  0002 DB: show trailer

     -  0010 DW: show header

     -  0020 DW: show trailer

     -  0100 DD: show header

     -  0200 DD: show trailer

     -  0800 use getinput function for int 21h interactive input in DPMI

     -  1000 H: stay compatible to MS-DOS Debug

     -  2000 idle and check for Ctrl-C in getc

     -  4000 idle and check for Ctrl-C in getc in DPMI

     -  8000 T/TP/P/G: cancel run after RE command buffer execution

     -  01_0000 N: operate in MS Debug style instead of K command alike

     -  02_0000 N: capitalise command line tail

     -  04_0000 explicit 0-length ranges operate in partial MS Debug style

     -  08_0000 R: 16-bit 80-column register dump in MS Debug style

     -  10_0000 R: do variable prompts in MS Debug style

     -  20_0000 R: do variable prompts with underscore separator

     -  40_0000 display linebreak before R command register dump

     -  8000_0000 do not execute HLT to idle in PM

    More options: (read/write DCO3, read DCS3)

     -  0001 T: do not page output

     -  0002 TP: do not page output

     -  0004 P: do not page output

     -  0008 G: do not page output

     -  0100 T/TP/P: modify paging for silent dump

     -  0200 T/TP/P: if 0100 set: turn paging on, else off

     -  01_0000 R: highlight changed digits (needs ANSI for DOS output)

     -  02_0000 R: highlight escape sequences to int 10h, else video
        attributes

     -  04_0000 R: highlight changed registers (overrides 01_0000)

     -  08_0000 R: include highlighting of EIP

     -  10_0000 set PM ss B bit

     -  20_0000 break on entering Protected Mode

     -  0100_0000 highlight prefix/suffix in getinput if text parts are not
        visible

     -  0200_0000 do not call int 2F.1680 for idling

     -  0400_0000 delay for a tick before writing breakpoints

     -  0800_0000 do not call other lDebug instance's AMIS services

     -  1000_0000 disable auto-repeat

     -  2000_0000 check int 16h buffer for Control-C if inputting from int
        16h

     -  4000_0000 call DOS service 0Bh to check for Control-C

     -  8000_0000 when Q command is used while TSR, leave TF as is

    More options: (read/write DCO4, read DCS4)

     -  0002 enable interrupt 2Fh hook while in 86 Mode

     -  0004 enable interrupt 8 hook

     -  0008 enable interrupt 2Dh hook

     -  0010 enable 86 Mode fault interrupt hooks

     -  0001_0000 force serial interrupt unhooking

     -  0002_0000 force interrupt 2Fh unhooking

     -  0004_0000 force interrupt 8 unhooking

     -  0008_0000 force interrupt 2Dh unhooking

     -  0010_0000 force interrupt 0Dh unhooking

     -  0020_0000 force interrupt 0Ch unhooking

     -  0100_0000 force interrupt 0 unhooking

     -  0200_0000 force interrupt 1 unhooking

     -  0400_0000 force interrupt 3 unhooking

     -  0800_0000 force interrupt 6 unhooking

     -  1000_0000 force interrupt 18h unhooking

     -  2000_0000 force interrupt 19h unhooking

    More options: (read/write DCO6, read DCS6)

     -  0001 enable video screen swapping

     -  0002 keep video screen when disabling swapping

     -  0010 read key from interrupt 16h when swapping (V command)

     -  0100 enable debug mode (and BU command)

     -  0200 use ROM-BIOS output even when DOS available

     -  0400 load and write .EXE and .COM files like flat .BIN files (/F+)

     -  0800 for loading flat .BIN files set up Stack Segment != PSP (/E+)

     -  1000 enable 40-column friendly mode

     -  2000 in 40-column mode indent odd D lines more

     -  4000 in 40-column mode display dashes at half of D length

     -  01_0000 allow to share serial IRQ handler

     -  0100_0000 use ROM-BIOS I/O even when DOS available (disables script
        file read)

     -  2000_0000 display flags in style 2 for R command register dump

     -  4000_0000 display flags in style 3 for R command register dump

     -  8000_0000 linebreak before R register dump if not column 0 (int 10h
        only)

    Internal flags: (read DIF)

     -  00_0001 Int25/Int26 packet method available

     -  00_0002 Int21.7305 packet method available

     -  00_0004 VDD registered and usable

     -  00_0008 internal flag for paged output

     -  00_0010 DEBUG's input isn't StdIn

     -  00_0020 DEBUG's input is a file

     -  00_0040 DEBUG's output isn't StdOut

     -  00_0080 DEBUG's output is a file

     -  00_1000 state of debuggee's A20

     -  00_2000 state of debugger's A20 (not implemented: same as previous)

     -  00_4000 debugger booted independent of a DOS

     -  00_8000 CPU is at least a 386 (32-bit CPU)

     -  01_0000 internal flag for tab output processing

     -  02_0000 running inside NTVDM

     -  10_0000 internal flag for paged output

     -  40_0000 in TSR mode (detached debugger process)

     -  0100_0000 running inside dosemu

     -  0400_0000 T/TP/P: while condition specified

     -  0800_0000 TP: P specified (proceed past string ops)

     -  1000_0000 T/TP/P: silent mode (SILENT specified)

     -  2000_0000 T/TP/P: silent mode is active, writing to silent buffer

    Available assembler/disassembler options: (read/write DAO, read DAS)

     -  01 Disassembler: lowercase output

     -  02 Disassembler: output blank behind comma

     -  04 Disassembler: output addresses in NASM syntax

     -  08 Disassembler: lowercase referenced memory location segreg

     -  10 Disassembler: always show SHORT keyword

     -  20 Disassembler: always show NEAR keyword

     -  40 Disassembler: always show FAR keyword

     -  80 Disassembler: NEC V20 repeat rules (for segregs)

     -  0100 Disassembler: 40-column friendly mode (only 4 bytes machine
        code per line)

     -  0200 Disassembler: do not indent disassembly operands

     -  0400 Disassembler: MS Debug style opcode field width

     -  1000 Disassembler: access data in a16 referenced memory operand

     -  2000 Disassembler: access data in a32 referenced memory operand

     -  4000 Disassembler: simulate repeated a16 scas/cmps string operation

     -  8000 Disassembler: simulate repeated a32 scas/cmps string operation

     -  01_0000 Disassembler: hide needed MODRM keywords

     -  02_0000 Disassembler: use LOOP rel, (E)CX rather than LOOPW/LOOPD

     -  04_0000 Disassembler: always display MODRM keyword even if not
        needed

19.11 ?BOOT - Boot loading

    Boot loading commands:

     -  BOOT LIST HDA

     -  BOOT DIR [partition] [dirname]

     -  BOOT READ|WRITE [partition] segment [[HIDDEN=sector] sector] [count]

     -  BOOT QUIT [exits dosemu or shuts down using APM]

     -  BOOT [PROTOCOL=SECTOR] partition

     -  BOOT PROTOCOL=proto [opt] [partition] [filename1] [filename2]
        [cmdline]

     -  the following partitions may be specified:

         -  HDAnum first hard disk, num = partition (1-4 primary, 5+
            logical)

         -  HDBnum second hard disk (etc), num = partition

         -  HDA first hard disk (only valid for READ|WRITE|PROTOCOL=SECTOR)

         -  FDA first floppy disk

         -  FDB second floppy disk (etc)

         -  LDP partition the debugger loaded from

         -  YDP partition the most recent Y command loaded from

         -  SDP last used partition (default if no partition specified)

         -  filename2 may be double-slash // for none

         -  cmdline is only valid for lDOS, RxDOS.2, RxDOS.3 protocols

         -  files' directory entries are loaded to 500h and 520h

    Available protocols: (default filenames, load segment, then entrypoint)

     -  LDOS LDOS.COM or L[D]DEBUG.COM at 200h, 0:400h

     -  FREEDOS KERNEL.SYS or METAKERN.SYS at 60h, 0:0

     -  DOSC IPL.SYS at 2000h, 0:0

     -  EDRDOS DRBIO.SYS at 70h, 0:0

     -  MSDOS6 IO.SYS + MSDOS.SYS at 70h, 0:0

     -  MSDOS7 IO.SYS at 70h, 0:200h

     -  IBMDOS IBMBIO.COM + IBMDOS.COM at 70h, 0:0

     -  DRDOS IBMBIO.COM + IBMDOS.COM at 70h, 0:0

     -  NTLDR NTLDR at 2000h, 0:0

     -  BOOTMGR BOOTMGR at 2000h, 0:0

     -  RXDOS.0 RXDOSBIO.SYS + RXDOS.SYS at 70h, 0:0

     -  RXDOS.1 RXBIO.SYS + RXDOS.SYS at 70h, 0:0

     -  RXDOS.2 RXDOS.COM at 70h, 0:400h

     -  RXDOS.3 RXDOS.COM at 200h, 0:400h

     -  CHAIN BOOTSECT.DOS at 7C0h, -7C0h:7C00h

     -  SECTOR (default) load partition boot sector or MBR

     -  SECTORALT as SECTOR, but entry at 07C0h:0

    Available options:

     -  MINPARA=num load at least that many paragraphs

     -  MAXPARA=num load at most that many paragraphs (0 = as many as fit)

     -  SEGMENT=num change segment at that the kernel loads

     -  ENTRY=[num:]num change entrypoint (CS (relative) : IP)

     -  BPB=[num:]num change BPB load address (segment -1 = auto-BPB)

     -  CHECKOFFSET=num set address of word to check, must be even

     -  CHECKVALUE=num set value of word to check (0 = no check)

    Boolean options: [opt=bool]

     -  SET_DL_UNIT set dl to load unit

     -  SET_BL_UNIT set bl to load unit

     -  SET_SIDI_CLUSTER set si:di to first cluster

     -  SET_DSSI_DPT set ds:si to DPT address

     -  PUSH_DPT push DPT address and DPT entry address

     -  DATASTART_HIDDEN add hidden sectors to datastart var

     -  SET_AXBX_DATASTART set ax:bx to datastart var

     -  SET_DSBP_BPB set ds:bp to BPB address

     -  LBA_SET_TYPE set LBA partition type in BPB

     -  MESSAGE_TABLE provide message table pointed to at 1EEh

     -  SET_AXBX_ROOT_HIDDEN set ax:bx to root start with hidden sectors

     -  NO_BPB do not load BPB

     -  SET_DSSI_PARTINFO load part table to 600h, point ds:si + ds:bp to it

     -  CMDLINE pass a kernel command line (recent FreeDOS extension)

19.12 ?BUILD - lDebug build (only revisions)

      lDebug (YYYY-MM-DD)
      Source Control Revision ID: hg xxxxxxxxxxxx (vvvv ancestors)
      Uses yyyyyyyy: Revision ID hg zzzzzzzzzzzz (www ancestors)
      [etc]

19.13 ?B - lDebug build (with options)

      lDebug (YYYY-MM-DD)
      Source Control Revision ID: hg xxxxxxxxxxxx (vvvv ancestors)
      Uses yyyyyyyy: Revision ID hg zzzzzzzzzzzz (www ancestors)
      [etc]
      
      DI command
      DM command
      D string commands
      S match dumps line of following data
      RN command
      Access SDA current PSP field
      Load NTVDM VDD for sector access
      X commands for EMS access
      RM command and reading MMX registers as variables
      Expression evaluator
       Indirection in expressions
      Variables with user-defined purpose
      Debugger option and status variables
      PSP variables
      Conditional jump notice in register dump
      TSR mode (Process detachment)
      Boot loader
      Permanent breakpoints
      Intercepted interrupts: 00, 01, 03, 06, 18, 19
      Extended built-in help pages

19.14 ?X - EMS commands

      Expanded memory (EMS) commands:
        Allocate      XA count
        Deallocate    XD handle
        Map memory    XM logical-page physical-page handle
        Reallocate    XR handle count
        Show status   XS

19.15 ?SOURCE - lDebug source reference

    The original lDebug sources can be obtained from the repo located at
    https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ldebug (E. C. Masloch's repo)

    Releases of lDebug are available via the website at
    https://pushbx.org/ecm/web/#projects-ldebug

    The most recent manual is hosted at https://pushbx.org/ecm/doc/ in the
    files ldebug.htm, ldebug.txt, and ldebug.pdf

19.16 ?L - lDebug license

    lDebug - libre 86-DOS debugger

     -  Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Paul Vojta

     -  Copyright (C) 2008-2024 E. C. Masloch

    Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
    retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is
    notified of this instrument.

    DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.

    All contributions by Paul Vojta or E. C. Masloch to the debugger are
    available under a choice of three different licenses. These are the Fair
    License, the Simplified 2-Clause BSD License, or the MIT License.

    This is the license and copyright information that applies to lDebug;
    but note that there have been substantial contributions to the code base
    that are not copyrighted (public domain).

20: Comparison of lDebug to MS-DOS Debug
----------------------------------------

    This section lists some benefits of lDebug, as compared to MSDebug. It
    originates in the MSDebug manual. MSDebug is based on the Debug of the
    2018 free software release of MS-DOS version 2.

    First, there are some differences between MSDebug and the original MS-
    DOS Debug which make MSDebug more similar to lDebug:

     -  K command to modify only the internal buffers for the program load
        filename, the PSP command line tail, and the PSP FCBs

     -  Child process allocated using interrupt 21h function 48h and
        initialised using function 55h

     -  After termination of debuggee a new child process is created

     -  Restores interrupt 1 and 3 vectors (similar to lDDebug)

     -  BU command like lDDebug's

     -  .HEX file read ends on NUL byte (0), EOF byte (1Ah), or End Of File

     -  Bugfix: Move command M will correctly move forwards or backwards
        based on the linear address, fixing overlapping moves in which the
        segments differ in the opposite way to the linear addresses

    Here's the advantages of lDebug as compared to MSDebug:

     -  Expression evaluator can be used whereever a number is to be parsed

     -  D, U, T, TP, P, G commands can be repeated with autorepeat

     -  Permanent breakpoints (B commands)

     -  G command can re-use prior breakpoints list with G AGAIN command (or
        autorepeat)

     -  Several variables beyond the 16-bit registers to control the
        debugger or store calculation results

     -  Paging to allow reading longer outputs

     -  686 level assembler and disassembler

     -  DPMI build lDebugX for debugging DPMI clients, supporting 32-bit
        offsets in segments

     -  InDOS mode to switch to ROM-BIOS video and keyboard I/O rather than
        DOS's standard output and input

     -  Line editor and line history (if not using the DOS line input
        function)

     -  Can be boot loaded for debugging Real/Virtual 86 Mode kernels

     -  Can be installed as a device driver in CONFIG.SYS

     -  Script for lDebug (SLD) file reading using the Y command

     -  Serial I/O mode

     -  Conditional tracing for the T, TP, and P commands using a condition
        after a WHILE keyword

     -  Buffered tracing for T, TP, and P using a SILENT keyword

     -  T defaults to proceeding past software interrupt calls, can be
        modified using Trace Mode (TM command)

     -  TP command which proceeds past repeated string instructions

     -  DM command to list MCBs

     -  DI command to dump interrupt handler chains

     -  DW and DD commands to dump data in words or dwords

     -  32-bit numeric handling

     -  F and S commands can use a memory source instead of a list, using a
        RANGE keyword

     -  H command can display an expression result in hexadeximal, decimal,
        or one arbitrary base of choice

     -  I and O commands have IW/OW and ID/OD variants for word and
        doubleword port I/O

     -  R command can be switched to display 32-bit and 386 registers

     -  Machine type can be set to make the assembler and disassembler
        display when the machine does not support an instruction

     -  QA command can be used to try to terminate an attached process

     -  S command can search backwards using the REVERSE keyword

     -  Provides a number of online help pages

     -  RN command to dump 8087 registers

     -  RM command to dump MMX registers, and variables to read and write
        them

     -  RE command buffer to run commands from T, TP, P, or G dump calls

     -  RC command buffer to run commands at startup or group several
        commands later on

     -  Numeric inputs can be specified with a hash sign "#" modifier to
        enter in arbitrary numeric bases

     -  Access variables and VALUE IN constructs to detect memory
        accesses before they are actually carried out (requiring to trace
        instructions)

     -  TSR and ATTACH commands to detach from or attach to a process

     -  IF command to conditionally run another command

     -  Timer and AMIS interrupt hooks (optional)

     -  Ability to load Extensions for lDebug (ELDs)

    lDebug can be built using the free software Netwide Assembler (NASM),
    but as of MSDebug release 2 the same is true of MSDebug.

    However, there are some disadvantages to lDebug as well:

     -  Memory use and executable size can easily reach as much as ten times
        that of MSDebug

     -  Less compatibility to original MS-DOS Debug

     -  Performance may be worse

     -  May require some MS-DOS version 3 or version 5 features

21: Test Reference
------------------

    This chapter lists all tests in the test suite.

21.1 test_beep

    Runs the command "... invalid command" and checks that the returned
    error carat display contains a bell codepoint (byte 07h, U+0007).

21.2 test_build

    Checks the "?build" and "?version" commands.

21.3 test_rh

    Checks the Register dump History mode. Includes subtests for many RH
    commands. Refer to section 10.38.

21.4 test_dt

    Checks the DT command text table and the DT command to dump byte values'
    corresponding texts. Refer to section 10.17.

21.5 test_rr_status

    Checks that the R command's jumping notices are correct. Also checks
    for flag status display, referenced memory contents display, and the
    "[needs 386]" machine requirement display. Includes subtests for many
    conditions. Refer to section 10.37.

21.6 test_aa_basic

    Tests the assembler's output. Includes many subtests, some of which are
    expected failures.

21.7 test_rr_basic

    Tests the R command to display and modify variables, either debugger
    variables or memory indirect variables. Includes subtests for a number
    of different commands. Some of the tests also use complex expressions
    to test the expression evaluator. Some of the subtests contain no-op
    commands (commented out as "; nothing") that only check an additional
    result of a prior subtest.

21.8 test_misc

    Miscellaneous subtests:

     -  S command tests

     -  D command tests, including D TOP, dollar sign addresses, and pointer
        type expressions

     -  Reading variables using the R command, up to DCO7 and DIF7 (with
        expected failures for DCO8 and DIF8)

     -  Calculations using the H command and various expression evaluator
        constructs

     -  Reading debugger variables (PSP variables and registers) using the H
        command

     -  Reading some compound variables using H commands

     -  Checking the equality of some compound variables

     -  Checking value limits on assigning to AX or an indirect word
        variable

    Further miscellaneous tests include:

     -  Autorepeat for T command, without or with blanks

     -  Disable autorepeat

     -  H command expression evaluation overflow

     -  Register change highlighting

     -  Line editor history

     -  Line editor

     -  Sleep command

     -  Paging of long command output

     -  C command

     -  T/TP/P commands

     -  F command with overlong pattern

     -  F command with a range instead of list pattern

     -  S command with range, too long range, too long list

21.9 test_timeout

    Instructs the debugger to sleep so long that the test tear down handler
    will terminate the debugger process.

21.10 test_int2D_unhook

    Installs the debugger's AMIS handler (int 2Dh handler) then installs
    a tiny handler on top of it, testing how attempting to unhook the
    debugger's handler works in this case. The tiny handler is first of the
    form "90 EA offset segment 00 00" (no IISP header detected) and then
    of the form "90 EA offset segment "KB"" (uninstalled iHPFS style IISP
    header detected).

    This test requires running under a DOS.

21.11 test_bb_gg

    Tests permanent (bb) and temporary (gg) breakpoints.

21.12 test_bb_fill

    Tests permanent breakpoint setup, listing, and overflows of structures.

21.13 test_access_var

    Checks for access variables working. Refer to section 12.19.

21.14 test_dpmimini

    Enters Protected Mode using a small DPMI test case.

    First, if need be a DPMI host may be run. Next, the client executable is
    loaded. Subsequently the debugging hint in text form is searched within
    the loaded program. It is checked that PM is entered successfully.

    The fix for a bug in the R command is tested next, except under lDDebugX
    where a failure would crash the debugger. The PM interrupts hooked by
    lDebugX are checked, except when lDDebugX is used. Several subtests
    check PSP variables.

    Finally, the return to 86 Mode via client process termination is
    checked.

    This test requires running under a DOS, for a DPMI host to be available,
    and for an lDebugX build to be used (detected by the "x" in the build
    name).

21.15 test_dpmioffs

    This test has a setup similar to test_dpmimini. Two different
    breakpoints are detected in the debugging hint texts. At both of the
    breakpoints, several C commands are tested. One point of the tests is
    to insure that 32-bit offsets in part of an expression such as memory
    indirection or a LINEAR expression do not set the 32-bit offset status
    for the entire expression's caller.

    This test requires running under a DOS, for a DPMI host to be available,
    and for an lDebugX build to be used (detected by the "x" in the build
    name).

21.16 test_dpmialoc

    This test has a setup similar to test_dpmimini. It checks that when
    a permanent breakpoint is set in a DPMI allocation (beyond 1088 KiB)
    and then the debugger is entered in 86 Mode via mode switch (not by
    terminating the client) and then an interrupt instruction is to be
    disassembled, the debugger will not have losts its Extra Segment and the
    disassembly operand stack special opcode scan will succeed.

    This is based on a bugfix in the mode switching done by the debugger in
    this circumstance, added as a test case afterwards, both in 2022 April.

    This test requires running under a DOS, for a DPMI host to be available,
    and for an lDebugX build to be used (detected by the "x" in the build
    name).

21.17 test_missing_executable

    This test tries to load nonexisting executables specified to the N
    command followed by an L command. First a file should not be found and
    then a path.

    This test requires running under a DOS.

21.18 test_error_executable

    This test tries to load a corrupt executable specified to the N command
    followed by an L command. The MZ executable header specifies a too large
    image for any 86 Mode operating system in this executable.

    This test requires running under a DOS.

21.19 test_load_boot

    This checks that several BOOT commands work.

    An lDOS protocol load is attempted to run without a failure, and its
    entrypoint address (200h:400h) is checked. A check value mismatch
    is forced. The RxDOS.3 protocol load is attempted with the default
    filename, which should not be found. A FreeDOS protocol load is
    attempted to run without a failure, and its entrypoint address (60h:0)
    is checked. A boot directory listing is attempted and the presence of
    the debugger executable and startup script is matched.

    The boot sector of the debugger diskette is loaded to segment 1000h
    and it is checked that the informational "FAT12" identifier shows up
    exactly once in the sector. The 55h, AAh signature is checked in the
    sector. The boot sector is read repeatedly to segment 1020h with implied
    start sector and length, explicit start sector but implied length, and
    all explicit parameters. The sectors are matched with the first read.
    Also, it is insured that a sentinel byte after the 512 Bytes for the
    subsequent reads does not change.

    This test requires running without a DOS.

21.20 test_yy

    Tests Y commands to read Script for lDebug files.

    A simple script is tested first. Then 20 nested scripts are tested,
    expecting an error that the nesting is too deep but still executing
    all commands from the opened files in the correct order. Then 3 nested
    scripts are tested, which should not cause an error.

    Subsequently, sleeping within nested scripts is tested. Further,
    cancelling a running command with Control-C (codepoint U+0003) is
    tested, utilising the sleeping scripts. The first cancellation is done
    with IOL equal to zero, to cancel only the sleep command and none of
    the Scripts for lDebug. (Refer to section 12.9.6.) The second involves
    IOL equal to one, cancelling the sleep command as well as one script
    level. The third involves IOL equal to one again but with two Control-C
    codes sent from the terminal, twice cancelling one sleep command and one
    script level. The fourth cancellation uses IOL equal to two, cancelling
    the sleep and two script levels.

    A further SLD tests calling subfunctions (labels) within the same SLD
    file. A final SLD tests visibility of commands in a Script for lDebug
    using the "@" prefix as well as setting YSF flag 4000h to hide some of
    the commands. (Refer to section 12.15.1.)

21.21 test_double_ctrlc

    This test sends a double Control-C from the serial terminal to the
    debugger. At this point the debuggee is running in an idle loop so that
    the double Control-C can act as a breakpoint. In order to work, the
    timer interrupt 8 is hooked by the debugger.

    After the debugger breaks out of the loop, the code segment is matched
    against the debuggee code segment. If it matches and the offset is
    plausible, the test is considered finished. Otherwise, the debugger
    attempts to trace-proceed out of the current interrupt handler until it
    has executed an iret or retf imm16 instruction and checks the segment
    for the debuggee code segment after.

21.22 test_eee_interactive

    This tests the interactive enter mode (section 10.18).

21.23 test_rc

    This tests the RC (command line) buffer and execution from it. First
    a single R command is written and ran. Then two more R commands are
    appended and the RC buffer is ran again.

    Then a small loop is written into the RC buffer using IF and GOTO
    commands, as well as labels. The display of the commands themselves is
    disabled by using "@" prefixes. The correct amount of iterations as well
    as hiding of commands is tested.

    A longer loop is ran next, but the loop is placed into the RE buffer
    instead, with the RC buffer containing only an "RE" command. The RCLIMIT
    variable (section 12.6.3) is set so low that it would abort the loop if
    the RE buffer commands were to be counted against it.

    A similar construct is used next, except that the loop is in a Script
    for lDebug file and the RC buffer contains a Y command to load this SLD.

21.24 test_ext_extlib

    Runs the help of the extlib Extension for lDebug. Both on its own, with
    the long descriptions, and with the wide list of ELDs. It is checked
    that at least 40 ELDs are listed.

21.25 test_ext_ldmem

    Runs the ldmem Extension for lDebug. The MEM and ELD keywords are tested
    by directly running the ELD. The ELD noun should display the transient
    ELD.

    Then the ELD is installed residently. The ELD noun is used first. It
    is checked that the resident ELD is displayed. Next, COMMANDHANDLER,
    INJECTHANDLER, STACK, and HISTORY nouns are ran. Finally the resident
    ELD is uninstalled.

21.26 test_ext_aformat

    Installs the aformat Extension for lDebug then tests it by assembling
    several instructions.

21.27 test_ext_checksum

    Installs the checksum Extension for lDebug and runs it on several data
    blocks. The results are checked.

21.28 test_ext_list

    Runs the transient list Extension for lDebug. The first run is with an
    empty command line tail. As only the extlib.eld is known to be available
    it is specified as the ELD file to list for the second run. Contents and
    format of the output are tested.

21.29 test_ext_amitsrs

    This runs the Extension for lDebug that lists multiplexers installed
    according to the Alternate Multiplex Interrupt Specification (AMIS).
    To make sure at least one multiplexer is installed, this test runs
    "install amis" initially, which installs the debugger's AMIS handler.

    The amitsrs command is run as is, and then with the keywords "int",
    "mpx", and "verbose". In the interrupts display it is insured that at
    least one multiplexer hooks interrupt 2Dh (necessary) and interrupt 3
    (always true for normal lDebug builds).

21.30 test_ext_reclaim

    In this test, a resident ldmem Extension for lDebug is installed. It is
    then tested that running the help for extlib.eld leaves a transient ELD
    installed. Finally, the reclaim ELD is used to reclaim this transient
    ELD. (Reclamation is built-in to the debugger's ELD loader as well,
    however this will not reclaim the last loaded ELD when it returns
    control to the debugger.)

21.31 test_ext_amount

    This test installs the amount Extension for lDebug, which provides the
    ELDAMOUNT variable. It is checked that this variable reads as at least
    2, one each for the LINKCALL ELD and the amount ELD. Then an ldmem.eld
    is installed and it is checked that the value in the ELDAMOUNT variable
    increments.

21.32 test_ext_alias

    Tests the alias Extension for lDebug. Installs the ELD, then runs a list
    command, adds an alias, lists the alias, runs the alias, and deletes the
    alias again.

21.33 test_ext_dosseek

    To test the dosseek Extension for lDebug, a small stub is assembled
    first to open a file handle. The extlib.eld file is opened, as it always
    exists. Then the dosseek.eld is used to get the current seek, set it
    to 4096, get it again, and then set it to the EOF. The final seek is
    checked to match the filesize. Finally, it is attempted to get the seek
    for file handle #19 (valid process handle but closed) and FFFF (never a
    valid process handle) and the error messages are checked.

    This test requires running under a DOS.

21.34 test_ext_history

    Installs the history Extension for lDebug, and checks that its show and
    clear commands work.

21.35 test_ext_amismsg

    Installs the debugger's AMIS handler and the amismsg Extension for
    lDebug. Several small handlers that pass messages to AMIS function 40h
    are assembled. An overflow is tested to truncate a message that is too
    long, along with returning a different status in AL. AMIS function 41h
    is tested as well.

21.36 test_ext_amiscmd

    Installs the debugger's AMIS handler and the amiscmd Extension for
    lDebug. An rvm command is injected using AMIS function 43h. Next the
    same command is injected again but with all flags in CX set, which
    should be rejected. After this, four commands are injected at once. Then
    16 commands are injected at once, padded to the maximum length with
    blanks. This should overflow the ELD's buffer. Finally two differing
    commands are injected and it is insured that the order of injection
    matches the order of the calls into the ELD.

21.37 test_ext_amisoth

    Installs the debugger's AMIS handler and the amisoth Extension for
    lDebug. The AMIS function 42h is tested. The status returned in AL is
    insured to be FFh. The segment returned in DX is matched to equal the
    Debugger PSP. The ELD link info header (refer to section 17.3) is tested
    a little. The signature is matched as E1D1h, the use link hash word
    is matched as 1 or 0, and the amount of data and code links are both
    matched to be at least 64 and at most 256.

22: Additional usage conditions
-------------------------------

    The program executables can be compressed with a choice of different
    compressors. The files then contain a decompression stub. Some of
    these stubs have their own usage conditions. The following stub usage
    conditions apply, if one of these stubs is used.

    One of the Extensions for lDebug, dbitmap.eld, contains a font copied
    from the GLaBIOS project. Its license follows.

22.1 GLaBIOS font license (used for dbitmap.eld)

    Font bitmaps from "VileR", (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/

    Copied from https://github.com/640-
    KB/GLaBIOS/blob/b60b2549372e30447ffa454d4ae487390f91d509/src/GLABIOS.ASM#L10975
    with the backslash comment fixed to avoid a NASM misfeature.

    According to https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/readme/#legal_stuff
    this font insofar as it is copyrightable is available under:
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

22.2 BriefLZ depacker usage conditions

    BriefLZ - small fast Lempel-Ziv

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload BriefLZ depacker

    Based on: BriefLZ C safe depacker

    Copyright (c) 2002-2016 Joergen Ibsen

    This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
    warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
    arising from the use of this software.

    Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
    including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
    freely, subject to the following restrictions:

     1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
        claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
        in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
        be appreciated but is not required.

     2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
        be misrepresented as being the original software.

     3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
        distribution.

22.3 LZ4 depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload LZ4 depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2018

    Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
    retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is
    notified of this instrument.

    DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.

22.4 Snappy depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload Snappy depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2018

    Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
    retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is
    notified of this instrument.

    DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.

22.5 Exomizer depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload exomizer raw depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2020

    Copyright (c) 2005-2017 Magnus Lind.

    This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
    warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
    arising from the use of this software.

    Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
    including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
    freely, subject to the following restrictions:

     1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented * you
        must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use
        this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
        documentation would be appreciated but is not required.

     2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
        be misrepresented as being the original software.

     3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any distribution.

22.6 X compressor depacker usage conditions

    MIT License

    Copyright (c) 2020 David Barina

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
    the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
    in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
    CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
    TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
    SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

22.7 Heatshrink depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload heatshrink depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2020

    Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
    retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is
    notified of this instrument.

    DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.

22.8 Lzd usage conditions

    Lzd - Educational decompressor for the lzip format

        Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.

    This program is free software. Redistribution and use in source and
    binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that
    the following conditions are met:

     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

22.9 LZO depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload LZO depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2020

    Usage of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is
    retained with the works, so that any entity that uses the works is
    notified of this instrument.

    DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY.

22.10 LZSA2 depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload LZSA2 depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2021

        based on:

    decompress_small.S - space-efficient decompressor implementation for
    8088

    Copyright (C) 2019 Emmanuel Marty

    This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
    warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
    arising from the use of this software.

    Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
    including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
    freely, subject to the following restrictions:

     1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
        claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
        in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
        be appreciated but is not required.

     2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
        be misrepresented as being the original software.

     3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
        distribution.

22.11 aPLib depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload aPLib depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2021

        based on:

    aplib_8088_small.S - size-optimized aPLib decompressor for 8088 - 145
    bytes

    Copyright (C) 2019 Emmanuel Marty

    This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
    warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
    arising from the use of this software.

    Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
    including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
    freely, subject to the following restrictions:

     1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
        claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
        in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would
        be appreciated but is not required.

     2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
        be misrepresented as being the original software.

     3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
        distribution.

22.12 bzpack depacker usage conditions

    8086 Assembly lDOS iniload payload bzpack depacker

        by E. C. Masloch, 2021

    BSD 2-Clause License

    Copyright (c) 2021, Milos Bazelides

    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
    met:

     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
    HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
    PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
    NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
    SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Source Control Revision ID
--------------------------

    hg 761bdf580cee, from commit on at 2026-02-16 15:40:28 +0100

    If this is in ecm's repository, you can find it at
    https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ldebug/rev/761bdf580cee

