System Debug window commands are most easily understood when they are grouped into two types of commands. The commands in this chapter are ordered as follows:

General Window Operations:

RED

Redraw the entire screen display.

WDEF

Restore default window sizes.

WGRP

Switch to the specified group of user windows.

WOFF

Turn the windows off.

WON

Turn the windows on.
Window Operations:

B

Backwards - scroll window backwards.

C

Current - mark window as current window.

D

Disable - disable (turn off) a window.

E

Enable - enable (turn on) a window.

F

Forwards - scroll window forwards.

H

Home - return window to home position.

I

Info - give info about defined windows.

J

Jump - aim window to new address.

K

Kill - remove, deallocate a window.

L

Lines - change window size in lines.

M

Mode - set mode (DB, DL, Q, S, DST) for Q or S.

N

Name - name or rename a user or virtual window.

R

Radix - change window display radix/base.

S

Shift - shift window left or right.

UWm

User Window - allocate user window at specified address.

W

Where - aim window to location.
Window Abbreviations:

CMP

CM program window (from NM).

G

Group window.

GR

NM general registers window.

L

Ldev window.

NMP

NM program window (from CM).

P

Program window (current mode).

Q

CM frame window, Q relative.

R

CM registers window.

S

CM stack window, S relative.

SR

NM special registers window.

TX

Text file window.

U

User-defined window.

V

Virtual address window.

Z

Real memory window.

Put window abbreviations and window operations together to form the desired command. For example:

PB

Program Backward - scroll program window backward.

PF

Program Forward - scroll program window forward.

PL

Program Lines - change the program window size.

VH

Virtual Home - return virtual window to the home position.

VN

Virtual Name - assign a name to a virtual window.

VW

Virtual Where - define a virtual window.

ZR

Z(R)eal Radix - change the radix for the real window.
Defining User Windows:
Append the desired addressing mode to the UWm command:

UWA

User window, ABS relative

UWCA

User window, CST relative

UWCAX

User window, CSTX relative

UWD

User window, DST relative

UWDB

User window, DB relative

UWQ

User window, Q relative

UWS

User window, S relative

UWV

User window, Precision Architecture virtual address

UWZ

User window, Precision Architecture real memory address

The Debug window commands are described in detail in the remainder of this chapter. The commands are listed in alphabetical order. Note that all individual window operation commands are constructed by preceding the window operation with the abbreviation for the desired window. To signify this, all window operation commands are listed as wX, where w represents the window abbreviation and X represents the command or operation. For example, the window forward command is wF. The syntax diagram for wF lists all the window types for which the command is applicable. If a window abbreviation is omitted, then the command does not apply to that window.

TX- The Text Windows

RED

Chapter 9 System Debug Window Commands

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