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Simulator Options
This section describes the user-configurable options seen on the Options dialog that appears when you select View/Options from the program's menu bar. I will walk you through the purpose of each option seen on this dialog.
The first option allows you to request that the Program Memory Window remain open (visible) all the time. In the default configuration of this simulator, this window will be visible any time you are in Program Mode or any time after you click the SST key and continuing until you next leave Program Mode. This means that, by default, the Program Memory Window will be visible while you are editing or debugging your program but not while you are running it.
The next option allows you to request that the Registers Window remain open (visible) all the time. In the default configuration of this simulator, this window will be visible any time after you click the SST key and will continue to be visible until you next leave Program Mode. This means that, by default, the Registers Window will be visible while you are debugging your program but not while you are running it.
The next option is a checkbox that you can use to request a trace file. A trace file is a log file (a plain text ASCII file you can view using Notepad) that documents each and every instruction that gets executed as your program runs. This is a standard debugging technique like single-stepping. The log file is not created by default because it slows down the simulator.
The final option is another checkbox that allows you to shut up the simulator if you don't like the cute sound effects.
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