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Mesa User's Handbook Version 4.0 June 1978 This handbook contains documentation for using all of the standard Mesa services intended for Mesa programmers as well as operational procedures for the Alto. In general, the sections are short and to the point, serving as a how-to guide rather than a reference document containing all of the details. This handbook assumes prior familiarity with the Mesa language as well as the Alto. XEROX SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 3408 Hillview Avenue / Palo Alto / California 94104 This document is for internal Xerox use only. Table of Contents Preface 1 1. Getting started 1.1. Setting up the disk 2 1.2. Il\stalling the debugger 2 1.3. Preparing the source file 3 1.4. Compiling your program 3 1.5. Binding your configuration 3 1.6. Running your program 3 1.7. Debugging your program 4 1.8. Reporting problems 4 2. Directories 5 3. Resources 6 Appendices A. Compiler 8 B. Binder 15 C. System 20 D. Debugger 22 E. Utilities 27 Preface June 1978 This handbook contains documentation for using all of the standard Mesa services intended for Mesa programmers as well as operational procedures for the Alto. In general, the sections are short and to the point, serving as a how-to guide rather than a reference document containing all of the details. This handbook assumes prior familiarity with the Mesa language as well as the Alto. All suggestions as to the form, correctness, and understandability of this document should be sent to your support group. This documentation is divided into 4 parts. Section 1 tells you the basics needed to get started, section 2 lists the directories that are of interest to Mesa users, section 3 lists various resources you should be aware of, and appendices A through E give further details on the compiler, binder, system, debugger, and utilities. The style of this handbook is similar to that used in the Mesa Language Manual. All fine points are in this font, any word or phrase which needs to be stressed is it