pep8analysis: add doc to web interface
authorAlexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
Sun, 15 Jun 2014 18:00:17 +0000 (14:00 -0400)
committerAlexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:53:20 +0000 (14:53 -0400)
Signed-off-by: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>

contrib/pep8analysis/www/index.html

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 <div class="container-fluid">
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        <div class="alert alert-warning" id="loading">Loading the tool... This may take some time.</div>
 
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
+               <div class="panel panel-default" id="panelIntro">
+                       <div class="panel-heading">Description and Usage
+                               <button type="button" class="close" onClick="$('#panelIntro').hide()" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
+                       </div>
+                       <div class="panel-body" id="code-panel">
+                               <p>This tools finds strange behavior in Pep/8 programs by exploring all detectable execution paths.</p>
+                               <p>Upon analyzing a program, this tool reports dead code blocks and data within the execution path. It also detects wrongful use of data such as accessing uninitialized memory, printing a word and reading code.</p>
+                               <p><strong>To use:</strong> copy-paste your code in the source code block and launch the analysis using the <em>Analyze</em> button.</p>
+                       </div>
+               </div>
+
                <div class="panel panel-default">
                        <div class="panel-heading">Pep/8 Source Code</div>
                        <div class="panel-body" id="code-panel">
                        </div>
                </div>
          </div>
+
+         <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-6">
+               <div class="panel panel-default" id="panelRef">
+                       <div class="panel-heading">Output Documentation
+                               <button type="button" class="close" onClick="$('#panelRef').hide()" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
+                       </div>
+                       <div class="panel-body" id="code-panel">
+                               <h4>Line and memory references</h4>
+                               <p>Shorthand are used in the error messages, some refer directly to the line numbers others to the address in the memory of the running program.</p>
+                               <table class="table table-striped">
+                               <tr>
+                                       <th>Shorthand</th>
+                                       <th>Description</th>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>web:5</td>
+                                       <td>Source line 5</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>L8</td>
+                                       <td>Source line 8</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>rA, rX</td>
+                                       <td>Registers A, X</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>m24</td>
+                                       <td>Memory at address 24 (bytes)</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>instr@m24</td>
+                                       <td>Intruction at address 24 (bytes). Usually, this would be the (24/4+1=) 7th instruction, if there is no data blocks. And the 7th line if there is no data blocks or comments.</td>
+                               </tr>
+                               </table>
+
+                               <h4>Common errors and warnings</h4>
+
+                               <p>Note that the tool reports <em>possible</em> errors and strange behaviors. For an advanced or expert user, it may raise errors on correct code.</p>
+
+                               <table class="table table-striped">
+                               <tr>
+                                       <th>Error</th>
+                                       <th>Meaning</th>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>... the CFG may be wrong</td>
+                                       <td>The program structure is too complex to analyze. This happens when jumping to dynamic addresses and when using switch statements.</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>unreachable instructions</td>
+                                       <td>There's dead code.</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>data in program flow</td>
+                                       <td>The program may execute raw data. There's probably a <code>BR</code> missing.</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>overwriting code at...</td>
+                                       <td>An instruction writes over an existing instruction (probably your code).</td>
+                               </tr><tr>
+                                       <td>expected "type" in "address", got "something"</td>
+                                       <td>An instruction uses data with an unexepected type. It may be a <code>CHARO</code> using something other than a char. Or a copy of uninitialized data over an initialized word.<br>
+                                       </td>
+                               </tr>
+                               </table>
+                       </div>
+               </div>
+         </div>
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        <script src="pep8analysis.js"></script>