> Pretty fancy... before long you'll have an all new derived language!

That's what it does look like sometimes, but I'd stop short of that. I
really just need what in effect are typing aids. The macros are proven
so there's no need to type their contents long-handedly. It should be
noted though that if you need to be thrifty with memory, using macros,
especially those of more than a few lines, a lot can be wasteful. Better
to call a routine

> While I'm learning assembly I think its probably best to stick with
> the bsf STATUS,5 type stuff until it sinks in sufficiently

That's fair enough, although it is maybe easier to make mistakes. But
even learning the hard way is an education too ;-)

Soon enough you'll want to move on from nuts and bolts to writing
code as quickly and as conveniently as possible. This could also
mean having whole sections of code, like RS232 or maths routines,
as library files

> is .10 shorthand for d'10'? the manual seems to indicate that .'10' is ok,
> and d'10' is acceptable, but says nothing about .10 without the ''s

You can find the acceptable types in MPASM Assembler Help under
"Radix Types Supported" - Numeric Constants And Radix. They can
be mixed any way that makes it easier to understand the routine

for example

         lfsr    fsr0,command+0x03 ;source
nn_loop  movfw   indf0               ;test for only numbers
         xorlw   0x0d                ;look for e-o-s Carriage Return
         bz      copy_pho
         xorlw   0x0d                ;no, restore W
         addlw   .255-"9"           ;test if number
         addlw   ("9"-"0")+1
         skpc
         goto    char_err           ;not number
         incf    fsr0l
         bra     nn_loop

This is true also for the Watch Window. It can be set to display
registers in a number of different formats, such as ASCII, binary,
32-bit etc which allows you to examine registers in a meaningful
way

> is $ shorthand for PCL (0x02 on the 77)?

The argument after the $ is how far the branch or goto is. This is in
bytes for the 16F and byte pairs for the 18F, ie a BRA or GOTO
on the 18F has to be an even number

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