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Compiler Control (↑ Compiler Directives)
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  ┌──Error & Flag Messages───────────────┐┌──Screen────────────────────────┐
  │BRIEF     No message texts          ││BELL     Bleep when stop      │
  │EDITOR    Error file for Editor     ││CONFIRM  Display directives   │
  │ERRLIST   Print messages only       ││ECHO     Display errors       │
  │ERRQ      Pause on error            ││ECHOALL  Display full listing │
  │FLAG      Flag outside the dialect  ││SUPFF    No page-headings     │
  │FLAGAS    Show flags as errors etc  │└────────────────────────────────┘
  │FLAGCD    Conflicting directives    │
  │FLAGMIG   OSVS and VSC2 differences │
  │FLAGSINEDIT  Flags in error file    │
  │FLAGQ     Pause on flag             │
  │FLAGSTD   Flag above ANSI'85 level  │┌──Other compile/link files──────┐
  │FLAG-CHIP Flag chip problems        ││CANCELLBR*Close COPY .LBR file│
  │HIDEMESSAGE Set message to hide     ││COPYLBR*  COPY-lib = .LBR file│
  │INFORETURN  Info msg return value   ││DEFFILE   Produce .DEF file   │
  │QUERY     Pause if COPY-file missing││DLL       DLL or EXE          │
  │STDERR    Write messages to STDERR  ││GNT*      File for object code│
  │WARNING   Level of message to output││INT*      File for int code   │
  └──────────────────────────────────────┘│INTLEVEL* Portability level   │
                                          │LINKLIB   Link-libraries      │
  ┌──Listing─────────────────────────────┐│OBJ       File for object code│
  │ASMLIST   File for assembly listing ││OSEXT     Source file-name ext│
  │COPYEXT   COPY-file extensions      │└────────────────────────────────┘
  │COPYLIST  List COPY-files           │
  │DATE      Date for listings         │
  │FORM      Page length               │
  │LIST      File for source listing   │┌──Using directives──────────────┐
  │LISTWIDTH Page width                ││CONFIRM    Display directives │
  │MASM      For Microsoft MASM        ││DIRECTIVES File of directives │
  │MFCOMMENT Alternate-format comments ││SETTING    Print directives   │
  │PARAS     Paragraphs code addresses ││SHOW-DIR   Print dir. files   │
  │PRINT     File for source listing   ││USE        File of directives │
  │REF       List para's addresses     │└────────────────────────────────┘
  │REFNO     Compiler-# in listings    │
  │RESEQ     Generate line numbers     │
  │SEQCHK    Check line numbers        │
  │SETTING   Print directives          │
  │SHOW-DIR  Print directives files    │
  │SHOWSHUFFLE  Show 01SHUFFLE results │
  │SOURCEASM Source in assembly listing│
  │TIME      Put time on listings      │
  │TRUNCCOPY Truncate COPY-file names  │
  │XREF      Produce cross-ref listing │
  │ZEROSEQ   Zeros in line numbers     │
  └──────────────────────────────────────┘
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