retroforth/book/Additional-Tools
crc da67e34f43 book: some brief notes on the tools, building custom image
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# Additional Tools
In addition to the core `retro` binary, the `bin` directory
will contain a few other tools.
## retro
This is the main RETRO binary.
## retro-describe
This is a program that looks up entries in the Glossary.
## retro-embedimage
This is a program which generates a C file with the ngaImage
contents. It's used when building `retro`.
## retro-extend
This is a program which compiles code into the ngaImage.
It's used when building `retro` and when you want to make a
standalone image with custom additions.
## retro-muri
This is the assembler for Nga. It's used to build the initial
RETRO kernel and can be used by other tools as well.
## retro-unu
This is the literate source extraction tool for RETRO. It
is used in building `retro`.