.\" 
.\" mint manual page.
.\" (C) Ximian, Inc. 
.\" Author:
.\"   Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)
.\"
.TH Mono "Mono 1.0"
.SH NAME
mono \- Mono ECMA-CLI Just in Time compiler.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B mono
[\-\-help] [\-d] [\-\-debug-asm] [\-\-debug-forest] [\-\-trace-calls]
[\-\-stabs] [\-\-compile cname] [\-\-ncompile num] [\-\-debug]
program.exe [arguments...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fImono\fP program is a Just in Time compiler for ECMA CLI byte
codes.  It translates dynamically a CIL stream into native code. 
.I program.exe
and optionally passes
the
.I arguments
to it. 
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.TP
.I "--help", "-h"
Displays usage instructions.
.I "--share-code"
This mode makes the LoaderOptimization for Application Domains default
to sharing code.  This results in slower code, but enables code
sharing across application domains.  The default is to maximize for
speed, but disallow JITed code sharing across domains.  See
System.LoaderOptimization for more information
.SH DEBUGGING OPTIONS
The following options are used to debug, or perfomance test the JIT
compiler:
.TP
.I "--trace-calls"
Shows method names as they are invoked.
.TP
.I "--dump-asm"
Displays the generated code as methods are invoked.
.TP
.I "--dump-forest"
Displays the basic blocks and the forest of trees that is 
created from a stream of CIL opcodes.
.TP
.I "--stabs"
Writes out stabs debug information
.TP
.I "--debug method"
Debugs the method whose name is `method'
.TP
.I "--compile"
Compiles the method on the given class (namespace.name:methodname).
.TP
.I "--ncompile"
Compiles the method a number of times.  If no argument is specified,
the method will be compiled a thousand times.
.SH FILES
Assemblies are lodaed from the installation lib directory.  If you set
`prefix' to /usr, the assemblies will be located in /usr/lib.
.SH MAILING LISTS
Visit http://mail.ximian.com/mailman/mono-list for details.
.SH WEB SITE
Visit: http://www.go-mono.com for details
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mint(1), monodis(1)