From 6b903059fe70a7be4b9a1b4d4e05a6765dadac0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eldred Habert <eldredhabert0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 20:12:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document endianness of `dw` and `dl` (#972)

---
 src/asm/rgbasm.5 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/asm/rgbasm.5 b/src/asm/rgbasm.5
index 49f8f819..ab10d704 100644
--- a/src/asm/rgbasm.5
+++ b/src/asm/rgbasm.5
@@ -1386,6 +1386,12 @@ Alternatively, you can use
 to store a list of words (16-bit) or
 .Ic DL
 to store a list of double-words/longs (32-bit).
+Both of these write their data in little-endian byte order; for example,
+.Ql dw $CAFE
+is equivalent to
+.Ql db $FE, $CA
+and not
+.Ql db $CA, $FE .
 .Pp
 Strings are handled a little specially: they first undergo charmap conversion (see
 .Sx Character maps ) ,