Can a linker(nasm linker) create executable files from .txt extensions or only from .asm extensions??

Question

I do not like to work with nasm's text editors and all thoise things!
There is one more thing that I think it is possible but I am not sure!
Can u make a .asm file with notepad and link so iit is executable????

Answer 1

Any program that can write plain text(.txt) can write a .asm. All an .asm file is is text. You can use anything from notepad, to word, to a top dollar ide. Just save it as a plain text file but with the .asm extension.

Answer 2

You can use any text editor to make the source file. I believe the extention has to be .asm

By the way, you assemble the source code to make the object file, then you link the object file to make the executable.

In many assemblers, you can combine both steps into one and assemble a source directly into the executable, but you never link source directly into executable.