Re: Your Tips for New Apple Users

[Steve Nickolas <lyricalnanoha@usotsuki.hoshinet.org>]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Tony Cianfaglione wrote:

> 3. On a IIc (anyway), using the ESC key while editing BASIC programs allows 
> you to move the cursor all over the screen without entering the data you're 
> moving over.  This is great when you need to enter a long sequence over and 
> over again without having to retype it - just ESC to the beginning of the old 
> line, press ESC again, read in the line you want duplicated and then press 
> RETURN.  Make sure you give the rescanned line a new line number to separate 
> it from the old line.

Works on any Apple.  More limited on a Monitor ROM ][.  ][+ has the IJKM 
diamond, //e added arrowing around the screen.  Only the //c, however, has 
the inverse-+ cursor.

-uso.