Re: Help ME! Apple IIc

[volkmar.friauf@koeln.netsurf.de (Volkmar Friauf)]

Mike Malek <mike_malek@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >Sorry, can't help on that - Applesoft's own editing features are enough
> >for me.
> 
> What do you mean by that last statements?

Well, as Dave Althoff explained, there is an "escape mode" in Applesoft,
which means that there are certain shortcuts available by pressing
Escape and another key.

Escape-Escape: Clear screen, move cursor to top-left position
Escape-a:      Move cursor one position to the right
Escape-b:      Move cursor one position to the left
Escape-c:      Move cursor one position down
Escape-d:      Move cursor one position up
Escape-e:      Clear line from cursor position to end of line
Escape-f:      Clear screen from cursor position to end of screen
Escape-i:      Move cursor one position up; stay in escape mode
               (you don't have to type Escape for the next command; if
               this was the last command, type any key not listed here
               to leave escape mode)
Escape-j:      Move cursor one position to the left; stay in escape mode
               (see Escape-i)
Escape-k:      Move cursor one position to the right; stay in escape
               mode (see Escape-i)
Escape-m:      Move cursor one position down; stay in escape mode
               (see Escape-i)
Escape-4:      Switch to 40-column-mode
Escape-8:      Switch to 40-column-mode

> Do you program and if you
> do, how do you use a word processor on my Apple II (I have several) to
> save as a BASIC program.  Dennis K. told me about saving the file,
> exiting to ProDOS and then EXECuting the file and SAVEing it to
> memory?  Other way?  Thanks a lot!

As Nathan Mates explained: Write your code in a word processor, save it
as text file, quit to DOS/ProDOS, EXEC this textfile, and SAVE your
resulting Basic program.

EXEC means "execute batch file"; the concent of such a batch file (which
must be of type TEXT) can be any BASIC or DOS/ProDOS command. If your
text file contains commands like

   10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"

Applesoft will interpret this as a command (as the input of a new line).

This might be a nice way if your program is finished and error-proof,
but if thecode contains some errors, it may get hard to find them.

Good luck!

Volkmar

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