Re: Executable text files

["Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request.message>]

"Simon Williams" <email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> wrote in message 
news:1gs8v3i.h638k0wfo8dgN%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com...
> I'm travelling at the moment and my ancient Powerbook isn't fast enough
> to run a decent emulator, so I've been working on some Applesoft
> projects with BBEdit. I'm wondering how Basic System interprets control
> characters when EXECing a text file.
> Mainly I'm concerned with things like Tabs, Spaces and CRs within line,
> which is mainly to keep my listings legible, as such:
>
> 1000 PRINT "HELLO";
>        : PRINT CHR$ (32);
>        : PRINT "WORLD"
>        : GOTO 1000 : REM         sorry I didn't use GOSUB

Hi Simon,

If I'm not mistaken, it's been a while for me and EXEC files...

That program will execute as follows

] <<adds line 1000 PRINT "HELLO"; to memory >>

] << Prints a space >>

]  <<Prints "world">>

]WORLD

] <<Goes to line 1000>>

]HELLO

quite possibly a not-direct command instead of hello at the end.

After you exec it, there will be the line 1000 added to whatever
if any applesoft program is in memory.

Later,
Craig