Re: Applesoft Basic IDE

["Eric" <lonewolf@hotmail.com>]

Michael,

Is there an easier way than Apple-Q to quit to test run then typing && to
get back? And to continue to code with auto line numbering, each time I
return to the editor I have to place cursor to the last line and Apple-A
again.

Eric

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20031007162818.16739.00000325@mb-m07.aol.com">news:20031007162818.16739.00000325@mb-m07.aol.com...
> Dave Althoff Jr replied:
>
> >Michael J. Mahon (mjmahon@aol.com) wrote:
> >: Dave Althoff Jr wrote:
> >
> >: >Personally, I swore by GPLE and swore at Program Writer.
> >
> >: I'm curious about what caused you trouble with Program Writer.  It's
easy
> >: to enter with &&, and it sets 80-column mode.  I've never used it on
> >: anything earlier than a //e, and I seldom, if ever, use embedded
inverse
> >: or control characters (though I think it can handle them).
> >
> >I never used those, either...I thought embedding control characters was a
> >bit sloppy and/or lazy.  All those MicroSPARC programs that had that
line...
> >
> >nn D$ = "" : REM THERE IS A CONTROL-D IN THERE
> >
> >seemed like it was counter-productive...why not just use...
> >
> >nn D$ = CHR$(4)
>
> I agree compleely.
>
> >Anyway, I never liked Program Writer because it was based on a completely
> >different method of writing code than I learned to use in Applesoft.  For
> >me, the real beauty of an interpreted BASIC is that you can instantly
> >pound out code, test it, pound out more, test things directly from the
> >command prompt, stick them into the program, and move on to something
> >else.  Since Applesoft is program-line based, I never had much use for a
> >screen-based editor, and more often than not, it just got in the way.
> >
> >Program Writer is good if you're a programmer who sits down, writes a
> >whole program, tests it, then debugs it.  If you can stand to work in
> >Pascal, then Program Writer is probably fine.  But my programming style
is
> >better suited to GPLE.
>
> I've never seriously used GPLE, having only tried it a few times many
> years ago on my ][+.
>
> But I'm still not sure I understand your issue with Program Writer's
> work flow.  You edit a program, hit OA-Q and RUN, then to edit
> you type &&.  Just the ease of a scrollable listing is enough for
> me, even without editing!  ;-)
>
> -michael
>
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