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To give your subroutine an appearently REMless title do the
following:
1) Enter the REM on desired line
followed by a quote (").
2) Press <CR>
3) Cursor up to that line and
to the right of that quote
turn on reverse mode (CTRL
RVS-ON).
4) Now press SHIFT M and SHIFT Q.
5) Press the quote again then
delete it.
6) Enter the comment you wish to
be entered as a REMark.
7) Press quote and then delete
it.
8) RVS-ON.
9) Next SHIFT Z.
10) Finally, <CR>.
That's all there is to it! I can't take credit for this one. It
belongs to Luis Pistoia of Argentina.
To produce the indentation effect found in certain PASCAL and C
editors, use the colon (:). That's all! The following give examples of
what I mean:
----------
PROGRAM #1
----------
10 :FOR I = 1 TO 10
12 : FOR J = 1 TO 10
14 : FOR K = 1 TO 10
16 : PRINT
18 : PRINT
20 : PRINT
22 : PRINT K,
24 : PRINT J,
26 : PRINT I
28 : PRINT
30 : PRINT
32 : PRINT
34 : NEXT K
36 : NEXT J
38 :NEXT I
----------
PROGRAM #2
----------
10 :REM THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN
12 :REM STRUCTURED PROGRAM DESIGN
14 :REM
16 :BEGINNING=1: FINISH=12
18 :FOR LOOP = BEGINNING TO FINISH
20 : PRINT "LOOP #"; LOOP
22 : PRINT: PRINT: PRINT
24 :NEXT LOOP
99 :STOP
Also, in PROGRAM #2 I use long variable names to make the program more
readable. Naturally BASIC will only re the first two characters of
the variable. For example the BASIC interpreter will refer to the
variable BEGINNING as BE.
I hope these hints are helpful. If they are, pass them on!
Documentation for BASMOD
------------------------
BASMOD is a modification by Joel Rubin
of a program which appeared in the
August 1983 COMPUTE! Gazette (Note 1)
which adds four new graphics commands
to your Commodore 64. It enables you
to plot points on a high resolution
screen with simple commands from
BASIC.
What the Program Does
---------------------
Part of BASMOD consists of a machine
language routine which copies the
BASIC ROM (Read Only Memory), which
interprets BASIC commands, into RAM
(Random Access Memory). ROM is
"permanent" memory - that is, the
program stored in ROM is "burned" into
the ROM memory chip so that it is not
lost when power is removed from the
'64. This "permanent" machine
language program, and its counterpart,
the KERNAL ROM, which oversees the
general operation of the '64, are
essential to the function of all BASIC
programs; they tell the computer what
it should do when it "sees" a BASIC
command such as PRINT or LOAD, either
in a program or typed in from the
keyboard ("immediate" mode).