Beiträge von Snoopy im Thema „C65 - simple build in text editor“

    In the latest available C65-ROM (911001.bin) I found a token for an EDIT command at address $127DB (75739 dec). In the usual manuals and documents about the C65 I didn't find anything about it.

    Gladly I found a textfile "edit.man" (dated 1991/10/23) which I think it was from Fred Bowen or some colleague of him nowadays by Commodore.

    In short: There is a build in simple linebased text editor in the C65.

    In the direct mode you can switch it on with EDIT ON.

    The prompt turns from "READY." to "OK.".

    Now you can - after type in a line number (similar as in BASIC) - write a text, each line can be 160 characters long:

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    The text ist sorted by the line numbers. You can even LIST the written text:

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    Saving the text to disc with the DSAVE command:

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    You can print the saved text to screen with the TYPE command. It is also possible to send it to a printer (see the manual text below).

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    If you want to edit the text, you can load it with the DLOAD command in the memory again.

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    If you have enough written, you can switch to BASIC mode again with EDIT OFF. The prompt turns to "READY." again.

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    I just tested the EDIT command with the C65-ROM (911001.bin). The EDIT token is in the ROMs since version 910624.bin.

    And here is the text of the mentioned "edit.man" file from (1991/10/23):