Editing with
the
ATARI130XE
Keyboard
No matter how well you type
on
a typewriter, you will need to
familiarize yourself with the special features of the
ATARI
130XE
keyboard before you begin editing with
ATARI
BASIC.
AUTO REPEAT FUNCTION
Begin by typing the letter
A:
Continue to hold down the
[6J
key and watch the rows of A's appear.
When a line is filled, the cursor automatically drops down to the next
row. There is
no
need to press
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You
are using the built-in auto repeat function of the ATARI 130XE
keyboard. Most of the
ke
ys, including the space bar, have auto repeat.
Did you hear a buzzer when the A
's
almost filled the third line? That
warning
buzzer-
a built-in function of ATARI
BASIC-indicates
that
the instruction
line is getting too long .
An
in
struction line can
be
no
more than three lines long.
ERROR MESSAGES
Find the I Return I key and press it.
You
should see the word
ERROR
on
the screen, followed by the three lines of A's that you typed. Your
computer
is
interacting with you now. It is telling you that it doesn't
understand what you are typing because the rows of A's aren't part of
the
BASIC language. Clear your screen by pressing I Return I until the
Error message
no
longer appears.
To
avoid getting Error messages
while you are following the directions for editing, do not press the
I Return I key until you are instructed to do so.
UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE
To
make lowercase A's, press the
~
key once and hold down the
[6]
key. You should see this:
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