Commodore 128D - Page 32

You should try to become very familiar with the
cursor keys, because moving the cursor makes ,—,
your programming much easier. With a little *—J
practice you will find that you can move the cur
sor almost without thinking about it. r~ (
Inst/Del This is a dual purpose key. INST stands for
INSerT, and DEL for DELete. |_j
Inserting Characters
You must use the SHIFT key with the INST/DEL Li
key when you want to insert characters in a line.
Suppose you left some characters out of a line,
like this: \ 5
WHILE U WERE OUT
To insert the missing characters, first use the \ f
cursor keys to move the cursor back to the
error, like this (note that the arrow flashes in the
spot where the U is located): ^_f
WHILE ffl WERE OUT ^
Then, while you hold down the SHIFT key, press \_J
the INST/DEL key until you have enough space
to add the missing characters:
WHILE ■ U WERE OUT ^
Notice that INST doesn't move the cursor; it just _,
adds space between the cursor and the charac- J f
ter to its right. To make the correction, simply
type in the missing "Y" and "0", like this:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT LJ
Deleting Characters
When you press the DEL key, the cursor moves
one space to the left and erases the character
that is there. This means that when you want to
delete something, you move the cursor just to
the right of the character you want to DELete.
Suppose you have made a mistake in typing, like
this:
PRINT "ERROER"
24 USING C128 MODE-Getting Started in BASIC