TemplarXB Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Are there any versions of Basic, or any hardware expansions for an 800XL, that allow a text buffer where you can scroll beyond the visible screen when typing in a Basic program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 You mean like a virtual 80 column mode where each line can extend out? Not that I know of. That sort of thing would be a modification to device E: which could be done independant of whatever language is in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 If you have Action! Then the editor scrolls past 40 col, but I've never tried what you are saying with a Basic program. The Action! Editor was supposedly written for a word processor, so might work for you. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 FastBASIC has that kind of editor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemplarXB Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 I mean horizontal limit of the screen. For example, if you type a long program in and you use the cursor to move up it would show earlier lines beyond what the screen shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 So, like a word processor or most modern type editors allowing just scrolling through the program instead of the annoyance of having to list specific line ranges? It takes a fair chunk of memory or fast disk access to be able to do that on older computers. Action is probably closest to what you'd be after. In the modern day though with 1 Meg expansions fairly common, there's no reason we couldn't have such a thing. Though generally with Basic the program is tokenized as you type it in so such an editor would be more of a preparation tool and you'd still need to do a save and enter operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I mean horizontal limit of the screen. For example, if you type a long program in and you use the cursor to move up it would show earlier lines beyond what the screen shows. FastBASIC can do even that. It has a full-screen editor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Will it accept line numbers from conventional Atari Basic, or does it check syntax when a line is entered and would "burp" with a line number? -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemplarXB Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 FastBASIC can do even that. It has a full-screen editor. I'll check it out, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Hello guys AFAIR there were all kind of little type in routines in ANALOG Computing, ANTIC, Atari User, etc. that added stuff like text buffers and "scroll past the first 40 characters". Maybe it's worth looking into. And maybe Bill Kendrick's XLsearch is a nice place to start. Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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