
(You will see an error message on the screen if you press piiiJJ now, after typing “NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR PARTY.” Here’s why: Pressing m tells the
When you work with BASIC or with an application program, the
To change something you’ve typed, just move the cursor to the place where you want to make a change, and type the text you desire. When you type over existing text in this way, you replace the old text with the new text.
For example, let’s say you want to change the expression you had typed, from “NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR PARTY” to “NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR FRIENDS.‘*
To make this change, use the cursor keys to locate the cursor on the “P” in “PARTY.” Then type “FRIENDS.” With those few keystrokes, you have changed the logical line.
Deleting textTo delete some characters altogether, place the cursor to the right of the character you wish to delete. Then press this key:
The character to the left of the cursor disappears, and the rest of the logical line moves one space to the left, to close up the gap.
To delete a group of characters, place the cursor to the right of the last character in the group, and press the m key repeatedly (or hold it down, thus making it repeat automatically). This will delete the characters in the group, one at a time, from right to left. When you’ve deleted the leftmost character, release the Ikey.
What could be easier? The characters you wished to delete will be gone, and there won’t be any gap in the logical line.
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