(THE FOLLOWING TEXT TAKED FROM THE ═╒╟ NEWS LETTER,╧╓┼╥╞╠╧╫.)
╔F ┴PPLE USERS WANT TO PRINT INFOR-MATION AT A CERTAIN PLACE ON THE SCREEN, THEY USE THE COMANDS ╚╘┴┬ & ╓╘┴┬. ╙OME-ONE USING A ╥ADIO ╙HACK COMPUTER WOULD USE THE COMMAND ╨╥╔╬╘@. ╒NFORTUNATELY, ├OMMODORE HAS NO SIMILAR BUILT-IN COMM-AND. ╔NSTEAD, A ├OMMODORE PROGRAMMER MUST PUT A PRINT STATEMENT IN THE PROGRAM INCLUDING A CURSOR HOME COMMAND FOL- LOWED BY A SERIES OF CURSOR DOWN AND RIGHT COMMANDS. ╘HIS IS NOT ONLY VERY HARD TO READ IN A PROGRAM, BUT IT ALSO WASTES MEMORY.
╘HIS PROGRAM ADDS A COMMAND TO ├OMMODORE ┬ASIC. ╘HIS COMMAND IS CALLED '╟╧' AND HAS THE FORMAT ╟╧ X,Y. ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO PRINT SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN AT LINE 5, COLUMN 10, YO WOULD USE A PROGRAM LINE LIKE:
10 ╟╧ 10,5:PRINT "WHATEVER"
╘HE NUMBERS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED WITH ANY NUMERIC VARIABLE OR NUMERIC EXPRESSION.
10 ╟╧ X*3+1,Y:PRINT"WHATEVER"
╘HE FILST NUMBER MUST BE IN THE RANGE 0-39, AND THE SECOND MUST BE IN THE RANGE 0-24. ┴S WITH ANY OTHER ┬ASIC ├OMMAND, USING THE INCORRECT NUMBERS OR WRONG SYNTAX WILL CAUSE AN ERROR.
┴FTER RUNING THE PROGRAM IT WILL ERASE ITSELF BUT THE GO COMMAND WILL REMAIN IN MEMORY UNTILL THE COMMPUTER IS SHUT OFF.
╘HIS PROGAM DONATED TO THE PUBLIC- DOMAIN BY THE AUTHOR. ╔T MAY NOT BE SOLD BUT MAY BE FREELY GIVEN.
╘HE AUTHOR RECOMENDS THAT YOU MERGE THIS PROGRAM WITH OTHERS THAT YOU WRITE TO MAKE YOUR PROGRAMMING A LITTLE EASIER.
┴LSO, IF YOU DO USE HIS PROGRAM IN YOUR OWN, PLEASE GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR IT IN YOUR PROGRAM LISTING.
