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╨ROGRAMMABLE ╞UNCTION ╦EYS
╞OR THE ╬EWER ├OMMODORE ├OMPUTERS
╫RITTEN BY: ╠OUIS ╞. ╙ANDER
┴LL ┴BOUT ╨ROGRAMMABLE ╞UNCTION ╦EYS
╨OWER╨LAY ═AGAZINE, ╬OVEMBER 1985
╨AGE 6
╔N CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THE
FUNCTION KEYS ON ├OMMODORE'S NEWER
MACHINES (├-128, ╨LUS/4, AND ├-16)
ARE MUCH MORE USEFUL AND POWERFUL THAN
THOSE ON THE ├-64. ╘HE FUNCTION KEYS
ON THE NEWER MACHINES HELP YOU SAVE
TYPING TIME BY HAVING AN ARSENAL OF
COMMONLY USED ┬┴╙╔├ INSTRUCTIONS
AVAILABLE AT THE TOUCH OF A KEY.
╔F YOU ENTER ╦┼┘ <╥┼╘╒╥╬> ON ONE OF
THE NEWER MACHINES, YOU WILL GET A
LIST OF THE CURRENT FUNCTION KEY
DEFINITIONS. ╫HEN A FUNCTION KEY IS
PRESSED, THE COMPUTER RESPONDS AS IF
THAT KEY'S DEFINITION HAD BEEN TYPED
ON THE KEYBOARD. ╞OR EXAMPLE, IF THE
╞1 KEY IS DEFINED TO BE '╠╔╙╘', THEN
WHEN YOU PRESS ╞1, THE WORD ╠╔╙╘ IS
PRINTED ON THE SCREEN ALONG WITH A
CARRIAGE RETURN [├╚╥$(13)]. ╘HIS IS
FOLLOWED BY A LISTING OF THE PROGRAM
CURRENTLY IN MEMORY.
╔F THE DEFAULT FUNCTION KEY
DEFINITIONS AREN'T QUITE SATISFACTORY
FOR YOU, THEN YOU CAN EASILY CHANGE
ONE, TWO, OR ANY NUMBER OF THEM.
╘O CHANGE A KEY'S DEFINITION, SIMPLY
ENTER THE FOLLOWING:
╦┼┘ N,STRING
WHERE N IS THE KEY NUMBER (1-8) AND
STRING IS WHAT YOU WANT THE KEY TO
PRODUCE WHEN PRESSED. ╞OR EXAMPLE,
IF YOU WANT THE ╞4 KEY TO PRINT
"╚┼╠╠╧ ╘╚┼╥┼!!!" ON THE SCREEN, THEN
YOU WOULD TYPE:
╦┼┘ 4,"╚┼╠╠╧ ╘╚┼╥┼!!!"
┴FTER THIS, ANYTIME THE ╞4 KEY IS
PRESSED, "╚┼╠╠╧ ╘╚┼╥┼!!!" WILL BE
PRINTED ON THE SCREEN.
╘HERE ARE TWO SMALL PROGRAMS ON
╙IDE 2 OF THIS ISSUE OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ THAT
WILL HELP YOU MODIFY THE FUNCTION KEY
DEFINITIONS HOWEVER YOU WANT. ╘HEY
ARE SAVED UNDER THE NAMES OF:
╞-╦┼┘╙ ╞╔╪┼╥.128
AND
┬┼╘╘┼╥ ╞.╦┼┘╙.128
┬OTH PROGRAMS ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE,
EDIT, AND MODIFY ANY OF THE FUNCTION
KEY DEFINITIONS WITH EASE.
╘HIS PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHTED BY
╨OWER╨LAY MAGAZINE. ┴LL RIGHTS TO IT
ARE RESERVED. ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ HAS RELIEVED
YOU FROM THE BURDEN OF KEYING IN THIS
PROGRAM. ╞OR MORE COMPLETE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, REFER
TO THE ╬OVEMBER 1985 ISSUE OF
╨OWER╨LAY ═AGAZINE.
>╞ILES USED: ╞-╦┼┘╙ ╞╔╪┼╥.128
┬┼╘╘┼╥ ╞.╦┼┘╙.128
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