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Assembler vs Forth

    04-Jan-89 22:38:37
Fm: Alex Arthur 76446,545
To: Jon Bryan 70310,777
Yes, it seems that the docs are incorrect. Unfortunately, I realized after I wrote you, that I made a typo. I had originally used `create', but then realizing that was to create a variable, I found the word `create-file'. In my frustration, I wrote the wrong word for you. In any case, it still GURU'd ass soon as I gotr into the editor. It was then that I tried again, but entered the editor with `editor' and found the word `install'. I typed the following: 10 create-file aca.blk editor open aca.blk install done file aca.blk 1 edit This seemed to work (by trial-and-error), though I don't exactly know why. I'd think that perhaps memory must be allocated and cleared before I try to edit. What do you think? How is it that I create (edit) shadow screens for my code? It would be kinda' nice if I could add a little documentation to my code, especially since I am such a novice and probably won't remember how to do something 5 minutes after I originally figure it out. 🙂 <continued>