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File contents
Well, here we are! You may have noticed that there have been a fair
number of these Basic editors floating around here and there, so here is
all of `em - well the newest and best ones anyway. This collection features
versions 2.06 (written in late February 1992) to 2.09 (whipped up in
March-ish, I think!). The latest version includes a file coder, a space
stripper (very useful!) and a Basic printer (which works properly unlike in
version 2.08!).
The whole bunch of applications were ALL written by Robert C.Smiley
and include 37% ARM code, 14% raw data and 49% coded BASIC - well approx.
Oh, and don't bother trying to hack into them - 2.06 is difficult to alter
and the protection system get more advanced (2.09 is completely idiot proof!,
whatever you do, you won't be able to mess around with it!).
All four of these applications may be spread around with normal
public domain rules and try and phase out and other versions, especially
2.12 to 2.34 which are useless! (If anyone knows what happened to version
2.05 please tell me).
Finally, if anyone wants to know anything about the WIMP system /
programming it etc. talk to me - I know a hell of a lot! but no-ones getting
the source code for these editors `cause I`ve deleted most of I (there is a
subtle way of getting around the coding!).
June 1992
Actually,on this disk you should only find 2.09,the latest version.
Help file for !BasicEdit version 2.15 (c) 29th May 1991.
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The options included in this version of !BasicEdit
A basic file can be loaded in several different ways from the Desktop.
The most common way, is to drag the basic file icon to the application icon
on the left side of the icon bar. This will load the file dragged onto the
application icon into the Basic editor.
Another way to load a basic file is to select the `Auto Run` option
in the application menu - this is set by default - and simply double click
on the file icon. While the `Auto Run` option is selected two other features
can be used.
The first of these is to hold down SHIFT while double clicking on the
file icon. The effect of this is to run the file instead of loading it into
the Basic editor.
The second option is to hold down SHIFT and ALT while double clicking
on the file icon. The effect of this option is to load the file into Basic
but not to enter the Basic editor.
For all of the above options the current directory can be set if the
`Auto Dir` option is set in the application menu. The directory will be set
to the directory that the file is contained in.
The next feature of the application is to simply enter Basic without
entering the Basic editor. To do this hold down SHIFT and click on the
application icon.
There are three ways of re-entering the desktop after activating one
of these options. The first of these is use from within the Basic editor.
To use this hold down SHIFT and CTRL and press F4. The next two ways to
re-enter desktop are both used from Basic. The first is to press F5 and the
second is to type QUIT and press RETURN.
When a basic program has been written, either using the Basic editor or
directly from Basic, the program can be run in two ways. The first of these
is used from the Basic editor. Hold down SHIFT and CTRL and press F12 to run
the program. The second way is used directly from Basic. Simply press F11 to
run the program. If at any time from Basic the editor needs to be re-entered
this can be done either by pressing F0 (Print) or by typing EDIT and pressing
RETURN.
The final feature of the application is the built in file coder. To
use this select the `Code file` option in the application menu. Then drag
the file that is to be coded on to the application icon. From the menu move
the pointer across the arrow beside the `Code file` option. A window will be
opened to save the code. The two radio icons on the right of the window
allow the user to determine if the code ha a time stamp or not. The time
stamp will have a Basic file type.
The simpest way to save the code is to enter the full path name into
the white icon under the file icon and to click on the OK icon to the right.
To save time, the path name of the original file will be automatically
entered into the path icon.
Another way to save the code is to enter the file name into the path
icon and to drag the file icon above onto a directory display.
While the coder is activated Basic programs can not be loaded by
dragging them onto the application icon, but can be loaded by double clicking
on their file icon if the `Auto Run` option is selected.
Finally, to quit the whole application select the `Quit` option in
the menu. Selecting this will not kill the Basic editor module.
Also in this version are a `Print` option which,not suprisingly,prints the file currently in memory to any connected printer.`No Indent` removes allindents from files loaded into the editor.
RCS. June `92 00000000 0a 20 20 20 20 20 57 65 6c 6c 2c 20 68 65 72 65 |. Well, here| 00000010 20 77 65 20 61 72 65 21 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 | we are! You may| 00000020 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 64 20 74 68 | have noticed th| 00000030 61 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 |at there have be| 00000040 65 6e 20 61 20 66 61 69 72 0a 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |en a fair.number| 00000050 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 | of these Basic | 00000060 65 64 69 74 6f 72 73 20 66 6c 6f 61 74 69 6e 67 |editors floating| 00000070 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 68 65 72 65 20 61 6e 64 | around here and| 00000080 20 74 68 65 72 65 2c 20 73 6f 20 68 65 72 65 20 | there, so here | 00000090 69 73 0a 61 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 60 65 6d 20 2d 20 |is.all of `em - | 000000a0 77 65 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 65 73 74 20 |well the newest | 000000b0 61 6e 64 20 62 65 73 74 20 6f 6e 65 73 20 61 6e |and best ones an| 000000c0 79 77 61 79 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 |yway. This colle| 000000d0 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 73 0a 76 |ction features.v| 000000e0 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 32 2e 30 36 20 28 77 72 |ersions 2.06 (wr| 000000f0 69 74 74 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 6c 61 74 65 20 46 65 |itten in late Fe| 00000100 62 72 75 61 72 79 20 31 39 39 32 29 20 74 6f 20 |bruary 1992) to | 00000110 32 2e 30 39 20 28 77 68 69 70 70 65 64 20 75 70 |2.09 (whipped up| 00000120 20 69 6e 0a 4d 61 72 63 68 2d 69 73 68 2c 20 49 | in.March-ish, I| 00000130 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 21 29 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6c 61 | think!). 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T| 000001d0 68 65 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 62 75 6e 63 68 20 6f |he whole bunch o| 000001e0 66 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 |f applications w| 000001f0 65 72 65 20 41 4c 4c 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 |ere ALL written | 00000200 62 79 20 52 6f 62 65 72 74 20 43 2e 53 6d 69 6c |by Robert C.Smil| 00000210 65 79 0a 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 20 33 |ey.and include 3| 00000220 37 25 20 41 52 4d 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 31 34 25 |7% ARM code, 14%| 00000230 20 72 61 77 20 64 61 74 61 20 61 6e 64 20 34 39 | raw data and 49| 00000240 25 20 63 6f 64 65 64 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 2d 20 |% coded BASIC - | 00000250 77 65 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 72 6f 78 2e 0a 4f 68 2c |well approx..Oh,| 00000260 20 61 6e 64 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 62 6f 74 68 65 | and don't bothe| 00000270 72 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 68 61 63 6b |r trying to hack| 00000280 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 6d 20 2d 20 32 2e 30 | into them - 2.0| 00000290 36 20 69 73 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 74 |6 is difficult t| 000002a0 6f 20 61 6c 74 65 72 0a 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 |o alter.and the | 000002b0 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 79 73 74 65 |protection syste| 000002c0 6d 20 67 65 74 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 61 64 76 61 6e |m get more advan| 000002d0 63 65 64 20 28 32 2e 30 39 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d |ced (2.09 is com| 000002e0 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 69 64 69 6f 74 20 70 72 |pletely idiot pr| 000002f0 6f 6f 66 21 2c 0a 77 68 61 74 65 76 65 72 20 79 |oof!,.whatever y| 00000300 6f 75 20 64 6f 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 |ou do, you won't| 00000310 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 73 73 | be able to mess| 00000320 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 21 | around with it!| 00000330 29 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 6c 6c 20 66 6f |)... All fo| 00000340 75 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 70 70 6c |ur of these appl| 00000350 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 |ications may be | 00000360 73 70 72 65 61 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 77 69 |spread around wi| 00000370 74 68 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 0a 70 75 62 6c 69 63 |th normal.public| 00000380 20 64 6f 6d 61 69 6e 20 72 75 6c 65 73 20 61 6e | domain rules an| 00000390 64 20 74 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 70 68 61 73 65 20 |d try and phase | 000003a0 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 76 65 |out and other ve| 000003b0 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 65 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c |rsions, especial| 000003c0 6c 79 0a 32 2e 31 32 20 74 6f 20 32 2e 33 34 20 |ly.2.12 to 2.34 | 000003d0 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 65 6c 65 73 |which are useles| 000003e0 73 21 20 28 49 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 6b 6e |s! 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Finall| 00000430 79 2c 20 69 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 77 61 6e |y, if anyone wan| 00000440 74 73 20 74 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 61 6e 79 74 68 |ts to know anyth| 00000450 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 57 49 |ing about the WI| 00000460 4d 50 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 2f 0a 70 72 6f 67 |MP system /.prog| 00000470 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 65 74 63 2e 20 |ramming it etc. | 00000480 74 61 6c 6b 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 20 2d 20 49 20 6b |talk to me - I k| 00000490 6e 6f 77 20 61 20 68 65 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 61 20 |now a hell of a | 000004a0 6c 6f 74 21 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 2d 6f 6e 65 73 |lot! but no-ones| 000004b0 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 0a 74 68 65 20 73 6f 75 | getting.the sou| 000004c0 72 63 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 |rce code for the| 000004d0 73 65 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 73 20 60 63 61 75 73 |se editors `caus| 000004e0 65 20 49 60 76 65 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 64 20 6d |e I`ve deleted m| 000004f0 6f 73 74 20 6f 66 20 49 20 28 74 68 65 72 65 20 |ost of I (there | 00000500 69 73 20 61 0a 73 75 62 74 6c 65 20 77 61 79 20 |is a.subtle way | 00000510 6f 66 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 61 72 6f 75 6e |of getting aroun| 00000520 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 21 29 2e 0a |d the coding!)..| 00000530 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 00000540 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000570 20 20 20 4a 75 6e 65 20 31 39 39 32 20 0a 20 20 | June 1992 . | 00000580 20 41 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 2c 6f 6e 20 74 68 69 | Actually,on thi| 00000590 73 20 64 69 73 6b 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |s disk you shoul| 000005a0 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 66 69 6e 64 20 32 2e 30 39 |d only find 2.09| 000005b0 2c 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 65 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 |,the latest vers| 000005c0 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ion... | 000005d0 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 21 42 |Help file for !B| 000005e0 61 73 69 63 45 64 69 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |asicEdit version| 000005f0 20 32 2e 31 35 20 28 63 29 20 32 39 74 68 20 4d | 2.15 (c) 29th M| 00000600 61 79 20 31 39 39 31 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ay 1991.. | 00000610 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | --------------| 00000620 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000640 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 0a 20 |------------... | 00000650 54 68 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 63 6c |The options incl| 00000660 75 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 |uded in this ver| 00000670 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 21 42 61 73 69 63 45 64 |sion of !BasicEd| 00000680 69 74 0a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 20 62 61 73 |it... A bas| 00000690 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6c |ic file can be l| 000006a0 6f 61 64 65 64 20 69 6e 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c |oaded in several| 000006b0 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 77 61 79 73 20 | different ways | 000006c0 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 44 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 |from the Desktop| 000006d0 2e 0a 54 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 63 6f 6d 6d 6f |..The most commo| 000006e0 6e 20 77 61 79 2c 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 64 72 61 |n way, is to dra| 000006f0 67 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 |g the basic file| 00000700 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 | icon to the app| 00000710 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 0a 6f 6e |lication icon.on| 00000720 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 73 69 64 65 20 6f | the left side o| 00000730 66 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2e 20 |f the icon bar. | 00000740 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 |This will load t| 00000750 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 64 72 61 67 67 65 64 20 |he file dragged | 00000760 6f 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |onto the.applica| 00000770 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 |tion icon into t| 00000780 68 65 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 2e |he Basic editor.| 00000790 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |.. Another | 000007a0 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 20 62 61 |way to load a ba| 000007b0 73 69 63 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 73 |sic file is to s| 000007c0 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 60 41 75 74 6f 20 |elect the `Auto | 000007d0 52 75 6e 60 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 0a 69 6e 20 74 |Run` option.in t| 000007e0 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d |he application m| 000007f0 65 6e 75 20 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 73 65 |enu - this is se| 00000800 74 20 62 79 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 2d 20 61 |t by default - a| 00000810 6e 64 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 |nd simply double| 00000820 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 0a 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 | click.on the fi| 00000830 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 57 68 69 6c 65 20 74 |le icon. While t| 00000840 68 65 20 60 41 75 74 6f 20 52 75 6e 60 20 6f 70 |he `Auto Run` op| 00000850 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 |tion is selected| 00000860 20 74 77 6f 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 66 65 61 74 75 | two other featu| 00000870 72 65 73 0a 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 2e |res.can be used.| 00000880 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 |.. The firs| 00000890 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f |t of these is to| 000008a0 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 53 48 49 46 54 | hold down SHIFT| 000008b0 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c | while double cl| 000008c0 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 66 69 |icking on the.fi| 000008d0 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 20 65 66 66 |le icon. The eff| 000008e0 65 63 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 |ect of this is t| 000008f0 6f 20 72 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 |o run the file i| 00000900 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e |nstead of loadin| 00000910 67 20 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 0a 74 68 65 20 42 61 |g it into.the Ba| 00000920 73 69 63 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 |sic editor... | 00000930 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 6f 70 | The second op| 00000940 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 |tion is to hold | 00000950 64 6f 77 6e 20 53 48 49 46 54 20 61 6e 64 20 41 |down SHIFT and A| 00000960 4c 54 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 |LT while double | 00000970 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 0a 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |clicking.on the | 00000980 66 69 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 20 65 |file icon. The e| 00000990 66 66 65 63 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 6f 70 |ffect of this op| 000009a0 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 |tion is to load | 000009b0 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 42 61 |the file into Ba| 000009c0 73 69 63 0a 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 65 |sic.but not to e| 000009d0 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 65 |nter the Basic e| 000009e0 64 69 74 6f 72 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 46 6f |ditor... Fo| 000009f0 72 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 6f |r all of the abo| 00000a00 76 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 |ve options the c| 00000a10 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 |urrent directory| 00000a20 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 20 69 66 20 74 | can be set if t| 00000a30 68 65 0a 60 41 75 74 6f 20 44 69 72 60 20 6f 70 |he.`Auto Dir` op| 00000a40 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 73 65 74 20 69 6e 20 74 |tion is set in t| 00000a50 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d |he application m| 00000a60 65 6e 75 2e 20 54 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |enu. The directo| 00000a70 72 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 0a 74 |ry will be set.t| 00000a80 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 |o the directory | 00000a90 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 |that the file is| 00000aa0 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 69 6e 2e 0a 0a | contained in...| 00000ab0 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 66 | The next f| 00000ac0 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 |eature of the ap| 00000ad0 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 |plication is to | 00000ae0 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 42 61 73 |simply enter Bas| 00000af0 69 63 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 0a 65 6e 74 65 72 |ic without.enter| 00000b00 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 65 64 |ing the Basic ed| 00000b10 69 74 6f 72 2e 20 54 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 |itor. To do this| 00000b20 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 53 48 49 46 54 | hold down SHIFT| 00000b30 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 | and click on th| 00000b40 65 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 63 |e.application ic| 00000b50 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 |on... There| 00000b60 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 77 61 79 73 20 | are three ways | 00000b70 6f 66 20 72 65 2d 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 74 |of re-entering t| 00000b80 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 61 66 74 65 72 |he desktop after| 00000b90 20 61 63 74 69 76 61 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 0a | activating one.| 00000ba0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 |of these options| 00000bb0 2e 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 |. The first of t| 00000bc0 68 65 73 65 20 69 73 20 75 73 65 20 66 72 6f 6d |hese is use from| 00000bd0 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 42 61 73 69 | within the Basi| 00000be0 63 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 2e 0a 54 6f 20 75 73 65 |c editor..To use| 00000bf0 20 74 68 69 73 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 | this hold down | 00000c00 53 48 49 46 54 20 61 6e 64 20 43 54 52 4c 20 61 |SHIFT and CTRL a| 00000c10 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 46 34 2e 20 54 68 65 |nd press F4. The| 00000c20 20 6e 65 78 74 20 74 77 6f 20 77 61 79 73 20 74 | next two ways t| 00000c30 6f 0a 72 65 2d 65 6e 74 65 72 20 64 65 73 6b 74 |o.re-enter deskt| 00000c40 6f 70 20 61 72 65 20 62 6f 74 68 20 75 73 65 64 |op are both used| 00000c50 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 42 61 73 69 63 2e 20 54 68 65 | from Basic. 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