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Module GFABASIC
OS Atari
Database The GFA-Basic Compendium
Node Main
Node Help
Node Document not found
Node HYPertext Version
Node GFA-Basic Addendum
Node Command line options
Node Optimizations not covered in the Compiler manual
Node Cookie Jar
Node Fastload on TOS 1.00/1.02
Alias fastload
Node GFA-Basic History
Node The Origins of GFA-Basic
Node Misc Images
Node General Information
Node Patches for GFA-Basic
Node Known problems with GFA-Basic
Node Start-up/Shut-down modules
Node Number Table
Node Shift Table
Node N.AES Functions and Objects
Alias N.AES
Node Debugging with GFA-Basic and MiNT
Node C to GFABASIC
Node GFA-Basic v3 float format
Node ST-Basic float format
Node Assembler Notes
Node Compatibility with GFA-BASIC 3.5
Node Understanding GFA's VDI scheme
Node GFA-Basic Editor/Interpreter Manual
Label 89 AES Library
Node GFA_PTCH.TXT
Node LIBPATCH.TXT
Node VDIBASE.TXT
Node ATTRDEF.H
Node BASEPAGE.H
Node ERRNO.H
Node LINEAVAR.H
Node LINEAEQU.S
Node The local=FN bug
Node Using GEMSYS
Node A Study of VDISYS
Node VDI Revisited
Node Optimizing FUNCTION Calls
Node Assembler and GFABASIC
Node Compiler Option $M
Node Compiler Option $P
Node External Arrays
Node Structures
Node Porting other BASICs
Node GCC Extended Program Header
Node 256 color VDI/Hardware table
Node Publisher
Node GFA Software Technologies, Inc.
Node MichTron, Inc.
Node Antic Software
Node Chapter 1 - Introduction
Node About This Manual
Alias avar
Alias aexp
Alias svar
Alias sexp
Alias ivar
Alias iexp
Alias bexp
Node Using GFA-Basic 3 For The First Time
Node The Editor
Alias Fundamentals
Node The Cursor Keypad
Node The Numeric Keypad
Node The Modifier Keys
Node Further Editing Commands
Node Further Control Commands
Node The Menu Bar and Function Keys
Label 76 ==>
Label 91 .
Label 91 .dot commands
Label 91 .LL
Label 91 .PL
Label 91 .FF
Label 91 .HE
Label 91 .FO
Label 91 .LR
Label 91 .L-
Label 91 .L+
Label 91 .Nx
Label 91 .N0
Label 91 .PA
Label 91 .P-
Label 91 .P+
Label 91 .IN
Node Special Commands
Node DEFWRD
Alias DEFBIT
Alias DEFBYT
Alias DEFINT
Alias DEFFLT
Alias DEFSTR
Alias DEFSNG
Alias DEFDBL
Node DEFLIST
Node $
Alias $compiler option
Alias OPTION
Node Chapter 2 - Variables and Memory Management
Alias Variable Types
Alias |
Alias &
Alias %
Alias #
Node Arrays
Node DIM
Alias DIM?
Node OPTION BASE
Node ARRAYFILL
Node Matrix Commands
Node MAT BASE
Node MAT CLR
Alias MAT SET
Alias MAT ONE
Node MAT READ
Alias MAT PRINT
Alias MAT ?
Alias MAT INPUT
Node MAT CPY
Alias MAT XCPY
Alias MAT TRANS
Node MAT ADD
Alias MAT
Alias MAT SUB
Alias MAT MUL
Alias MAT NORM
Alias MAT DET
Alias MAT QDET
Alias MAT RANG
Alias MAT INV
Node MAT ABS
Alias MAT NEG
Node Type Transformation
Node TYPE
Node ASC
Alias CHR$
Node STR$
Alias BIN$
Alias OCT$
Alias HEX$
Node VAL
Alias VAL?
Node CVI
Alias CVL
Alias CVS
Alias CVF
Alias CVD
Alias MKI$
Alias MKL$
Alias MKS$
Alias MKF$
Alias MKD$
Node CINT
Alias CFLOAT
Node Pointer Operations
Node PEEK
Alias DPEEK
Alias LPEEK
Alias POKE
Alias DPOKE
Alias LPOKE
Alias SPOKE
Alias SDPOKE
Alias SLPOKE
Node WORD
Alias {}
Alias BYTE
Alias INT
Alias LONG
Alias FLOAT
Alias CARD
Alias SINGLE
Alias DOUBLE
Alias CHAR
Node VARPTR
Alias V:
Alias ARRPTR
Alias *
Alias *variable pointer
Alias *var=
Alias descriptor
Alias Descriptor
Node ABSOLUTE
Node Deleting and Exchanging
Node CLEAR
Alias CLR
Alias ERASE
Node SWAP
Node QSORT
Alias SSORT
Alias xSORT
Node INSERT
Alias DELETE
Node Reserved Variables
Node PI
Alias FALSE
Alias TRUE
Node SETTIME
Alias DATE$
Alias TIME$
Alias DATE$=
Alias TIME$=
Alias TIMER
Node _C
Alias _X
Alias _Y
Node Special
Node LET
Node VOID
Alias ~
Node Memory Management
Node FRE
Node BMOVE
Node BASEPAGE
Alias HIMEM
Node RESERVE
Node INLINE
Node MALLOC
Alias MSHRINK
Alias MFREE
Node Chapter 3 - Operators
Node Arithmetic Operators
Alias MOD
Alias -
Alias ^
Alias \
Node Logical Operators
Node NOT
Node AND
Node OR
Node XOR
Node IMP
Node EQV
Node Concatenation Operator
Alias +
Node Comparison Operators
Node =
Node ==
Node <
Alias >
Alias <=
Alias =<
Alias >=
Alias =>
Node <>
Alias ><
Node Assignment Operator
Alias &H
Alias &X
Alias &O
Node Operator Hierarchy
Alias ()
Node Chapter 4 - Numerical Functions
Node Mathematical Functions
Node ABS
Alias SGN
Node EVEN
Alias ODD
Node INT()
Alias TRUNC
Alias FIX
Alias FRAC
Node ROUND
Node MIN
Alias MAX
Node SQR
Node EXP
Alias LOG
Alias LOG10
Node SIN
Alias COS
Alias TAN
Alias ASIN
Alias ACOS
Alias ATN
Alias DEG
Alias RAD
Alias SINQ
Alias COSQ
Node FACT
Alias VARIAT
Alias COMBIN
Node SCALE
Node Random Number Generator
Node RANDOM
Alias RND
Alias RAND
Alias RANDOMIZE
Node Integer Arithmetic
Alias Commands and Functions
Node DEC
Alias INC
Node ADD
Alias SUB
Alias MUL
Alias DIV
Node PRED
Alias SUCC
Node ADD()
Alias SUB()
Alias MUL()
Alias DIV()
Alias MOD()
Node Bit Operations
Node BCLR
Alias BSET
Alias BCHG
Alias BTST
Node SHR
Alias SHR&
Alias SHR|
Alias SHL
Alias SHL&
Alias SHL|
Alias ROL
Alias ROL&
Alias ROL|
Alias ROR
Alias ROR&
Alias ROR|
Node AND()
Alias OR()
Alias XOR()
Alias IMP()
Alias EQV()
Node SWAP()
Node BYTE()
Alias CARD()
Alias WORD()
Node Chapter 5 - String Manipulation
Alias String Manipulation
Node RIGHT$
Alias LEFT$
Node MID$
Node MID$()
Node PRED()
Alias SUCC()
Node LEN
Alias TRIM$
Node INSTR
Node RINSTR
Node STRING$
Alias SPACE$
Alias SPC
Node UPPER$
Node RSET
Alias LSET
Node Chapter 6 - Input and Output
Node Keyboard and Screen Handling
Node INKEY$
Node INPUT
Node LINE INPUT
Node FORM INPUT
Alias FORM INPUT AS
Node PRINT
Alias PRINT AT
Alias WRITE
Alias LOCATE
Alias ?
Alias ;
Node PRINT USING
Node MODE
Node DEFNUM
Node CRSCOL
Alias CRSLIN
Alias POS
Alias TAB
Alias HTAB
Alias VTAB
Node KEYxxx Commands
Node KEYPAD
Node KEYTEST
Alias KEYGET
Alias KEYLOOK
Node KEYPRESS
Node KEYDEF
Node Data Input and Output
Node Data Commands
Alias DATA
Alias READ
Alias RESTORE
Alias _DATA
Alias _DATA=
Node File Management
Node Directory Handling
Node DFREE
Alias CHDRIVE
Alias DIR$
Alias CHDIR
Node DIR
Alias FILES
Node FGETDTA
Alias FSETDTA
Alias DTA
Node FSFIRST
Alias FSNEXT
Node MKDIR
Alias RMDIR
Node Files
Node EXIST
Node OPEN
Alias LST:
Alias AUX:
Alias CON:
Alias MID:
Alias IKB:
Alias VID:
Alias PRN:
Alias LPT:
Alias COM:
Alias STD:
Node CLOSE
Alias LOF
Alias LOC
Alias EOF
Alias TOUCH
Node NAME
Alias RENAME
Alias KILL
Node BLOAD
Alias BSAVE
Alias BGET
Alias BPUT
Node Sequential Access
Node INP
Alias INP&
Alias INP%
Alias OUT #
Alias OUT& #
Alias OUT% #
Node INPUT$
Node INPUT #
Alias LINE INPUT #
Node PRINT #
Alias PRINT # USING
Alias WRITE #
Node STORE
Alias RECALL
Node SEEK
Alias RELSEEK
Node Random Access
Node FIELD
Alias FIELD #
Node RECORD
Alias GET #
Alias PUT #
Alias RECORD #
Node Communicating with Peripherals
Alias Byte by Byte Input and Output
Node INP()
Alias INP&()
Alias INP%()
Alias INP?
Alias OUT
Alias OUT&
Alias OUT%
Alias OUT?
Node Serial (RS232) and MIDI Interfaces
Alias INPAUX$
Alias INPMID$
Node Mouse and Joysticks
Node MOUSE
Alias MOUSEX
Alias MOUSEY
Alias MOUSEK
Node SETMOUSE
Node HIDEM
Alias SHOWM
Node STICK
Alias STRIG
Node PADT
Alias PADX
Alias PADY
Alias PADx
Node LPENX
Alias LPENY
Alias LPENx
Node Printing
Node HARDCOPY
Alias LPRINT
Alias LPOS
Node Sound Generation
Node SOUND
Alias WAVE
Node DMASOUND
Alias DMACONTROL
Node MW_OUT
Node Chapter 7 - Program Structure
Node Decision Commands
Node IF
Alias THEN
Alias ELSE
Alias ENDIF
Alias IF-ENDIF
Node ELSE IF
Node Multiple Branching
Node ON GOSUB
Node SELECT
Alias SWITCH
Alias CASE
Alias CONT
Alias DEFAULT
Alias ENDSELECT
Alias ENDSWITCH
Alias OTHERWISE
Node Loops
Node FOR
Alias STEP
Alias DOWNTO
Alias NEXT
Alias ENDFOR
Node REPEAT
Alias UNTIL
Alias ENDREPEAT
Node WHILE
Alias WEND
Alias ENDWHILE
Node DO
Alias LOOP
Alias ENDDO
Node DO WHILE
Alias DO UNTIL
Alias LOOP WHILE
Alias LOOP UNTIL
Node EXIT IF
Node Procedures and Functions
Node PROCEDURE
Alias RETURN
Alias GOSUB
Alias @
Alias proc
Alias ENDSUB
Alias ENDPROC
Node VAR
Node LOCAL
Node FUNCTION
Alias ENDFUNC
Alias RETURN x
Node DEFFN
Alias FN
Alias @func
Node Error Handling
Node ON BREAK
Alias ON BREAK CONT
Alias ON BREAK GOSUB
Alias Break Keys
Node ON ERROR
Alias ON ERROR GOSUB
Alias RESUME
Alias RESUME NEXT
Alias RESUME label
Node ERROR
Alias ERR
Alias ERR$
Alias FATAL
Node Interrupt Programming
Alias EVERY
Alias AFTER
Alias EVERY GOSUB
Alias EVERY CONT
Alias EVERY STOP
Alias AFTER GOSUB
Alias AFTER CONT
Alias AFTER STOP
Node Other Commands
Node REM
Alias !
Alias '
Alias /
Alias //
Alias /*
Node GOTO
Alias label:
Alias :
Node DELAY
Alias PAUSE
Node EDIT
Alias END
Alias STOP
Node NEW
Node LOAD
Node SAVE
Alias PSAVE
Node LIST
Alias LLIST
Node CHAIN
Node RUN
Node QUIT
Alias SYSTEM
Node Program Tracing
Node TRON
Alias TROFF
Alias TRON #
Node TRACE$
Alias TRON proc
Node DUMP
Node Chapter 8 - Graphics
Node Graphics Definition Commands
Node SETCOLOR
Alias VSETCOLOR
Alias COLOR
Node DEFMOUSE
Node DEFMARK
Node DEFFILL
Node BOUNDARY
Node DEFLINE
Node DEFTEXT
Node GRAPHMODE
Node General Graphics Commands
Node CLIP
Alias CLIP OFF
Alias CLIP OFFSET
Alias OFFSET
Node PLOT
Alias LINE
Alias DRAW
Alias DRAW TO
Node SETDRAW
Alias DRAW()
Node BOX
Alias PBOX
Alias RBOX
Alias PRBOX
Node CIRCLE
Alias PCIRCLE
Alias ELLIPSE
Alias PELLIPSE
Node POLYLINE
Alias POLYMARK
Alias POLYFILL
Node POINT
Node FILL
Node CLS
Node TEXT
Node SPRITE
Node CURVE
Node Grabbing Sections of the Screen
Node SGET
Alias SPUT
Node GET
Alias PUT
Node VSYNC
Node BITBLT
Node GETSIZE
Node Chapter 9 - Event, Menu, and Window Management
Alias Event Management
Node ON MENU
Node MENU()
Node ON MENU BUTTON
Node ON MENU KEY
Node ON MENU IBOX
Alias ON MENU OBOX
Node ON MENU MESSAGE
Node Pull-down Menus
Node ON MENU GOSUB
Alias MENU
Alias MENU OFF
Alias MENU KILL
Node Window Commands
Node OPENW
Alias CLOSEW
Node W_HAND
Alias W_INDEX
Node CLEARW
Alias TITLEW
Alias INFOW
Alias TOPW
Alias FULLW
Node WINDTAB
Node Other Window-related Commands
Node RC_INTERSECT
Node RC_COPY
Node ALERT
Node FILESELECT
Node Chapter 10 - System Routines
Alias System Routines
Node BIOS, XBIOS, and GEMDOS
Alias BIOS
Alias XBIOS
Alias GEMDOS
Node W:
Alias L:
Node Line-A Calls
Alias Line-A
Alias Line-A calls
Alias LINE-A
Node ACLIP
Node PSET
Node PTST
Node ALINE
Node HLINE
Node ARECT
Node APOLY
Node ACHAR
Node ATEXT
Node BITBLT adr%
Alias BITBLT x%()
Node L~A
Node VDI Routines
Alias VDI
Node CONTRL
Alias INTIN
Alias INTOUT
Alias PTSIN
Alias PTSOUT
Node VDISYS
Node VDIBASE
Node WORK_OUT
Node Special VDI Routines and GDOS
Alias VDI functions
Node GDOS?
Node V~H
Node V_OPNWK
Alias V_CLSWK
Node V_OPNVWK
Alias V_CLSVWK
Node V_CLRWK
Alias V_UPDWK
Node VST_LOAD_FONTS
Alias VST_UNLOAD_FONTS
Node VQT_EXTENT
Node VQT_NAME
Node Non-BASIC Routine Calls
Node C:
Node MONITOR
Node CALL
Node RCALL
Node EXEC
Alias EXEC()
Node Other System-related Commands
Alias TT?
Alias STE?
Node Chapter 11 - AES Libraries
Alias AES
Alias GCONTRL
Alias GINTIN
Alias GINTOUT
Alias ADDRIN
Alias ADDROUT
Alias GB
Node GEMSYS
Node Object Structure
Alias OBJECT
Alias OB_NEXT
Alias OB_HEAD
Alias OB_TAIL
Alias OB_TYPE
Alias OB_FLAGS
Alias OB_STATE
Alias OB_SPEC
Alias OB_X
Alias OB_Y
Alias OB_W
Alias OB_H
Alias OB_ADR
Node Text Data Structure (TEDINFO)
Alias TEDINFO
Node Icon Data Structure (ICONBLK)
Alias ICONBLK
Node Bit Image Block Structure (BITBLK)
Alias BITBLK
Node Application Block Structure (APPLBLK)
Alias APPLBLK
Node Parameter Block Structure (PARMBLK)
Alias PARMBLK
Node Color Icon Data Structure (CICONBLK)
Alias CICONBLK
Node Color Icon Structure (CICON)
Alias CICON
Node Switch Button Structure (SWINFO)
Alias SWINFO
Node Pupup Menu Structure (POPINFO)
Alias POPINFO
Node Application Services Library
Node appl_control
Node APPL_EXIT
Node APPL_FIND
Node appl_getinfo
Node APPL_INIT
Node APPL_READ
Node appl_search
Node APPL_TPLAY
Alias APPL_TRECORD
Node APPL_WRITE
Node appl_yield
Node _appl_yield
Node Event Library
Node EVNT_BUTTON
Node EVNT_DCLICK
Node EVNT_KEYBD
Node EVNT_MESAG
Node EVNT_MOUSE
Node EVNT_MULTI
Node EVNT_TIMER
Node Menu Library
Node menu_attach
Node MENU_BAR
Node MENU_ICHECK
Node MENU_IENABLE
Node menu_istart
Node menu_popup
Node MENU_REGISTER
Node menu_settings
Node MENU_TEXT
Node MENU_TNORMAL
Node Object Library
Node OBJC_ADD
Node OBJC_CHANGE
Node OBJC_DELETE
Node OBJC_DRAW
Node OBJC_EDIT
Node OBJC_FIND
Node OBJC_OFFSET
Node OBJC_ORDER
Node objc_sysvar
Node objc_xfind
Node Form Library
Node FORM_ALERT
Node FORM_BUTTON
Node FORM_CENTER
Node FORM_DIAL
Node FORM_DO
Node FORM_ERROR
Node FORM_KEYBD
Node form_popup
Node Graphics Library
Node GRAF_DRAGBOX
Node GRAF_GROWBOX
Node GRAF_HANDLE
Node GRAF_MKSTATE
Node GRAF_MOUSE
Node GRAF_MOVEBOX
Node graf_multirubber
Node GRAF_RUBBERBOX
Node GRAF_SHRINKBOX
Node GRAF_SLIDEBOX
Node GRAF_WATCHBOX
Node Scrap Library
Node SCRP_READ
Node SCRP_WRITE
Node File Selector Library
Node fsel_exinput
Node FSEL_INPUT
Node Window Library
Node WIND_CALC
Node WIND_CLOSE
Node WIND_CREATE
Node WIND_DELETE
Node wind_draw
Node WIND_FIND
Node WIND_GET
Node wind_new
Node WIND_OPEN
Node WIND_SET
Node wind_sget
Node WIND_UPDATE
Node Resource Library
Node RSRC_FREE
Node RSRC_GADDR
Node RSRC_LOAD
Node RSRC_OBFIX
Node rsrc_rcfix
Node RSRC_SADDR
Node Shell Library
Node SHEL_ENVRN
Node SHEL_FIND
Node SHEL_GET
Node shel_help
Node SHEL_PUT
Node SHEL_READ
Node shel_rdef
Node shel_wdef
Node SHEL_WRITE
Node Sample Programs
Node GRAF_SMP.GFA
Node DIAL_SMP.GFA
Node MENU_SMP.GFA
Node WIND_SMP.GFA
Node FORM_ERROR() Comparision Table
Node Chapter 12 - Appendix
Alias Appendix
Node Compatibility with GFA-BASIC 2
Node GEMDOS() Table
Node BIOS() Table
Node XBIOS() Table
Node Line-A Variable Table
Node V_OPNWK() and V_OPNVWK() Input Parameter Table
Node VDI WORK_OUT() Array Table
Node VT-52 Escape Code Table
Alias VT-52
Node Scan Code Table
Alias Scan
Node ASCII Table
Alias ASCII
Node Special ASCII Characters
Node Fill Pattern Table
Node Line Style Table
Node Error Codes
Node Editor Error Messages
Node Interpreter Error Codes
Node BIOS Error Codes
Node GEMDOS Error Codes
Node Bomb Error Codes
Node GFA-Basic Compiler/Linker Manual
Node Author/Publisher
Alias EULA
Alias End-user License Agreement
Node Introduction
Alias Getting Started
Node The Function of the Compiler
Node Commands Not Accepted by the Compiler
Node Interpreter - Compiler Differences
Node Using the Menu Shell Program
Node The File Menu
Node The Options Menu
Node The Sets Menu
Alias G3LIB
Alias G3OBJ
Alias G3PRG
Alias G3MOVE
Alias G3WAIT
Node The Shell-Listing
Node Using with DOS Shells
Node Program Return Value
Node The Compiler
Alias Array Index Checking
Node Integer Overflow
Node The Compiler Options
Alias Overview of Compiler Options
Node Integer Division
Alias $%0
Alias $%3
Node Integer Multiplication
Alias $*&
Alias $*%
Node Reserving Memory Space
Alias $M
Node Return Value of a Function
Alias $F%
Node RC_INTERSECT() Parameters
Alias $RC&
Alias $RC%
Node Externally Linked Routines
Alias $X
Node Checking the BREAK keys, EVERY and AFTER
Alias $U
Alias $U+
Alias $U-
Alias $Ux
Node Interrupt Routines
Alias $I+
Alias $I-
Node SELECT-CASE Parameter
Alias $S|
Alias $S&
Alias $S%
Node SELECT-CASE Optimization
Alias $S>
Alias $S<
Node Error Messages
Alias $E$
Alias $E#
Node Error Numbers Instead of Bombs
Alias $B+
Node Subroutines
Alias $P>
Alias $P<
Node ENDFUNC Generation
Alias $F>
Alias $F<
Node Register Saving
Alias $C+
Alias $C-
Node FOR-NEXT Loop Checking
Alias $N+
Alias $N-
Node Integer Rounding
Alias $%6
Node The Linker
Alias The Linker Options
Alias Overview of Linker Options
Node Symbol Table
Alias -s
Node Library Selection
Node Linking Object Files
Node Do not Link TEST.O
Node Run in TT Ram
Alias -t
Node Including C Functions
Alias cdecl
Node Linking C Functions without C Libraries
Node Linking with C Libraries
Node Some Peculiarities
Node Linker Error Messages
Node Programming Accessories
Alias The Structure of Accessories
Alias accessory
Alias accessories
Alias Desk Accessory
Node Programming Example
Node Longer Programming Examples
Node Program Optimization
Node Simple Additions
Node Multiplication
Node Division
Node More Complicated Calculations
Node Loop Commands
Node Character Strings
Node Local and Global Variables
Node Technical Support
Node Additional Information
Node Index