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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Text: RLINE

[BBC Micro disc version, Docked]

Name: RLINE [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Text Summary: The OSWORD configuration block used to fetch a line of text from the keyboard
Context: See this variable in context in the source code Variations: See code variations for this variable in the different versions References: This variable is used as follows: * GTNMEW uses RLINE * MT26 uses RLINE
.RLINE EQUW INWK+5 \ The address to store the input, so the text entered \ will be stored in INWK+5 as it is typed EQUB 9 \ Maximum line length = 9, as that's the maximum size \ for a commander's name including a directory name EQUB '!' \ Allow ASCII characters from "!" through to "{" in EQUB '{' \ the input