[Info-vax] Basic again

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-03-10, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> The mystery evolves:
>
> $ type z2.bas
> program z2
>
> print "XXX"
> print "YYY" + chr$(13) + chr$(10) + chr$(10)
> print "ZZZ"
>
> end program
> $ bas z2
> $ link z2
> $ run z2
> XXX
> YYY
>
>
> ZZZ
>
> 1 LF => no blank line
> 2 LF => two blank lines
>

Your basic assumptions may be wrong (or they be right). Run the following
command procedure and note where the cursor stops during the 5 second pause.

$ type arne.com
$ write sys$output "Line 1"
$ wait 0:00:05
$ write sys$output "Line 2"
$ @arne
Line 1
Line 2

Now turn that into a Basic program. During the 5 second pause, does the
cursor stop at the beginning of the first line or does it stop on the
line _below_ the first line ?

If it's the latter, carry on as I have no useful suggestions.

If it's the former, rewrite your tests as LF + text + CR, instead of
text + CR + LF. That makes your testing compatible with the way VMS
outputs lines of text by default. What I don't know is if VMS Basic
uses that same model.

Simon.

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