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Re: BASIC & Screenmodes

From Robert Heaton <rob@robheaton.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: BASIC & Screenmodes
Date 2012-07-19 20:31 +0100
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Message-ID <0618dfb152.rob@rob.robheaton.co.uk> (permalink)
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In message <52b1a701a5News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
          Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

>> On 2012-07-18 20:46:34 +0000, Matthew Phillips said:

>>> MODE "X1280 Y1024 C16M EX1 EY1"

> If this is just to set the current mode, then a much easier way is to use

>     MODE MODE

> I know this looks odd, but the second MODE is used as a function, and
> returns the current MODE. The first MODE then takes the returned value of
> the second to set the MODE. The result is a full-screen, single tasking,
> scrolling window rather like the old BBC days ... but in a rather higher
> resolution.

> But if the program depends on some aspect of the mode, then this may not
> work.


MODE MODE did the trick!
Thanks again.

Rob.

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BASIC & Screenmodes Robert Heaton <rob@robheaton.co.uk> - 2012-07-18 21:04 +0100
  Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-18 21:46 +0100
    Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Robert Heaton <rob@robheaton.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 06:28 +0100
      Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 10:18 +0100
        Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Robert Heaton <rob@robheaton.co.uk> - 2012-07-19 20:31 +0100
    Re: BASIC & Screenmodes druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-07-19 21:52 +0100
      Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Robert Heaton <rob@robheaton.co.uk> - 2012-07-20 18:53 +0100
      Re: BASIC & Screenmodes jgharston <jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk> - 2012-07-20 14:07 -0700
        Re: BASIC & Screenmodes Justin Fletcher <gerph@gerph.org> - 2012-07-21 16:53 +0100
        Re: BASIC & Screenmodes druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-07-21 19:21 +0100

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