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4.1.1. Packet Format
AEDIT$–ASCII Image Composition Editing Package
The format of the AEDIT$ packet is shown in Figure 4–1. This packet format is provided
for information only; the AEDIT$ packet is generated by the MASM procedures
described in 4.1.2. The size of the AEDIT$ packet is 17 words. This packet is used for
all AEDIT$, AEDIT$F, AEDIT$T, and AEDIT$SFDT functions.
If A$EDITPKT is not called to generate the AEDIT$ packet, then the calling program must
supply the fields of the AEDIT$ packet indicated by italics. All other fields in the packet
are reserved for use by AEDIT$, and are not to be used by the calling program.
0 5 6 11 12 17 18 23 24 29 30 35
0 Test and
Set
1 character
index
qwm imagelength
relative word
index
2 fps fpr flag
bits
AEMSG$
character
index
image-address
AEMSG$ word index
zero return address for character store
(22-bit absolute address)
3 user's return address save of original X1 modifier
4 save of original X2 contents, or save of character pointer
5 save of original X3 contents, or save of word pointer
6 msg dpc spc ilx
7 reserved for future use
(must be zero)
digits before
decimal point
digits after
decimal
point
negative
sign
8 final column position exponent's power of 10
9 save area for intermediate floating-point results
10
not
normalized
11 Version date-format time-format error code zero separator
character
12 month
(TDATE$)
day
(TDATE$)
year
(TDATE$)
seconds since midnight (TDATE$)
13 time in milliseconds (TIME$) since midnight
14
15 used by common bank version
16
Figure 4–1. AEDIT$: Packet Format
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