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Extended Mode Interface to SYSLIB
Table I–2 contains the possible values for the first parameter field. Function codes not
listed in the table do not require a first parameter value.
Table I–2. EM$EDIT First Parameter Field Values
Code Description
4 The line spacing for printing the image
5 The ASCII character to be inserted
7 The column number to move to
9 The address of the string to copy
10, 11, 12 The address of the integer to edit
13, 14 The address of the ASCII characters
15 The address of the string to copy
17, 18 The address of the integer to edit
19 The address of the string to copy
20 The number of columns to move forward
21–26 The address of the floating point number
Table I–3 contains the possible values for the second parameter field. Function codes
not listed in the table do not require a second parameter value.
Table I–3. EM$EDIT Second Parameter Field Values
Code Description
9 The number of characters to copy
10, 11, 17 The length of the field in characters
19 The number of characters to copy
21–26
The field length specification in the format x * /6 + y
where x is the field length in characters and y is the
number of digits following the decimal point
There are no parameters for function code 27. To edit the current date or time, set the
DATE and TIME fields in the packet generated by EM$EDITPKT to zero (default). To edit
a specified date or time, set these fields to the desired TDATE$ or TIME$ values. The
DATE field is word 17 of the packet (packet address + 16), and the TIME field is word 18
of the packet (packet address + 17).
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