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/******* MULTI8 LINE IN-/OUTPUT *******
/NAME:	IN ("I^100+"N&3777) LIN
/LENGTH: ONE PAGE
/FUNCTION:THIS MODULE READS ONE LINE OF TEXT AND PUTS THE
/	CHARACTERS ONE BY ONE INTO THE BUFFER OF THE CALLING
/	MODULE, WHICH ALSO SPECIFIES THE INPUT DEVICE NAME.
/	THE MODULE SERVES ALSO FOR OUTPUT ONLY.
/
/CONCEPT:A LOT OF MODULES NEED PROPER INPUT FROM SOME
/	INPUT DEVICE, WHILE NOT BOTHERING ABOUT THINGS LIKE
/	RUBOUT CHARACTERS ETC. THE CALLING MODULE ONLY
/	SPECIFIES THE INPUT DEVICE AND THE SIZE OF THE
/	RESERVED BUFFER. THE BUFFER MAY BE LOCATED IN
/	IANY FIELD. (SEE FORMAT)
/THE FOLLOWING CONTROLCHARS ARE RECOGNISED:
/	RUBOUT	:DELETE ONE CHAR TO THE LEFT
/	CTRL/U	:DELETE THE WHOLE LINE
/	LF	:REPEAT THE WHOLE LINE
/	CR	:TERMINATES THE LINE;TAKES NORMAL RETURN
/	ALTMODE	:TERMINATES THE LINE;TAKES NORMAL RETURN
/	ANY OTHER CONTROL CHAR. :TAKES THE ERROR RETURN
/
/	THE VERY FIRST THING THE MODULE DOES, IS TO
/	PRINT ALL CHARACTIT
/	ENCOUNTERS A 0000.
/	ENTERED OVER THE OUT) NO INPUT DEVICE SPECIFUSY OR NOT AVAILABLE
/	3) ILLEGAL CONTROL CHARACTER TYPED
/	4) LINE TOO LONG FOR BUFFER;TYPES "?"
/
/TASKCIRCULATION:BETWEEN TYPE-INS AND ECHOES
/USE:	CDF TO FIELD OF BUFFER
/	TAD (POINTER TO BUFFER
/	JMS MONI100+"N&3777
/	 ERROR RE
/	NORMAL RETURN; ERRORNOTE! UPON RETURN DF STIFFER.

/FORMAT IN:
/BUFFER,NAME OF INPUT DEVICE
/	-LENGTH OF BUFFER
/	ZBLOCK (-LENGTH)	/THE ACTUAL BUFFER AREA

/THE BUFFER MAY ALSO CONTAIN TEXT TO BE PUT OUT:
/BUFFER,NAME OF INPUT DEVICE
/	-LENGTH OF BUFFER
/	"T;"E;"X;"T;0000	/TEXT;ZERO IS TERMINATOR
/	ZBLOCK (THE REST)	/IF 215=TERMINATOR:NO INPUT!!
/
/NOTE THAT THE INPUTSTRING STARTS AT BUFFER+2 !!

/NOT THAT THE DATAFIELD POINTS TO THE CALLER'S FIELD /NEARLY ALL THE TIME. *200 LINPTR, "I^100+"N&3777 /NAME 'IN' LINCNT, 200 /ONE PAGE;NO CONNECTS LINSWI, 0 LINE, DCA LINBEG /SET UP POINTER TO FETCH ARGS TAD I LINBEG /SAVE INPUT DEVICENAME DCA LINPUT TAD LINPUT TAD ("T-"K^100 /FORM OUTPUT DEVICE NAME DCA LINONAM ISZ LINBEG TAD I LINBEG /-MAX LENGTH DCA LINLENG TAD I ZMYCDF /SAVE CDF A NUMBER OF TIMES DCA LICDF TAD LICDF DCA LINCDF ISZ LINBEG /POINTS TO BEGINNING OF BUFFER LISTAR, TAD C215 /TYPE CRLF JMS LINOUT TAD C212 JMS LINOUT LINE0, TAD LINLENG /USE LINCNT A TAD LINBEG /MOVE POINTEPTR LINE1, JMP LINE2 /RMONITOR' CALL LINP MODULE JMP LINE1 /MODULE BUSY? LICDF, HLT /RESTORE DF;YOU NEVER CAN TELL DCA I LINPTR /SAVE IN BUFFER LINE2, TAD I LINPTR /BRANCH FOR CONTROLS SNA /IGNORE BLANKS JMP LIPATCH TAD (-377 SNA JMP L/(-375+377 SNA JMP (-212+375 SNA JMP L+212 SNA JMP LINECR5 SNA JMP LINEU /CTRL/U, LINE OVER
TAD (-240+225 SPA JMP LINERR /OTHER CONTROL CHAR'S GIVE ERROR TAD C240 JMS LINOUT /ECHO THE CHAR ISZ LINPTR /MOVE PNTR ISZ LINCNT /BUF FULL? LINJMP, JMP LINE1 /N LINERR, ACM1 /AC=7777=ERROR DCA LINSWI /PRINT "?(CRLF)", TAKE ERROR RET. TAD ("?-"$ LINALTM,TAD ("$ /PRINT "$(CRLF)", TAKE NORMAL R. JMS LINOUT LINECR, TAD C215 /PRINT "(CRLF)", TAKE NORMAL RET. JMS LINOUT TAD (4212 /RELEASE OUTPUT TASK JMS LINOUT TAD LINSWI JMS MONITOR EXIT SWPOUT /FORCES A NEW IMAGE EVERY TIME LINEU, TAD ("^ /ECHO ^U CRLF JMS LINOUT TAD ("U JMS LINOUT JMP LISTAR /START ALL OVER AGAIN LINOUT, .-. /OUTPUT ONE CHAR TAD (4000 LINO1, JMS MONITOR CALL LINONAM, 0 /NAME FILLED IN HERE JMP LINWAIT /DEVICE BUSY CLA LINCDF, HLT /RESTORE DF JMP I LINOUT LINERUB,TAD LINCNT /BUF EMPTY? CIA TAD LINLENG SNA CLA JMP LINE0 /Y ACM1 /N;COUNTER -1 TAD LINCNT DCA LINCNT ACMPTR DCA LINPTR TAD (MS LINOUT JMP LINE1
F LATER < TAD LINONAM/BAD DEVICE NAME > JMS MONITOR STALL DGNTICK%12 /WILL COME THROUGH BACKGROUND CLA TAD LINTEM JMP LINO1 /LF: REPEAT THE WHOLE LINE /THE MECHANISM IS AS FOLLOWS: THE LF CHAR IS REPLACED /BY A 000AT LINE1, IN ORDER THATER ITSELF. AS THERE ARE FFER, THE VERY FIRST ZER LOCATION. IN FACT IT DOES NO HARM TO DO IT /FOR EVERY BLANK: /THE LINEFEED PATCHES A 'JMP LINE2' LINLF, DCA I LINPTR /PUT A ZERO IN BUFFER TAD (JMP LINE2 DCA LINE1 JMP LISTAR /PRINT CRLF* AND THE WHOLE LINE LIPATCH,TAD LINO1 /'JMS MONITOR' DCA LINE1 JMP LINE1 /FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME A 0000 HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING: /IT TERMINATES THE BUFFER-TYPEOUT.THERE IS A PATCH /OVER A PATCH: *LIPATCH+2 TAD LINJMP /RESTORE 'JMP LINE1' DCA .-1 JMP LINE0 LINTEM, 0 LINBEG, 0 /BEGINNING OF BUFFER LINLENG,0 /ALLOWED LENGTH OF BUFFER $$$$$$



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