PRINT BUFFER

This is a specific variant of PRINT that can be used to print large amount of text. The PRINT BUFFER instruction does not have the limits of PRINT strings, and is able to print any file that have been loaded. An item or a list of items can follow the command. The list of items can consist of any group of buffers. Each element in the list must be separated by either a semi-colon ; or a comma ,. A semi-colon prints the data immediately after the previous value, whereas a comma first moves the cursor to the next TAB position on the screen.

Normally the cursor will be advanced downwards by a single line after each PRINT BUFFER instruction. This can be suppressed by adding a separator after the print. As before, a semicolon will preserve the cursor position after the operation, and a comma will place the cursor to the next TAB stop before proceeding.

Finally, it is possible to omit the native conversion of the buffer storage system, if you want to print "as is". In that case you need to use the RAW keyword.

EXAMPLE

 PRINT BUFFER description
 PRINT BUFFER RAW descriptionRaw
 file := load("example.txt")
 PRINT BUFFER file

Used in:
PRINTING ON VIDEO PRINTABLE CHARACTERS PRINTABLE CHARACTERS (COMPRESSED) PRINTING ON VIDEO