Changing The Active Workspace Environment - IBM 5110 User Manual

CHANGING THE ACTIVE WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENT
Youcan change the system variables, workspace identification
[ )WSI D ] , and number of symbols allowed [ )SYMBO LS ]. For the
system variables, you simply assign them a new value. For example:
[\ID~··O ....
----The index origin is now 0
The number of symbols allowed in the active workspace can be
established only in clear workspace. That is, the size of the symbol
table must be established by the 5110 before any other data is placed
in the active workspace.
Active Workspace
Symbol Table. Eight bytes of active
workspace storage are reserved for
each symbol allowed.
The number of symbols allowed is initially set to 125, which requires
1000 bytes of active workspace storage.
There might be times when you have used the maximum number of
symbols allowed, so you may need to increase the maximum number
of symbols allowed. If you change the number of symbols allowed in
a clear workspace and then use the )LOAD command to load a stored
workspace into the active workspace, the number of symbols allowed
is the same as when the stored workspace was written to the media.
However, you can use the following procedure to change the number
of symbols allowed:
1. Save the contents of the active workspace using the )SAVE
command.
2. Clear the active workspace using the )CLEAR command.
3. Set the new number of symbols allowed using the )SYMBOLS
command. For example:
) SYMBOLS
2~:;:I.
...
~---
Now, 251 symbols are allowed.
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