Basic Tabs; Setting The Margins; Left Margin - Epson FX-80 User Manual

T
NEW
1~
FOR X=l TO 9
2~
LPRINT CHR$(9)j"T"j
3~
NEXT X
T T T
T T
These default tabs are similar to the "quick and easy" tabs you get
when you use commas in a PRINT statement. You'll find them useful
for applications that don't require a great deal of horizontal control.
For those special "custom" settings, use the (ESC) "D".
One word of caution in using the default tabs. In Expanded Mode,
the default tabs change from 8, 16, 24, 32, 40 ... to 8, 24, 40, 56 ....
In other words, every other tab setting is skipped when Expanded
Mode is used with default tabs. This happens only with the default
tabs, not when tabs are set with the (ESC) "D" sequence.
BASIC TABs
Why all this fuss about printer tabs when the BASIC program in
your computer has a perfectly good TAB function? Simple. BASIC
TAB functions are designed to be used on the screen. Your system's
TAB may not be able to reach past the 64 or 80 columns used for your
screen. Or worse, on some systems the TAB works fine to the limit of
the screen, but for larger numbers the TAB function acts like
SPACE$(n): it prints n spaces between tabs. With all this variation,
using the reliable printer tabs can save hours of frustration.
Setting the Margins
Most word processing programs have codes for setting left and
right margins. If yours doesn't, or if you want to change margins from
BASIC, the FX-80 has just the thing-margin control. For normal
characters, the default margins are set for a full 80 characters. You can
change each margin to suit your needs.
Left margin
Enter this one-line command without a line number:
LPRINT CHR$(27)"1"CHR$(2~)
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