Working with programs, Managing memory and deleting a program, Editing a program – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Working with Programs

Managing Memory and Deleting a Program

To check whether adequate memory is available for a program you want to enter or
download, display the Check RAM screen (- ™ &; Chapter 17). To increase available
memory, consider deleting selected items or data types from memory (Chapter 17).

Editing a Program

After you write a program, you can display it in the program editor and edit any command line.

ᕡ Display the program editor (8 '). The

PRGM

NAMES

menu also is displayed.

ᕢ Enter the name of the program you want to edit. Either select the name from the

PRGM

NAMES

menu or enter the individual characters.

ᕣ Edit the program command lines.

♦

Move the cursor to the appropriate location, and then delete, overwrite, or insert characters.

♦

Press : to clear the entire command line, except for the leading colon, and then enter a
new program command.

♦

Select program editor menu items

INSc

(*) and

DELc

(/ &) to insert and delete

command lines.

The program editor does not
display a

to indicate that

command lines continue
beyond the screen.