Table of Contents


     1. Introduction                                                 1
     1.1. This Manual                                                1
     1.2. Starting Out                                               2
     1.3. Memory Allocation                                          3
     2. Using the Shell Program                                      5
     2.1. Shell Commands                                             5
     2.2. Running Your Program                                       6
     2.3. Program Variables                                          7
     3. The Editor                                                   9
     3.1. Introduction                                               9
     3.2. Keys                                                       9
     3.3. Screen Layout                                              9
     3.4. Configuration                                             10
     3.4.1. Screen Customization                                    10
     3.4.2. Keyboard Customization                                  12
     3.5. Sample Configurations                                     13
     3.5.1. IBM PC                                                  15
     3.5.2. DEC Rainbow 100                                         15
     3.5.3. Heath H19                                               15
     3.5.4. Zenith PC                                               16
     3.5.5. Televideo 910                                           16
     3.6. Editor Commands                                           16
     3.6.1. Exiting from the Editor                                 16
     3.6.2. Cursor Movement                                         17
     3.6.3. Inserting and Deleting                                  17
     3.6.4. Extended Movement                                       18
     3.6.5. Block and Miscellaneous Commands                        19
     3.6.6. Tabs                                                    20
     4. Language Summary                                            21
     4.1. Line Terminators                                          21
     4.2. Comments                                                  21
     4.3. Identifiers                                               21
     4.4. Keywords                                                  21
     4.5. Constants                                                 22
     4.5.1. Numeric Constants                                       22
     4.5.2. Character Constants                                     22
     4.5.3. String Constants                                        23
     4.6. Data Types                                                23
     4.7. Operators                                                 24
     4.7.1. Unary Operators                                         24
     4.7.2. Binary Operators                                        24
     4.7.3. Assignment Operator                                     25
     4.7.4. Comma Operator                                          25
     4.8. Program Control Flow Constructs                           25
     5. The Library Functions                                       27
     5.1. atoi                                                      28
     5.2. bdos                                                      28
     5.3. dirscan                                                   28
     5.4. edit                                                      29
     5.5. exit                                                      29


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     5.6. fclose                                                    29
     5.7. fgetc                                                     29
     5.8. fgets                                                     30
     5.9. fopen                                                     30
     5.10. fputc                                                    31
     5.11. fputs                                                    31
     5.12. fread                                                    31
     5.13. free                                                     32
     5.14. fseek and ftell                                          32
     5.15. fwrite                                                   33
     5.16. load                                                     33
     5.17. malloc                                                   33
     5.18. printf                                                   34
     5.19. save                                                     35
     5.20. scanf                                                    35
     5.21. sprintf                                                  35
     5.22. sscanf                                                   35
     5.23. stmt                                                     36
     5.24. strcmp, strncmp                                          36
     5.25. strcpy, strncpy                                          36
     5.26. strlen                                                   37
     5.27. system                                                   37
     5.28. totok                                                    37
     5.29. trace                                                    37
     5.30. untok                                                    38
     5.31. version                                                  38
     6. The Debuger                                                 39
     7. APPENDIX A: SCI Language Syntax                             41
     8. APPENDIX B: Editor Command Summary                          46
     9. APPENDIX C: Debuger Command Summary                         48
     10. APPENDIX D: Differences From Small C                       49
     11. APPENDIX E: Error Messages                                 51




















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