Table 5-9
Units of motion for the absolute and relative
horizontal tab commands
Print pitch
Unit of motion
AbsolutetabcommandRelativetabcommand
Picapitch
1/60inch
1/120inch
Elitepitch
1/72inch
1/144inch
Condensedpicapitch
1/102inch
1/204inch
Condensedelitepitch
1/120inch
1/240inch
Try this program to see how this works.
10 ‘ Demo of relative horizontaltabs
20 FOR 1=1 TO 3
30 LPRI
NT “Relative”;
40 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “\”; CHR.$( I *20) ; CHR.$(0) :
50 J.,PRINT
“Horizonta]”;
~(j[,PRINT
(;HR$(~7) ; “ \“ ; CHR$( I *10) ;CHR.$(O};
7(I LPRINT “Tab ,“
S() NEXTI
90 END
9 Vertical tabs
Vertical tabs have the same kinds of uses that horizontal tabs
do – they just work in the other direction. Horizontal tabs allow
you to reach a specific column on the page no matter where you
start from. Vertical tabs are the same. If you have a vertical tab
set at line 20, a vetiical tab (or (VT)) will move you to line 20
whether you start from line 5 or line 19.
-Vertical tabs are not set at the power-on default. If you send a
CHR$(l 1)which is the ASCII code for (VT) before we have set
up tabs, the command advances the paper only one line. Enter
this program to see how this works.
10 ‘ Demo of v~rt. ica 1 tabs
4(J LFRINT CI{R$( 11) ;
“FIRST TAB.“
