Re: A86: VManage
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Re: A86: VManage
Well, in theory you could make the name shorter and leave the name
length value what it is, only fill the remaining name bytes with 0s.
As for making the name longer, yeah, you'd have to move the VAT
around. It can get quite messy, I wrote a TI-92 create program
routine.. and the TI-92's VAT is alphabetically sorted! Trust me,
if you can use the ROM VAT calls, you definitely should.
I'm thinking that VAT dumping thing could be some kind of old debug
code left into the production ROM.. anybody have any other theories?
David Phillips wrote:
>
> I don't see the point in changing variable types? About the only thing
> would be to change between a string and a program. And how is renaming a
> program with a different sized name possible? Wouldn't that require moving
> the entire VAT?
>
> I noticed an intersting bug, where you can change the type to a blank one.
> The name is changed to the ALPHA cursor, and it quits the menu. When you
> go back, you get the MEMORY 15 error. Hit goto, and it dumps the VAT to
> the homescreen. Weird.
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