How HP48 ASCII headers are supposed to work

[vcolella]

(09-08-2024 12:26 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  

(09-07-2024 05:00 AM)vcolella Wrote:  Hi Bruce,

What I'm asking is how is the header used by the calculator (if at all). I thought it was a "how to parse this program" kind of information, but from my experiments it doesn't seem to work that way.

It is only used by the calculator if the header is at the top of an ASCII program listing in a plain-text file on a computer, AND if that file is imported into the calculator via I/O (wire or IR) in ASCII mode. That "header" should never be keyed into the calculator directly. The calculator's command line doesn't use it. I hope that made sense!

I guess it does make sense. I'm testing my programs through HPUserEdit and now that I'm thinking, its "send" function probably just inserts the whole program in the stack as a string to then call STR\-> on it.

I'll try to transfer some programs via serial to check if there's any difference, thanks !