Hello World

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This program, HELLOW.ACT, comes from page 4 of the ACTION! System Reference Manual.



To put the Editor in Insert mode, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> I.


To save source code to disk, from the Editor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> W. Enter a valid filename.


To load source code to disk, from the Editor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> R. Enter a valid filename.


To switch from the Editor to the Monitor, enter <CTRL><SHIFT> M. To compile the code, from the Monitor, enter C<RETURN>.



To run the compiled code, from the Monitor, enter R<RETURN>. To return to the Editor, from the Monitor, enter E<RETURN>.

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