Decmal BASIC 0.5.2 help

Only two sections "About Decmal BASIC" and "Language Specifications" are translated in English.

• About Decmal BASIC
  • Outline
  • Copyright
  • Web Pages
• Introduction
  • Calculation
  • Variables
  • FOR ... NEXT
  • IF ... END IF
  • DO ... LOOP
  • DEF statement
  • Quotients and remainders
  • Trigonometric functions
  • Logarithmic functions
  • Curves and Graphs
  • Graphics
  • Exception Handling
  • Arrays
  • About sample programs
  • PDF verison of Introduction to JIS Full BASIC
  • Reference books
• Manipulation
  • About Help
  • Moving Cursors
  • File Menu
  • Edit Menu
  • Run Menu
  • Option Menu
  • Window Menu
  • Help Menu
  • Function keys
  • Text Window
  • Graphics Window
  • Debug Window
• Foundations
  • Lines
  • Line continuation
  • REM-statement
  • Identifiers and Reserved words
  • Main Program and External procedures
  • Program Characters
• Numbers
  • Numbers
  • Assignment
  • OPTION ANGLE
  • OPTION ARITHMETIC
  • DECLARE NUMERIC
  • Supplied Functions
    • Numeric Functions (General)
    • Exponential and Logarithmic functions
    • Trigonometric Functions
    • Hyperbolic functions
    • Random numbers
    • MAXNUM and EPS
    • Numeric constants and others
    • date and Time
    • original enhancement
• Strings
  • Strings
  • Substrings
  • String functions
  • Bit pattern manipulation
  • DECLARE STRING
  • Chinese Characters
  • original Enhancement
• Input and Output
  • PRINT statement
  • Formated output
  • Zone width and margin
  • INPUT statement
  • INPUT PROMPT
  • INPUT TIMEOUT
  • INPUT ELAPSED
  • LINE INPUT statement
  • CHARACTER INPUT
  • SET ECHO
  • READ statement and DATA statement
  • READ IF MISSING
• Arrays
  • Arrays
  • Array supplied functions
  • MAT statement
  • String MAT statement
  • MAT READ statement
  • MAT INPUT statement
  • MAT PRINT statement
  • MAT PRINT USING
  • Original enhancement (MAT REDIM)
  • original enhancement ( imperative DIM)
• Graphics
  • Coordinate system
  • Color index
  • Plot points
  • Plot lines
  • Filling polygon
  • Plot text
  • MAT PLOT
  • MAT PLOT CELLS
  • Manipulate pixels
  • GET POINT
  • Clear screen
  • Original enhancement (axes and grid)
  • Original enhancement (circle and disk)
  • Original enhancement（ TEXT FONT）
  • Original enhancement (Pixel corrdinate)
  • Original enhancement (Pixel Size)
  • Original enhancement (save and load)
  • Original enhancement (Color mode)
  • Original enhancement (Special effect)
  • Printer Graphics
  • Obsolete commands
• Control Structures
  • Logical expressions
  • IF structure
  • ELSEIF
  • Imperative IF statement
  • SELECT structure
  • DO-LOOP structure
  • FOR-NEXT structure
  • Control statements
  • chain statement
  • Declaration statements
  • Original enhancement (wait delay and pause)
  • Original enhancement (execute other programs）
  • Original enhancement (miscellaneous)
• Exception handling
  • Exception Handling
  • Syntax of exception handling
  • propagastion of exception
  • Nonfatal exception
  • CAUSE EXCEPTION
  • EXIT HANDLER
  • WHEN EXCEPTION USE and HANDLER
  • EXTYPE function
• Procedures
  • DEF statements
  • Internal Functions
  • External Functions
  • Internal Subprograms
  • External Subprograms
  • Internal and External procedures
  • Variable parameters
  • Array parameters
  • Recursive call
  • EXIT FUNCTION and EXIT SUB
  • Program Unit
  • Picture definition
  • External picture-def
  • Interenal picture-def
  • Transformation with arrays
  • Transform assignment
  • Modules
  • Original enhancement for PUBLIC statement
  • Original enhancement LOCAL
  • Original enhancement MERGE
• Files
  • Outline
  • OPEN statement
  • INPUT Statement
  • CHARACTER INPUT
  • PRINT statement
  • ERASE statement
  • SET POINTER
  • Other SET statements and ASK statements
  • CLOSE statement
  • Internal file
  • Stream file
  • Original enhancement
  • original enhancement (printer)
• Debug
  • Debug
• Complex numbers and Rational numbers
  • Complex numbers
    • Complex numbers
    • Complex functions
    • Enhancement for transform functions
  • Rational numbers
    • Rational numbers
    • Functions on rational mode
• Language Specifications
  • Difference between the standard and this implementation
  • 2. conformance with the standard
  • 4. Program elements
  • 5. Numbers
  • 6. Strings
  • 7. Arrays
  • 8. Control Structures
  • 9. Program SEgmentation
  • 10. Input and Output
  • 11. Files
  • 12. Exception handling and Debugging
  • 13. Graphics
  • 17. Individual character input
  • 18. Module
  • Supplementary explanations
  • Limitations
• What's different from other BASICs ?
  • Difference between Minimal BASIC and Full BASIC
    • Difference between Minimal BASIC and Full BASIC
  • Difference between Microsoft BASIC and Full BASIC
    • Difference between Microsoft BASIC and Full BASIC
    • Variables and Operations
    • Input and Putput
    • Control statements
    • END statements
    • MOD operator
    • Supplied functions
    • Files
    • Graphics
    • Error handling
    • Special commands in N88BASIC
  • Difference beteen True BASIC and Full BASIC or this implementaion
    • Differences in Action
    • Differences in Syntax
    • Other differences
  • Difference between Windows verison of Decimal BASIC and This version of Decimal BASIC
    • Difference between Windows verison of Decimal BASIC and This version of Decimal BASIC
• Information about the system
  • Command line parameters
  • .basic.ini
  • Multiple execution of basic
  • Customize the words for case changing
  • Customize the keywords on the Keyword catalog
  • Other infomation
• Trouble shooting
  • Trouble shooting
  • Known bugs

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Japanese part of this help is written in EUC-JP.