> Jean-Fran�ois Michaud comcast.net> wrote:
>

>> By reducing the amount of text in blocks, we are able to fall on
>> single digits (1-8 lines) which opens the door to immediate execution
>> on every keystroke.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> 1- blah text
>> 2- blah blah text
>> 3- blah blah blah text
>> 4- yay text
>> 5- yay yay text
>> 6- yay yay yay text
>> 7- super text
>> 8- super text
>>
>> 12L read '1', followed by '2', followed by 'L' places 1 on the stack
>> when '1' is pressed, 2 on the stack when '2' is pressed and executes a
>> lineswap using the 2 parameters on the stack when 'L' is pressed.
>>
>> 5D would blank out line 5.
>> To edit text, 8I would allow insertion of text on line 8, etc.
>> Esc bumps us back from edit to command and once more, back to the
>> Forth interpreter.

>
> If you wanted, perhaps you could use 16 lines and read the first digit
> in hex.
> You'd have to avoid commands that started A-F when you might put in a
> line number, but you could arrange that, if you wanted to.