====== OPTION ======

The OPTION directive sets various compilation options. Most of these options can be set from the command line as well. The OPTION directive gets higher priority than command line options.

===== Syntax =====

<code xcbasic>
OPTION <option_name> [= <value>]
</code>

<adm note>
OPTION directives must precede any other commands in the program.
</adm>
===== Examples =====

To set the target machine, use:

<code xcbasic>
OPTION TARGET = "c128"
</code>

Accepted values are:

  * "c64" (Commodore-64)
  * "vic20" (Commodore VIC-20 unexpanded)
  * "vic20_3k" (Commodore VIC-20 with 3k RAM expansion)
  * "vic20_8k" (Commodore VIC-20 with 8k RAM expansion)
  * "cplus4" (Commodore Plus/4)
  * "c16" (Commodore-16)
  * "c128" (Commodore-128)
  * "pet2001" (Commodore PET2001)
  * "pet3008" (Commodore PET3000 series with 8k RAM)
  * "pet3016" (Commodore PET3000 series with 16k RAM)
  * "pet3032" (Commodore PET3000 series with 32k RAM)
  * "pet4016" (Commodore PET4000 series with 16k RAM)
  * "pet4032" (Commodore PET4000 series with 32k RAM)
  * "pet8032" (Commodore PET8000 series)
  * "x16" (Commander X16)
  * "mega65" (MEGA65) 

To disable the BASIC loader, use:

<code xcbasic>
OPTION NOBASICLOADER
</code>

If the above option is set, the compiled program will be a bare machine language binary that you can only run using the ''SYS'' command from CBM BASIC.

To set the start address of the program, use:

<code xcbasic>
OPTION STARTADDRESS = $C000
</code>

This really makes sense when used together with ''OPTION NOBASICLOADER''.

To enable inline data injection, use:

<code xcbasic>
OPTION INLINEDATA
</code>

See [[DATA]] for additional details.

To use Fast Interrupts, use

<code xcbasic>
OPTION FASTINTERRUPT
</code>

See [[interrupts]] for more information.

To use the ASCII character set instead of PETSCII, use:

<code xcbasic>
OPTION ASCII
</code>