--- gforth/README 1995/12/15 01:54:08 1.10 +++ gforth/README 1998/12/25 22:50:47 1.31 @@ -6,22 +6,38 @@ traditional implementation techniques: i indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). -Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other -systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on -Linux (for Intel), SunOS (SPARC) and Ultrix (MIPS). +Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to +port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested +successfully on the following platforms: + +i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5) +i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5) +i686-pc-linux-gnu (libc6) +alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnulibc1 +alpha-dec-osf4.0b +mips-sgi-irix6.2 +mips-dec-ultrix4.3 +sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 +sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 +powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu +hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 +i386-pc-cygwin32 (CygWin32 b18, Win95) +i386-pc-djgpp (DGJPP 2.0, MS-DOS 7.0 under Win95) +i386-pc-os2 (OS/2 3.0, EMX 0.9c) -Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start +Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows +95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). -You can find new versions of Gforth at +You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors +or at -http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ or -ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth +ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ -This site will also contain binary distributions of Gforth for some -popular platforms when it has proved stable. +The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some +popular platforms. If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, @@ -31,13 +47,48 @@ the documentation and the foreign langua On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: -*.fs Forth stream source file -*.fi Forth image files -*.fb Forth blocks file +*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include " from within + gforth, or start with "gforth ...") +*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i ") +*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use 1 load") *.i C include files *.ds documenation source *TAGS etags files +A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are +not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in +the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: + +Add-ons: +code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs + +Utilities: +ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs + +Games: +tt.fs sokoban.fs + +Test programs (for testing Forth systems): +test/*.fs + +Benchmarks: +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs + +ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: +compat/*.fs other.fs + +For discussions about Gforth, use the Usenet newsgroup +comp.lang.forth. If you prefer not to post on Usenet, there is also a +mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.com. To subscribe, send a mail to +Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: + +subscribe GForth + +as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports +to bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu (whether you post them or not). + + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at -http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html \ No newline at end of file +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html