--- gforth/kernel/vars.fs	2012/03/16 20:34:23	1.52
+++ gforth/kernel/vars.fs	2012/12/31 15:25:19	1.54
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \ VARS.FS      Kernal variables
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007,2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 \ This file is part of Gforth.
 
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ has? floating [IF]
 has? EC [IF] 20 cells [ELSE] FF [THEN] Constant /line
 
 has? file [IF]
-40 Constant c/l
-10 Constant l/s
-400 Constant chars/block
+40 Value c/l
+10 Value l/s
+400 Value chars/block
 [THEN]
 
 20 8 2* cells + 2 + cell+ constant word-pno-size ( -- u )
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ User dpl ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
 \G 0. After the conversion of 234123.9 it contains 1, and so forth.
 -1 dpl !
 
+User dp-char ( -- a-addr ) \ VFX
+\G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the
+\G decimal point character for double number conversion
+'.' dp-char !
+
+User fp-char ( -- a-addr ) \ VFX
+\G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the
+\G decimal point character for floating point number conversion
+'.' fp-char !
+
 User state ( -- a-addr ) \ core,tools-ext
 \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell
 \G containing the compilation state flag. 0 => interpreting, -1 =>