| You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth. |
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives |
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unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. |
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Prerequisites |
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You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth. Recommended: |
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gcc-2.95.* (other versions produce slower code). |
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To use the new C interface, you need to install the ffcall libraries |
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before configuring Gforth. You can find them on |
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ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (USA) |
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ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (Europe) |
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Building and Installing |
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First, type |
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| make install |
make install |
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| You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually (see |
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| Installing Info Files, below). |
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| For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi |
For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi |
| fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better |
fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better |
| printers)), or say |
printers)), or say |
| Moreover, if your GCC is not called gcc (but, e.g., gcc-2.7.1), you |
Moreover, if your GCC is not called gcc (but, e.g., gcc-2.7.1), you |
| should say so during configuration. E.g.: |
should say so during configuration. E.g.: |
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| env CC=gcc-2.7.1 ./configure |
./configure CC=gcc-2.7.1 |
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| You can also pass additional options to gcc in this way, e.g., if you |
You can also pass additional options to gcc in this way, e.g., if you |
| want to generate an a.out executable under Linux with gcc-2.7.0: |
want to generate an a.out executable under Linux with gcc-2.7.0: |
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| env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure |
./configure CC="gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" |
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| You can change the sizes of the various areas used in the default |
You can change the sizes of the various areas used in the default |
| image `gforth.fi' by passing the appropriate Gforth command line |
image `gforth.fi' by passing the appropriate Gforth command line |
| options in the FORTHSIZES environment variable: |
options in the FORTHSIZES environment variable: |
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| env "FORTHSIZES=--dictionary-size=256k --data-stack-size=16k --fp-stack-size=15872b --return-stack-size=15k --locals-stack-size=14848b" ./configure |
./configure "FORTHSIZES=--dictionary-size=256k --data-stack-size=16k --fp-stack-size=15872b --return-stack-size=15k --locals-stack-size=14848b" |
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| The line above reaffirms the default sizes. Note that the locals |
The line above reaffirms the default sizes. Note that the locals |
| stack area is also used as input buffer stack. |
stack area is also used as input buffer stack. |
| tests involving double-cell numbers fail), you can build Gforth such |
tests involving double-cell numbers fail), you can build Gforth such |
| that it does not use "long long": |
that it does not use "long long": |
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| env ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0 ./configure |
./configure ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0 |
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| Cross-Installation |
Cross-Installation |
| The first step in cross-installation is the cross-configuration. A |
The first step in cross-installation is the cross-configuration. A |
| few tests made by the configure script do not work in a |
few tests made by the configure script do not work in a |
| cross-compilation situation. You have to provide the results of these |
cross-compilation situation. You have to provide the results of these |
| tests by hand. E.g., if you compile for a 386 architecture processor: |
tests by hand. E.g., if you compile for an ARM: |
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env skipcode=".skip 16" ac_cv_sizeof_char_p=4 ac_cv_sizeof_char=1 \ |
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ac_cv_sizeof_short=2 ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long=4 \ |
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ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=8 ac_cv_sizeof_intptr_t=4 ac_cv_sizeof_int128_t=0 \ |
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ac_cv_c_bigendian=no ./configure CC=arm-elf-gcc --host=arm-linux |
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| The ac_cv_sizeof_... variables give the sizes of various C types; |
The ac_cv_sizeof_... variables give the sizes of various C types; |
| ac_cv_sizeof_char_p is the same as "sizeof(char*)" in C code. The |
ac_cv_sizeof_char_p is the same as "sizeof(char*)" in C code. The |
| ac_cv_c_bigendian variable gives the byte order. |
ac_cv_c_bigendian variable gives the byte order. The skipcode |
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specifies how to skip 16 bytes in the code (use "skipcode=no" to |
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disable skipping and dynamic native code generation). |
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| After the cross-configuration you type |
After the cross-configuration you type |
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| 2. Create a file called 'dir' in 'usr/local/info'. Use the file |
2. Create a file called 'dir' in 'usr/local/info'. Use the file |
| '/usr/info/dir' as a template. You can add the line for gforth |
'/usr/info/dir' as a template. You can add the line for gforth |
| manually, or use '/sbin/install-info' (man install-info for details). |
manually, or use '/sbin/install-info' (man install-info for details). |
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