| This is the current state (pre-alpha) of gforth. This is not a |
This is the current state (alpha) of gforth. This is not a |
| distribution for the general public, since it is not yet mature |
distribution for the general public, since it is not yet mature |
| enough. There is no warranty of any kind; this program is |
enough. There is no warranty of any kind; this program is |
| distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
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| You will probably find a Linux binary included in the package and the |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail us |
| configuration set up for Linux. If you want to install it on another |
(anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at,paysan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) if |
| system, read INSTALL and I wish you good luck (Mail us if you have |
you have problems. |
| problems). |
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| To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
| system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
| a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
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| If you want to work on gforth, mail me an encrypted UNIX password |
If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in |
| (i.e., what you find in /etc/passwd). Tasks to be done can be found in |
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| ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's |
ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's |
| ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The |
ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The |
| most important tasks IMO are the configuartion script, the missing ANS |
most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words (musts before |
| Forth words (musts before the alpha release), speeding up the loading |
the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign language |
| of startup.fs, the documentation, adding readline and the foreign |
interface for C. |
| language interface for C. |
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On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: |
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*.fs Forth stream source file |
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*.fi Forth image files |
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*.fb Forth blocks file |
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*.i C include files |
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*.ds documenation source |
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*TAGS etags files |
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| - anton |
- anton |
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |
