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   Copyright (C) 2003,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
   unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
   
   
                   Prerequisites
   
 You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.  You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.
   
   For the (documented) libcc.fs C interface you need a C compiler at
   run-time.
   
   For the (undocumented ) lib.fs C interface you need to install either
   the ffcall libraries or the libffi library.  Libffi comes with recent
   gccs, ffcall can be found on
   
      ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (USA) 
      ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/ffcall-1.8.tar.gz (Europe) 
   
   On many architectures (exceptions: 386, PPC, MIPS, Alpha) you need gdb
   at run-time in order for the disassembler to work.
   
   
                   Building and Installing
   
 First, type  First, type
   
 ./configure  ./configure
   
   (see Section Configuration Options below for details).
   
   After configuration, type
   
   make
   
   Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
   
   make check
   
   You can run some benchmarks with
   
   make bench
   
   and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.
   
   If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type
   
   make install
   
   For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi
   fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better
   printers)), or say
   
   make gforth.dvi
   
   and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the
   documentation in HTML format by typing
   
   make html
   
   If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, you can 
   
   make doc/gforth.txt
   
   or just concatenate the files gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under
   Unix); the result of the latter option is a little worse.
   
   You can find binary distributions, documentation in HTML and plain
   text format and information on known installation problems at
   http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/.
   
   
                   Configuration Options
   
   If you use GNU make, you can build in a directory different from the
   source directory by changing to the build directory and invoking
   configure thus:
   
   $srcdir/configure
   
   where $srcdir is the source directory. (Note that we tested this only
   for installation; i.e., if you want to hack the Gforth sources, you
   should probably build in the source directory).
   
 configure has the following useful parameters:  configure has the following useful parameters:
   --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX    --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
                           [default: /usr/local]                            [default: /usr/local]
Line 13  configure has the following useful param Line 91  configure has the following useful param
                           the machine.h file. This can cause a good speedup,                            the machine.h file. This can cause a good speedup,
                           but also incorrect code with some gcc versions on                            but also incorrect code with some gcc versions on
                           some processors (default disabled).                            some processors (default disabled).
   --enable-direct-threaded      Force direct threading. This may not work on  
                                 some machines and may cause slowdown on others.  
                                 (default processor-dependent)  
   --enable-indirect-threaded    Force indirect threading. This can cause a  
                                 slowdown on some machines.  
                                 (default processor-dependent)  
   --with-debug     specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)  
    --without-debug  omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on  
                     machines where strip has problems with gcc style  
                     debugging informations.  
   --help: tells you about other parameters.    --help: tells you about other parameters.
   
   The file Benchres shows which combination of the -enable options we
   tried gave the best results for various machines.
   
 If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you  If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you
 should override them already during configure.  E.g., if you want to  should override them already during configure.  E.g., if you want to
 install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local  install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local
Line 35  hierarchy, say Line 106  hierarchy, 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.:
   
 env CC=gcc-2.7.1 ./configure  ./configure CC=gcc-2.7.1
   
 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:
   
 env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure  ./configure CC="gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0"
   
 After, configuration, type  You can change the sizes of the various areas used in the default
   image `gforth.fi' by passing the appropriate Gforth command line
   options in the FORTHSIZES environment variable:
   
 make  ./configure "FORTHSIZES=--dictionary-size=256k --data-stack-size=16k --fp-stack-size=15872b --return-stack-size=15k --locals-stack-size=14848b"
   
 Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say  The line above reaffirms the default sizes. Note that the locals
   stack area is also used as input buffer stack.
   
 make test  If C's "long long" do not work properly on your machine (i.e., if the
   tests involving double-cell numbers fail), you can build Gforth such
   that it does not use "long long":
   
 You can run some benchmarks with  ./configure ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0
   
 make bench  
   
 and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.                          Cross-Installation
   
 If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type  You need a cross-compilation toolchain for your target including gcc
   (2.0 or later).
   
 make install  The first step in cross-installation is the cross-configuration.  A
   few tests made by the configure script do not work in a
   cross-compilation situation. You have to provide the results of these
   tests by hand. E.g., if you compile for an ARM:
   
 You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually.  env skipcode=".skip 16" ac_cv_sizeof_char_p=4 ac_cv_sizeof_char=1 \
   ac_cv_sizeof_short=2 ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long=4 \
   ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=8 ac_cv_sizeof_intptr_t=4 ac_cv_sizeof_int128_t=0 \
   ac_cv_c_bigendian=no ./configure CC=arm-elf-gcc --host=arm-linux
   
 For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi  The ac_cv_sizeof_... variables give the sizes of various C types;
 fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better  ac_cv_sizeof_char_p is the same as "sizeof(char*)" in C code. The
 printers)), or say  ac_cv_c_bigendian variable gives the byte order.  The skipcode
   specifies how to skip 16 bytes in the code (use "skipcode=no" to
   disable skipping and dynamic native code generation).
   
 make gforth.dvi  After the cross-configuration you type
   
 and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the  make gforths
 documentation in HTML format by typing  
   
 make html  This produces the gforth engines for the target.
   
   The next step is to transfer everything to the target; on the target,
   you do
   
   make
   
   to complete building gforth.  If you do not have a make on the target,
   run
   
   make -n
   
   on the host; manually execute on the target the last command output by
   "make -n" (GFORTHD=...); the other commands output by "make -n" are
   not necessary unless you have changed the Gforth sources.  You can
   then check and benchmark Gforth with
   
   make check
   make bench
   
   or equivalent.  Finally, perform
   
   make install
   
   or the equivalent commands on the target.
   
 If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, just concatenate the files  
 gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under Unix).  
   
                 Preloading installation-specific code                  Preloading installation-specific code
   
 If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when  If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when
 Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands  Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands
 for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs  for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs
 (if the commands work for all architectures) or  (if the commands work for all architectures) or
 /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs (for  /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs (for
 architecture-specific commands);  architecture-specific commands);
 /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs takes precedence if both  /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs takes precedence if both
 files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names  files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names
 given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have  given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have
 to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.  to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.
   
 By default, the installation procedure creates an empty  By default, the installation procedure creates an empty
 /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs if there is no such  /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/siteinit.fs if there is no such
 file.  file.
   
 If you change the site-init.fs file, you should run "make install"  If you change the siteinit.fs file, you should run "make install"
 again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make  again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make
 install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).  install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).
   
Line 109  version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION Line 214  version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION
 tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.  tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.
   
   
                         A Possible Problem                  Installing Info Files
   
 You need to read this only if you see a message like  
   
 ...  
 The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file  
   
 1) "gforth: Cannot load nonrelocatable image (compiled for address $1234) at address $5678  
 The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file"  
   
 Gforth supports both relocatable and fixed-address images. If you load  
 normal Forth code and save the image, you get a fixed-address  
 image. Producing a relocatable image is more difficult.  
   
 Therefore, Gforth has only a relocatable image of the kernel  
 (kernel.fi), which is powerful enough to load the rest of  
 Gforth. However, loading the rest takes a noticable amount of time. To  
 avoid this delay (which would occur on every startup), the  
 installation procedure produces an image fixed at an address  
 determined at the Gforth run that produced the image. This  
 fixed-address image is loaded by default. On most OSs this works,  
 because the first chunk of memory is always allocated at the same  
 address. If the address changes, you get the message above.  
   
 An image address change can be caused by a change of the gforth  
 executable, or by a change (upgrade) of the OS; in these cases you  
 just have to rebuild and reinstall the fixed address image with  
   
 rm gforth.fi; make gforth.fi; make install  
   
 If you get such a message with a different address in place of the  
 $5678 each time you try to start gforth, you cannot use fixed-address  
 images on your OS. In this case, send us a message so that we start  
 searching for a comfortable solution to this problem. In the  
 meantime, start gforth with  
   
 gforth -i kernel.fi startup.fs  
   
   
 2) "%s: Checksum of image ($13579b) does not match the executable ($2468a)  
 The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file"  
   
 A fixed-address image is not only fixed with respect to its base  Info is the GNU project on-line documentation format. You can read
 address, but also with respect to certain addresses in the gforth  info files either from within Emacs (Ctrl-h i) or using the
 executable and the threading method. These things are encoded in a  stand-alone Info reader, 'info'.
 checksum.  
   
 If the checksum of the executable and the checksum of the image are  If you use the default install root of '/usr/local' then the info
 not equal, you get the message above. This can be caused, e.g., by  files will be installed in '/usr/local/info'.
 trying to run an image produced for a direct threading system on an  
 indirect threaded system.  
   
 Chances are that you unintentionally tried to execute an image from  Many GNU/Linux distributions are set up to put all of their
 the wrong directory. As a remedy, you can determine Gforth's search  documentation in '/usr/info', in which case you might have to do a
 path with the "-p" command line option and with the GFORTHPATH  couple of things to get your environment set up to accommodate files
 environment variable.  in both areas:
   
 On the other hand, if you need to solve the problem by creating a new  1. Add an INFOPATH environment variable. The easiest place to do
 fixed-address image, you can use the steps described above.  this is '/etc/profile', right next to PATH and MANPATH:
   
   INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/info
   
   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
   manually, or use '/sbin/install-info' (man install-info for details).

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