Diff for /gforth/NEWS between versions 1.24 and 1.26

version 1.24, 2007/09/12 18:10:41 version 1.26, 2007/12/31 17:34:58
Line 22  Forth 200x: Line 22  Forth 200x:
   PARSE-NAME (new name)    PARSE-NAME (new name)
   deferred words (new: DEFER@ DEFER! ACTION-OF)    deferred words (new: DEFER@ DEFER! ACTION-OF)
   X:structures: +FIELD FIELD: FFIELD: CFIELD: etc.    X:structures: +FIELD FIELD: FFIELD: CFIELD: etc.
   X:ekeys: new: EKEY>FKEY K-SHIFT-MASK K-CTRL-MASK K-ALT-MASK    X:ekeys: new: EKEY>FKEY K-SHIFT-MASK K-CTRL-MASK K-ALT-MASK K-F1...K-F12
 Unicode support (incomplete, documentation probably not up-to-date):  Unicode support (incomplete, documentation probably not up-to-date):
   added xchars words for dealing with variable-width multi-byte characters    added xchars words for dealing with variable-width multi-byte characters
   provide 8bit (ISO Latin 1) and UTF-8 support for xchars    provide 8bit (ISO Latin 1) and UTF-8 support for xchars
Line 33  Number prefixes: Line 33  Number prefixes:
   ' now only handles a single (x)char: 'ab is no longer accepted,     ' now only handles a single (x)char: 'ab is no longer accepted, 
                                        'a' now produces (decimal) 97                                         'a' now produces (decimal) 97
 New words:  New words:
   \C C-FUNCTION (C interface)    \C C-FUNCTION (libcc C interface)
   OUTFILE-EXECUTE INFILE-EXECUTE BASE-EXECUTE (limited change of global state)    OUTFILE-EXECUTE INFILE-EXECUTE BASE-EXECUTE (limited change of global state)
   16-bit and 32-bit memory acces: UW@ UL@ SW@ SL@ W! L! W@ L@ /W /L    16-bit and 32-bit memory acces: UW@ UL@ SW@ SL@ W! L! W@ L@ /W /L
   NEXT-ARG SHIFT-ARGS (OS command-line argument processing)    NEXT-ARG SHIFT-ARGS (OS command-line argument processing)
Line 41  New words: Line 41  New words:
   FTRUNC FMOD (undocumented)    FTRUNC FMOD (undocumented)
   SEE-CODE SEE-CODE-RANGE (show generated dynamic native code)    SEE-CODE SEE-CODE-RANGE (show generated dynamic native code)
 Improvements/changes of existing words:  Improvements/changes of existing words:
   S\" now supports \l, \m, \z, and limits hex and octal character specs.    S\", .\" now support \l, \m, \z, and limits hex and octal character specs.
   OPEN-FILE with W/O no longer creates or truncates files (compat file missing)    OPEN-FILE with W/O no longer creates or truncates files (no compat. file)
   TRY...ENDTRY changed significantly, compatibility files available (see docs).    TRY...ENDTRY changed significantly, compatibility files available (see docs).
   The disassembler (DISCODE) can now use gdb to disassemble code    The disassembler (DISCODE) can now use gdb to disassemble code
   Uninitialized defered words now give a warning when executed    Uninitialized defered words now give a warning when executed
Line 51  Improvements/changes of existing words: Line 51  Improvements/changes of existing words:
     on all platforms.      on all platforms.
 Newly documented words:  Newly documented words:
   S>NUMBER? S>UNUMBER?    S>NUMBER? S>UNUMBER?
   EKEY keypress names: K-LEFT K-RIGHT K-UP K-DOWN K-HOME K-END K-PRIOR    EKEY keypress names: K-LEFT  K-RIGHT K-UP K-DOWN K-HOME K-END K-PRIOR
     K-NEXT K-INSERT K-DELETE K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K9 K10 K11 K12      K-NEXT K-INSERT K-DELETE
     S-K1 S-K2 S-K3 S-K4 S-K5 S-K6 S-K7 S-K8 S-K9 S-K10 S-K11 S-K12  
   CLEARSTACKS    CLEARSTACKS
   FORM    FORM
 Environment variable GFORTHSYSTEMPREFIX (used by word SYSTEM and friends)  Environment variable GFORTHSYSTEMPREFIX (used by word SYSTEM and friends)
Line 324  $?)  added (SYSTEM) ( c_addr u -- wretva Line 323  $?)  added (SYSTEM) ( c_addr u -- wretva
 ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words.  ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words.
   
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 Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   
 This file is part of Gforth.  This file is part of Gforth.
   

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