Diff for /gforth/NEWS between versions 1.2 and 1.3

version 1.2, 1996/10/02 09:48:54 version 1.3, 1996/11/28 14:57:58
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 User-visible changes between 0.1beta and 0.2.0  User-visible changes between 0.1beta and 0.2.0
   
 Improved etags support.  Portability and Installation:
 more.fs allows output paging.  
 Changed popen and pclose to open-pipe and close-pipe.  
 Added form, rows, and cols.  
 Added compat/ directory containing ANS implementations of Gforth features.  
 added primitives EMIT-FILE, STDOUT, STDERR; EMIT and TYPE now work  
 through file words (and are redirectable).  
 Support architectures with buggy long longs (alpha-dec-osf).  Support architectures with buggy long longs (alpha-dec-osf).
 Added tiny multitasker.  Better support for DOS and other non-Unix systems.
 Size changes through the command line are passed to the image (and  Size changes through the command line are passed to the image (and
 saved with savesystem); the preamble specifies an interpreter and is  saved with savesystem); the preamble specifies an interpreter and is
 propagated by save-system.  propagated by save-system.
 Added tables (case-sensitive wordlists)  
   Tools:
   
   Improved etags support.
   more.fs allows output paging.
   Added compat/ directory containing ANS implementations of Gforth features.
   Added tiny multitasker (tasker.fs).
   Added two alternatives for object-oriented programming: oof.fs, objects.fs.
   Added ans-report.fs (reports which words are used from which wordset).
   
   New words:
   
   Changed POPEN and PCLOSE to OPEN-PIPE and CLOSE-PIPE.
   Added FORM, ROWS, and COLS.
   added primitives EMIT-FILE, STDOUT, STDERR.
   Added TABLEs (case-sensitive wordlists).
   added POSTPONE,.
   Added the ability to combine arbitrary interpretation and compilation
   semantics (INTERPRET/COMPILE:); state-smart words were generally
   rewritten to use that mechanism.
   
   Changes to existing words:
   
   EMIT and TYPE now work through file words (and are redirectable).
 HEADER now stores the compilation wordlist in the header and REVEAL  HEADER now stores the compilation wordlist in the header and REVEAL
 reveals into that wordlist.  reveals into that wordlist.
 changed bahviour of system (no longer returns wretval, but puts it in  changed behaviour of SYSTEM (no longer returns wretval, but puts it in
 $?)  added (system) ( c_addr u -- wretval wior ).  $?)  added (SYSTEM) ( c_addr u -- wretval wior ).
 Added the ability to combine arbitrary interpretation and compilation  
 semantics; state-smart words were generally rewritten to use that  
 mechanism.  
 ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words.  ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words.
 added POSTPONE,.  
   
   

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