--- gforth/kernel/Attic/special.fs	1998/12/08 22:03:14	1.6
+++ gforth/kernel/Attic/special.fs	1999/02/03 00:10:25	1.7
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ has? compiler 0=
 has? compiler [IF]
 :noname [char] " parse postpone SLiteral ;
 interpret/compile: S" ( compilation 'ccc"' -- ; run-time -- c-addr u )	\ core,file	s-quote
+  \G Compilation: Parse a string ccc delimited by a " (double quote). At run-time,
+  \G return the length, u, and the start address, c-addr of the string. Interpretation:
+  \G parse the string as before, and return c-addr, u. The string is stored in a
+  \G temporary buffer which may be overwritten by subsequent uses of @code{S"}.
 [THEN]
 
 has? compiler [IF]
@@ -46,6 +50,11 @@ interpret/compile: What's ( "name" -- ad
 :noname    [char] " parse type ;
 :noname    postpone (.") ,"  align ;
 interpret/compile: ." ( compilation 'ccc"' -- ; run-time -- )  \ core	dot-quote
+  \G Compilation: Parse a string ccc delimited by a " (double quote). At run-time,
+  \G display the string. Interpretation semantics for this word are undefined in
+  \G the ANS Forth Standard. Gforth's interpretation semantics are to display the
+  \G string. This is the simplest way to display a string from
+  \G within a definition; see examples below.
 
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