--- gforth/kernel/errore.fs	2006/03/25 18:37:16	1.13
+++ gforth/kernel/errore.fs	2012/06/23 20:38:01	1.17
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 \ ERRORE.FS English error strings                      9may93jaw
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2003,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 \ This file is part of Gforth.
 
 \ Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 \ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-\ as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+\ as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
 \ of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 \ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 \ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 \ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-\ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-\ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
+\ along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
 
 \ The errors are defined by a linked list, for easy adding
@@ -43,26 +42,31 @@ has? OS [IF]
     >exec  r> to outfile-id ;
 [THEN]
 
-: .error ( n -- )
-[ has? OS [IF] ]
-    >stderr
-[ [THEN] ]
+: error$ ( n -- addr u ) \ gforth
+    \G converts an error to a string
     ErrLink
     BEGIN @ dup
     WHILE
 	2dup cell+ @ =
 	IF
-	    2 cells + count type drop EXIT THEN
+	    2 cells + count rot drop EXIT THEN
     REPEAT
     drop
 [ has? os [IF] ]
     dup -511 -255 within
     IF
-	256 + negate strsignal type EXIT
+	256 + negate strsignal EXIT
     THEN
     dup -2047 -511 within
     IF
-	512 + negate strerror type EXIT
+	512 + negate strerror EXIT
     THEN
 [ [THEN] ]
-    ." error " dec. ;
+    base @ >r decimal
+    s>d tuck dabs <# #s rot sign s" error #" holds #> r> base ! ;
+
+: .error ( n -- )
+[ has? OS [IF] ]
+    >stderr
+[ [THEN] ]
+    error$ type ;
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