--- gforth/kernel/vars.fs	2006/05/26 21:18:45	1.43
+++ gforth/kernel/vars.fs	2011/12/31 15:29:26	1.50
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 \ VARS.FS      Kernal variables
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007,2011 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/.
 
 hex \ everything now hex!                               11may93jaw
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ has? floating [IF]
 \G @i{c-char} is the character value for a space.
 \ used by docon:, must be constant
 
-has? EC [IF] 40 [ELSE] FF [THEN] Constant /line
+has? EC [IF] 20 cells [ELSE] FF [THEN] Constant /line
 
 has? file [IF]
 40 Constant c/l
@@ -167,8 +166,10 @@ has? file [IF]
 
 
 User base ( -- a-addr ) \ core
-\G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the
-\G number base used by default for number conversion during input and output.
+\G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that
+\G stores the number base used by default for number conversion during
+\G input and output.  Don't store to @code{base}, use
+\G @code{base-execute} instead.
                        A base !
 User dpl ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
 \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the 		
@@ -198,7 +199,9 @@ AUser dpp		normal-dp dpp !
 			\ the pointer to the current dictionary pointer
                         \ ist reset to normal-dp on (doerror)
                         \  (i.e. any throw caught by quit)
-AUser LastCFA
+has? ec [IF]
+    AUser LastCFA
+[THEN]
 AUser Last
 
 has? flash [IF]