--- gforth/stuff.fs	2003/02/03 08:59:29	1.30
+++ gforth/stuff.fs	2004/11/28 20:35:06	1.38
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \ miscelleneous words
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998,2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 \ This file is part of Gforth.
 
@@ -51,8 +51,12 @@ AUser CSP
 \G @code{system} command.
 
 : system ( c-addr u -- ) \ gforth
-\G Pass the string specified by @var{c-addr u} to the host operating system
-\G for execution in a sub-shell.
+\G Pass the string specified by @var{c-addr u} to the host operating
+\G system for execution in a sub-shell.  The value of the environment
+\G variable @code{GFORTHSYSTEMPREFIX} (or its default value) is
+\G prepended to the string (mainly to support using @code{command.com}
+\G as shell in Windows instead of whatever shell Cygwin uses by
+\G default; @pxref{Environment variables}).
     (system) throw TO $? ;
 
 : sh ( "..." -- ) \ gforth
@@ -98,19 +102,20 @@ AUser CSP
     ur compile-fliterals uw compile-literals
     target compile, POSTPONE exit reveal ;
 
-: const-does> ( run-time: w*uw r*ur uw ur "name" -- )
-    \G Defines @var{name} and returns.@sp 0
+: const-does> ( run-time: w*uw r*ur uw ur "name" -- ) \ gforth
+    \G Defines @var{name} and returns.
+    \G  
     \G @var{name} execution: pushes @var{w*uw r*ur}, then performs the
     \G code following the @code{const-does>}.
     here >r 0 POSTPONE literal
     POSTPONE (const-does>)
     POSTPONE ;
     noname : POSTPONE rdrop
-    lastxt r> cell+ ! \ patch the literal
+    latestxt r> cell+ ! \ patch the literal
 ; immediate
 
 \ !! rewrite slurp-file using slurp-fid
-: slurp-file ( c-addr1 u1 -- c-addr2 u2 )
+: slurp-file ( c-addr1 u1 -- c-addr2 u2 ) \ gforth
     \G @var{c-addr1 u1} is the filename, @var{c-addr2 u2} is the file's contents
     r/o bin open-file throw >r
     r@ file-size throw abort" file too large"
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ AUser CSP
     2dup r@ read-file throw over <> abort" could not read whole file"
     r> close-file throw ;
 
-: slurp-fid { fid -- addr u }
+: slurp-fid { fid -- addr u } \ gforth
     \G @var{addr u} is the content of the file @var{fid}
     0 0 begin ( awhole uwhole )
 	dup 1024 + dup >r extend-mem ( anew awhole uwhole R: unew )
@@ -275,3 +280,21 @@ AUser CSP
 	10e f*
     loop ;
 [then]
+
+: f.s ( -- ) \ gforth f-dot-s
+    \G Display the number of items on the floating-point stack,
+    \G followed by a list of the items; TOS is the right-most item.
+    ." <" fdepth 0 .r ." > " fdepth 0 max maxdepth-.s @ min dup 0 
+    ?DO  dup i - 1- floats fp@ + f@ 16 5 11 f.rdp space LOOP  drop ; 
+
+\ defer stuff
+
+:noname    ' defer@ ;
+:noname    postpone ['] postpone defer@ ;
+interpret/compile: action-of ( interpretation "name" -- xt; compilation "name" -- ; run-time -- xt ) \ gforth
+\G @i{Xt} is the XT that is currently assigned to @i{name}.
+
+' action-of
+comp' action-of drop
+interpret/compile: what's ( interpretation "name" -- xt; compilation "name" -- ; run-time -- xt ) \ gforth-obsolete
+\G Old name of @code{action-of}