I have encountered depreciated words and was not sure what to do about them. e.g. defer. Is there a place one can look to see what words are depreciated and...
... Don't fix it if it's not broken. I still have not understod why we should remove some word's at all. If there is a word more or less in the system who...
... about ... are ... DEFER certainly isn't deprected (it's actually in the 200X standard). I presume you mean DEFER@, which was deprecated in V6.12 and...
... the ... that ... source ... with and ... be ... separate ... would ... about if ... additional ... of actions ... IMO ... In general I agree, in most...
... I don't really answer Frank's post here but use it to illustrate my point of view. I am pleased to see that I am not the only one who has wondered about...
... If really are unused then yes it's benign, but determining if they're used is the problem. The fact that none of the apps demos or W32F itself doesn't use...
... <camilleforth@> ... Not every W32F user is a member of this group ... of ... used Thanks for these words. I used W32F since Tom Zimmer put it on public ...
... but ... public ... Nice to know there are long time users of W32F. Jos' (and other pogrammers') extension are there to be used. If a lot of users find them...
Thanks for your kind words, Hubert! As I see it now, programming FORTH and programming MS-Windows are two different kinds of programming: Programming FORTH is...
On a number of occasions the help system needs to be updated. How should that be done? I could not find it in the help system. What must be executed to rebuild...
... Yes, every time your modify a source in src folder. If you want more precision, the file help\helpscope.f gives a list of all files scanned by help. ... ...
Hello, We can argue for long about what users are thinking and what words they are actually using or not. The fact is that we don't know. This is not a reason...
What about a folder containing all the removed words sources (and help files if availabel)? With FORTH we have a programming language which everybody may use...
... That was the original idea behind the compat folder. The removed words (or code to emulate the equivalent functionality in terms of the newer code) would...
... would ... features", ... Whatever the way we choose to remove words or functionalities, some file will be provided for a transient compatibility between...
... to ... would ... features", ... words ... newer ... by ... could ... definitions ... that ... That's a great idea! I would appreciate that very much. I...
... (and ... use ... done ... or ... for ... and ... rows). ... again. ... IIRC (and !**! yahoo doesn't lose this 2nd posting ; I'm copying an yway) Bob Smith...
Hello Just to let you know that I corrected a bug in w32msg.f an committed the new version. I added a check for any "ghost" instance when you exec a win32forth...
Hi All, Would anyone be able to debug the Win32Forth Windows interface in my WSA file? http://www.inventio.co.uk/wsa.f I've got it working for SwiftForth and...
... my WSA ... late... ... a ... Basically you need to add code to the wrapper words to reverse the stack before the API calls (except for 0 or 1 input...
Hi All, I've just posted my Windows Sockets API file wsa.f for 32bit Windows PC, with added Win32Forth Windows interface code... My version of import:...
Take Dirk's comment as a complement. JP ... From: Dirk Busch To: win32forth@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [win32forth] Re:...
Hi JP & Dirk, I certainly did take Dirk's comment as a compliment! Maybe we should get the interpreting action of import: to work first? Regards Howerd 8^) ...
... immediate . ... A few points. 1) IMPORT: needs a lot of support words, since they're hidden (in the kernel). 2) It looks up the procedure by name every...
Hi George, Thanks for this much better implementation of import: ! My code was just the simplest possible hack without really understanding what was going...
I have updated the files for the New Console in the CVS. There are many improvements and GETXY and GOTOXY are now supported. There are still some features that...
