arkenidar / tclforth

Multi-platform desktop Forth

##TclForth

A multi-platform desktop Forth. - Version 0.6.1

####Overview TclForth uses Tcl/Tk as its native language. The Forth source code is compiled to Tcl procedures for execution in the Tcl run time system. Tcl commands and Forth words coexist as a symbiosis of Tcl and Forth.

####Features#

• Universal desktop Forth, runs in Windows, OS-X, Linux, and more.
• Native data types array, string, list, and dict.
• Native local variables.
• Native graphical toolkit based on Tk.
• Native database (Metakit).
• TclForth is provided as desktop apps for Windows and OS-X

Tcl view

• Arguments and results are transferred on a parameter stack.
• Concatenative/postfix notation.

###Installation

TclForth is provided in two versions.

####Autonomous Version: Release 0.6.1

The executables are Tcl Starpacks with TclForth version 0.6.0.

• TclForth060.exe for Windows
• TclForth060.app for OS-X

####Experimental Version: Release 0.6.0

The executables for Windows and OS-X contain a Tcl runtime and a load routine for the external TclForth source. This allows easy changes of the systems.

• Download the executable and the source code

• Store the executable together with the source folder.

• Windows: Run tclforth.exe

• OS-X: Run tclforth.app

• Linux: Start tclforthx in a terminal. In the Tcl console:

    cd <source-directory>
    source tfmain.tcl

####Guide

See the Wiki.

####Forum

See the Issues.

###Release Notes

#####Version 0.6.0

• Adapted to GitHub conventions:
• The TclForth systems are now provided as releases.
• Semantic versioning.

#####Version 0.57

• Console: New prompt, command line starts at the left border
• Console: Accepts pasting of source with multiple units/definitions
• Forth: Command 'range' added to strings
• Wiki: updated

######Version 0.56

• Console: Continue the command string on a new line with <Ctrl+Enter>
• Console: Put immediate action on the command line inside [ ]
• Tcl: If TclForth is started in a terminal, the terminal becomes the Tcl console (e.g. Linux)
• Forth: Word 'mod' added (alias of %)
• Debugged: list join , ."