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Manual for pForth - a Portable Forth

The best reference for pForth is an ANSI Forth manual. pForth
is built on an ANSI model.  There are, however, some non-standard
words which are documented here:

{  ( i*x -- , declare local variables )
	Local variables are only usable within a colon definition.
	They are taken from the stack as they are defined.
	They are self fetching.  Use -> to set them.
	They help you avoid excessive stack dancing. 
	Here is an example:

	: SUMSQ { aa bb -- }
		aa aa *
		bb bb * +
	;
	3 4 SUMSQ . ( prints 25 )

	Here is an example of using a temporary variable:

	: SUMN { num | sum -- , sum up integers the dumb way }
	    0 -> sum  \ uses -> to set local variable
	    num 0
	    DO  i sum +
	        -> sum   \ write current TOS to sum
	    LOOP
	    sum
	;

:STRUCT  ( <name> -- , defines a 'C' like structure )
	See end of "c_struct.fth" for an example.

ANEW  ( <name> -- )
	Forgets NAME if it is already defined.
	Then defines NAME.  Put at beginning of file
	so that file can be INCLUDEd multiple times
	without redefining the contents.

CASE OF ENDOF ENDCASE in the typical fashion. See "case.fth"
 
CHOOSE ( range -- random , pick random number, 0...range-1 )

IF ELSE THEN DO LOOP etc. can be used outside colon definitions!

IF.FORGOTTEN  ( <name> -- , executes NAME if forgotten )
	Put this at the end of a file to automatically
	call your cleanup word if the code is forgotten.

INCLUDE   ( <filename> -- , interpret from file )
	Write your Forth programs in a file then load them
	using INCLUDE.
	
		INCLUDE   myprog.fth
		
INCLUDE?   ( <name> <filename> -- , interpret from file if needed )
	INCLUDE the given file only if the named word is undefined.
	The name should be of a Forth word defined in the file.
	See "load_pforth.fth" for an example.
	
		INCLUDE?  DO.MY.PROG   myprog.fth
		
MAP   ( -- , dumps info about dictionary )

Other words

FP.INIT
FP.TERM
F>S
S>F
EXISTS?
STRINGS=     

S@
S!
;STRUCT
:STRUCT  
STRUCT
ULONG
RPTR
APTR
FLPT
USHORT  
UBYTE
LONG
SHORT
BYTE
BYTES
SIZEOF()        
OB.STATS?
OB.STATS
OB.FINDIT       
OB.MEMBER
}UNION
}UNION{
UNION{
OB.MAKE.MEMBER  
MAP
.HEX    
.DEC
.BIN
ARRAY
WARRAY
BARRAY
-2SORT  
2SORT
WCHOOSE
CHOOSE
RANDOM
RAND-SEED       
MSEC
MSEC-DELAY
VALUE
->      
TO

-- strings --
TEXTROM
$ROM
$APPEND.CHAR
INDEX
$MATCH?
TEXT=?
TEXT=   
$=
COMPARE
$ARRAY

-- case --
ENDCASE ENDOF   RANGEOF (RANGEOF?)      OF      
?OF     CASE    OF-DEPTH        CASE-DEPTH      

TOLOWER
@EXECUTE
>NAME   
CLOSEST-XT
CLOSEST-NFA
TAB     
TAB-WIDTH
.HX
$
CR?
#COLS
?PAUSE
ABORT" 
WARNING"
CELL*
<<      
>>

TASK-MISC1.FTH  .R      .       (.)     
(NUMBER?)       
((NUMBER?))     NUM_TYPE_DOUBLE NUM_TYPE_SINGLE 
NUM_TYPE_BAD    >NUMBER DIGIT
 
ANEW    FORGET  [FORGET]        IF.FORGOTTEN   

SAVE-FORTH      
INCLUDE?
RI
INCLUDE     
$INCLUDE
$APPEND
LWORD
PARSE
PARSE-WORD      
PLACE

WHAT'S
IS
DEFER

>NEWLINE        
0SP
SPACES
SPACE
RECURSE
UNLOOP

-- user stack --
0USP    
US@     US>     >US     USTACK  0STACKP STACK@  
STACK>  >STACK  :STACK

-- address storage and translation --
A,      A@      A!      
IF.REL->USE     IF.USE->REL
X!      X@      
>ABS    >REL    REL->USE        USE->REL        
BODY>   >BODY   N>LINK  CODE>   >CODE   NAME>   
NAMEBASE+       CODEBASE        NAMEBASE        
N>NEXTLINK      >NAME
PREVNAME        NAME>   


ID.     

OFF     ON
TRACE-STACK
TRACE-LEVEL     
TRACE-FLAGS

HEADERS-BASE    
HEADERS-PTR
ECHO
CODE-BASE       

POP-SOURCE-ID
PUSH-SOURCE-ID
SOURCE-ID       
SET-SOURCE
SOURCE

LOADSYS

FLUSHEMIT       
FINDNFA
BYE
BODY_OFFSET
BAIL    
ARSHIFT