Fixed POSIX IO, (ACCEPT) now emits SPACE at end of line.

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Release History for pForth - a Portable ANS-like Forth written in ANSI 'C'\r
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Documentation for pForth at http://www.softsynth.com/pforth/\r
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V24 2/20/09\r
        - Fixed Posix IO on Mac. ?TERMINAL was always returning true.\r
        - ACCCEPT now emits a space at end of line before output.\r
        - Fixed RESIZE because it was returning the wrong address.\r
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V23 8/4/2008\r
        - Removed -v option from mkdir in build/unix/Makefile. It was not supported on FreeBSD.\r
          Thank you Alexsej Sauchdev for reporting this.\r
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V23  7/20/2008\r
    - Reorganized for Google Code project.\r
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V22  (unreleased)\r
    - Added command line history and cursor control words.\r
        - Sped up UM* and M* by a factor of 3. Thanks to Steve Green for suggested algorithm.\r
        - Modified ACCEPT so that a line at the end of a file that does NOT have a line\r
            terminator will now be processed.\r
        - Use _getch(), _putch(), and _kbhit() so that KEY, EMIT and ?TERMINAL will work on PC.\r
        - Fixed  : foo { -- } 55 ;  - Was entering local frame but not exiting. Now prints error.\r
    - Redefined MAKE_ID to protect it from 16 bit ints\r
    - John Providenza says "If you split local variables onto 2 lines, PForth crashes." Fixed. Also allow \\r
    - Fixed float evaluation in EVALUATE in "quit.fth".\r
    - Flush register cache for ffColon and ffSemiColon to prevent stack warnings from ;\r
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V21 - 9/16/98\r
        - Fixed some compiler warnings.\r
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V20\r
    - Expand PAD for ConvertNumberToText so "-1 binary .s" doesn't crash.\r
      Thank you Michael Connor of Vancouver for reporting this bug.\r
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    - Removed FDROP in REPRESENT to fix stack underflow after "0.0 F.".\r
      Thank you Jim Rosenow of Minnesota for reporting this bug.\r
        - Changed pfCharToLower to function to prevent macro expansion bugs under VXWORKS\r
      Thank you Jim Rosenow of Minnesota for reporting this bug.\r
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        - "0.0 F~" now checks actual binary encoding of floats. Before this it used to just\r
          compare value which was incorrect. Now "0.0 -0.0 0.0 F~" returns FALSE.\r
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        - Fixed definition of INPUT$ in tutorial.\r
      Thank you Hampton Miller of California for reporting this bug.\r
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        - Added support for producing a target dictionary with a different\r
          Endian-ness than the host CPU.  See PF_BIG_ENDIAN_DIC and PF_LITTLE_ENDIAN_DIC.\r
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        - PForth kernel now comes up in a mode that uses BASE for numeric input when\r
          started with "-i" option.  It used to always consider numeric input as HEX.\r
          Initial BASE is decimal.  \r
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V19  4/98\r
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        - Warn if local var name matches dictionary, : foo { count -- } ;\r
        - TO -> and +-> now parse input stream. No longer use to-flag.\r
        - TO -> and +-> now give error if used with non-immediate word.\r
        - Added (FLITERAL) support to SEE.\r
        - Aded TRACE facility for single step debugging of Forth words.\r
        - Added stub for ?TERMINAL and KEY? for embedded systems.\r
        - Added PF_NO_GLOBAL_INIT for no reliance on global initialization.\r
        - Added PF_USER_FLOAT for customization of FP support.\r
        - Added floating point to string conversion words (F.) (FS.) (FE.)\r
            For example:   : F.   (F.)  TYPE  SPACE  ;\r
        - Reversed order that values are placed on return stack in 2>R\r
          so that it matches ANS standard.  2>R is now same as SWAP >R >R\r
          Thank you Leo Wong for reporting this bug.\r
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        - Added PF_USER_INIT and PF_USER_TERM for user definable init and term calls.\r
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        - FIXED memory leak in pfDoForth()\r
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V18\r
        - Make FILL a 'C' primitive.\r
        - optimized locals with (1_LOCAL@)\r
        - optimized inner interpreter by 15%\r
        - fix tester.fth failures\r
        - Added define for PF_KEY_ECHOS which turns off echo in ACCEPT if defined.\r
        - Fixed MARKER. Was equivalent to ANEW instead of proper ANS definition.\r
        - Fixed saving and restoring of TIB when nesting include files.\r
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V17\r
        - Fixed input of large floats.  0.7071234567 F.  used to fail.\r
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V16\r
        * Define PF_USER_CUSTOM if you are defining your own custom\r
          'C' glue routines.  This will ifndef the published example.\r
        - Fixed warning in pf_cglue.c.\r
        - Fixed SDAD in savedicd.fth.  It used to generate bogus 'C' code\r
          if called when (BASE != 10), as in HEX mode.\r
        - Fixed address comparisons in forget.fth and private.fth for\r
          addresses above 0x80000000. Must be unsigned.\r
        - Call FREEZE at end of system.fth to initialize rfence.\r
        - Fixed 0.0 F. which used to leave 0.0 on FP stack.\r
        - Added FPICK ( n -- ) ( i*f -- i*f f[n] )\r
        - .S now prints hex numbers as unsigned.\r
        - Fixed internal number to text conversion for unsigned nums.\r
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V15 - 2/15/97\r
        * If you use PF_USER_FILEIO, you must now define PF_STDIN and PF_STDOUT\r
          among other additions. See "pf_io.h".\r
        * COMPARE now matches ANS STRING word set!\r
        - Added PF_USER_INC1 and PF_USER_INC2 for optional includes\r
          and host customization. See "pf_all.h".\r
        - Fixed more warnings.\r
        - Fixed >NAME and WORDS for systems with high "negative" addresses.\r
        - Added WORDS.LIKE utility.  Enter:   WORDS.LIKE EMIT\r
        - Added stack check after every word in high level interpreter.\r
          Enter QUIT to enter high level interpreter which uses this feature.\r
        - THROW will no longer crash if not using high level interpreter.\r
        - Isolated all host dependencies into "pf_unix.h", "pf_win32.h",\r
          "pf_mac.h", etc.  See "pf_all.h".\r
        - Added tests for CORE EXT, STRINGS words sets.\r
        - Added SEARCH\r
        - Fixed WHILE and REPEAT for multiple WHILEs.\r
        - Fixed .( ) for empty strings.\r
        - Fixed FATAN2 which could not compile on some systems (Linux gcc).\r
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V14 - 12/23/96\r
        * pforth command now requires -d before dictionary name.\r
                Eg.   pforth -dcustom.dic test.fth\r
        * PF_USER_* now need to be defined as include file names.\r
        * PF_USER_CHARIO now requires different functions to be defined.\r
                See "csrc/pf_io.h".\r
        - Moved pfDoForth() from pf_main.c to pf_core.c to simplify\r
          file with main().\r
        - Fix build with PF_NO_INIT\r
        - Makefile now has target for embedded dictionary, "gmake pfemb".\r
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V13 - 12/15/96\r
        - Add "extern 'C' {" to pf_mem.h for C++\r
        - Separate PF_STATIC_DIC from PF_NO_FILEIO so that we can use a static\r
          dictionary but also have file I/O.\r
        - Added PF_USER_FILEIO, PF_USER_CHARIO, PF_USER_CLIB.\r
        - INCLUDE now aborts if file not found.\r
        - Add +-> which allows you to add to a local variable, like +! .\r
        - VALUE now works properly as a self fetching constant.\r
        - Add CODE-SIZE and HEADERS-SIZE which lets you resize\r
          dictionary saved using SAVE-FORTH.\r
        - Added FILE?. Enter "FILE? THEN" to see what files THEN is defined in.\r
        - Fixed bug in local variables that caused problems if compilation\r
          aborted in a word with local variables.\r
        - Added SEE which "disassembles" Forth words. See "see.fth".\r
        - Added PRIVATE{ which can be used to hide low level support\r
          words.  See "private.fth".\r
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V12 - 12/1/96\r
        - Advance pointers in pfCopyMemory() and pfSetMemory()\r
          to fix PF_NO_CLIB build.\r
        - Increase size of array for PF_NO_MALLOC\r
        - Eliminate many warnings involving type casts and (const char *)\r
        - Fix error recovery in dictionary creation.\r
        - Conditionally eliminate some include files for embedded builds.\r
        - Cleanup some test files.\r
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V11 - 11/14/96\r
        - Added support for AUTO.INIT and AUTO.TERM.  These are called\r
          automagically when the Forth starts and quits.\r
        - Change all int to int32.\r
        - Changed DO LOOP to ?DO LOOP in ENDCASE and LV.MATCH\r
          to fix hang when zero local variables.\r
        - Align long word members in :STRUCT to avoid bus errors.\r
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V10 - 3/21/96\r
        - Close nested source files when INCLUDE aborts.\r
        - Add PF_NO_CLIB option to reduce OS dependencies.\r
        - Add CREATE-FILE, fix R/W access mode for OPEN-FILE.\r
        - Use PF_FLOAT instead of FLOAT to avoid DOS problem.\r
        - Add PF_HOST_DOS for compilation control.\r
        - Shorten all long file names to fit in the 8.3 format\r
          required by some primitive operating systems. My\r
          apologies to those with modern computers who suffer\r
          as a result.  ;-)\r
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V9 - 10/13/95\r
        - Cleaned up and documented for alpha release.\r
        - Added EXISTS?\r
        - compile floats.fth if F* exists\r
        - got PF_NO_SHELL working\r
        - added TURNKEY to build headerless dictionary apps\r
        - improved release script and rlsMakefile\r
        - added FS@ and FS! for FLPT structure members\r
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V8 - 5/1/95\r
        - Report line number and line dump when INCLUDE aborts\r
        - Abort if stack depth changes in colon definition. Helps\r
          detect unbalanced conditionals (IF without THEN).\r
        - Print bytes added by include.  Helps determine current file.\r
        - Added RETURN-CODE which is returned to caller, eg. UNIX shell.\r
        - Changed Header and Code sizes to 60000 and 150000\r
        - Added check for overflowing dictionary when creating secondaries.\r
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V8 - 5/1/95\r
        - Report line number and line dump when INCLUDE aborts\r
        - Abort if stack depth changes in colon definition. Helps\r
          detect unbalanced conditionals (IF without THEN).\r
        - Print bytes added by include.  Helps determine current file.\r
        - Added RETURN-CODE which is returned to caller, eg. UNIX shell.\r
        - Changed Header and Code sizes to 60000 and 150000\r
        - Added check for overflowing dictionary when creating secondaries.\r
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V7 - 4/12/95\r
        - Converted to 3DO Teamware environment\r
        - Added conditional compiler [IF] [ELSE] [THEN], use like #if\r
        - Fixed W->S B->S for positive values\r
        - Fixed ALLOCATE FREE validation.  Was failing on some 'C' compilers.\r
        - Added FILE-SIZE\r
        - Fixed ERASE, now fills with zero instead of BL\r
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V6 - 3/16/95\r
        - Added floating point\r
        - Changed NUMBER? to return a numeric type\r
        - Support double number entry, eg.   234.  -> 234 0\r
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V5 - 3/9/95\r
        - Added pfReportError()\r
        - Fixed problem with NumPrimitives growing and breaking dictionaries\r
        - Reduced size of saved dictionaries, 198K -> 28K in one instance\r
        - Funnel all terminal I/O through ioKey() and ioEmit()\r
        - Removed dependencies on printf() except for debugging\r
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V4 - 3/6/95\r
        - Added smart conditionals to allow IF THEN DO LOOP etc.\r
          outside colon definitions.\r
        - Fixed RSHIFT, made logical.\r
        - Added ARSHIFT for arithmetic shift.\r
        - Added proper M*\r
        - Added <> U> U<\r
        - Added FM/MOD SM/REM /MOD MOD */ */MOD\r
        - Added +LOOP EVALUATE UNLOOP EXIT\r
        - Everything passes "coretest.fth" except UM/MOD FIND and WORD\r
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V3 - 3/1/95\r
        - Added support for embedded systems: PF_NO_FILEIO\r
        and PF_NO_MALLOC.\r
        - Fixed bug in dictionary loader that treated HERE as name relative.\r
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V2 - 8/94\r
        - made improvements necessary for use with M2 Verilog testing\r
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V1 - 5/94\r
        - built pForth from various Forths including HMSL\r
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Enjoy,\r
Phil Burk\r