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   sjack to albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl   
   Re: toad (figforth) ipc demo   
   21 Dec 25 19:07:06   
   
   From: sjack@dontemail.me   
      
   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > In article <10i6qco$26cuc$1@dont-email.me>, sjack    
   wrote:   
   >>mc:) cat /tmp/foo   
   >>:) toad -q go   
   >>   
   >>XYZZY WORK   TOAD FORTH  Working disk   
   >>fload f/ipc.f  OK   
   >>"ipc" /demo   
   > This makes no sense   
      
   :) : ":" is bash command to do nothing so can act as comment   
   :)   
   :) : ":)" is bash prompt with indication last command was successful   
   :) : Examples   
   :) false   
   :( true   
   :)   
   :) : A simple TOAD invocation   
   :) toad   
      
   Fig-Forth 1.0.c   
   bye :)   
   :)   
   :) : TOAD invocation with word "go" to run extension setup   
   :) toad go   
   END ISN'T UNIQUE   
   LOOP ISN'T UNIQUE   
   +LOOP ISN'T UNIQUE   
   ( ISN'T UNIQUE   
   ?LOADING ISN'T UNIQUE   
   NEXT ISN'T UNIQUE   
   #S ISN'T UNIQUE   
   TAB ISN'T UNIQUE   
   .. ISN'T UNIQUE   
   BACK ISN'T UNIQUE   
   SV! ISN'T UNIQUE   
   SVAR: ISN'T UNIQUE   
   CREATE ISN'T UNIQUE   
   REFILL ISN'T UNIQUE   
      
   XYZZY WORK   TOAD FORTH  Working disk   
   --   
   -- The above line is printout of the title line, line#0 SCR#0,   
   -- of disk in current use after completion of the "go" setup.   
   --   
   cr i. 0 0 (line) type   
    --> XYZZY WORK   TOAD FORTH  Working disk                            OK   
   --   
   -- The "XYZZY" is magic to indicate this disk has meta information   
   -- in SCR#1 and SCR#2 as to its content layout, e.g. if error   
   -- text exist on disk or not and if so, where?   
   -- "WORK" is a key that can be searched for; text which follows   
   -- is the title. Demo scripts usually can run with the "WORK"   
   -- disk; Test scripts usually need "MAIN", a library disk. Either   
   -- can test and switch disks as needed (disks aren't physical).   
   --   
   bye :)   
   :)   
   :) : Invocation with quite option '-q' to suppress printouts   
   :) : of "ISN'T UNIQUE" warnings.   
   :) toad -q go   
      
   XYZZY WORK   TOAD FORTH  Working disk   
   bye :)   
   :)   
   :) : 'fload' loads a file   
   :) : 'f/ipc.f' is pathname of file with ipc code   
   :) : '"ipc" /demo' loads (runs) script file 'demo/demo_ipc.f',   
   :) : the demo of interest.   
   :) : '..' is quick status printout of BASE , data stack, LATEST ,   
   :) : HERE , UNUSED , CONTEXT , CURRENT and PREVOC (saved CURRENT ,   
   :) : a helpful word in managing many vocabularies).   
   :)   
      
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