v5.0.0

[jkotlinski]

[5.0.0] - 2024-11-19

Added

• An improved SEE which should decode most colon words.
• "durexForth vx.x.x" boot message.
• RDERR: read and print error channel of current device.
• ERASE, PARSE, TRUE, FALSE, SPLIT, END-CODE

Changed

• S" max string length is reduced to 255 characters.
• S" and .( no longer support multiple lines.
• ( now only supports multiple lines when reading from text file.
• Define MML strings using MML"
• Changed REFILL to Forth standard behavior: Fill the input buffer from the input source, returning true if successful.
• Do not print "ok" while compiling. Makes it easier to re-enter multi-line word definitions in interpreter.
• Moved tests to a separate disk (tests.d64).
• gfx: Renamed ERASE to PEN.
• #> (the pictured numeric output string buffer) now uses its own buffer chopped from the end of PAD.
• CHAR no longer does REFILL on missing text.
• EVALUATE now accepts multi-line strings.
• ( refills to accept multi-line comments when parsing EVALUATE strings.
• Defining words based on HEADER now abort with an error on missing text.

Removed

• GETC, 100/, INTERPRET, ;CODE (replace with: RTS, END-CODE)

Fixed

• DOWORDS incorrectly quit for some non-false xt return values.
• POSTPONE error handling.
• Documented DEFCODE, #S, D+
• LOADB/SAVEB/DOS hang on device not present.
• LOADB changed current file.
• REQUIRE(D) stopped working after 16 INCLUDE(D) files.
• Undefined behaviour after loading base.fs. broke in 1.5.1.
• V: allow entering control characters inside quotes only.
• V: visual bug when saving.
• SAVEB did not restore input stream.
• turtle: BACK did not go back.
• QUIT could fail to reinitialize graphics.
• Various maintenance patches.

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This discussion was created from the release v5.0.0.