X-Git-Url: https://thelambdalab.xyz/gitweb/index.cgi?p=forth.jl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=123f3c4b1a70131e6001974cad1d2efc4d764b8b;hp=047c720d0dccf89f4b0ce6835011736e3c88d7a7;hb=537dae593d08b551430039129dccc2dbdd11ad2d;hpb=439068b43bd6a9337f0122639e6ed36fb7def257 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 047c720..123f3c4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ install it, you will therefore need to use the following command: julia> Pkg.clone("https://github.com/tgvaughan/forth.jl") +Currently, forth.jl **requires** Julia 0.5. (Incompatabilities between 0.4 and 0.5 +mean that I cannot support both versions.) + ## Usage To start the interpreter/compiler running, simply enter the following at @@ -41,12 +44,10 @@ the library file. Once this is complete you can start entering forth commands: star * ok There's an example Mandelbrot Set drawing program included in the examples -directory. To run it, use the `INCLUDE` word to open the file and compile its -definitions. Although the exact location of the examples directory in your -filesystem is platform dependent, `INCLUDE` includes the forth.jl src/ directory -in its search path so the following should always work: +directory. To run it, use the `INCLUDE-LIB` word to open the file and compile its +definitions: - include ../examples/mandelbrot.4th + include-lib ../examples/mandelbrot.4th Enter 'mandel' to draw the Mandelbrot Set. ok mandel * @@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ in its search path so the following should always work: ** ok -To exit, enter ^D on a blank line or use the `BYE` word. +(`INCLUDE-LIB` is exactly like INCLUDE, but includes files relative to thte +platform-dependent forth.jl src/ directory.) To exit, enter ^D on a blank line +or use the `BYE` word. ## FORTH-83 Compliance