X-Git-Url: https://thelambdalab.xyz/gitweb/index.cgi?p=forth.jl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=6f30a15a36900fa0a35869f48cca4edd3b52b332;hp=0a0b287743c14fe0dabc598e93c59e9711e49e4f;hb=2de79279a0f7157a41c0f32674ba96f56cb1b02f;hpb=0c38ac60ab45dd1f3db641b36a8a822862080e7e diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0a0b287..6f30a15 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 0.6. (Incompatabilities exist between +0.6 and previous versions of julia, particularly the handling of [world age](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/17057).) + ## Usage To start the interpreter/compiler running, simply enter the following at @@ -42,9 +45,7 @@ the library file. Once this is complete you can start entering forth commands: There's an example Mandelbrot Set drawing program included in the examples directory. To run it, use the `INCLUDE-LIB` word to open the file and compile its -definitions. Although the exact location of the examples directory in your -filesystem is platform dependent, `INCLUDE-LIB` includes the forth.jl src/ directory -in its search path so the following should always work: +definitions: include-lib ../examples/mandelbrot.4th Enter 'mandel' to draw the Mandelbrot Set. ok @@ -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