Re: swiftforth on Linux

Dr. Roger Dube wrote:
> I have installed a version of Linux (Ubuntu) on a machine, and then
> installed Wine, which allows the installation of Windows based applications
> so that they run on the machine in a Windows equivalent environment.
>
> I have installed Swiftforth (2.2.2.9) on that machine, and it works, with
> one problem - the session window is black, as is the text, and the color
> palette is filled with black squares. I can see operations working (2 3 *
> and I see 6 on the bottom of the session window) but cannot see any typing.
>
> Has anyone tried this and attacked this problem? Is there a specific Windows
> DLL that the color picker uses and that Forth uses for its session window? I
> can always put DLLs wherever they need to be, since Wine creates the Windows
> equivalent folders...
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Roger

There must be something in the air. I just did the same thing --
installed Wine and tried to run SwiftForth (3.0.12, IIRC -- whatever the
latest is). Believe it or not, I got the same result -- a solid black
session window.

It's not urgent that I get this to work -- the machine (a laptop) is
dual-booted Windows XP and Linux. At one time I thought Forth, Inc. was
planning a native Linux version of SwiftForth, although I can't imagine
why they'd want to do that.

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Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 21:26:02 PDT