Re: Beta testers needed

Leon Wagner wrote:
> OOPS. I meant to reply directly to Charley with this. Not a general invitation
> (yet). We'll get to that in a few weeks if all goes well. So disregard that
> for now.

Let he who has never inadvertently replied to the list cast the first
stone. :) Since Leon has let the cat out of the bag, here's a little
more info:

There is only a command-line version of SwiftForth for Linux at the
moment, and it will probably be that way for some time. It is running
natively, including the metacompiler. There's still a fair amount left
to do, but the foundation is solid. Turnkey generation, LOCATE, WH, and
the external editor interface are fully functional. Most important,
it's just plain fun to have SwiftForth on Linux!

Charley Shattuck wrote:
> I replied privately before, that I use Ubuntu 7.10 and Gnome, but since
> others are mentioning their editors I thought I'd put in my two cents
> for VIM. The syntax coloring is very versatile and I'm always changing
> it to fit some new situation. I prefer Forth in a text environment but I
> do use the GUI version of VIM a lot. I would prefer a SwiftForth for
> Linux that didn't require the GUI.

I can't imagine NOT having a command-line version for Linux. I think
it's safe to say that any GUI version will complement the command-line
version, not replace it, much like vim vs. gvim. Speaking of which...

I'm using gvim as my SwiftForth editor under Ubuntu 7.10 right now. The
current interface is just a shell script, but making said script read
        gvim --remote-silent +$2 "$1"
make EDIT and G work just the way a SwiftForthing vi man wants them to!

Change that to
        vim +%2 "%1"
and you can run it all in a console or ssh session.

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