Re: gforth differences android vs Linux, help word and colour

[dave selby]

Just installed and works great :)

Kind Regards

Dave Selby (Engineer 784)


On Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 17:45 Bernd Paysan, <bernd@net2o.de> wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 17. November 2024, 18:18:36 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit
> schrieb
> dave selby:
> > Hello
> >
> > I have gforth on android and noticed a very useful word "help <word>" and
> > errors are also coloured red.
> >
> > My main work is done on gforth on linux (mint). The implementation here
> > does not colourise errors or provide the useful help word.
> >
> > Is it possible to have the colourisation and the help word on the Linux
> > Mint Gforth package ?
>
> Linux Mint probably only compiles the new release when we tag it with 1.0
> (which is planned to be released soon).  But since Linux Mint is a Debian-
> based distribution, you can follow the install instructions here (the
> steps
> after Debian >= Bullseye):
>
> https://gforth.org/
>
> > Apologies if I am asking something dumb, still on a steep learning curve.
>
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