retroforth/RELEASE-NOTES

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            RetroForth & nga 2024.9 Release Notes

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- general

  - added takawiri, a new listener

- toolchain

- documentation

- examples

- image

  - `HOME` (in the library code) is now a floating buffer
    above `here`
  - `s:get-word` was not properly breaking on space; this is
    now corrected
  - `n:put` no longer uses temporary string buffers

- library

  - added "tob", a text output buffer

- retro-compiler

- new nga implementations

- nga-c

  - use UTF32 internally (translating to/from UTF8 externally)
  - filesystem device no longer included if ENABLE_FILES not
    defined
  - formatting cleanups
  - added ioctl device
  - new "-p" option to run non-Unu format source files

Future Notes

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start of verbose mode (enable with -v command line argument) FossilOrigin-Name: 29cedf3b8c2e9fc76bb34708d6a7052a290a3ea4ed8fb8b2cbf89fe093325c81 2023-10-03 21:01:15 +02:00			`_ __ _ _`
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2024.1 is out; shift focus to 2024.9 now FossilOrigin-Name: 4a67cf32f10027bb3e49f97d023b47348893c78d7db77492a1e716a1c44300ad 2024-01-10 23:05:05 +01:00			`RetroForth & nga 2024.9 Release Notes`
backport a:index from retro/napia (no longer needs to create a curry function when used) FossilOrigin-Name: 704f6033f56ff0c908ff8f132d99acd0128a7a28aeb1ba4a4d882a1b5076579b 2021-12-22 15:21:16 +01:00
bump version number; add new patrons, updates to release notes FossilOrigin-Name: 6e0e8f66196a1ebe1540393ce3992ed36b881614330af040b2334268fdbb69ab 2023-03-20 18:48:11 +01:00			`================================================================`
update the RELEASE NOTES FossilOrigin-Name: fc66e17d0447864175153174c7d3c655689b550a07083cb235f73bab2e32c0d4 2022-08-29 12:17:04 +02:00
nga-c: simplify handling of invalid opcode bundles FossilOrigin-Name: 6f6d24ae7607eedb7ea88e50144e1ecd3692dc6648b958c218bfabda2bc2778f 2023-12-12 11:41:47 +01:00			`- general`

add first stage of takawiri, a new listener FossilOrigin-Name: 48fb492e1be05dd04ad045c40b7d4464b38f1174180c0cb4298af2cf305c1743 2024-01-19 14:11:51 +01:00			`- added takawiri, a new listener`

nga-c: simplify handling of invalid opcode bundles FossilOrigin-Name: 6f6d24ae7607eedb7ea88e50144e1ecd3692dc6648b958c218bfabda2bc2778f 2023-12-12 11:41:47 +01:00			`- toolchain`

			`- documentation`

			`- examples`

			`- image`

make `HOME` a floating buffer (reduces image size by 1k cells) FossilOrigin-Name: 5b35e2c48ba1f114806df1d34ac4996f1684caa22ea11aa4cfd8d99b289b5130 2024-01-10 23:26:59 +01:00			- `HOME` (in the library code) is now a floating buffer
			above `here`
fix issue w/s:get-word, n:put no longer uses temporary string space FossilOrigin-Name: 0cec7950f8b912d820369e3d3891dbe9136ce7d808addb02ad9866b7ac5f1302 2024-01-23 16:48:11 +01:00			- `s:get-word` was not properly breaking on space; this is
			`now corrected`
			- `n:put` no longer uses temporary string buffers
make `HOME` a floating buffer (reduces image size by 1k cells) FossilOrigin-Name: 5b35e2c48ba1f114806df1d34ac4996f1684caa22ea11aa4cfd8d99b289b5130 2024-01-10 23:26:59 +01:00
nga-c: simplify handling of invalid opcode bundles FossilOrigin-Name: 6f6d24ae7607eedb7ea88e50144e1ecd3692dc6648b958c218bfabda2bc2778f 2023-12-12 11:41:47 +01:00			`- library`

add the initial text output buffer (tob) the library FossilOrigin-Name: 045d5a69ac90a4e43885db3e9723b9445f42ab13dabdeadda4f8ee151900ae8c 2024-01-18 16:49:44 +01:00			`- added "tob", a text output buffer`

nga-c: simplify handling of invalid opcode bundles FossilOrigin-Name: 6f6d24ae7607eedb7ea88e50144e1ecd3692dc6648b958c218bfabda2bc2778f 2023-12-12 11:41:47 +01:00			`- retro-compiler`

			`- new nga implementations`

			`- nga-c`
remove a duplicate typedef in tools/retro-muri.c (sevan, in #retro) FossilOrigin-Name: a3556a2c6b202d3d07f9dcc29441a383a926a88f82e02613bafa6c925fa0bf91 2023-10-03 14:18:57 +02:00
USE_UTF32 define removed; deprecated code paths for non UTF8<->UTF32 removed from nga-c FossilOrigin-Name: c401c458e2d74e9c142437055363f89bfff2056cada15dc6e5dde3856ce5b0cb 2024-01-10 23:10:12 +01:00			`- use UTF32 internally (translating to/from UTF8 externally)`
nga-c: filesystem device no longer included if ENABLE_FILES not defined FossilOrigin-Name: c1ad7c9c9b2e5dd367792f752bdf70eaca622c6bfb96bacb184388f86e7f7206 2024-01-10 23:18:24 +01:00			`- filesystem device no longer included if ENABLE_FILES not`
			`defined`
nga-c formatting cleanups FossilOrigin-Name: 340e96fa14c587831d87acc62dcc1fc72dec51513007a88008f80d63ae084a46 2024-01-10 23:39:30 +01:00			`- formatting cleanups`
start of the new ioctl device FossilOrigin-Name: ff4557673a4ee251c20472267a4e6e8c7b364aaead7bc5c8c9065f043396bb44 2024-01-22 16:19:00 +01:00			`- added ioctl device`
add "-p" command line option to run non-unu source files FossilOrigin-Name: f0c5b1fb51bd6c9b4028b0fcced85d9ea9335ce571dfb28a2d36132a3edf8e78 2024-01-22 18:58:42 +01:00			`- new "-p" option to run non-Unu format source files`
next release will be 2024.1; add note on deprecation of legacy code in input/output. FossilOrigin-Name: 05ec8835da3a89f24b330745011743c5653de11dc67dec0a25495ac006264bc6 2023-12-15 12:52:24 +01:00
USE_UTF32 define removed; deprecated code paths for non UTF8<->UTF32 removed from nga-c FossilOrigin-Name: c401c458e2d74e9c142437055363f89bfff2056cada15dc6e5dde3856ce5b0cb 2024-01-10 23:10:12 +01:00			`Future Notes`
next release will be 2024.1; add note on deprecation of legacy code in input/output. FossilOrigin-Name: 05ec8835da3a89f24b330745011743c5653de11dc67dec0a25495ac006264bc6 2023-12-15 12:52:24 +01:00
bump version number; add new patrons, updates to release notes FossilOrigin-Name: 6e0e8f66196a1ebe1540393ce3992ed36b881614330af040b2334268fdbb69ab 2023-03-20 18:48:11 +01:00			`================================================================`