retroforth/doc/book/toolchain/info/additional-tools

# Additional Tools

In addition to the core `retro` binary, the `bin` directory
will contain a few other tools.

## retro

This is the main RETRO binary.

## retro-describe

This is a program that looks up entries in the Glossary.

At the command line, you can use it like:

    retro-describe s:for-each

You can pass multiple word names to it:

    retro-describe s:for-each nl d:words

## retro-embedimage

This is a program which generates a C file with the ngaImage
contents. It's used when building `retro`.

    retro-embedimage ngaImage

The output is written to stdout; redirect it as needed.

## retro-extend

This is a program which compiles code into the ngaImage.
It's used when building `retro` and when you want to make a
standalone image with custom additions.

Example command line:

    retro-extend ngaImage example/rot13.forth

Pass the image name as the first argument, and then file names
as subsequent ones. Do *not* use this for things relying on I/O
apart from the basic console output as it doesn't emulate other
devices. If you need to load in things that rely on using the
optional I/O devices, see the **Advanced Builds** chapter.

## retro-muri

This is the assembler for Nga. It's used to build the initial
RETRO kernel and can be used by other tools as well.

    retro-muri retro.muri

## retro-tags and retro-locate

These tools are intended to be used together. The first tool,
`retro-tags`, will recursively scan the current directory for
RETRO source files and extract the locations of words defined
in them. These will be written to disk in a `tags` file, using
the standard ctags format.

`retro-locate` takes a word name, and returns the location(s)
where it is defined. This requires a `tags` file to be present.

Create the `tags` file:

    retro-tags

Locate a word:

    retro-locate n:square

## retro-unu

This is the literate source extraction tool for RETRO. It
is used in building `retro`.

Example usage:

    retro-unu literate/RetroForth.md

Output is written to stdout; redirect as neeeded.