diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 6c7a160..12d4889 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ - fix bugs in retro-compiler(1) preventing compilation - fix bug in retro-compiler(1) causing compiled programs to hang on startup +- added an initial man page for retro-compiler(1) ================================================================ diff --git a/man/retro-compiler.1 b/man/retro-compiler.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..891d4fb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/retro-compiler.1 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +.Dd November 2023 +.Dt RETRO-COMPILER 1 +.Os +.Sh RETRO-COMPILER +.Nm retro-compiler +.Nd "a modern, pragmatic forth development system" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +filename +entry +.Sh DESCRIPTION +RETRO is a modern, pragmatic Forth drawing influences from many +sources. It's clean, elegant, tiny, and easy to grasp and adapt +to various uses. + +.Nm +takes a source file you provide and compiles it into a new +image. The new image is then bundled with a RetroForth runtime +and saved as a new executable named `a.out`. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Charles Childers Aq Mt crc@forthworks.com