retroforth/RELEASE_NOTES.md

RETRO 2019.6

This is the changelog for the development builds of Retro. It is expected to be released as the stable system in early June.

Bug Fixes

Build

• parallel builds now work
• refactor Makefile
• support for adding custom code to an image at build time (see package/list)
• only build the toolchain and retro binary by default
• fix an issue with rebuilding of image

Core Language

• remove set:from-results
• add if;
• add -if;
• add hook
• add set-hook
• add unhook
• add (
• add )
• c:put primitive is a hookable word
• set: is now a:
• add s:begins-with?
• add s:ends-with?
• remove d:words
• remove d:words-with
• add a:eq?
• add a:-eq?
• add a:append
• add a:prepend
• add a:left
• add a:right
• add a:middle
• add a:chop
• add a:begins-with?
• add a:ends-with?

I/O and Extensions

Floating Point

• add f:adepth

• add f:between?

• add f:case

• add f:dec

• add f:drop-pair

• add f:dup-pair

• add f:dump-astack

• add f:dump-stack

• add f:inc

• add f:limit

• add f:max

• add f:min

• add f:nip

• add f:pop

• add f:push

• add f:rot

• add f:sign

• add f:E1

• add f:-shift

• add f:+shift

• add f:signed-sqrt

• add f:+encode

• add f:-encode

• add f:signed-square

• improved f:tuck

• improved f:over

• u: is now e:

  • f:to-u -> f:to-e
  • u:-INF -> e:-INF
  • u:-inf? -> e:-inf?
  • u:INF -> e:INF
  • u:MAX -> e:MAX
  • u:MIN -> e:MIN
  • u:NAN -> e:NAN
  • u:clip -> e:clip
  • u:inf? -> e:inf?
  • u:max? -> e:max?
  • u:min? -> e:min?
  • u:n? -> e:n?
  • u:nan? -> e:nan?
  • u:to-f -> e:to-f
  • u:zero? -> e:zero?

• add e:put

Unix

• add unix:count-files-in-cwd
• add unix:for-each-file
• add unix:get-cwd
• add unix:time

Nga

Interfaces

• use strlcpy, strlcat instead of strcpy and strcat
• include copies of the above for users of glibc
• add retro-compiler
• add random number generator

retro

• add random number generator
• add -u filename startup parameter to allow selection of image file
• add image:save
• add sys:name
• will now display an error and exit on stack over/underflow
• -c is now -i,c
• added -i,fs (interface formerly existing as retro-ri)
• add d:words
• add d:words-with
• add d:words-beginning-with
• add clock:day
• add clock:month
• add clock:year
• add clock:hour
• add clock:minute
• add clock:second

retro-compiler

• new interface for creating turnkey executables on bsd, linux

retro-ri

• this interface has been rolled into the main retro binary

native

• add port i/o words
• add cmos rtc driver
• add serial port driver
• now builds properly on openbsd
• add ata driver
• add block editor
• rewrite vga text driver in retro

Tools

• use strlcpy, strlcat instead of strcpy and strcat
• retro-extend: cleaner output
• retro-extend: remove unused code
• retro-extend: allow multiple files
• retro-extend: reduce memory usage
• retro-extend: fix potential buffer overrun
• muri: remove the unused c directive
• add retro-describe

Other

Documentation

• add a collection of papers
• refactor glossary tool
• add HTML version of the Glossary
• add more concise text copies of the Glossary
• add man pages
• add BUILDING.md
• add missing descriptions
• add RETRO-Book.md

Examples

• add Abort.forth
• add ANS-PICK-ROLL.forth
• add atua-gophermap.forth
• add Block-Editor.forth
• add Buffer.forth
• add CaptureOutput.forth
• add CloseParen.forth
• add DisplayNames.forth
• add DictionaryAlias.forth
• add DictionaryUsedIn.forth
• add EDA.forth
• add EvaluateString.forth
• add export-as-html.forth
• add FloatVar.forth
• add Forget.forth
• add HTML.forth
• add KeyValueStore.forth
• add Marker.forth
• add mail.forth
• add NamingQuotes.forth
• add NetFetch.forth
• add paste.forth
• add PasteToSprunge.forth
• add retro-extend.forth
• add retro-embedimage.forth
• add Sandboxed-Dictionary.forth
• add SaveAndRestoreStack.forth
• add share.forth and shared.forth
• add strip-html.forth
• add TokiPona-Translate.forth
• add uuencode.forth
• add uudecode.forth
• fix test block in defstruct.forth
• switch to dvorak key bindings in Roo.forth
• remove Hooks.forth (now in core language)
• improved edit.forth from Kiyoshi
• Casket-HTTP now supports server side scripting
• Fix a bug in Autopsy.forth causing dissassembly to list addresses off by one

Final Notes