Re: Pausing compilation in GForth

Thank you Anton, for your quick answer, 

> I didn't think to this, because I don't want the whole screen to be refreshed. 

> My screen is 270 columns wide (and 68 lines), and during the compilation I build pseudo-graphic structures in columns >80, and of course I want to keep them while the comiler run over some twenty screens. 

> So, I only have <80 columns source lines, which is comfortable. I want a max 65 lines to compile then check the result in progress on the rigtht side. Simulating a sort of two-screen display, or a source and target one. 

> when I am done checking and want to resume compiling, I wipe the blackboard at left like: 
0 0 at-xy    65 0 do    79 0 do space loop     loop 
and resume compilation. 
Maybe there are Lmargin and Rmargin tricks there... 

Well, had I a magic wand  :-) 
Paul 

Le 2021-03-22 15:11, Anton Ertl a écrit :

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 01:11:28PM +0100, paul.ortais-WGBUbHxT2D9Wk0Htik3J/[email protected] wrote: 
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I am looking for any method to pause compilation, so that it goes on by
>> smaller chunks and I have the time to examine successes and errors, then
>> release it for one more screen etc.
>> 
>> Tried to insert prompts like key, key?, ekey? so that I hit eg the
>> spacebar or down arrow to release it and run, but that seems to
>> interfere with the flow, and halt it.
>> 
>> Idea anyone?
> 
> I think what you want is more.fs: Start Gforth with, e.g.
> 
> gforth more.fs myfile.fs
> 
> and it will stop and prompt after outputting a screenful, and any key
> will get you the next screen.
> 
> It works in Gforth 0.7, but is broken at the moment in the development
> version.
> 
> - anton