Click this button to replace the dictionary on the disk with the dictionary image in memory.  All definitions and variables are saved in their current state.

The old version is overwritten, so be sure to have a backup copy before you do this.

Pocket Forth

This is a programming language. Use this application to create other applications.

Pocket Forth is FREE!

Contact me at any of the following addresses:
 Email:     heilman@pc.maricopa.edu
 US Mail:   box 8345, Phoenix 85066
 CompuServe: [70566,1474]
 AOL:       cheilman

Click this window to close this dialog.

Main Window.

Type or paste Pocket Forth ‘words’ into this window.  The text is interpreted after each line and any output is displayed here.

There is nothing to Clear, this just beeps.

Interpret a Pocket Forth program from the clipboard as if you had typed it in.  If the clipboard contains text that is not a program, an error will be indicated.

There is nothing to Copy, this just beeps.

Is this getting old?

You cannot Cut anything.  This just beeps.

Nothing can be Undone, this just beeps.

Edit menu

Paste programs into Pocket Forth.

Also contains commands for working with text and graphics.

Quit Pocket Forth.

Unless you have Saved prior to Quitting, all additions and changes will be disgarded.

Beep the speaker.

Printing is left as an exercise for the reader.

              DANGER!
Do not release the button!

Unless you have installed a debugging application you will get a bomb box!  You can then use the "Resume" (or "Continue") button to quit.

A debugger, such as TMON, Macsbug, etc., is entered if installed.

Changes to Pocket Forth are made permanent.  Opened documents are not effected.

        CAUTION!
Use only on a copy of Pocket Forth!

Displays a dialog box that allows you to select a text document.

If the document contains a Pocket Forth program, it will be interpreted.  If the document is not a program, an interpreter error will be displayed.

File menu

Items in this menu select, save, and print Pocket Forth programs.  You can also debug and quit the application.

Introduces the author and gives information about the application.