Re: GUI applications in Forth

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:03:58 -0000 (UTC)
anthk <anthk@openbsd.home> wrote:

On 2024-11-14, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:

In article <nnd$3c0c3351$6aedb124@c86788d02a0bb1ba>,
<albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:

In article <9ac1809f3eb79231c22e45fb7e4dcc68@www.novabbs.com>,
minforth <minforth@gmx.net> wrote:

External GTK GUI builder tool with embedded Forth
to handle callback functions:
https://www.forth.org/svfig/kk/01-2018-Harbold.pdf
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There is also Minos ... (never used it)

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This is another tool. Also your remarks hangs in the air.
This is usenet. An answer is useless unless the question is
known.

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An anecdote. In the 80's there was a Dutch initiative basicode to
distribute application on cassette tape. We made a Forth cassette tape
and we couldn't find applications to fill it, only tools.
To make it at least moderately interesting, Kees Moerman ported
a basic game that required not too much graphics, four in a row.
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The sparsity of Forth applications is note worthy. Everybody
is building tools, or argue whether (bye) is worth standardizing,
adding "recognizers" to Forth's.
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The words of prof Ting comes to mind, th 4 characters that end
"foot step in an empty valley".
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Groetjes Albert

 
Now you can Sokoban with the original.txt levels (or
the ones from cgames at Unix/POSIX), a Tetris clone
and a Mastermind just fine.
 

I've seen executables (so not including the sokoban levels) of all 3 of
these in 256 bytes of 8086 code. and 4inarow. Not really
demonstrating a lot^w any graphics, beyond text mode.
 

As for the UI, Tk (from TCL)  procedural widget building seems
ideal for Forth.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.