Reference

pfe(1)

manual page for Portable Forth Environment 0.33.34

NAME

PFE - manual page for Portable Forth Environment 0.33.34

SYNOPSIS

pfe [-#bcdefhklrsv] [file] [args..]

DESCRIPTION

Portable Forth Environment 0.33.34 (Jun 13 2004 13:29:34)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © Dirk Uwe Zoller 1993 - 1995.
Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. 1998 - 2003.

-B

--prefix DIR
prefix installation path to be used [.]

-C

--case-sensitive
turn on case-sensitive matching (no upper) [OFF]

-c

--caps-lock
turn on CAPS lock [OFF]

-e

--evaluate
bootcommand to evaluate

-f

--max-files
maximum N simultaneously open files [16]

-F

--lowercase-fn
convert file names to lower case [ON]

-G

--float-input
allow input of floating point numbers [ON]

-i

--bootfile FILE
use FILE as forth script inside boot

-k

--total-size SIZE
SIZE of system in KBytes [1024 K]

-l

--lower-case
base system's wordlists are case insensitive [ON]

-L

--license
display license

-p

--max-pockets N
number of pockets for S" [8]

-q

--quiet
suppress signon message

-r

--ret-stack SIZE
SIZE of return stack in cells [0]

-s

--stack SIZE
SIZE of stack in cells [0]

-t

--flt-stack SIZE
SIZE of floating point stack in items

-T

--screen CxR
text screen has C/columns and R/rows [80x25]

-v

--verbose verbose

-V

--version
version string

-W

--warranty
display warranty. Of course: Absolutely none.

-y

--bye
non-interactive, exit after running file

-?

--help
display this message and exit

* Turn option off by appending "-" to the letter. * The given file is loaded initially.

-I

--path <path>
add to search path

-P

--pipe
run in pipe, just read from stdio

-!

--debug
start debugging

* generic options: (transferred into environment-wordlist) * --OPTION-string=<str> set string 'OPTION' (without -string suffix) * --OPTION-value=<val> set value 'OPTION' (without -value suffix) * --OPTION-(dir|file|image)=<name> set a string variable of this name * --OPTION-(init|command)=<string> append/reset an *-init string of pfe * --OPTION-(ext|extensions)=<string> append/reset ext(ensions) variable * --OPTION-path=<name> append to 'OPTION-PATH' with path-delim * --OPTION-cells=<val> set value 'OPTION-CELLS' in size elements * --OPTION-base=<val> set value 'OPTION-BASE' as if an offset * --OPTION-<on|off> set value 'OPTION' to flag as true or false * --OPTION-name=<str> set strng '$OPTION' to the name string * --OPTION-size=<val[K]> set value '/OPTION', understands K=1024 etc. * --max-OPTION=<val[K]> set value '#OPTION', understands K=1024 etc.

e.g. --map-base --map-file --dump-file --str-buffer-size

--load-image

--make-image --block-file --boot-file

--max-locals

--max-cpus --max-files --inc-path

--data-stack-size

--fp-stack-size --return-stack-size

--editor-name

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for PFE is maintained as a docbook manual. It is usually placed in a doc/PFE subdirectory in the filesystem at your site, rendered as html or xml files.

History

-BLINKING until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -HIGHLIGHT until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -INTENSITY until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -REVERSE until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -UNDERLINE until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -bFILE until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -c until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -dFILE until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -eNAME until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -fN until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -h until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -kSIZE until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -l until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -q until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -rN until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -sN until Debian 2.2 (Potato); -v until Debian 2.2 (Potato).