[colorforth] colorforth code in ASCII

[Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I still don't think that ASCII is needed. PNG URLs...

But if you insist then why not just use the color words?

( by colour )
red bsy h# 1f7 p@ h# 80 and if bsy ; then ;

yellow macro
red 0 cyan ?dup green h# C031 2, ;


On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 08:42:14PM +0100, George Morrison wrote:
> http://kristopherjohnson.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/ColorForthInASCII
> 
> This is a proposal for representing ColorForth code in ASCII in order to
> enable exchange via email and netnews. 
> 
> Tags will indicate a change in colour i.e. a tag will persist until
> another tag is specified. Numbers will be preceded by d# for decimal and
> h# for hex. 
> 
> Tags by function 
> 
> Tag     Function 
>  d~     define (followed by implicit compile) 
>  c~     compile 
>  m~     compile macro 
>  e~     execute 
>  v~     variable 
>  \      comment 
>  \c     capitalised 
>  \a     all caps 
> 
> An alternative is to base the tags on colour 
> 
>  Tag     Colour 
>  r~      red (followed by implicit green) 
>  g~      green 
>  c~      cyan 
>  y~      yellow 
>  m~      magenta 
>  w~      white 
>  wc~     white (capitalised) 
>  wa~     white (all caps) 
> 
> Some examples
> 
> ( by function ) 
> d~ bsy h# 1f7 p@ h# 80 and if bsy ; then ;
> ( by colour ) 
> r~ bsy h# 1f7 p@ h# 80 and if bsy ; then ;
> 
> 
> ( by function ) 
> e~ macro
> d~ 0 m~ ?dup c~ h# C031 2, ;
> ( by colour ) 
> y~ macro
> r~ 0 c~ ?dup g~ h# C031 2, ;
> 
> -- 
> George Morrison
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