gp2 <g...@sredmond.com> writes: > Hello Mathias, > > I was surprised to read how you felt about my last post. I did not mean > it as a criticism of you or your work at all! > > I was not crying out in frustration, but listing problems I encountered, > Many of them had nothing to do with Amforth -- the Atmel IDE for > instance, or AVRdude problems. Arduino Uno serial programming > idiosyncracies, etc. I also referred to missteps I made. That's a > criticism of myself, not you. > > You've done a tremendous job bulding this language. And should certainly > be proud. I think the fact that we speak different languages may be part > of the problem here, It is difficult to convey tone and intent online, > especially with a language difference. > > I do believe it is helpful to give constructive feedback to developers > about problems encountered by users. If a developer wants feedback, > naturally. > > If not, then that's fine, too. But it's hard to fix or improve > something if you don't hear what happens when a user tries to follow > instructions and fails. > > I also offered to help -- again, only if you want. I am a former > software documentation specialist, and I thought that if you wanted, I > could help make things easier for new users. If you don't want that, I > understand completely. This is your project. > > So please don't take any of what I wrote personally, or as a criticism. > It is not. I meant nothing personally negative about it, > > And I believe any problems in the documentaton could be easily fixed if > you'd like me to work on that. > > I still would also appreciate it if you (or someone else here) would > explain the questions I asked in my last post. They are not meant as > criticisms, just true questions related to how AMforth works. All FORTHs > are a little different, and I would just like to know how this one > handles these tasks: > > 1.) How do I upload .frt library files? >> >> 2.) Do the comments in those take up memory space? >> >> 3.) Where is the erase function for practice code, or do I have to >> re-flash a new version of AMFORTH every time to get rid of old code? > > Thanks very much for your time and consideration Mathias. If this is > still frustrating for you then I will stop writing to this mailing list. > > --Steve
Hmm... I think that new users of standrd platforms, such as Arduino Uno R3, are entitled to expect the availability of AmForth binaries to get them started immediately. Can't someone here with a working Arduino Uno R3 help Steve? Regards, Enoch, https://github.com/wexi/amforth-shadow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
