>Date: 21 Jun 1999 09:05:43 -0700
>From: Richard Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Quartus Forth
>One of the things to understand about Forth is
>that it can be considered to be a "language development
>language". Forth is based upon defining >small< bits
>of work (called "words"). As you build new words you can
>then use those words to build new words. At each level
>the actual size of a word definition should be rather
>small -- if not, you are still thinking in another language.
>
>Of course, as your dictionary grows you have more and more
>powerful concepts encapsulated as words & once you have
>a working vocabulary that you are comfortable with, you can
>do anything you want fairly quickly.
>
>The slow part, especially for new programmers, is to develop
>that working vocabulary.
>
>btw, Neal, I'm still a little hazy on how to make use
>of resources (such as forms) with Quartus. Admittedly
>I haven't checked back at your site for quite a while.
>Are there examples available now that show a) how to
>set up a form resource and b) how to make use of it?
There sure are. Quartus Forth works directly with Palm GUI resources. You
can define standard GUI resources entirely on-board your Palm with
RsrcEdit, and then use them directly in Quartus Forth programs.
For a recent example, you might have a look at the SCX Calculator -- I
wrote it entirely on-board the Palm. It's at PilotGear.
There's a user-contributed tutorial (PDF format) in the file area, and
several examples (mine and others) of the use of Palm resources.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Neal Bridges
<http://www.interlog.com/~nbridges/> Home of Quartus Forth!
