Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!news.gnuher.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail From: Bernd Paysan Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: What for Break Key No Work? Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:31:09 +0200 Organization: 1&1 Internet AG Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <900f84af-9974-41c1-815a-8e6684d16f00@googlegroups.com> <9f9d1c77-20a0-47f8-b303-6f76ff797eb7@googlegroups.com> <5b562e18-08c0-4d57-8134-c56682cc95da@googlegroups.com> <0a8998a8-09f8-46fb-bec9-bebbdfebe1fa@googlegroups.com> <854d2f08-ef40-4535-a008-1d2f568da058@googlegroups.com> <2c176e57-2f20-47df-8293-c2b7860365dd@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p4fc551eb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: online.de 1406464269 6123 79.197.81.235 (27 Jul 2014 12:31:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:31:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.11.5 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:32711 rickman wrote: > The "signal handler"... can you explain what you mean by this? The > Forth program is in a loop. How does the "signal handler" get invoked? By the operating system. A signal is sort of an interrupt to a user program, the operating system stops whatever it is doing, and invokes the signal handler (with all registers saved on the stack). -- Bernd Paysan "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" http://bernd-paysan.de/