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Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors

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On 18/09/2013 08:37, Roelf Toxopeus wrote:
> In article <l1anql$je0$1@dont-email.me>,
>   Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 17/09/2013 18:05, Anton Ertl wrote:
>>> Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> writes:
>>>> Especially since I
>>>> discovered that quitting and rebooting (6 key presses) these type of
>>>> Forths is faster than an eyeblink.
>>>
>>> So many?  For me it's 4 key presses:
>>>
>>> Ctrl-D Cursor-up Enter
>>>
>>
>> How laborious, using Eclipse a double mouse click suffices to run
>> whichever Forth is being used, compiling source code file(s) and running
>> associated test file(s).
>
> Java not allowed on this machine ;-)

The Java runs behind the scenes, I'm not programming in Java

>
> A bit more seriously: words like BYE cost nothing. Your fingers know
> what to do, after typing it a gazillion times. It's like a one button
> press. Similar how your fingers remember telephone numbers...
> Being brought up with GUI Forth systems, I know all to well what to do
> with double click. But my fingers started to protest after 20+ years.
>

I know what you mean but I'm not sure what BYE has to do with it, at the 
end of a test run either I leave the Forth window running or put a BYE 
at the end of the test file (or maybe something like KEY BYE so that I 
can see what happened before the window disappears as silent crashes are 
not unknown).


-- 
Gerry

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Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors General Van Ryberg <vvdleun@hotmail.com> - 2013-09-16 12:15 -0700
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-09-16 20:39 +0100
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors voidvolker@gmail.com - 2013-09-16 12:50 -0700
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-16 11:02 -1000
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2013-09-17 00:50 +0200
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2013-09-16 20:35 -0700
    Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-17 00:39 -0400
      Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors josv@planet.nl - 2013-09-27 09:34 -0700
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-09-17 10:57 +0000
    Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2013-09-17 17:49 +0200
      Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-09-17 17:05 +0000
        Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2013-09-17 22:17 +0200
          Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-18 10:38 +0000
        Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-09-18 00:15 +0100
          Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2013-09-18 09:37 +0200
            Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-09-18 08:46 +0000
            Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-09-18 17:44 +0100
              Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2013-09-18 23:36 +0200
                Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-09-19 11:53 +0100
          Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-09-18 08:54 +0000
            Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-09-18 13:19 +0100
            Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-09-19 11:41 +0100
              Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors no.top.post@gmail.com - 2013-10-02 00:56 +0000
          Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-18 10:40 +0000
            Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-09-18 17:36 +0100
    Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2013-09-17 21:50 -0700
      Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-09-18 08:39 +0000
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 10:39 -0700
    Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 10:43 -0700
  Re: Advice requested on working with Forth and external editors General Van Ryberg <vvdleun@hotmail.com> - 2013-09-21 00:32 -0700

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