Release 2008.10.22

I've finally finished work on a new build. This has a few changes and should help me make it easier to extend Retro in the future.

• Three VMs included
• Console [curses backend]
• Framebuffer [SDL backend]
• JavaScript
• Major Bugs Fixed:
• Saving of images now works reliably on Windows
• Scrolling works properly in the console build
• Compile-time modules replaced by a new library of modules that can be loaded from the command line
• The core now reserves a smaller piece of memory for its own use (10k rather than 32k), leaving a little more room for applications
• Small improvements to the 1994 ANS FORTH layer
• Documentation has received some minor updates to formatting and a little explanation of how to load modules at the command line.

Documentation is included in PDF and ePub formats. Additional formats can be found on feedbooks.com

This release also has an updated binary package with console binaries for Linux (x86-32, x86-64, and Alpha), MacOS X (Intel), and Windows.

Release 2008.06.29

This is a minor update with the updated word class handling (so you can try code from my previous posts) and a few minor fixes and improvements to the source. I've also updated the online interpreter to use both the latest Ngaro.js and image.

Current Work

A few minor updates:

• The image builder now builds an image.js for use with the Ngaro JS
• Ngaro JS now has a Clear Display button which may be of some use

I've rewritten the build script for Retro. It's now got a number of internal functions, which have allowed some minor cleanups and the addition of a few new features, including basic help (pass --help to the script to see a list of all flags provided now). This will be included in the 2008.05.03 release.