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From: anthk <anthk@openbsd.home>
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Subject: Re: GUI applications in Forth
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:03:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-11-14, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> In article <nnd$3c0c3351$6aedb124@c86788d02a0bb1ba>,
> <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>In article <9ac1809f3eb79231c22e45fb7e4dcc68@www.novabbs.com>,
>>minforth <minforth@gmx.net> wrote:
>>>External GTK GUI builder tool with embedded Forth
>>>to handle callback functions:
>>>https://www.forth.org/svfig/kk/01-2018-Harbold.pdf
>>>
>>>There is also Minos ... (never used it)
>>
>>This is another tool. Also your remarks hangs in the air.
>>This is usenet. An answer is useless unless the question is
>>known.
>
> An anecdote. In the 80's there was a Dutch initiative basicode to
> distribute application on cassette tape. We made a Forth cassette tape
> and we couldn't find applications to fill it, only tools.
> To make it at least moderately interesting, Kees Moerman ported
> a basic game that required not too much graphics, four in a row.
>
> The sparsity of Forth applications is note worthy. Everybody
> is building tools, or argue whether (bye) is worth standardizing,
> adding "recognizers" to Forth's.
>
> The words of prof Ting comes to mind, th 4 characters that end
> "foot step in an empty valley".
>
> Groetjes Albert

Now you can Sokoban with the original.txt levels (or
the ones from cgames at Unix/POSIX), a Tetris clone
and a Mastermind just fine.

As for the UI, Tk (from TCL)  procedural widget building seems
ideal for Forth.