Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: anthk Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: GUI applications in Forth Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:03:58 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <9ac1809f3eb79231c22e45fb7e4dcc68@www.novabbs.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:03:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="04b8f84be90b86eb230515bef4b85812"; logging-data="1871118"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19aqDTPyA+JWj8BZB0Dct1v" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (OpenBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ixru1Ve9j3vgzYfDLfJbLDKmJQo= Bytes: 2435 On 2024-11-14, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote: > In article , > wrote: >>In article <9ac1809f3eb79231c22e45fb7e4dcc68@www.novabbs.com>, >>minforth 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.