Features in progress:
- Recognises definitions and moves by balanced expressions.
- Interact with a Forth session: enter commands, load files, evalutate expressions.
- Display stack comment when moving the cursor over a word.
- Edit block files.
- Tab completion.
- Query a running Forth about words, search order, etc.
MELPA:
M-x package-install forth-mode
Manual:
git clone http://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/forth-mode DIR
# Add to .emacs
(add-to-list 'load-path "DIR")
(require 'forth-mode)
(require 'forth-block-mode)
(require 'forth-interaction-mode)
To enable Forth major mode, type M-x forth-mode
. The file
extensions .f
, .fs
, .fth
, and .4th
are recognised
automatically.
To start an interactive Forth session, type M-x run-forth
.
Key bindings:
C-M-a
,C-M-e
- beginning / end of colon definition.C-M-f
,C-M-b
- forward / backward expression (not very useful yet).C-M-h
- mark colon definition.C-c C-l
- load file.C-c C-r
- evaluate region.C-c C-k
- kill interactive Forth.M-TAB
,C-M-i
- complete-symbol.