PFE(1)

NAME
PFE - manual page for Portable Forth Environment 0.33.69

SYNOPSIS
pfe [-#bcdefhklrsv] [file] [args..]

DESCRIPTION
Portable Forth Environment 0.33.69 (Aug 15 2010 23:37:08)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © Dirk Uwe Zoller 1993 - 1995.
Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. 1998 - 2003.
Copyright © Guido U. Draheim 2005 - 2008.

-B  --prefix DIR
    prefix installation path to be used [.]

-C  --case-sensitive
    turn on case-sensitive matching (no upper) [OFF]

-c  --caps-lock
    turn on CAPS lock [OFF]

-e  --evaluate
    bootcommand to evaluate

-f  --max-files
    maximum N simultaneously open files [16]

-F  --lowercase-fn
    convert file names to lower case [ON]

-G  --float-input
    allow input of floating point numbers [ON]

-i  --bootfile FILE
    use FILE as forth script inside boot

-k  --total-size SIZE
    SIZE of system in KBytes [1024 K]

-l  --lower-case
    base system's wordlists are case insensitive [ON]

-L  --license
    display license

-p  --max-pockets N
    number of pockets for S" [8]

-q  --quiet
    suppress signon message

-r  --ret-stack SIZE
    SIZE of return stack in cells [0]

-s  --stack SIZE
    SIZE of stack in cells [0]

-t  --flt-stack SIZE
    SIZE of floating point stack in items

-T  --screen CxR
    text screen has C/columns and R/rows [80x25]

-v  --verbose verbose

-V  --version
    version string

-W  --warranty
    display warranty. Of course: Absolutely none.

-y  --bye
    non-interactive, exit after running file

-?  --help
    display this message and exit

    * Turn option off by appending "-" to the letter. * The given file is loaded initially.

-I  --path <path>
    add to search path

-P  --pipe
    run in pipe, just read from stdio

-!  --debug
    start debugging

    * generic options: (transferred into environment-wordlist) * --OPTION-string=<str> set string 'OPTION' (without -string suffix) * --OPTION-value=<val> set value 'OPTION' (without -value suffix) * --OPTION-(dir|file|image)=<name> set a string variable of this name * --OPTION-(init|command)=<string> append/reset an *-init string of pfe * --OPTION-(ext|extensions)=<string> append/reset ext(ensions) variable * --OPTION-path=<name> append to 'OPTION-PATH' with path-delim * --OPTION-cells=<val> set value 'OPTION-CELLS' in size elements * --OPTION-base=<val> set value 'OPTION-BASE' as if an offset * --OPTION-<on|off> set value 'OPTION' to flag as true or false * --OPTION-name=<str> set strng '$OPTION' to the name string * --OPTION-size=<val[K]> set value '/OPTION', understands K=1024 etc. * --max-OPTION=<val[K]> set value '#OPTION', understands K=1024 etc.

    e.g. --map-base --map-file --dump-file --str-buffer-size

--load-image
    --make-image --block-file --boot-file

--max-locals
    --max-cpus --max-files --inc-path

--data-stack-size
    --fp-stack-size --return-stack-size

--editor-name

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for PFE is maintained as a docbook manual. It is usually placed in a doc/PFE subdirectory in the filesystem at your site, rendered as html or xml files.