Programming language mode for Forth.

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.

Installation

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)

Usage

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.