RETRO(1)

💖 RETRO 💖

okay so this is the RETRO(1) manual page, and the whole vibe is literally: retro — a modern, pragmatic forth development system. tiny icon behavior, fr fr. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the invocation shape goes like this:

[-h] [-i] [-v] [-t filename] [-f filename] [-p filename] [-u filename] [-r filename] [filename script-args]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

RETRO is a modern, pragmatic Forth that pulls inspo from a whole bunch of sources. it's clean, elegant, tiny, and honestly easy to grasp and adapt to all kinds of uses. no cap. 💅

this command is the main interface for interacting with Retro, and it gives you both an interactive model and a scripting model. main character energy for real. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h — displays a help screen. helpful queen behavior 🫶
• -i — starts Retro in interactive mode. come hang out 💬
• -s — starts Retro in interactive mode and suppresses the startup message. stealth mode activated 🤫
• -v — runs in verbose mode, showing debugging information. verbose output is written to /dev/stderr. she's telling you everything 🔍
• -t filename — runs any code and test blocks in the specified file. test girlies rise 🧪
• -f filename — runs any code blocks in the specified file. code blocks only, bestie 🧱
• -p filename — runs the code in the specified file. just run it, periodt 🏃‍♀️
• -u filename — loads and uses the specified image file rather than the integral one. image swap, iconic 🖼️
• -r filename — loads and runs the code in the specified image file rather than the integral one. load + run combo meal 🍓
• filename script-args — runs code blocks in a single file, and passes script-args to the code being run. args handoff, slay 🎀

💡 if you invoke it with no arguments, it will run in interactive mode. yes bestie, just vibes. ✨

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Charles Childers <crc@forthworks.com> — author icon behavior 👑

pinkDebian* end pink* • pinkOctober 2023* end pink* • pinkRETRO(1)* end pink* — that's the footer tea, bestie 🍓