Patch-level release 1.14.3

[tabemann]

This release:

• adds the variable term-cols, for controlling the terminal columns in characters used by words, words-in, lookup, lookup-in, more-words, more-words-in, more-lookup, more-lookup-in, dump, dump-halfs, dump-cells, dump-ascii, and edit. This variable defaults to a value of 80. Note that more-words, more-words-in, more-lookup, more-lookup-in, and edit also query the terminal for its width, and use the minimum value of this and the value of term-cols. Also note that edit only uses this to determine whether to display a border on its sides and line numbers; it does not shrink smaller than 64 characters wide.
• adds the variable words-col-width, for controlling the width in columns of each column of words displayed by words, words-in, lookup, lookup-in, more-words, more-words-in, more-lookup, and more-lookup-in. This variable defaults to a value of 20.
• modifies picocalc-term::term-console to automatically set term-cols to the width of the PicoCalc terminal emulator in characters when called.

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This discussion was created from the release Patch-level release 1.14.3.

[mcctuxic]

Hi Travis,

a big Thank You for the new patch release of Zeptoforth and for the time and effort not only you put into this project but also for keeping this neat programming language alive!

Cheers! :)
Meino

[tabemann]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM mcctuxic ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Travis, a big Thank You for the new patch release of Zeptoforth and for the time and effort not only you put into this project but also for keeping this neat programming language alive! Cheers! :) Meino

You're welcome! To be honest, though, I've gotten a bit lazy as of late, primarily doing things like writing graphical demos for zeptoforth on the PicoCalc. But this release has stemmed from a definite need, specifically that on a device like the PicoCalc one does not get a full 80 characters wide, which was causing problems in practice. Travis

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[Vernon40]

Joining Meino again in the enormous Thank You!
He really nailed what zeptoforth means to us all.

[okflo]

hi Travis, many thanks for this release, especially improving picocalc sized terminal! Now hacking on the picocalc is even more fun. :)
best okflo