From 73482e7ea194b41c823ce19be1a0ebdb300b892e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Virgil Dupras Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 20:12:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Reword root block Usage of "LIST" wasn't explicit enough for a complete newcomer. I hope that with this wording, anyone can figure out how to navigate blocks and learn the system. --- blk/000 | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/blk/000 b/blk/000 index e2a4a36..3bf988c 100644 --- a/blk/000 +++ b/blk/000 @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Collapse OS file system +Collapse OS -This is a Forth-style filesystems which is very simple. It is a -list of 1024 bytes block, organised in 16 lines of 64 columns -each. You refer to blocks by numbers. You show them with LIST. -You interpret them with LOAD. For a convenient way to browse -blocks, see Block editor at B100. +This is the first block of Collapse OS' filesystem which cons- +ists of contiguous blocks of 1024 bytes organized in 16 lines +of 64 characters. You can display a block's content with the +"LIST" command. For example, "123 LIST" shows the contents of +the block 123. If a block contains source code, you can inter- +pret it with "LOAD". Conventions: When you see "(cont.)" at the bottom right of a block, it means that the next block continues the same kind of -contents. This of course only work for informational text. +contents. Block numbers are abbreviated with prefix "B". "BX" +means "block X". -Block numbers are abbreviated with prefix "B". "BX" means -"block X". - -The master index of this filesystem is at B1. +The master index of this filesystem is at B1. The Block editor +at B100 is a convenient way to navigate blocks.