Re: [Amforth-devel] Set hook from word / Timers / Praise!

[<ha...@hu...>]

2007/3/13, Hans H=FCbner <ha...@hu...>:
> On the web page, it is descibed that
>
> ' mypause 'pause !
>
> sets the pause hook to the word mypause.  That works just fine from
> immediate mode, but not from within another word.  How would I achieve
> the same thing from within another word?

I checked the ANS specification
(http://www.taygeta.com/forth/dpans.htm) and found the answer myself,
['] in a word definition does what ' does in immediate mode, so my
code now reads

: start-display ( -- )
    init-display
    0 set-display
    ['] refresh-display 'pause !
;

-Hans