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+#+TITLE: Forth layer
+
+
+* Table of Contents                                        :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
+ - [[#description][Description]]
+ - [[#install][Install]]
+ - [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
+
+* Description
+This layer supports developing in the Forth family of languages. It provides
+shortcuts to a basic set of commands for interactive development.
+
+* Install
+To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
+add =forth= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
+file.
+
+A local installation of Forth needs to be present as well. /GNU Forth/ is
+commonly available on Unix systems via the package manager. To bypass the query
+when calling ~run-forth~, the default Forth can be configured by setting the
+appropriate variable.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
+                '((forth :variables forth-executable "gforth")))
+#+END_SRC
+
+* Key bindings
+All Forth specific bindings are prefixed with the major-mode leader
+~SPC m~.
+
+| Key Binding | Description                                                       |
+|-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| ~SPC m d s~ | See definition (show decompiled body)                             |
+| ~SPC m e E~ | Evaluate expression in minibuffer                                 |
+| ~SPC m e e~ | Evaluate last expression                                          |
+| ~SPC m e r~ | Evaluate region                                                   |
+| ~SPC m s b~ | Load file in interactive Forth                                    |
+| ~SPC m s i~ | Start interactive Forth (prompts for Forth executable if not set) |
+| ~SPC m s k~ | Kill interactive Forth                                            |
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+;;; packages.el --- forth layer packages file for Spacemacs.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Sylvain Benner & Contributors
+;;
+;; Author: Tim Jaeger <jger.tm@gmail.com>
+;; URL: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
+;;
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+;;
+;;; License: GPLv3
+
+(defconst forth-packages
+  '(forth-mode))
+
+(defun forth/init-forth-mode ()
+  (use-package forth-mode
+    :defer t
+    :init (spacemacs/set-leader-keys-for-major-mode 'forth-mode
+            "ds" 'forth-see
+            "eE" 'forth-eval
+            "ee" 'forth-eval-last-expression
+            "er" 'forth-eval-region
+            "sb" 'forth-load-file
+            "si" 'run-forth
+            "sk" 'forth-kill)))