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diff --git a/runtime/macros/urm/README.txt b/runtime/macros/urm/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1ecc65 --- /dev/null +++ b/runtime/macros/urm/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +This is another proof that Vim is perfectly compatible with Vi. +The URM macro package was written by Rudolf Koenig ("Rudi") +(rudolf@koeniglich.de) for hpux-vi in August 1991. + +Getting started: + +type +in your shell: vim urm<RETURN> +in vim: :so urm.vim<RETURN> +in vim: * (to load the registers and boot the URM-machine :-) +in vim: g (for 'go') and watch the fun. Per default, 3 and 4 + are multiplied. Watch the Program counter, it is + visible as a komma moving around. + +This is a "standard URM" (Universal register machine) interpreter. The URM +concept is used in theoretical computer science to aid in theorem proving. +Here it proves that vim is a general problem solver (if you bring enough +patience). + +The interpreter begins with register 1 (not 0), without macros and more-lines +capability. A dot marks the end of a program. (Bug: there must be a space +after the dot.) + +The registers are the first few lines, beginning with a '>' . +The program is the first line after the registers. +You should always initialize the registers required by the program. + +Output register: line 2 +Input registers: line 2 to ... + +Commands: +a<n> increment register <n> +s<n> decrement register <n> +<x>;<y> execute command <x> and then <y> +(<x>)<n> execute command <x> while register <n> is nonzero +. ("dot blank") halt the machine. + +Examples: + +Add register 2 to register 3: + (a2;s3)3. +Multiply register 2 with register 3: + (a4;a5;s2)2; ((a2;s4)4; s3; (a1;a4;s5)5; (a5;s1)1)3. + +There are more (complicated) examples in the file examples. +Note, undo may take a while after a division. + |