[Factor-talk] Some UI questions

2014-12-19 Thread Mark Green
Hi, Sorry to bother you again *sheepish* 1 - Is it possible to have a UI element adjust its positioning within the space it is allocated? For example, if a checkbox is allocated more space than it needs is it possible to specify it should be centered inside the space? 2 - Is it possible to creat

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread John Benediktsson
Dang, sorry that 0.97 isn't working for you. We'll try and get that fixed for a new release in the next couple weeks. On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Alexander Iljin wrote: > > Hi, Doug! > > 20.12.2014, 03:38, "Doug Coleman" : > > All the previous releases are here: > > http://downloads.factorc

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Alexander Iljin
Hi, Doug! 20.12.2014, 03:38, "Doug Coleman" : > All the previous releases are here: > http://downloads.factorcode.org/releases/ > > I'm not sure which version was last built for winxp though, but probably .95? I found that v0.96 works for me! Thank you again! ---=--- Александр -

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Doug Coleman
Yes, it's something to change for the next release, not something you can tweak without a compiler. All the previous releases are here: http://downloads.factorcode.org/releases/ I'm not sure which version was last built for winxp though, but probably .95? Here's a blog post with the command-line

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Alexander Iljin
Hi, Doug! 20.12.2014, 03:12, "Doug Coleman" : > I think I remember the reason we have .com and .exe. It's so that you can > have two versions of the same executable and have the same name, one with > console and one without. I suppose you can have a console or not in either > version. I see,

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Doug Coleman
I think I remember the reason we have .com and .exe. It's so that you can have two versions of the same executable and have the same name, one with console and one without. I suppose you can have a console or not in either version. Looks like this is the solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questio

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Alexander Iljin
Hi, Doug! One can have a console attached to an exe-file. It's just one bit in the image (GUI vs Console app). It has nothing to do with file extension. The fact that com-file works (though not for me) is probably due to Windows recognizing the new format in the contents despite the extension

Re: [Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Doug Coleman
Hi, I just downloaded the release from your link and it works for me on Windows 8.1, on the computer that generated the release to begin with. I guess that's no surprise.. Does anyone else have Windows XP to try it on? I can make a VM soon if not. The reason for having .com and .exe is that .com

[Factor-talk] Not a Win32 Application?

2014-12-19 Thread Alexander Iljin
Hello, all! Some time reader, first time writer. I'm on WinXP Pro SP3 32bit. I have just downloaded the Factor 0.97 from http://downloads.factorcode.org/releases/0.97/factor-windows-x86-32-0.97.zip and unpacked it with no errors to d:\Programs\Dev\Factor. When I try to run factor.exe or

Re: [Factor-talk] A stub of a package manager

2014-12-19 Thread Andrea Ferretti
Hi Björn, great points! Let me try to comment on them. 2014-12-19 5:14 GMT+01:00 Björn Lindqvist : > Great work Andrea! > > Factor needs a package management system eventually. Programmers have > this strange infatuation with packages and unless the language offers > it, it's just not taken seriou