[REBOL] Find Directory? Re:

2000-09-06 Thread agem
to check if a %filename is a directory use >> dir? %mails == true >> dir? %mails/ == true >> dir? %nox ;non-existent == false >> dir? %nox/ == false what is blablabla? it has to end with "/", then it works. there is >> dirize %filename == %filename/ to help. volker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote o

[REBOL] System object Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread ptretter
Really cool Allen. Thanks. I am learning a bit more now. Paul Tretter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 7:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] System object Re: - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL

[REBOL] System object Re:

2000-09-06 Thread allen
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:57 AM Subject: [REBOL] System object > Where can we learn more about system and the options available? > > Paul > > Hi Paul, The script http://www.rebol.org/script/browse-system

[REBOL] P-Port Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread ptretter
I dont know what it is exactly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] P-Port Re: Hey Paul, I must be missing some mail here, could you explain more about P-Port? Could thi

[REBOL] P-Port Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread allen
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:02 AM Subject: [REBOL] P-Port Re: > Hey Paul, > I must be missing some mail here, could you explain more about P-Port? > Could this be the parrallel port support I wished for on m

[REBOL] Find Directory? Re:(3)

2000-09-06 Thread ryanc
Gee, there is no wonder why my stuff dont run the first time... What you shown actually works, the to-file as I indicated is useless, since you already specified the filename as a file. Anyways here is my scribbles for code that demonstrates your doing the right thing: rebol [] forever [ fil

[REBOL] Find Directory? Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread webmaster
that did the trick duh again... At 03:44 PM 9/6/00 -0700, you wrote: >I suspect: > >found: find directory filename > >should be: > >found: find directory to-file filename > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am writing some code which takes user input in a form and then checks to > > see if the

[REBOL] Find Directory? Re:

2000-09-06 Thread ryanc
I suspect: found: find directory filename should be: found: find directory to-file filename [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am writing some code which takes user input in a form and then checks to > see if the user input is a directory name or not. > > Now on Win98 in Rebol console, it works fi

[REBOL] rebol on the cheap Re:(3)

2000-09-06 Thread ryanc
Hey Ryan, no prob, but I am no expert either--I probably dont even clear amatuer level when it comes to unix style OS's. The more I think about it, you should not have to this to often since the proper soft links normally exist when you install a system the regular way. But as a just in case mea

[REBOL] P-Port Re:

2000-09-06 Thread ryanc
Hey Paul, I must be missing some mail here, could you explain more about P-Port? Could this be the parrallel port support I wished for on my birthday? --Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I did a help on P-Port. Not sure what it is but doesnt seem to function > correctly. > > Paul Tretter -- *

[REBOL] Find Directory?

2000-09-06 Thread webmaster
I am writing some code which takes user input in a form and then checks to see if the user input is a directory name or not. Now on Win98 in Rebol console, it works fine. Each directory is %directory/ yet in linux I can't make it work filename: %filename directory: read blahblahblah ;read the

[REBOL] System object

2000-09-06 Thread ptretter
Where can we learn more about system and the options available? Paul

[REBOL] Code Security Re:(3)

2000-09-06 Thread RChristiansen
I can't stop thinking about this and so I have more to say. Perhaps instead of replacing words with long "session ID-like" words (e.g. Xs87Yt5hU43hxx ) you could simply replace them with short words (e.g. 'a 'b 'c etc.) Do this with the native words as well. Then you will have an optimized scr

[REBOL] REBOL Official Guide in the Czech Republic? Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread jhagman
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I believe Petr recently got his, that's the only other Czech order I know > of Mail to all of Europe this summer seems incredibly SLW. Well, I got mine quite quickly, it took just some two weeks as I recall. I have no means of checking,

[REBOL] rebol on the cheap Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread RChristiansen
OK. I've checked the archive and can't find the reference to "soft-linking the libraries." Can you help me out? > Lib5 is what you need. You may have to soft link the libs as needed. > This was just discussed in a recent posting.

[REBOL] rebol on the cheap Re:

2000-09-06 Thread ryanc
Lib5 is what you need. You may have to soft link the libs as needed. This was just discussed in a recent posting. I may try this distribution on my 486/66 AST laptop that has only 4 meg, poor thing. I like to think I am just poorly funded, --Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone used

[REBOL] P-Port

2000-09-06 Thread ptretter
I did a help on P-Port. Not sure what it is but doesnt seem to function correctly. Paul Tretter

[REBOL] rebol on the cheap

2000-09-06 Thread RChristiansen
Has anyone used REBOL with Monkey Linux? ftp://ftp.spsselib.hiedu.cz/pub/linux/monkey/docs/english.htm I haven't a clue how to install Linux, but I'm going to give this one a go. Can anyone look at this site for me and tell me which REBOL binary I need for this Linux distro? Like I said, I hav

[REBOL] find/any and a filename series does not intuitively glob

2000-09-06 Thread princepawn
I would like to know how to do wildcard searches on a series which contains filenames as its elements... >> e == [%%backup%~ %.autosave/ %.forward %.pgp/ %.rhosts %.saves-1309-crossftp3 %bin/ %crossing/ %dev/ %emacs-20.7.tar.gz %etc/ %test/ ... >> find e %etc/ == [%etc/ %test/ %user.r %usr/ %x

[REBOL] REBOL Official Guide in the Czech Republic? Re:

2000-09-06 Thread ralph
> Hi Czech REBOLs, > > has anyone already received REBOL Official Guide from REBOL Press? > I ordered it more than a month ago and it still hasn't arrived. > > I got mail from Pam Davis from Alexander Books saying it was > shipped, so I think it was lost. Or does delivery from U.S. to > Czech Rep

[REBOL] REBOL Official Guide in the Czech Republic?

2000-09-06 Thread kracik
Hi Czech REBOLs, has anyone already received REBOL Official Guide from REBOL Press? I ordered it more than a month ago and it still hasn't arrived. I got mail from Pam Davis from Alexander Books saying it was shipped, so I think it was lost. Or does delivery from U.S. to Czech Republic always ta

[REBOL] Re: IRC Re:(3)

2000-09-06 Thread alanwall
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 06-Sep-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you are asking for a #rebol channel, there is one on DALnet. Also, a > 'webchat'-like thingy exists at > http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/chat.r but I have never seen anyone > using it. > That was it,thanks! Regards -- I th

[REBOL] IRC Re:(3)

2000-09-06 Thread peoyli
> Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Tried do %http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC/RebIRC.r and did not work > but > do http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC/RebIRC.r did.Is there a server set the % was a typo by me > up for Rebol irc?Remember to have run across 1 but don't remember where If you are

[REBOL] Rebol for Debian Linux Re:

2000-09-06 Thread agem
Hi Rene. No. libtermcap is a lib for console-access (moving cursor on different terminal..) had the same problem on suse. was not installed by default. they say, its nearly obsolete (or like this), but a few programms do use it. there is a package somewhere on the distribution on suse, (if i k

[REBOL] Speed and Memory Management in REBOL Re:(2)

2000-09-06 Thread jelinem1
I always thought it was more "efficient" to read in and write a block of data at a time (or the whole file) as opposed to a line of some arbitrary length. I guess it depends on the OS treatment of buffering data from the device when reading in line-by-line. IMO If you are worried about memory ef

[REBOL] Re: IRC Re:

2000-09-06 Thread alanwall
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 06-Sep-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > You could take a look at http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC, or.. > > do %http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC/RebIRC.r > > in the REBOL console. > > It's far from completed, but it is useable, and supports a couple

[REBOL] Rebol for Debian Linux Re:

2000-09-06 Thread jhagman
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Hi there, > > I have little problems to run Rebol on my Debian Box. Rebol can not find > "libtermcap.2.so", but the lib5c and lib6c libraries are installed. > Can I solve this problem with a soft-link??? Yes, indeed. # cd /lib # ln -s

[REBOL] Rebol for Debian Linux

2000-09-06 Thread rene_schrader-boelsche
Hi there, I have little problems to run Rebol on my Debian Box. Rebol can not find "libtermcap.2.so", but the lib5c and lib6c libraries are installed. Can I solve this problem with a soft-link??? Rene ---

[REBOL] IRC Re:

2000-09-06 Thread peoyli
Hi, You could take a look at http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC, or.. do %http://www.algonet.se/~peoyli/RebIRC/RebIRC.r in the REBOL console. It's far from completed, but it is useable, and supports a couple of CTCP commands as well (VERSION TIME PING CLIENTINFO ACTION SOURCE). > Has anyon

[REBOL] Why cant mutually exclusive refinements have the same argument name Re:

2000-09-06 Thread Al . Bri
princepawn wrote: > /create-upfile upfile-name [string!] "This automatically creates and upfile. The argument to this option is the word 'cancel' or 'nocancel', specifying whether you want the upfile to contain a cancel or nocancel command" Probably could be better as refinements, like: /