[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread Deryk Robosson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Howdy, David: > > It hasn't been updated since then when we changed the list > to list-star which broke the rebol.org archiver and we > haven't found the time to fix that yet. If and when we do > we'll mass update the archive. > > Sterling, myself, and

[REBOL] Re: Spell

2001-01-21 Thread Andrew Martin
These files are now on my site at: http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/Rebol/ Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/ -><- -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Spell

2001-01-21 Thread Andrew Martin
My Spell checker and correcter software (and sample dictionary) is attached. It's used in your Rebol script (this is from my eText - web site creation software) like this: Create: has [NameSpace Extension Name Text][ NameSpace: make block! 3000 foreach File read %

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Graham Chiu
I have both books - the amount one gets out of them depends upon your level as a programmer, and the target audience is different. You can read sample chapters at http://www.rebolpress.com/rfd/about.html and form your own opinion, or read other opinions at Amazon. Elan and Ralph both post her

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Tim Johnson
Hello All : Just my two cents worth here: Mat Bettinson wrote: (regarding "Rebol the Official Guide"_ > Recommend you skip this, it's nasty. The guide you can get in PDF is a > million times better. More of a reference guide, I suppose, but this > is basically what you need in conjunction with s

[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread David Vydra
Ryan, Great job! Thanks much. david --- "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also think someone is archiving the list at > egroups?? > > > > -jeff > > nope. I started the archive at eScribe because it > has a better search engine > than REBOL.org (sorry, but true.) > > htt

[REBOL] Re: REB-site updated

2001-01-21 Thread Larry Palmiter
Hi Gabriele The new docs for dbms.r are excellent! My compliments. Cheers -Larry - Original Message - From: Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:10 AM Subject: [REBOL] REB-site updated > Hi! > > Just released some documentat

[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I also think someone is archiving the list at egroups?? > > -jeff nope. I started the archive at eScribe because it has a better search engine than REBOL.org (sorry, but true.) http://www.escribe.com/internet/rebol/index.html The eScribe archive begins July 2000 and so between REBOL.org an

[REBOL] REB-site updated

2001-01-21 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi! Just released some documentation for dbms.r, which was updated to its first stable release. :-) Enjoy, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/ -- To unsubscribe from this list, pl

[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eScribe is your friend http://www.escribe.com/internet/rebol/index.html >this is the most active rebol list and a great >knowledgebase. are there searchable archives on the >web? > >regards, > >david > >__ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Robert Philippe
Thanks Guys, I've already ordered the " REBOL/Core Users Guide " hard copy. "REBOL: The Official Guide " has its good parts, especially the sections on debugging scripts. I also have the "REBOL for Dummies Book" which has a lot of good tips. ALL in all, I think all three books are useful.

[REBOL] Re: how do I get ampm format for time?

2001-01-21 Thread jeff
Howdy, Bob: > Among the things I was trying to stir up was discussion > about how folks (inside or outside RT) decide what is a > (possibly contributed) mezzanine function, what goes into a > datatype-refinement and what gets left out altogether. > That exact decision strategy i

[REBOL] Re: Beta Expiration

2001-01-21 Thread Giovanni Cardona
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[REBOL] Re: how do I get ampm format for time?

2001-01-21 Thread Bob Racko
At 12:40 PM 1/20/01 -0800, Jeff wrote: > Howdy, Senator Racko: > > > #1) I consider that most of you overlooked a biggie. > > Likewise: > > Some of us (me) had no idea this was intended as a > Programming Challenge (way too busy to read the whole > thread), and was only paying attentio

[REBOL] Re: how do I get ampm format for time?

2001-01-21 Thread Bob Racko
At 12:55 PM 1/21/01 +1200, Carl Read wrote: >I'd cut-and-pasted Bob's function and gave it a time to see what it >did with it, but it just gave me an error, which I thought may have >been due to the cutting-and-pasting, I tried to go back and paste my sample in as well and got an error. Since I

[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread jeff
Howdy, David: It hasn't been updated since then when we changed the list to list-star which broke the rebol.org archiver and we haven't found the time to fix that yet. If and when we do we'll mass update the archive. Sterling, myself, and a fellow named Andrew Grossman built the

[REBOL] Re: web-based archive for this list

2001-01-21 Thread David Vydra
thanks Andrew. do you know how often this archive is updated? It seems to stop in October 2000. regards david --- Andrew Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David wrote: > > This is the most active rebol list and a great > knowledgebase. Are there > searchable archives on the web? > > Try: >

[REBOL] Re: how do I get ampm format for time?

2001-01-21 Thread jeff
Howdy, Bob Racko: Since we're laying into you now: (-: You do make some good points in your message about date type, (grating and apparently at the expense of others, though well meaning, that they appear). :-) Comments below: >In some cases I made a /local dt and copied y

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Mat Bettinson
Heya Mat, MB> Recommend you skip this, it's nasty. The guide you can get in PDF is a MB> million times better. More of a reference guide, I suppose, but this MB> is basically what you need in conjunction with snooping readymade MB> scripts. I should say, that Rebol users guide the printed versio

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Mat Bettinson
Heya Robert, RP> Is it better/worse/same as : RP> Rebol : The Offical Guide Recommend you skip this, it's nasty. The guide you can get in PDF is a million times better. More of a reference guide, I suppose, but this is basically what you need in conjunction with snooping readymade scripts. --

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Robert Philippe
Thanks - Original Message - From: "Petr Krenzelok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:50 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: REBOL Books > Hi, > > they are both identical books imho :-) > > Cheers, > -perk- > > - Original Message - > From: Rob

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Robert Philippe
Never mind, Its apparently the same book. - Original Message - From: "Robert Philippe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:18 AM Subject: [REBOL] REBOL Books > Hello, > Has anybody read this book: > Rebol > by Blanton Goldman > Hardcover > Pu

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Hi, they are both identical books imho :-) Cheers, -perk- - Original Message - From: Robert Philippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 1:18 PM Subject: [REBOL] REBOL Books > Hello, > Has anybody read this book: > Rebol > by Blanton Goldman >

[REBOL] REBOL Books

2001-01-21 Thread Robert Philippe
Hello, Has anybody read this book: Rebol by Blanton Goldman Hardcover Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, The, Jan 2000 ISBN: 0072122773 Is it better/worse/same as : Rebol : The Offical Guide by John Blanton, Blanton Goldman Trade Cloth Published by McGraw-Hill International Publishing Grou

[REBOL] Re: how do I get ampm format for time?

2001-01-21 Thread GS Jones
Mr. Racko, Clearly you seem to be on a mission of some sort. I'll let that be your business. I just joined this discussion list a couple days ago, and my original submission yesterday morning was in response to an email that seemed to have been an original thread. That message simply asked how