[REBOL] REBOL for hire

2001-03-30 Thread Bohdan Lechnowsky
Hello All! Most of you know me as "Bo, the REBOL Support Guy." But what you may not know is that I am also "Bo, the REBOL Consultant!" :-) I've been studying REBOL inside and out with the people who have created it for well over 2 years full-time. I have written numerous REBOL applications, bo

[REBOL] Re: Catching net errors

2001-03-30 Thread Dane Carlson
Thanks a million. Shortly after posting my question I figured out this method: either error? dump: try [read url ][bad: bad + 1] [ good: good + 1] -- Dane Carlson - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:56 Subject: [RE

[REBOL] Re: Catching net errors

2001-03-30 Thread ryan . christiansen
use 'try, as follows... foreach url-to-read url-database [ if error? try [dump: read http://www.foobarfoo.com/][next url-database] ] >If I attempt to read from a web page that does not exist, ie: > >dump: read http://www.foobarfoo.com/ > >Rebol stops execution of the code and reports: >

[REBOL] Re: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

2001-03-30 Thread David Vydra
Mark, I think the PARSE function is all you need. What specifically are you trying to do with regexp? Are you searching or validating input? Regards, David --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi everbody, > > this post is not of any urgency, rather Iam seeking > enlightenment from list members ab

[REBOL] Catching net errors

2001-03-30 Thread Dane Carlson
Greetings, If I attempt to read from a web page that does not exist, ie: dump: read http://www.foobarfoo.com/ Rebol stops execution of the code and reports: ** Access Error: Cannot connect to www.foobarfoo.com ** Where: open-proto ** Near: read http://www.foobarfoo.com How do

[REBOL] Re: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

2001-03-30 Thread James Hague
> Dialecting is, frankly, the way of the future. Or the way of the past, if you consider that the REBOL example of dialecting look like examples from early 1980s Forth books :) James -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject,

[REBOL] Re: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

2001-03-30 Thread sterling
The really quick answer is "Use PARSE." What docs/examples/demos have you looked at regarding parse? What kind of an answer to this question are you looking for? Parsing strings is the REBOL awy of doing regular expressions but PARSE can also parse blocks which is your path to dialecting. Dialec

[REBOL] REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

2001-03-30 Thread Robbo1Mark
Hi everbody, this post is not of any urgency, rather Iam seeking enlightenment from list members about the REBOL approach to regular expressions. Regular expressions in Perl although powerful are mighty ugly and not at all intuitive, what is the REBOL way / approach. Sure REBOL has tremendous

[REBOL] Re: files out of order

2001-03-30 Thread GS Jones
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> message-block: copy [] > >> foreach file-name sort/reverse message-directory [ > >> file-contents: read file-name > >> insert message-block file-contents > >> ] > >> > >> sorting the message-directory before use, not the message-bloc

[REBOL] Re: PARSE question

2001-03-30 Thread Petr Krenzelok
- Original Message - From: "David Vydra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: [REBOL] PARSE question > We are parsing large files as blocks. If there is an > error somewhere, how can we find out where the error > was? Can we get a cou

[REBOL] Re: I Have an un-expired /View

2001-03-30 Thread David Vydra
I have to agree with Mark here. How am I supposed to develop my apps without any R/View available? David --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brett, > > Iam most definately *NOT* trying to abuse licenses > or steal anybodies intellectual property, rather be > a good-community-member & help fellow REB

[REBOL] Re: files out of order

2001-03-30 Thread Ryan Cole
The functions submitted "work," but were designed to achieve different outcomes. Scott's will sort the message according to contents, Anton's by filename, and mine sorted by file date. --Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> message-block: copy [] > >> foreach file-name sort/reverse me

[REBOL] PARSE question

2001-03-30 Thread David Vydra
We are parsing large files as blocks. If there is an error somewhere, how can we find out where the error was? Can we get a count of items parsed correctly? Thanks dv = please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your ow

[REBOL] Re: files out of order

2001-03-30 Thread ryan . christiansen
>> message-block: copy [] >> foreach file-name sort/reverse message-directory [ >> file-contents: read file-name >> insert message-block file-contents >> ] >> >> sorting the message-directory before use, not the message-block >> with the contents of each file. >

[REBOL] Re: files out of order

2001-03-30 Thread GS Jones
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks, Anton. This is exactly what I needed to do. > > -Ryan > > -- > > Ryan, you actually want: > > message-block: copy [] > foreach file-name sort/reverse message-directory [ > file-contents: read file-name >

[REBOL] Re: Rebol 2.5 unstable ?

2001-03-30 Thread bo
laplace, Maybe you could try adding the lines: echo %trace.txt trace on to your script. When it locks up, you can look and see what was happening when the script locked up. This may point out a potential problem. Sterling pointed out a minor change in the way ports behave that cause

[REBOL] Re: files out of order

2001-03-30 Thread ryan . christiansen
Thanks, Anton. This is exactly what I needed to do. -Ryan -- Ryan, you actually want: message-block: copy [] foreach file-name sort/reverse message-directory [ file-contents: read file-name insert message-block file-contents ] sor

[REBOL] Re: Antwort: [ANN] %messages.cgi 0.5.0

2001-03-30 Thread ryan . christiansen
>Although I haveĀ“nt tried it out yet: "This rocks! way to go Ryan!" >now I might consider this or something like this over RSS >or strange Java Portal-Servlet solutions. Thanks! Plans for the future: Online documentation. Support for the mysql:// protocol (save messages in a database instead

[REBOL] Kudos to REBOL Technologies

2001-03-30 Thread GS Jones
Within the week I've seen a near-total crystalization of the grand scheme of REBOL, and I am impressed. The website is now far more clear about the various products and the "problem space" addressed by each. The genius of the technology now shines brightly. The prices seem quite reasonable. I'

[REBOL] Rebol 2.5 unstable ?

2001-03-30 Thread laplace
Hello, I have a program that downloads historical quotes from Yahoo. It freezes in new 2.5 version and launch our Visual C debugger. Is there any change in syntax that would explain that ? -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the sub

[REBOL] Re: the answers

2001-03-30 Thread laplace
I didn't mean java is better than Rebol, if so I wouldn't go on with Rebol :) I mean about Component concept, reusability with interface beetween components and that works inside a browser (like flash for example). If you want to offer an interactive chart for example , how would you do if you don

[REBOL] Re: About View

2001-03-30 Thread Akhilesh Mritunjai
that is a great idea... go ahead... On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Rob LaSalle wrote: :) :)--- Brett Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :)> Hi RT Team :)> :)> > The REBOL team held a three hour meeting yesterday :)> to discuss REBOL/View :)> and its future. We came up with an excellent :)> solution tha