[REBOL] Re: how to resize a backdrop

2001-11-18 Thread Anton Rolls
No no. I see this very problem on windows NT4 (and 2000, I am pretty sure...) That's why I was experimenting to find a solution. Here is a console session that works for me: >> view/new lay: layout [size 200x200 bd: backdrop blue effect [oval]] >> lay/size: lay/size + 50x50 == 250x250 >> bd/size:

[REBOL] Re: REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Anton Rolls
That's interesting. Can't you modify the emailer to optionally check for mail first? You could also catch errors with TRY, and if there's an error sending, then read mail first and try sending again. At least the program won't halt then. Anton. > > ...Still, once I try the rebol-script with 'em

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Ultradit Syntax highlighting ??

2001-11-18 Thread Anton Rolls
If you send a copy to me, I'll put it on my web-site http://anton.idatam.com.au/FreeEditors.html Anton. > Jason : > > To assign colors to various syntactic types in Ultraedit-32, > open Ultraedit, and > go to the > Adanced/Configuration/Syntax highlighting menu, and see how > other languages

[REBOL] Re: How to edit /View mezzanine functions ?

2001-11-18 Thread Anton Rolls
The problem is that request-color is defined somewhere deep in vid context-land. :) And this means that some words maybe not accessible in the global context. The first one I see is color-lay: >> color-lay ** Script Error: color-lay has no value ** Near: color-lay When we just redefine request-c

[REBOL] Re: Need a slider help with text-list!

2001-11-18 Thread Anton Rolls
Yes, but it doesn't connect the slider to the text-list. When you add data to the text-list, the slider is not automatically updated. See this message on escribe for an example: http://www.escribe.com/internet/rebol/m16823.html Here is the start page for escribe as well (I searched for "slider")

[REBOL] Question about checksum/secure

2001-11-18 Thread Brett Handley
I hope this isn't a silly question. Can the result of checksum/secure be used like a GUID, is it guaranteed to be unique? Brett. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: Processing files / Any AWK users?

2001-11-18 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Gregg, > If I'm processing a file, by lines, thus: > > foreach line read/lines/with file rec-sep [ > > It appears that foreach doesn't call read on each pass, but I thought I'd > ask to see if anyone knows, for certain. I know you can modify the block > that foreach uses and it will see the ch

[REBOL] How to edit /View mezzanine functions ?

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Want to quickly change /View request-color widget. >> source request-color Tried some cutnpaste into a new file of my own... load, do, attached to buttons => nothing doing :-( What's the basic trick for doing this kind of learn/edit ? thanks ./Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list, please

[REBOL] Re: Processing files / Any AWK users?

2001-11-18 Thread Tom Conlin
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Gregg Irwin wrote: > If I'm processing a file, by lines, thus: > > foreach line read/lines/with file rec-sep [ > > It appears that foreach doesn't call read on each pass, but I thought I'd > ask to see if anyone knows, for certain. I know you can modify the block > th

[REBOL] Re: More services?

2001-11-18 Thread Graham Chiu
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 19:33:18 -0700 "Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > << Are there more than the three basic services? goto, > help, quit > > If yes, how can more services be used? >> > > I'm not sure what you mean by "services". Must be my > end-of-the-weekend > brain fog... > Go

[REBOL] Processing files / Any AWK users?

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
If I'm processing a file, by lines, thus: foreach line read/lines/with file rec-sep [ It appears that foreach doesn't call read on each pass, but I thought I'd ask to see if anyone knows, for certain. I know you can modify the block that foreach uses and it will see the changes, but I wa

[REBOL] Re: Need a slider help with text-list!

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Jon, << I have a text-list - I want to add a slider (I don't care if it's fat, ugly or pink; just as long as it works) to this text-list. Can anyone suggest a simple solution? Something like the slider in edit would be VERY useful. >> text-list should already have the slider attached to it.

[REBOL] Re: Font problem

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Arnault, << In rebol/view, my display font is way too big (like, on the left bar, I see "ebol.co" instead of "Rebol.com") >> I'm running W2K and haven't see that, or seen it mentioned here before. Is there anything in your user.r or prefs.r that is font related? What values do you see for fa

[REBOL] Re: More services?

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Donald, << Are there more than the three basic services? goto, help, quit If yes, how can more services be used? >> I'm not sure what you mean by "services". Must be my end-of-the-weekend brain fog... --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Jon, << I know Rebol has already ascertained my email from initial setup, but if I wanted to send an email from a different account, such as smtp.anyplaceonthenet.com, using any user and any password, how would I do so? >> Two thoughts come to mind, but I don't know what will work having not

[REBOL] Re: How to break a transmission?

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Yogi, << is it possible to interrupt a download without loosing the data? I want to download a big file from an HTTP-server. With read/skip it is possible to make a resume-download. But, if I press the Esc-key in the REBOL-Console, all the data ist lost. Is it possible to read the data in a lo

[REBOL] Re: Changing face text on button push?

2001-11-18 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Bob, Is this roughly what you're after? view layout [ backdrop 30.40.100 effect [grid 10x10] origin 40x20 help-lbl: h2 white "Select Patent Server:" help-lbl-2: h3 white "" 200 PatentServer: choice "Select" "EP" "US" "WO" [ switch PatentServer/te

[REBOL] Re: More services?

2001-11-18 Thread atruter
Refer http://www.rebol.com/docs/desktop.html for useful info on how to add services (and bookmarks). I have found that adding something like: service "Monitor" %/c/rebol/view/public/web.tiscali.it/anarkick/anamonitor.r to /c/rebol/view/desktop/services.r is quite useful, as is changing the

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Tim Johnson
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 03:29:26PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:47:42AM +1100, Greg Schwarz wrote: > > Jon, > > One big problem you will have, many ISP's will not let you relay mail via > > different smtp server. This is to stop spam mailers. Most ISP's you dial > >

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Ultradit Syntax highlighting ??

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> Go back and forth between the config menu and the wordfile.txt until everything > is to your > satisfaction. If you like, I can send you a copy of mine, which you can then > modify to > your taste. Thanks David I got that far as I said. Downlaoded and adapted others wordfile.txt syntax highlig

[REBOL] Re: fred - multiplayer flash game with rebol backend

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Hi Frederic I too have little experience with Ports. But Yes I am very interested in learning for similar reason to you... I love Flash5, and agree the xmlsocket without XML garbage is likely to be powerful complement to REBOL. We are thinking along similar direction this far then :-) I tried to

[REBOL] Need a slider help with text-list!

2001-11-18 Thread Jon Saltzman
Hi - I've seen a few conversations going around already on this, but I don't quite get the gist of it - I have a text-list - I want to add a slider (I don't care if it's fat, ugly or pink; just as long as it works) to this text-list. Can anyone suggest a simple solution? Something like the

[REBOL] Re: View: How Does This Work?

2001-11-18 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Donald, > I am trying to figure out just why the box and the "panel" area to the right > of the box actually end up in their displayed locations. Can anyone help > explain what is going on? The word RETURN is the important one in this case. Imagine an invisible cursor that Layout uses. As La

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread holger
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:47:42AM +1100, Greg Schwarz wrote: > Jon, > One big problem you will have, many ISP's will not let you relay mail via > different smtp server. This is to stop spam mailers. Most ISP's you dial > into will only allow you to use their smtp server. Usually it is the other

[REBOL] Font problem

2001-11-18 Thread Arnault Claden
Hey folks :) Sorry, I'm totally newbie in the rebol world, so I hope you'll forgive my (maybe) stupid question. In rebol/view, my display font is way too big (like, on the left bar, I see "ebol.co" instead of "Rebol.com") I use rebol/view with Linux/Xfree 4.1.0 Thanks in advance if anybody can

[REBOL] Re: REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> Ah,... that explains why I cant get 'emailer to work on my rebsite... I keep getting the error message "Email cannot be sent when working offline." There's no yellow word "local" on my desktop, though, but when I double click (on nothing) just above "View 1.2.1.3.1", the desktop responds "connec

[REBOL] Is there a GUI FTP Client in REBOL

2001-11-18 Thread Reichart
We have built a full FTP GUI client in Rebol. It has been sitting in pre-beta for months now because we got bogged down with fixes to another project (which if it were in Rebol would have been fixed in about 2 days). I hate working outside of Rebol! It has several cool features, but the really g

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Tim Johnson
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:47:42AM +1100, Greg Schwarz wrote: > Jon, > One big problem you will have, many ISP's will not let you relay mail via > different smtp server. This is to stop spam mailers. Most ISP's you dial > into will only allow you to use their smtp server. > Regards, > Greg Hi Jon/

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Greg Schwarz
Jon, One big problem you will have, many ISP's will not let you relay mail via different smtp server. This is to stop spam mailers. Most ISP's you dial into will only allow you to use their smtp server. Regards, Greg - Original Message - From: "Jon Saltzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAI

[REBOL] Re: REBOL Ultradit Syntax highlighting ??

2001-11-18 Thread David Perkins
Jason : To assign colors to various syntactic types in Ultraedit-32, open Ultraedit, and go to the Adanced/Configuration/Syntax highlighting menu, and see how other languages are set up. Then edit wordfile.txt (make a backup to be on the safe side, or edit it using UE which creates a backup auto

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Tim Johnson
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:21:37AM +1100, Brett Handley wrote: > You could use the set-net function. Greetings: > Have a read of the Rebol/Core users guide - Network Settings/Initial > Setup/Basic Settings. > I believe you can issue set-net at any time. ;Yes. I frequently use the following for so

[REBOL] Re: Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Brett Handley
You could use the set-net function. Have a read of the Rebol/Core users guide - Network Settings/Initial Setup/Basic Settings. I believe you can issue set-net at any time. Brett. - Original Message - From: "Jon Saltzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, Novembe

[REBOL] Re: REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Hallvard Ystad
Tom Conlin skrev (09.52 18.11.2001): >shot in the dark here but in the lower left corner of your view >desktop there maybe a yellow word "local" if so, then click >it to put yourself in "online" mode (where it will not say anything there) Ah,... that explains why I cant get 'emailer to work on m

[REBOL] fred - multiplayer flash game with rebol backend

2001-11-18 Thread frédéric dénommé
hello! :) i'm writing a small post to ask if anyone is interested in giving a hand to a guy who has not much experience with ports. flash 5 offers an xmlsocket (which can be used without xml really) and i want to build a multiplayer pacman game with a rebol backend to keep the info going between

[REBOL] Gorim

2001-11-18 Thread Graham Chiu
Gorim - rugby server based chat/game client - is now up to 0.6.4 sites/compkarori/gorim2 changes: there is a rough implementation using Cyphre's colour text - so that the userid, datestamp, and message are in different colours. The common emoticons now display as an inline image. Problems: ye

[REBOL] Re: REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> shot in the dark here but in the lower left corner of your view > desktop there maybe a yellow word "local" if so, then click > it to put yourself in "online" mode (where it will not say anything there) > > and yes I was unable to reach most that I just randomly tried > ... but others including

[REBOL] [view] object indirection

2001-11-18 Thread Patrick Philipot
Hi, I am stuck in a should-not-be-so-difficult problem with view. I have a lot of checkboxes in a layout, named c1, c2, ... c16. At one time, given a number X, I would like to do something on the cX checkbox. For now, I have this sort of code : set-check: func [n [integer!] /local code ][ c

[REBOL] Changing face text on button push?

2001-11-18 Thread Bob Paddock
Below is some code that shows what I'm after, it obiously would not work the way it is written. I have a button that needs pressed to select a particular server, once the server has been selected I want to change or add some help text lines. How do I do this? view layout [ backdrop 3

[REBOL] Re: text-list/text (scroll bar problem)

2001-11-18 Thread philb
Hi Daniel, see Romano's earlier answer it works for me. Thanks for asking the original question it has fixed a long standing but in one of my programs. My example program now works rebol [] ; fix slider when text list is updated fix-slider: func [faces [object! block!]] [

[REBOL] How to break a transmission?

2001-11-18 Thread Marc Michael
Hello, is it possible to interrupt a download without loosing the data? I want to download a big file from an HTTP-server. With read/skip it is possible to make a resume-download. But, if I press the Esc-key in the REBOL-Console, all the data ist lost. Is it possible to read the data in a loop,

[REBOL] Re: REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Tom Conlin
shot in the dark here but in the lower left corner of your view desktop there maybe a yellow word "local" if so, then click it to put yourself in "online" mode (where it will not say anything there) and yes I was unable to reach most that I just randomly tried ... but others including mine wor

[REBOL] View: How Does This Work?

2001-11-18 Thread Donald Dalley
Re: the "How To Create Subpanels" tutorial If the default layout direction is BELOW, how does this tutorial's code actually work? There is no ACROSS in 'main's code, but there are two "areas" that are being used - one to the left of the narrow box (which I understand how it works) and one to the

[REBOL] More services?

2001-11-18 Thread Donald Dalley
Are there more than the three basic services? goto, help, quit If yes, how can more services be used? Donald Dalley -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] REB sites which don't respond

2001-11-18 Thread Donald Dalley
I asked in an earlier message why many/most sites listed don't respond, except for a message, such as: "Cannot open folder: http://www.google.com/index.r";. I think I got responses from about 6 out of all displayed. One person mentioned that his site is only up a few hours per day. Are all of the

[REBOL] Sending e-mail using non-default server

2001-11-18 Thread Jon Saltzman
I know Rebol has already ascertained my email from initial setup, but if I wanted to send an email from a different account, such as smtp.anyplaceonthenet.com, using any user and any password, how would I do so? In other words - I know how to read mailbox: open pop://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I