[REBOL] I am ready

2002-05-01 Thread Maarten Koopmans
For Core 2.6, View 1.3 Where is it? When? With the Library component having a callback interface? With better VID? With better marshaling? With. --Maarten -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ed, << But this synchronization, I presume applies to more than just REBOL scripts, as you've pointed out above, it applies to just about any kind of documents. >> Yes. When you get your eval running, you'll see some Word and Excel docs that launch directly from the desktop. I think it doesn'

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
<< Installed from floppy onto the hard disk. Unless it's one of the things which fit onto a USB port and pretend to be a hard disk drive. They're about 128MB in size. >> Ooooh. I hadn't thought about *thaa-aat*. :) --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PR

[REBOL] [OT]: REBOL/MX and Flash Remote ?

2002-05-01 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Interesting things cooking at Macromedia. The free trial preview version of 'ColdfusionMX' has been released. As I understand it this is a really new version of ColdFusion server, re-written in Java based on J2EE. It's targeted at webservices and better FlashMX integration. The Google API seems t

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Andrew Martin
Installed from floppy onto the hard disk. Unless it's one of the things which fit onto a USB port and pretend to be a hard disk drive. They're about 128MB in size. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/ -><- - Original Message - From: "Carl Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EM

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Carl, << > So, not being excited by this so far, you decide to get a second > opinion. You fly to Paris and unpack your Link client from the > single floppy you brought with you. You connect and, BOOM, > everything is there, just as if you were at home. By "there", I assume you don't mean eve

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Carl Read
On 01-May-02, Gregg Irwin wrote: > So, not being excited by this so far, you decide to get a second > opinion. You fly to Paris and unpack your Link client from the > single floppy you brought with you. You connect and, BOOM, > everything is there, just as if you were at home. By "there", I assu

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Ed Dana
Gregg Irwin wrote: >Hi Ed, > ><< The problem for me is that I'm still not sure as to exactly what REBOL >IOS is. Is it an OS? Is it a suite of applications? Or is it both? I >assume the answer is both. >> > >It is both; it is neither; and it is much much more. Cryptic enough for you? >;) > Ah yes

[REBOL] Re: Parse Question: html-to-text conversion help.

2002-05-01 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Alan, > link: [some [thru "" (append text lnk)]] > > ... but is there any way to add this to the converter below? Some modifications. I changed link to remove the some. I embed link inside html-rules. So it will have the first go at the tag. If it is a link tag it continues on, if it is not

[REBOL] Re: Iterated check box anomaly (resend)

2002-05-01 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Anton, > Don't listen to that negative stuff. > Here seems to be a solution. Tell me if it works. > Thanks for asking, by the way. Months could have > gone by and I would never have figured it out. Well done. But for your next trick can you make the multiple highlighting disappear off the in

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Carl Read
On 02-May-02, Jason Cunliffe wrote: > "Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Simply put, it is a client side piece, called Link, that connects >> to the > ...snip... > Gregg > Thank you. That is the best simple description I've read yet on > REBOL/IOS :-) I agree, and I've already forwarded it

[REBOL] Google supports date-range searching (requires Julian dates)

2002-05-01 Thread chaz
For REBOLs who like to Google. You'll be pleased to know that the Google API supports searching by date. http://www.researchbuzz.com/articles/2002/googledate0422.html http://www.faganfinder.com/engines/google.shtml -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, thank you, Hi Ladislav, c>unset in blk: context compose [exit (blk)] 'self >blk > ] > > > :-o I would have guessed, that the only way how to do that would be: > > blank-object: func [ > {make a blank object} > blk [block!] > ] [ >unset in blk: context compose [

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, > No, I think, that my code works. (Test it, please, and let me know if > anything doesn't work as it should). ... > Why do you suggest this form? (I never wrote code looking like that - loop 1 > or catch are unusual for me in this case) For test, try the code at the end. The new ve

[REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP

2002-05-01 Thread Michael Appelmans
Gavin... I agree with you, that it's really a matter of perception. And to clarify I consider XML just that, the W3C 10/6/2000 XML 1.0 (second edition)recommendation (and perhaps XML Namespaces 01/14/1999). When I talk about XML or SOAP I'm not speaking of the plethora of ancillary technologies l

[REBOL] Re: Iterated check box anomaly (resend)

2002-05-01 Thread Anton
Don't listen to that negative stuff. Here seems to be a solution. Tell me if it works. Thanks for asking, by the way. Months could have gone by and I would never have figured it out. Anton. a: copy [] q: [ ["1" "Setup"] ["2" "Install"] ["3" "Post-install"] ["4" "

[REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
<< Most of the time (IMHO) if you can't get it done with coop multithreading, you surely are not up to doing it preemptive. You just don't see your race conditions...>> Yes indeed. Just as "creeping featuritis" is bad for deadlines, "semaphore population growth" is bad for maintenance and reliabi

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, Hi Ladislav, looking at your sim-make-object!: function [ {MAKE OBJECT! simulation} [throw] spec [block!] ] [set-words object sw] [ ; find all set-words in SPEC set-words: copy [] parse spec [ any [ c

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, c>unset in blk: context compose [exit (blk)] 'self >blk > ] > > > :-o I would have guessed, that the only way how to do that would be: > > blank-object: func [ > {make a blank object} > blk [block!] > ] [ >unset in blk: context compose [return self (blk)] 'self >

[REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
Excellent post Gavin. Very well said. --Gregg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gavin McKenzie Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 5:07 AM To: REBOL List Subject: [REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP Michael, Hopefully we'll hear from Christian on what

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Anton
Ladislav, I now understand your point, thanks. :) Anton. > Hi Anton, > > a little discussion may be useful sometimes: > Cheers > L -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Jason Cunliffe
"Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Simply put, it is a client side piece, called Link, that connects to the ...snip... Gregg Thank you. That is the best simple description I've read yet on REBOL/IOS :-) Some version of your description is needed for press release, on RT site, and for potenti

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, you got me again! My models are unable to demonstrate the behaviour your code relies on: ... not so readable, i must admit (and 'object could be replaced by 'set-words to make it more unreadable): blank-object: func [ {make a blank object from a block of set-words} blk [bloc

[REBOL] Parse Question: html-to-text conversion help.

2002-05-01 Thread alan parman
I have a working html-to-text converter, but would like to add the links to the text as well. The following parse rule works well to extract only the links... link: [some [thru "" (append text lnk)]] ... but is there any way to add this to the converter below? I'm having trouble since

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, looking at your sim-make-object!: function [ {MAKE OBJECT! simulation} [throw] spec [block!] ] [set-words object sw] [ ; find all set-words in SPEC set-words: copy [] parse spec [ any [ copy sw set-wo

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, > blank-object: function [ > {make a blank object} > set-words [block!] > ] [object] [ > set-words: compose [return self (set-words)] > object: do does [ > make object! set-words > ] > set/any in object 'self () >

[REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP

2002-05-01 Thread Gavin McKenzie
Michael, Hopefully we'll hear from Christian on what he meant...but I couldn't resist jumping in. IMO, whether XML is simple or complex is a matter of perspective. A classic half-full, or half-empty scenario. But, some people probably also think that the contents of the glass have long exceed

[REBOL] Re: Google + SOAP

2002-05-01 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Gregg Irwin wrote: >hi Chris, > ><< though, in general, I don't like coop multithreading too much, it usually >complexifies otherwise simple programs enormously >> > >Compared to no threading at all, or compared to pre-emptive multi-threading? >I think it can be more work to set them up, but they

[REBOL] Re: local vars in functions

2002-05-01 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, nice code samples. I can say that you revealed some bugs in the Rebol interpreter behaviour as well as in my simulator. To obtain accurate results I would have to modify my simulator as follows: blank-object: function [ {make a blank object} set-words [block!]

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ashley, << does IOS facilitate / enable source versioning and control? ie. can I check-out / lock scripts that are being worked on? How is divergence handled (version A is modified by me to become B, while someone else modifies A to become C, now B and C need to be merged to become B proper)?

[REBOL] Re: evaluation

2002-05-01 Thread Graham Chiu
Gotta agree with that. The earliest version of Rebol I can find on my hard drive is version 1.0.0.3, and that has a file date of 1/Oct/1998, which is less than 4 years ago. On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:27:58 -0700 Ryan Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > > The real challenge is finding a REBOL prog

[REBOL] Re: REBOL IOS, many Q's. :)

2002-05-01 Thread atruter
Thanks Gregg, Even though I didn't post the original questions, your "chatty" style of explanation has actually given me an understanding of what IOS can do for us. I am especially interested in the concurrent remote development possibilities, does IOS facilitate / enable source versioning and c