[REBOL] SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-15 Thread Gregg Irwin
OK, I'm not expecting to ever need the use values this large with SKIP, but I'm a little puzzled by the behavior. >> skip [1 2 3] == [] >> skip [1 2 3] 9 == [1 2 3] >> skip [1 2 3] -9 == [1 2 3] >> skip [1 2 3] -99 == [] >>

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-15 Thread G. Scott Jones
From: "G. Scott Jones" > From: "Carl Read" > > Anyway, I've played around with my idea for sorting according to a > > pattern, and while I'm not sure if the following code's very fast (or > > bug-free:), like Volker, I post. > > > > There's two functions: One to take a pattern for creating a rule

[REBOL] Re: REBOL momentum builds

2002-05-15 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Carl, > I think it's time to change the licensing for REBOL/Core > and REBOL/View. What do you think? Here's what I'm thinking: I think the change would be very welcome and would encourage exploration REBOL based technologies. A great thing! Brett. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please

[REBOL] Re: Obscure? You be the judge!

2002-05-15 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Romano, <> ... Some observations: 1) set-words should be unique, this is not a problem with your blank-object, but is a problem with your lfunc. <> <> Yes, I know that LFUNC isn't able to handle the cases, in which duplicities occur. I should repair it... I wonder, how many users does t

[REBOL] Re: Obscure? You be the judge!

2002-05-15 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Joel, I like the convention you put forth. I'm learning a lot from this thread. This is behavior worth documenting in Core.pdf. --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: REBOL momentum builds

2002-05-15 Thread Larry Palmiter
Hi Carl, I like your suggestions for a new licensing model. For a small user like myself who writes a few scripts they would like to distribute with an executable to a rather small audience, this is a very important change. I hope it becomes a reality. Cheers -Larry > ===New REBOL Licensing > >

[REBOL] REBOL momentum builds

2002-05-15 Thread Carl Sassenrath
Dear REBOL List: I just wanted to drop by the list and say hi. I wish I had more time to participate in the discussions here. So many good ideas and questions! I would like to comment on every message... ===Webby As you know, REBOL was recently nominated for a Webby. This is a huge honor for

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-15 Thread Volker Nitsch
Hi Carl, Scott, Gesa, Am Mittwoch, 15. Mai 2002 14:30 schrieb Carl Read: > On 15-May-02, G. Scott Jones wrote: > > From: "Volker Nitsch" > > ... > > > >> not sure if this helps, but since i spended some time to it, > >> i post ;) > > > > > > > > Hi, Volker, > > > > Neat idea. Kind of like a good

[REBOL] Re: More REBOL IOS questions.

2002-05-15 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ed, << SourceSafe has a "check-in" "check-out" process. REBOL has a "publish" process. SourceSafe allows me to check in multiple files and even whole directories all at once, as long as REBOL allows me to do this, I can use that to support the idea that it make the version control and archivin

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-15 Thread G. Scott Jones
From: "Carl Read" > On 15-May-02, G. Scott Jones wrote: > > > From: "Volker Nitsch" > > ... > >> not sure if this helps, but since i spended some time to it, > >> i post ;) > > > > > > Hi, Volker, > > > Neat idea. Kind of like a good cut of beef, I'm going to have to > > chew on it a bit to fully

[REBOL] Re: read news

2002-05-15 Thread Allen Kamp
Hi Mary, If there are odd characters or spaces in a file name or url, placing "" around it often helps. Try nntp://"news.epita.fr/3dfx.game"; Cheers, Allen K - Original Message - From: "Maryline Coste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:36 PM

[REBOL] Re: Obscure? You be the judge!

2002-05-15 Thread Joel Neely
Hello, all, (I'm replying to self because several folks have made helpful comments during this thread. Thanks to all who've contributed!) I've done further experimenting to try to clarify the differences for myself. Perhaps they will be of help to someone else. My apologies for the length, bu

[REBOL] read news

2002-05-15 Thread Maryline Coste
Hello, I cann't read news with a group name beginning by a number for example read nntp://news.epita.fr/3dfx.game connecting to: news.epita.fr ** Syntax Error: Invalid decimal -- 3dfx.game ** Near: (line 1) 211 83892 500422 587487 3dfx.game Do you know a solution ?? Thanks Mary -- To u

[REBOL] make object! crash bug - no more in 2.5

2002-05-15 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
This crash bug: a: context [b: 1] make object! a has been corrected under 2.5, now it gives this error: ** Script Error: Invalid argument: object ** Near: make object! a --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the s

[REBOL] Re: Obscure? You be the judge!

2002-05-15 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ladislav, > make-proto: function [ > {MAKE PROTO simulation} > proto [object!] > spec [block!] > ] [set-words object sw word value spc body] [ > set-words: copy [] > ; get local words from proto > foreach word next first proto [ >

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-15 Thread Carl Read
On 15-May-02, G. Scott Jones wrote: > From: "Volker Nitsch" > ... >> not sure if this helps, but since i spended some time to it, >> i post ;) > > Hi, Volker, > Neat idea. Kind of like a good cut of beef, I'm going to have to > chew on it a bit to fully understand its potential. Thanks for th

[REBOL] Re: make-doc-pro: Version 1.0.3 beta updated

2002-05-15 Thread Robert M. Muench
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Alan Crandall > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] Re: make-doc-pro: Version 1.0.3 beta updated > When can we see mdp on IOS? On which server? It's on my I

[REBOL] Re: Text Editors?

2002-05-15 Thread Boleslav Brezovsky
I've never published my results but Cyphre's colour-text can be found in color version of RIM. b -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] Re: Text Editor