[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms (result for SunSolaris/Sparc)

2002-05-18 Thread Micael Gullmes
Here are the result for SunSolaris (Sparc) Brgds/Micael make object! [ code: 305 type: 'script id: 'invalid-arg arg1: 'status-change-date arg2: none arg3: none near: [set-modes file compose [ (to-set-word mode) (get-modes file mode) ]] where: no

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

2002-05-18 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Ladislav, Ladislav Mecir wrote: > > <> > > 3) I did not test your code, but it seems to me that it bind the > body function to the new context. This is only half correct: > binding is done in Rebol before adding the new set-words of spec > to the new object: > > d: "global" > a: context [b

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-18 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Carl, Gabriele, Joel, thanks for your anwsers. What makes me wonder is the fact that Core 2.3 does not speaks of number!, while it speaks of other pseudo-datatypes like series! any-string! any-block! and so on. The only doc i have found is about the number? function but not in Core. --- Ciao

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-18 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Carl and Romano, Carl Read wrote: > > On 18-May-02, Romano Paolo Tenca wrote: > > > Skip and others functions accept a number! datatype. > > > I don't find any documentation about this datatype in Core. > > > Where is it? Or it does not exist? > > It's a type of meta-datatype (there's no

[REBOL] Re: REBOL momentum builds

2002-05-18 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Carl, Hi, Carl, Carl Read wrote: > > With "free" library access, I'd worry about a lot of online scripts > appearing that require you to have OS x,y, or z to work, (well, 90% > OS x, actually), thus breaking REBOL's cross-platform support. > Actually, OS X is quite nice. It's essentially

[REBOL] Re: layout's images in new view beta

2002-05-18 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Anton, >> layout [image images/1] >> length? images == 1 >> images == [make image! [2x2 #{}]] Here it is the RT error: svv/grow-facets: func[new args /local pairs texts colors files blocks tmp] should be: svv/grow-facets: func[new args /local pairs texts colors file

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-18 Thread Carl Read
On 18-May-02, Gregg Irwin wrote: > Hi Carl, > I reported mine Carl. Do you want me to report yours (2 vs 2.0) as > well? Well, it wasn't mine, I just confirmed it on Amiga. Just forward that email as another example of a problem with 'skip. -- Carl Read -- To unsubscribe from this list, pl

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

2002-05-18 Thread G. Scott Jones
From: "Geza Lakner MD" > > In this case, the pattern has a bit more information: > > a=á > where "a" can be told to sort the same as "a with acute", both of these sort > > before "b" ... and "zs" sorts after "z" > Actually a<>á and e<>é ... more clearly a<á and e<é. In some relaxed > situtations t

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-18 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Romano, On Friday, May 17, 2002, 6:02:33 PM, you wrote: [number!] RPT> Where is it? Or it does not exist? A NUMBER! is an INTEGER! or a DECIMAL!. (It's a pseudo-datatype, like ANY-BLOCK! etc.) BTW, >> pick [1 2 3] 2.2 == 2 which shows some series functions actually work with decimals.

[REBOL] layout's images in new view beta

2002-05-18 Thread Anton
Hey RT, check this out ! REBOL/View 1.2.5.3.1 6-May-2002 >> images: reduce [make image! 2x2 make image! 3x3] == [make image! [2x2 #{}] make image! [3x3 #{ 00}]] >> length? images == 2 >> layout [image images/1] >> length

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-18 Thread Anton
Thanks to all of you. Ok, I have: - Windows 2000 - Linux Ok, anyone who wants to help me on: - Amiga, Mac, BSD or any other platform than Windows 2000 or Linux, run this script and report the results: print reform [join "REBOL/" system/product system/version system/build/d

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

2002-05-18 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Volker, On Friday, May 17, 2002, 9:49:04 PM, you wrote: VN> Well, make knows the numbers of words to allocate. But then, why binding before actually adding the new words? VN> i think one problem with general ability is, one can not move context in VN> memory without confusing all reference

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-18 Thread Tom Conlin
on Solaris REBOL/Core 2.5.0.10.1 23-Mar-2001 Copyright 2000-2001 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved. >> do %anton-test.r make object! [ code: 305 type: 'script id: 'invalid-arg arg1: 'status-change-date arg2: none arg3: none near: [set-modes file compose [

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-18 Thread Etienne ALAURENT
Hi Anton, I forgot to tell you the results I sent were on linux. Anton wrote: >Hello, > >I am interested to see the different file modes >available on different platforms. >I have tested on Windows2k and NT4. >I need Linux, Amiga, Mac and any others. >I would like you out there who have one of