[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Charles
First off, my thanks to everyone demonstrating The Way Things Work. I don't get to work in REBOL all that much anymore, so what knowledge I had of it has dwindled, and I find myself looking at older code of my own and thinking, "Why did I do that? It works, but *how* does it work?" > cha

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Charles
Cool! At last! ;) >> do http://www.lexicon.net/anton/rebol/demo/demo-series.r connecting to: www.lexicon.net ** Script Error: This script needs view or better to function correctly ** Near: do http://www.lexicon.net/anton/rebol/demo/demo-series.r >> I think I'm going to save any further

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Charles
- Original Message - From: "Gabriele Santilli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 4:43 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text > Hi Charles, > > On Monday, July 08, 2002, 5:56:12 AM, you wrote: > > C>For instance, in C, I would

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Charles
FAH!! My apologies for the previous post, wherein no text was added :/ > >> !=: get first [ <> ] > >> 1 != 2 > == true > > Adapt REBOL to yourself... :-) Yeahbut, if you do that too often, your code won't be portable, unless you include your custom definitions in every script you submit, o

[REBOL] key event

2002-07-08 Thread Jim Clatfelter
It turns out that remove system/view/screen-face/feel/event-funcs messes up request-file. Is there a way to keep get the caret positiopn whenever any key is pressed? I used the following to get the caret position when I press Escape. key #"^[" [pos: copy system/view/caret] I can then make

[REBOL] E-Mail saving & loading

2002-07-08 Thread philb
Hi Guys, I have a problem with my email client if I save an email that is addressed to multiple users andd then reload it in using import-email the to field only gets set with a single user. I have isolated the code to the following rebol [] ; Make the Header lv-hdr: make system/standard/e

[REBOL] Re: Test

2002-07-08 Thread Andrew Martin
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[REBOL] Re: (No subject)MIME-Version: 1.0

2002-07-08 Thread atruter
> REBOL does need a certain level of popularity though else there won't be enough > people who know how to program it to go around. What, not enough RTCE type folks around? ;) Seriously though, the difference between a technology that people *want* to learn despite lack of commercial use compare

[REBOL] Test

2002-07-08 Thread Andrew Martin
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[REBOL] R: Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread Alessandro Manotti
Ok... I understand. But you could admit this is another problem and the difference from Open Source projects and closed-projects. Ok, RT has to gain money to survive, but they survive even there are persons like me that buy their products, I spend much time in my company to convince my boss & co.

[REBOL] Re: How to detect type of OS

2002-07-08 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Gregg, > Now, the other question is, does ctx-prefs get turned into an object > automatically, and what causes that? I tried a couple quick tests, but it > stayed a block. It's easy enough to make an object from the spec, but I'm > sure you shouldn't have to. This is where become an object:

[REBOL] Re: Installing IOS

2002-07-08 Thread Volker Nitsch
Hi Abel Am Montag, 8. Juli 2002 18:45 schrieb Abdel Belkasri: > I installed REBOL IOS, as described in the help files, on Linux box that > runs apache. It passes all the test. In fact I was able to connect to the > IOS from my Win XP box using Rebol-link. I was also able to create accounts > fo

[REBOL] Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Charles, << > Sorry about that. The risk of quick hacking and not testing on anything > other than my current environment. Hey Greg. Aren't you the one who came to my aid earlier and said people should include some rudimentary version checking and declaring? ;) Heh. >> Probably. :) What

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Joel Neely
Note to self: Proffredd befour hittyng sind! Joel Neely wrote: > > > b: make block! NN: (length? a) - 2 > c: a > loop NN [append b (first c) + (second c) + (third c) / 3.0] > Should have read b: make block! NN: (length? a) - 2 c: a loop NN [ append b (first c

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Alexander, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Now, a concrete question to round off with; does anybody > know of any really good tutorials (or somesuch)? I find the > original examples from the rebol.com site fair enough, but they > are so simple that they are of little practical value. Does there

[REBOL] Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Jason, et al <<...My impression is that the company is very small and really stretched to their human resource limits. So even if they are able to monitor the discussions on the list list, it seems they have not the time to post/feedback. And of course direct public posting would entail furthe

[REBOL] Re: How to detect type of OS

2002-07-08 Thread Gregg Irwin
Thanks Romano! My object browser's sliders sometimes make it hard to get to every item in the list (if it's a long list like system/words), so I missed ctx-prefs. Now, the other question is, does ctx-prefs get turned into an object automatically, and what causes that? I tried a couple quick test

[REBOL] Installing IOS

2002-07-08 Thread Abdel Belkasri
I installed REBOL IOS, as described in the help files, on Linux box that runs apache. It passes all the test. In fact I was able to connect to the IOS from my Win XP box using Rebol-link. I was also able to create accounts for my colleagues, they were also successful to connect to the IOS. Sudd

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread alexander . johannesen
Hi people, Joel wrote: > Learning to think differently takes work and time, but the > rewards are definitely there (speaking from personal experience)! Thanks for sharing those thoughts, Joel. Very true stuff. I'm a newbie to Rebol myself, trying to grasp its methods and functions, and I - as

[REBOL] Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread Jason Cunliffe
>But can someone, in Rebol team (administration, Carl!, etc...) tell us >what do you think about all these ideas? Hi Alessandro-- You raise interesting and important points. And the topic seems to come up pretty regularly, in fact seems to me that every REBOL user goes through a cycle of Love,

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Charles, You've already gotten specific answers from other folks (INDEX?, AT, HEAD, etc...) so please allow me to wax philosophical for a moment or two. Charles wrote: > > For instance, in C, I would have something like int idx; wherein > I could use array[idx]; and move around by increasin

[REBOL] Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But can someone, in Rebol team (administration, Carl!, etc...) tell us what do you think about all these ideas? Regards --Alessandro-- -- Prendi GRATIS l'email universale che... risparmia: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Cerchi una vera occasione? Trovala su eBay,il mercato online del mondo.

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread SunandaDH
Charles: >Still, I like to know where REBOL is, or thinks it is. I like to be able > to > have some sort of index instantly available to me like that. Yes, I know, I > can use pick series 3, but when I use 'next and 'skip and whatnot I get > lost. You can also use a more explicit

[REBOL] Re: (No subject)MIME-Version: 1.0

2002-07-08 Thread Carl Read
On 08-Jul-02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I only see one problem here: how would the player be different >> from /View? >> >> Regards, >>Gabriele. > Good question! Some answers could be: player has not a true console > (I cannot directly type commands). Rebol interactive console is a >

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Anton
There is also 'at, to set the position: a: ["a" "b" "c"] a: at a 2 ; also try negative values a ; == ["b" "c"] a: head a ; == ["a" "b" "c"] Anton. > > Does REBOL think it's at the first value, the second, the third, etc? > How can I find out? > > >> a: ["a" "b"

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Charles, > > > Personally, I have a hard time working with > > > series! with next and skip and tail and so forth. > > > A pointer to a list element which I cannot see irritates me. > > > > I don't understand what you mean. That is, what do mean by see? >For instance, in C, I would have so

[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Cropping text

2002-07-08 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Charles, On Monday, July 08, 2002, 5:56:12 AM, you wrote: C>For instance, in C, I would have something like int idx; wherein I could use C> array[idx]; and move around by increasing and decreasing the index marker. How idx: 3 series/:idx C> can I optically see where 'next will

[REBOL] Re: [REBOL]

2002-07-08 Thread bryan
> player has not a true console (I >cannot directly type commands). Rebol interactive console is a powerful >instrument to create/debug programs. I could have a Rebol version where >I can create text-based software, but I cannot directly use it to >interact with Rebol (typeing Rebol command, or w