[REBOL] Re: to-number does not work

2003-09-30 Thread A J Martin
Ashley wrote: > I get the following with 1.2.10.3.1: > > >> to-integer 1 > == 1 > >> to-decimal 1 > == 1 > >> to-number 1 > ** Script Error: Cannot use to on datatype! value > ** Where: to-number > ** Near: to number! :value > > Anybody else sent this to feedback yet? >> make number! 3 ** Script

[REBOL] Re: to-number does not work

2003-09-30 Thread Brett Handley
It looks like these to-* functions have been created for the pseudo types.. I think my pick of the bunch would be: to-any-type "make my day" :^) > Anybody else sent this to feedback yet? Just looking up the public bug tracking system... oops we don't have one! You better send it then :^)

[REBOL] Re: to-number does not work

2003-09-30 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ashley, >>> to-integer 1 AT> == 1 >>> to-decimal 1 AT> == 1 >>> to-number 1 AT> ** Script Error: Cannot use to on datatype! value AT> ** Where: to-number AT> ** Near: to number! :value AT> Anybody else sent this to feedback yet? number! is a pseudo-type, not a concrete datatype. You would ge

[REBOL] to-number does not work

2003-09-30 Thread Ashley Truter
I get the following with 1.2.10.3.1: >> to-integer 1 == 1 >> to-decimal 1 == 1 >> to-number 1 ** Script Error: Cannot use to on datatype! value ** Where: to-number ** Near: to number! :value Anybody else sent this to feedback yet? Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, jus

[REBOL] Re: Windows Crash

2003-09-30 Thread Brett Handley
Later experimental versions REBOL/View deal better with outputting these circular references to the screen. Regards, Brett. > SKP> A simple way to "freeze" REBOL/View 1.2.1.3.1 on my machine is: > > SKP> - Open the console > SKP> - Type "help rebol" > > SKP> and it hangs :-( > > SKP> I gives me

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
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[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Weber
-Original Message- From: Andrew Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] Re: Smart Client max wrote: > Doesn't IOS do just that!? > > (except for printing, which could be done with html and a pro license)... E

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
Hi, Romana. > Do you want a patch? Yes, please. I'll put it into my %Patch.r script so more people will know about it and can use it. > I used many languages in my life and I have always used external libraries and third party tools, why cannot it happen with Rebol? I agree. At the moment I fe

[REBOL] Re: Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
DideC wrote: > The 'opt has made the difference and now it works, but I'm not sure to understand why 'opt should be use for paren!. > > I suppose that your last remark (about shorter string after modifying it) was the problem. I believe Romano meant that there's a bug in 'parse that it should ke

[REBOL] Re: Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text

2003-09-30 Thread Dide
Re: Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text Thank's Romano The 'opt has made the difference and now it works, but i'm not sure to understand why 'opt should be use for paren!. I suppose that your last remark (about shorter string after modifying it) was the problem. My 'parse understandin

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Andrew, > Except for multi-line text boxes, where cursor movement isn't handled > correctly. Here's an example: > > example line 1 blah blah blah blah > example line 2 blah blah > Try to down arrow from line 1 to 2 when the cursor is positioned near or > at the end of line 1. You'll find that

[REBOL] Re: Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text

2003-09-30 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Changing the string while it is parsed is not an easy programming style. It is better to copy it in another location, it is almost always more fast. But if one wants to do it, he must keep in mind these rules: 1) get the next location and pass it back to parse 2) use opt for paren expressions E

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
Volker wrote: > Ah flaming! (whirling torchlight). Hi! (Ouch!) :) > An Andrew Martin on this list needed as much lines with "using" as i would for the whole viewer! ;) I'm no expert, but with my little program in a hour or two, I achieved far more Windows user interface compatibility than I

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
max wrote: > Doesn't IOS do just that!? > > (except for printing, which could be done with html and a pro license)... Except for multi-line text boxes, where cursor movement isn't handled correctly. Here's an example: example line 1 blah blah blah blah example li

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
> > Making it easy for developers to tie XML Web services into their smart client applications. > XML Web services in Microsoft terms is SOAP, a never ending hell which delivers cross-platform compatibility to anyone on a Microsoft platform. > :) I want to create a DotNet program which understan

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew Martin
> "..the promise of REBOL,.." - my experience with REBOL has taught me things I didn't expect to learn and given me an new tool to explore ideas. I'm sure we all had different expectations of REBOL when we picked it up. My joy with REBOL is to apply it more areas than I expected, my frustration

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Odycy Server Administration
Sorry, I got so carried away with my own rage against the Vole I forgot to make my own point. Most of my Rebol problems on Windows went away when I dropped the MS half of the equation and implemented a solution in REBOL or Python or what-have-you. - Peter On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:40:05 -0400, Od

[REBOL] Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text

2003-09-30 Thread Didec
Problem with parsing ISO-8859-1 encoded text Hi all, All of you have saw in this list some sender E-mail adress "junked" by some "=?ISO-8859-1?" and other "=22" characters (like the Robert M. Munch one for exemple). I'm working on a function to replace text at that format by it's decoded value

[REBOL] Re: Multiple Database Updates

2003-09-30 Thread Odycy Server Administration
Matt - Isn't that because you'd be using a separate *copy* of the pick list? - Peter On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:47:06 -0400, Matt MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I figured out why this is happening, but not sure how to fix it. It > turns out it's not a database problem afterall. Wha

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Dienstag, 30. September 2003 18:23 schrieb Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch: > Hum... > > > Doesn't IOS do just that!? > > (except for printing, which could be done with html and a pro license)... > > Rapid and distributed application development. add a rugby server in the > loop and even your code gets

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Odycy Server Administration
Re: Maxim & Microsoft I'm not so sure about XML being a) a Microsoft file format or b) that parsing it is all that difficult, but I basically chucked MS for development purposes about a year ago, and darn near went bankrupt as a result. Here in Canada, if anything, imho blind allegiance to the

[REBOL] Re: Windows Crash

2003-09-30 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Steffen, SKP> A simple way to "freeze" REBOL/View 1.2.1.3.1 on my machine is: SKP> - Open the console SKP> - Type "help rebol" SKP> and it hangs :-( SKP> I gives me the feeling that it's a bit bit early for commercial aplications. SKP> It works fine in REBOL/Core 2.5.6.3.1: If you wait l

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Volker Nitsch
Hi Andrew, (i hope i strike the right comical note below) Ah flaming! (whirling torchlight). Am Dienstag, 30. September 2003 10:30 schrieb A J Martin: > Quoted from: > > http://www.windowsforms.net/whitepaper/whywindowsforms.aspx > > Microsoft Windows® Forms is the set of classes in the .NET Fra

[REBOL] Re: Windows Crash

2003-09-30 Thread Steffen Kahr Pedersen
I'm running Windows 2000 with all service packs and updates installed. A simple way to "freeze" REBOL/View 1.2.1.3.1 on my machine is: - Open the console - Type "help rebol" and it hangs :-( I gives me the feeling that it's a bit bit early for commercial aplications. It works fine in REBOL/C

[REBOL] Re: Multiple Database Updates

2003-09-30 Thread Matt MacDonald
Forget it, I'm just a moron. We'll leave it at that. Thanks anyway. >From: "Matt MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [REBOL] Re: Multiple Database Updates >Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:47:06 -0400 > > >Ok, I figured out why this is happening

[REBOL] Re: Multiple Database Updates

2003-09-30 Thread Matt MacDonald
Ok, I figured out why this is happening, but not sure how to fix it. It turns out it's not a database problem afterall. What's happening is that I have the user select an item from a text-list. Then the can "delete" that item. It doesn't really delete it, just marks it not to be shown in th

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
Hum... Doesn't IOS do just that!? (except for printing, which could be done with html and a pro license)... Rapid and distributed application development. add a rugby server in the loop and even your code gets to be access from any system. The only thing is that IOS needs a license per use

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Andrew, AJM> It reminds me of the promise of Rebol, but seems to deliver. :-/ Ouch! And I disagree; I don't see the promise of REBOL in those terms at all. I would also say we need to define "seems to deliver". I think only time will tell how well .NET lives up to its ad campaign. :) People a

[REBOL] Re: Rebol/View on classic Mac OS

2003-09-30 Thread Cyphre
I tested last View under MacOS 9.1 about a year ago or so and there was some problems with TCP connections...for example when you run desktop and try to connect to interenet(using http) soemtimes the connection hangs..also when any rebol app read remote data from the net there were problemsAft

[REBOL] Re: Windows Crash

2003-09-30 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
> I've seen it happen when Rebol consumes too much memory. Check out [...] > consumption got above 100MB. There are ways to get Rebol to minimize I had rebol go above 600MB a few times without problems. maybe its more related to the sheer number of contexts, declared words, or the total amoun

[REBOL] Multiple Database Updates

2003-09-30 Thread Matt MacDonald
Does anybody know why this would be happening? I'm making a messaging client that reads messages from a SQL-Server using the ODBC dataports in REBOL/Command. When I try to do sequential updates, only the first one usually processes, the rest remain unchanged. Any thoughts? Matt ___

[REBOL] Rebol/View on classic Mac OS

2003-09-30 Thread Conrad Weyns
Rebol/View under Win XP works well. I had no problems installing it, getting connected and playing with all the demos and examples. Today I spend about half a day with the Mac version: view-pro021.sit.hqx. It turned out to be a battle and I have to conclude that it works very badly, most of the ti

[REBOL] Re: Systray and /Link

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Tretter
It doesn't appear to be in SDK either. Paul Tretter - Original Message - From: "Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Tretter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:22 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Systray and /Link > > Hi Paul, > > PT> I noticed that Cyphre's Syst

[REBOL] How /View deals with keyboard?

2003-09-30 Thread carlos.lorenz
Hi list I am back with this matter since yet I could not solve my troubles with /View faulty suppport to i18n under linux distribuitons I am currently using (Debian, Mandrake). Do you happen to know based on what /View deals with keyboard? Does it use X configurations maps? KDE (or other windo

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread bryan
>a.. > Making it easy for developers to tie XML Web services into their smart >client applications. XML Web services in Microsoft terms is SOAP, a never ending hell which delivers cross-platform compatibility to anyone on a Microsoft platform. :) -- To unsubscribe from this l

[REBOL] Re: Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread Brett Handley
> It reminds me of the promise of Rebol, but seems to deliver. :-/ I'll be suspicious of such claims until I can experience them myself. It might be true but the cost to achieve them are not often preannounced. Nevertheless I do agree that having those benefits along with the expressive power of

[REBOL] Smart Client

2003-09-30 Thread A J Martin
Quoted from: http://www.windowsforms.net/whitepaper/whywindowsforms.aspx Microsoft Windows® Forms is the set of classes in the .NET Framework that enables the rapid development of powerful smart client applications. Its benefits include: a.. Extending the Microsoft Visual Basic® ra