[REBOL] Re: (no subject) - parsing a string to get name/value pairs

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
Do you want output a flat block like this? [ string1 none string2 val2 string3 none string4 none string5 val5 string6 val6 ] Anton. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 8 November 2003 1:00 a

[REBOL] Re: Coffee break problem anyone?

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
Hi Sunanda, > I can easily map out the code at the highest levels. But need > faith that I > will be able to fill out the lower levels. Today, analyze-item > isn't going to be > easy. In a few years time, such functions might come free in cornflakes > packets. ... Very good points, Sunanda.

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
That sounds great, I'd be very interested, since once upon a time, I had a go at stunnel. Anton. > Hi all, > > I just signed the contract with Gregg for a very nice project. > > Gregg will develop an SSL tunnel installer that will interact with a > portal to get its configuration parameters. F

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Ed O'Connor
Petr wrote: > Heh - then I am really dumb :-) Sometimes I wonder quite opposite - what > is other stuff usefull for, while browser plug-ins are imo kind of a > killer app ... I have to miss something then ... I think it would be neat to have /Core or /View run in a browser, but I don't expect it

[REBOL] Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-07 Thread Carl Read
When I attempt to get a directory listing via FTP and the directory is empty I get this error... >> read dir ** Access Error: Port none not open ** Where: parse-dir-list ** Near: read dir I would've expected it to return an empty block, or perhaps none. No problems when there's files in the dir

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
That's alright. It was interesting to see all the syntax, and it reminded me of some syntax from c that I've been missing. Also good for some ideas, especially in list handling. Anton. > Wow Anton! You've been busy! Thanks for doing all that. > > -- Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, jus

[REBOL] Using mailto:

2003-11-07 Thread James Nakakihara
Is there a way to have an email link work in Rebol. Right now I'm using 'browse email_address' and it works except it opens and leaves a browser window. Thanks in advance, James -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] stats rebol

2003-11-07 Thread John W. Inman Jr.
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[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Ted Serpa
Thanks to all that answered this question. The worst part is that I knew of this pitfall but still failed to recognize it. Hopefully now I have learned my lesson. Thanks again, Ted - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Steven White
Sorry if this is totally wrong, but does this have something to do with the "PARA object"? I refer to the cookbook www.rebol.net/cookbook/recipes/0029.html I do not understand this AT ALL, yet. Do you have to assign data as f1/text: copy db/1/1 ? Steven White City of Bloomington 1800 W Old Sh

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread SunandaDH
Ted: > But why is the text that is entered into one text field automatically > propagated to all of the other empty fields in every record without > explicitly specifying it, i.e., after entering the text, I never insert the > value in the 3rd text field into db/1/3 and certainly not into db/1

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
> But why is the text that is entered into one text field automatically > propagated to all of the other empty fields in every record without > explicitly specifying it, i.e., after entering the text, I never insert the > value in the 3rd text field into db/1/3 and certainly not into db/1/4, > db/

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ted, TS> But why is the text that is entered into one text field automatically TS> propagated to all of the other empty fields in every record without TS> explicitly specifying it Because of this line: loop 2 [append record ""] If you change it to loop 2 [append record copy ""]

[REBOL] Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread SunandaDH
Maarten: > I just signed the contract with Gregg for a very nice project. Good luck, guys!!! Sunanda. -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Ted Serpa
But why is the text that is entered into one text field automatically propagated to all of the other empty fields in every record without explicitly specifying it, i.e., after entering the text, I never insert the value in the 3rd text field into db/1/3 and certainly not into db/1/4, db/2/3, db/2/

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Petr, PK> Heh - then I am really dumb :-) Sometimes I wonder quite opposite - what PK> is other stuff usefull for, while browser plug-ins are imo kind of a PK> killer app ... I have to miss something then ... We all just have different needs. I don't particularly want things to run in a brow

[REBOL] Re: Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Ted, > In the code below, after I click "Load", if I immediately enter text in the > 3rd text field, and then click "Forward" the text is not inserted into 'db. > However, if I click "Load", then immediately click "Forward" any number of > times, and then enter text into the 3rd or 4th text fi

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
> Hi All, > > I am happy for all the replies (was expecting even more ;-) I think that only RT can set a standard for this kind of things. Modules, libraries are an important aspect of a language, not external tools. Knowing Carl Sassenrath work on Amiga and his deep modular code, i think that Ca

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Maarten Koopmans
> Heh - then I am really dumb :-) Sometimes I wonder quite opposite - what > is other stuff usefull for, while browser plug-ins are imo kind of a > killer app ... I have to miss something then ... > > -pekr- You'r not dumb, but persistent ;-) The thing is that I can use REBOL in two projects bec

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Vincent, Good to know. The problem should be in the ftp code. But you must use copy/deep if you think to re use the code. 2 additional notes: insert tail is a lot more fast than append. pick tmp 3 is a little more fast than tmp/3 --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this lis

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-07 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
Hi All, I am happy for all the replies (was expecting even more ;-) Some have even sent me some private mail, cause they didn't want their ideas debated in public. (that's ok too :-) I don't have time to give replies to anyone right now, but should be doing so before sunday. keep posting if

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Maarten Koopmans wrote: >Hi Pekr, > > >>What about contracting someone to create web browser plug-in, so that in >> >> >>first phase View based apps could be run directly from webpage link and >> >> >>in second phase View would be embedded inside browser window? :-) The >>question is -

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Vincent, AV> By trying to make an example of crashing code, I loaded the big AV> file locally and the bug disappeared. That's good to know! Send it to feedback if you haven't already. --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the

[REBOL] Unwanted Duplicate Data in Text Fields

2003-11-07 Thread Ted Serpa
In the code below, after I click "Load", if I immediately enter text in the 3rd text field, and then click "Forward" the text is not inserted into 'db. However, if I click "Load", then immediately click "Forward" any number of times, and then enter text into the 3rd or 4th text fields, the 3rd and

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Wow Anton! You've been busy! Thanks for doing all that. -- Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: Coffee break problem anyone?

2003-11-07 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Sunanda, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Your point is that it is usually best to start with the data > structures. I'd agree. But it isn't always that simple. > I agree. Sorry for not being more precise. What I should have said (adding the omitted conditions/details) was: For probl

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
> -Original Message- > From: Gabriele Santilli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 11:16 AM > To: Joel Neely > Subject: [REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting > > JN> Only if you're coming from another Linux/Unix/etc box. If you FTP > JN> from a 'doze box, the bits aren't set

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Joel, On Friday, November 7, 2003, 4:43:11 PM, you wrote: JN> My experience has been different. In the instances of Apache I've JN> worked with, the cgi-bin directory is generally writable only by JN> the admins, not by users in general, and .cgi service from user JN> directories has to be e

[REBOL] Re: Trapping an error

2003-11-07 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Sunanda, this is worth a record at the R.E.P. site -L ... > one such error (it'll crash 1.2.1.3.1 REBOL) is: > > aa: make object! [] > bb: make object! aa > > The second line should be: > bb: make aa [] > > Sunanda. -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTE

[REBOL] Re: (no subject)

2003-11-07 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Welcome, could you give us some examples of input and output? (I am a bit confused, what do you want to get for embedded parentheses). -L > How parsing a string like : > (STRING1=(STRING2=val2)(STRING3=(STRING4=)(STRING5=val5)(STRING6=val6))) > to get the pairs string1/value1, etc...? with

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Arnoux Vincent
Sometimes, there are some things you know you'll never understand... Actually, one line was not exact in my code quoting. It was not : summary_file: read/lines %big_file but summary_file: read/lines ftp://log:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/big_file By trying to make an example of crashing code, I loaded th

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Hi Pekr, > I may be dumb but I don't understand - do you mean general sw installer > package? Cross platform, done in rebol, so e.g. Delphi developer uses > such installer to install his/her app? Yes, as a side effect. Gregg's install toolkit will be cross-platform and more versatile: you have

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Hi, > an installer for stunnel (as in http://www.stunnel.org/) or for some > other SSL tunneling toolkit? Stunnel. With a portal to generate configs for your audience. All open source. > > If you're an SDK user you'll be able to generate *cross-platform* > > installers. As the toolkit will be

[REBOL] Re: Trapping an error

2003-11-07 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Steven, On Friday, November 7, 2003, 4:05:09 PM, you wrote: SW> REBOL [ SW> File: %main.r SW> ] SW> HELP-FILENAME: %Y;;; set default value SW> do %config.r ;;; override default value If you are not interested in what the error is, you can just use:

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Gabriele, YMMV Gabriele Santilli wrote: > > JN> The .cgi extension doesn't work unless the server is configured for it. > > Of course, but a standard installation of Apache comes with a > cgi-bin directory and .cgi extension preconfigured (as well as > .pl, usually). > My experi

[REBOL] Re: Trapping an error

2003-11-07 Thread SunandaDH
Steve: > HELP-FILENAME: %Y;;; set default value > do %config.r ;;; override default value > > This works just fine EXCEPT if I put an incorrectly-formatted file name > in the configuration file. If the file name in the configuration file > is bad, then

[REBOL] Re: File writing issue

2003-11-07 Thread Matt MacDonald
Hi Brett, Actually the EHLO liine is a valid command in extended SMTP. I am routing this into our local exchange server, so it handles all the commands as they come in. I know that the waits in the message are not a problem. I don't use send because I needed to insert a line into the messag

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
Andrew, > Provides: [CD LD MD WD] My include system uses, in the header: Public-Functions: [cd ls md wd] I think Provides is a better word, since they aren't always functions, and more concise too. My system also doesn't have a concept of dependencies that the Needs block addresses (

[REBOL] Re: Coffee break problem anyone?

2003-11-07 Thread SunandaDH
Hi Joel, Thanks for some fascinating discussion points. I've only got time to reply to a couple. If think we'd pretty much agree that a problem solution depends on the structure of the problem. But we might disagree in specific cases about the best approach to take. > I'm not clear on what

[REBOL] Trapping an error

2003-11-07 Thread Steven White
I am wondering if someone can tell me how to trap a particular error. Yes, I have read the GDM, on "try" and "attempt," but they don't seem to be the correct answer. (It is quite possible I don't fully understand the documentation.) Here is the situation: I have a "configuration file" for a sc

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
I just sent also the sections: Package, Module; Strings; Booleans; Bags and Lists; Various Data Types; Mathematics; Threads (easy :) which completes all the sections, I think. Anton. > came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" > which is soliciting help with constructs in v

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Joel, On Friday, November 7, 2003, 3:02:59 PM, you wrote: JN> The .cgi extension doesn't work unless the server is configured for it. Of course, but a standard installation of Apache comes with a cgi-bin directory and .cgi extension preconfigured (as well as .pl, usually). JN> Non-

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Gabriele, That doesn't always work... Gabriele Santilli wrote: > > Unless the server is braindead (i.e. Windows ;-), you just put the > REBOL binary somewhere in your space (possibly out of the web > accessible area) and use the CGI extension for your scripts. > > However, having su

(no subject)

2003-11-07 Thread lp . legoff
Hi, Newbie in Rebol. How parsing a string like : (STRING1=(STRING2=val2)(STRING3=(STRING4=)(STRING5=val5)(STRING6=val6))) to get the pairs string1/value1, etc...? with possible null val1. A recursive rule ? Thanks for help. Philippe -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EM

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Vincent, to simulate the file should be better: summary_file: copy [] repeat n 14000 [ insert tail summary_file join "a mystring c" n ] now the string are not the same --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe a

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Andreas Bolka
Friday, November 7, 2003, 1:39:54 PM, Maarten wrote: > Gregg will develop an SSL tunnel installer that will interact with a > portal to get its configuration parameters. For the installer he > will develop an install toolkit/dialect (as a side-effect). an installer for stunnel (as in http://www

[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Maarten Koopmans wrote: >Hi all, > >I just signed the contract with Gregg for a very nice project. > >Gregg will develop an SSL tunnel installer that will interact with a >portal to get its configuration parameters. For the installer he will >develop an install toolkit/dialect (as a side-effect).

[REBOL] Another day, another project

2003-11-07 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Hi all, I just signed the contract with Gregg for a very nice project. Gregg will develop an SSL tunnel installer that will interact with a portal to get its configuration parameters. For the installer he will develop an install toolkit/dialect (as a side-effect). If you're an SDK user you'll b

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Arnoux Vincent
I am running REBOL/View 1.2.8.4.2 on Linux, but the problem is the same on REBOL/View 1.2.8.3.1 on Windows. I will make a crashing example to show you. Vincent PS: You can call me Vincent... Gabriele Santilli wrote: >Hi Romano, > >On Friday, November 7, 2003, 12:07:25 PM, you wrote: > >RPT> Y

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Romano, On Friday, November 7, 2003, 12:07:25 PM, you wrote: RPT> Your problem is not in the code you have shown. It works. Maybe that depends on the version of REBOL; since he's talking about a Segmentation fault I assume he's getting that on Linux. Maybe there's a bug in the Linux

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Arnoux > Thanks for your reply, but it doesn't solve the problem. > Actually: > 1) When I try to run it on an older computer, it crashes quicker. > 2) In a previous version, I had only one loop doing the work and it was > working OK. > > Thanks for your reply, but it doesn't solve the problem.

[REBOL] Re: function to object?

2003-11-07 Thread Didec
Re: Re: function to object? Wonderfull post ! Should be an article for RebolForces, isn't it ? Didec > Thanks for that wonderful post -- all of it ! > - Jason > > - Original Message - > From: "Joel Neely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Jason, On Friday, November 7, 2003, 8:37:13 AM, you wrote: JC> I'm glad you've find an ISP you like. But I was not aware of any host JC> problems installing REBOL and running cgi with it. No special permissions JC> required nor builds to do. The only tricky stuff is if you need some fancy JC>

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
Just sent the two sections - Types - Object Oriented & Reflexivity. Anton. > came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" > which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages > including rebol. > They are currently missing 120 syntax constructs for rebol. > > http://

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
I just completed Functions & Control Flow and sent them off. Anton. > came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" > which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages > including rebol. > They are currently missing 120 syntax constructs for rebol. > > http://merd.ne

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-07 Thread Arnoux Vincent
Thanks for your reply, but it doesn't solve the problem. Actually: 1) When I try to run it on an older computer, it crashes quicker. 2) In a previous version, I had only one loop doing the work and it was working OK. Couldn't be due to a memory full pb ? Can't I run a garbage collector ? Vincent

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-07 Thread bryan
This is something I've wanted for a long time, although I don't think I could have phrased it as well as Maxim. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Carl Read
On 07-Nov-03, Jason Cunliffe wrote: > Hi Paul > I'm glad you've find an ISP you like. But I was not aware of any > host problems installing REBOL and running cgi with it. No special > permissions required nor builds to do. The only tricky stuff is if > you need some fancy Apache httpd.config twe

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Carl Read
On 07-Nov-03, Paul Tretter wrote: > Just wanted everyone to know we got a new hosting provider for REBOL > cgi scripts. I must say I have been very pleased since I got with > these guys. I didn't know these guys at all until I started with > them and they have been great since. I really hope we s

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Anton Rolls
I just sent in the Various section for rebol. http://merd.net/pixel/language-study/syntax-across-languages/Vrs.html Anton. > came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" > which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages > including rebol. > They are currently miss

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Hi Paul I'm glad you've find an ISP you like. But I was not aware of any host problems installing REBOL and running cgi with it. No special permissions required nor builds to do. The only tricky stuff is if you need some fancy Apache httpd.config tweaking. Anyone else care to confirm or correct

[REBOL] Re: REBOL hosting

2003-11-07 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Good news, but... I already have such a deal ($5/month) at Gabriele's company: www.hostingvirtuale.com Needless to say their support is rebol-minded ;-) --Maarten > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Tretter > Sent: vrijdag 7 no

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-07 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi, ... > Does the attempt to provide a Berlitz-phrase-book mapping across really > different languages do more harm than good, or is it a reasonable foot > in the door for beginners? My 2 cents: it is reasonable, especially if it contains a reference to a more thorough text. I hate to write rea