[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-08 Thread Gerard Cote
as soon as received and begin the work. Others that have questions or suggestions can send me emails too - directly if not of general concern. I'll try to use as much transparency as possible. - Original Message - From: "Cybarite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-06 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> a. vid-usage.r that can be posted to the script library good news > b. the vid-usage.leo which is the LEO outline for the same more good news !! Delighted to hear you use Leo. So I assume Leo will be you prime editing tool for easy-vid? Hopefully adding a small plug-in will allow one to run e

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-06 Thread Gerard Cote
AIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:13 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: understanding rebol > I have started to revive my 2001 version of easy-vid.r. > > ---Script and Outline > > I will have a version by Friday in two formats: > > a. vid-usage.

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-06 Thread Cybarite
I have started to revive my 2001 version of easy-vid.r. ---Script and Outline I will have a version by Friday in two formats: a. vid-usage.r that can be posted to the script library b. the vid-usage.leo which is the LEO outline for the same ---Why Leo I like LEO for organizing scripts (alt

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Cybarite, C> Is there any interest in resurrecting this stuff? EasyVID is awesome. I keep a link handy to a few things and it's one of them. I think it would be great to see it updated. -- Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECT

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Max, > Yes I would like to see this and the ref doc tool rescuscitated. > > the ref-doc.r is my single most usefull rebol self-help tool. It is out of date, > but man its usefull. it would be fun to merge both ideas by creating a base viewer and using m-d-p files as catalogues which can be

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
--- "You can either be part of the problem or part of the solution, but in the end, being part of the problem is much more fun." > -Original Message- > From: Cybarite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Gerard Cote
ry 05, 2004 6:40 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: understanding rebol > h can't seem to leave this topic > > Back in 2001, I added some sections to Carl's base work for VID - it was called > %easyvid.r > > Carl's original is in the REBOL library at: > > http://w

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Cybarite
h can't seem to leave this topic Back in 2001, I added some sections to Carl's base work for VID - it was called %easyvid.r Carl's original is in the REBOL library at: http://www.reboltech.com/library/html/easy-vid.html It has "runnable code" in it - i.e. see the code sample then clic

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Anthony, You've gotten some great advice, so I'll just add a couple comments. Don't confuse the difficulty of learning to "program" with learning REBOL; you're learning two things at once. Don't despair if it seems like things aren't going as fast as you would like at first. You'll get there.

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Cybarite
Here are the bullets from Carl's designer tip sheet that may be useful: 1. forget the past 2. think simple 3. scripts start with a header 4. data drives it 5. names are critical 6. use words not strings 7. code in style 8. examples save time 9. learn series 10. embed your documentation 11. define

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Anthony Morford
THANKS GUYS:) ! --- Carl Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 05-Jan-04, Anthony Morford wrote: > > > i am just beginning working with rebol. and i know > > very little of programming. im sure that taking a > > rebol workshop would make understanding it alot > easier > > but i decide to go t

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-05 Thread Carl Read
On 05-Jan-04, Anthony Morford wrote: > i am just beginning working with rebol. and i know > very little of programming. im sure that taking a > rebol workshop would make understanding it alot easier > but i decide to go the cheaper, more personal, route - > reading the manual. ive read it once th

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-04 Thread Henrik Mikael Kristensen
Jason Cunliffe wrote: > Welcome Anthony! > > my advice: > Start *very simple* using Rebol/Core ..and play interactively as much as > possible. Yes, the console is very important in the step towards learning new things and how commands behave. I build programs in small chunks at a time on the c

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-04 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Welcome Anthony! my advice: Start *very simple* using Rebol/Core ..and play interactively as much as possible. Rebol is very simple but also can be very sophisticated. It is essential you learn to handle the basics of creating and navigating Rebol blocks and series. They are quite unique in prog