[REBOL] my most frequent complaint

...about scripting languages is that they let you do a whole lot *very* quickly and then you're stuck. My current case in point, is this program I'm writing to sync files from the three different computers I use to a central location. (bookmark files, address books, etc.) All the stuff

[REBOL] my most frequent complaint Re:

= Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 4/03/00 9:41 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...about scripting languages is that they let you do a whole lot *very* quickly and then you're stuck. My current case in point, is this program I'm writing to sync files from the three different

[REBOL] Parsing examples? Re:(2)

You guys are awesome! Hi Brad, you wrote: [snip] I want to write an XML'ish parser. Which is to say that I need to match beginning and ends of tags, but I don't know the tag names. i.e. itembook/itemnameXML in a nutshell/name The tags are made up for a specific data set, but i don't know

[REBOL] example of switch...

Can some one please give me an example of how to use /default in a switch construction? TIA Brad P.S. The dictionary *really* falls down in advanced examples...

[REBOL] select help

This is probably a repeat, but I don't see my original posting. How do you search a key-value sort of series when the key can appear more then once? i.e. [ a 200 b 22200 a 22323 ] Select returns 200. If 200 isn't what I'm searching for I want to look for the next. Brad Emerson

[REBOL] select question

I have a series with multiple identical entries, but different values: [ "book" "The Hobbit" "book" "The Stand" "candy" "Mars Bar" "candy" "MM" ] I want to search the series for each occurrence of say "book" and then evaluate it for a match. How can I do this? Or, is select perhaps not the

[REBOL] email question

Is there a way to remove pop mail from the server as you read it? I'm working on a command based email service and I have to use another program to remove the email once it has been processed. Brad

[REBOL] email question Re:(2)

It's hard to imagine a more complete answer. :) Thanks. Brad Brad wrote: Is there a way to remove pop mail from the server as you read it? Try the beta manual on the Post Office Protocol (POP) %netpop.html QUOTE Deleting Email REBOL provides two words that can be used to delete

[REBOL] Just wierdness

I'm trying to create an application to keep an eye on some email servers I have and alert me if they stop responding. It's working, but I'm going *crazy*! Try this from the Rebol prompt a1: [ a: "aaa" b: "bbb" ] a2: [ fox: "fox" box: "box" ] find a1 a == none find a2 box

[REBOL] Just wierdness Take 2 Re:

The problem is that I'm working with things I don't understand and I can't find good documentation. I found some code to connect to an email server. Something like this: -- x: [ scheme: 'pop user: "srad" pass: "portw"