[REBOL] Script Controlled POST? Re:

2000-10-08 Thread news . ted
This is a HTML/Javascript question, but I think the answer is to use an onload=YourButton.click() handler in the HTML body statement. Syntax may be off. Netscape's Javascript reference is here http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/index.htm . *** REPLY

[REBOL] Open source project Re:(6)

2000-10-07 Thread news . ted
On 10/7/2000 at 8:31 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do have a sense of deja vu here though and I'm wondering if what we see may have something to do with possibility that if rebol is funded with venture capital, sometimes the investors have influence comparable in weight to that of the

[REBOL] Transpose Re:(2)

2000-10-06 Thread news . ted
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "fragile" - "arguments not vetted, you can crash this if you don't play well with others" "robust" - "good faith argument checking done, but there may be some gotchas left" "ironclad" - "we've collectively banged on this

[REBOL] Open source project Re:

2000-10-06 Thread news . ted
Thoughts, suggestions, comments welcome! How abut if we start with a REBOL Planet directory for working scripts, that includes a category for re-usable functions and objects? e.g. http://cgi.resourceindex.com/ maybe using Elan's DBMS for a backend. And promote along with with it a

[REBOL] Open source project Re:(2)

2000-10-06 Thread news . ted
On 10/6/2000 at 4:11 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We pay too much attention to wow factor of /View, while Core technology is not further advanced (parser, modules, bugs, lack of handling of components, etc.) I strongly agree that REBOL advocacy and hero-worship tend to blind us to the key things

[REBOL] script not terminating, continues to replicate Re:

2000-10-06 Thread news . ted
Are you able to test or replicate the problem so we know when it's fixed? My first suspect for a SSI/CGI bug would be the random statement. A related question would be if the behaviour recurs if it's setup to print a standalone page (with and without the random statement). Of course that

[REBOL] Open source project Re:(4)

2000-10-06 Thread news . ted
On 10/7/2000 at 12:13 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... sometimes I feel we (community) are excluded from the communication about rebol, even in areas where NDAs, strategy e.c. is not concerned ... This is very true. No other software community is so secretive that the principals won't even

[REBOL] QNX RTP Beta Released Re:(2)

2000-09-28 Thread news . ted
On 9/28/2000 at 7:46 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Python and Perl are on the CD image, it is a pity REBOL didn't get onto it too Or the latest Red Hat and Debian distributions, for that matter. -Ted.

[REBOL] Rebol/Command Linux and Oracle? Re:(2)

2000-09-28 Thread news . ted
Hi Jeff, On 9/27/2000 at 11:11 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oracle accounts are the most likely to have a generous budget ... ? ;-) but also the most likely to have a stingy viewpoint on which new softwares are running their enterprise ... My guess would be that it was to make /Express

[REBOL] Compiler for Rebol ? Re:(13)

2000-09-27 Thread news . ted
On 9/28/2000 at 12:22 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By an interpreter I take it you mean parsing REBOL code and mapping REBOL commands to JAVA commands and executing them? A working example of this product category might be the jPhython project http://jpython.org/ . Like REBOL, Python is an

[REBOL] ENOUGH already Re:

2000-09-25 Thread news . ted
I'm not saying limit it strictly to coding questions and examples, because I think discussions on collaborative efforts to build a few killer apps is fruitful, but maybe there should be another list for all the discussions about what RT 'should' do. I also strongly agree. Realistically, there

[REBOL] Compiler for Rebol ? Re:(9)

2000-09-25 Thread news . ted
Under the heading compare and contrast, I would offer the following clips from the Python FAQ-o-Matic. While a popular topic for speculation, I don't believe whether or how the REBOL interpreter precompiles code has never been clarified. Of course, Carl's recent mention of the mysterious 'compile

[REBOL] Compiler for Rebol ? Re:(3)

2000-09-24 Thread news . ted
On 9/24/2000 at 1:15 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO I think it is ridiculous to think that "Open Source" projects can be cloned by each newbie-programmer. This is an important point. What many people who write code overlook is that the marketplace still considers software applications an

[REBOL] Over 40 Platforms make for good press, but.... Re:(5)

2000-09-24 Thread news . ted
On 9/24/2000 at 4:06 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every computer will be both server and client without requiring a computer science degree to configure and protect. You can't do all this using the status quo, but it can all be done, and is in development right now. It wasn't so long ago that

[REBOL] Compiler for Rebol ? Re:(2)

2000-09-24 Thread news . ted
On 9/24/2000 at 10:19 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yet piracy of the "code" isn't really a problem Has it ever been a real "problem"? (Damages you could prove.) Or just a bogey-man? -Ted.

[REBOL] Compiler for Rebol ? Re:(5)

2000-09-24 Thread news . ted
On 9/24/2000 at 6:50 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that if there were full attention to these details it would be very successful, as there is a lot to like about the product. It is surprisingly useful for web page design, for example, but the weird aspects made me leave it after a while.

[REBOL] Over 40 Platforms make for good press, but.... Re:(6)

2000-09-24 Thread news . ted
On 9/24/2000 at 11:15 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tell me. What killer app, what "must have" will any new OS bring that won't be ported by Gates and others within weeks as they did with browsers, e-mail, servers etc.? But with one HUGE difference. The new OS starts off with 0% of the market

[REBOL] What should we bake? Re:(3)

2000-09-23 Thread news . ted
Since email is step 1 of a collaborative work environment, those set on doing that should help them out. Personally, I'd say that a discussion board/BBS system would be step one, with file archives and email alerts being step two. A really good environment would be standards-based, so you

[REBOL] What should we bake? Re:(5)

2000-09-23 Thread news . ted
On 9/23/2000 at 12:30 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to put together a system to send out press releases using free Perl/CGI scripts as a prototype. What a hairball! Here's a script I use to manage a small mailing list. --- #!\usr\bin\rebol REBOL[ Title: "ATW Script Mailing

[REBOL] What should we bake? Re:(5)

2000-09-23 Thread news . ted
On 9/23/2000 at 11:29 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I am not ready for REBOL, would anybody be interested in converting the code into REBOL. If so, just ask for the code in either C, Pascal or Java. I have all of them on hand. The code in REBOL will remain in public, of course. I would be

[REBOL] Fwd: What should we bake? Re:(4)

2000-09-23 Thread news . ted
On 9/23/2000 at 9:01 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now there's a real good one. Take a look at the Ultimate BBS (http://infopop.com), which is written in PERL and is like 250k worth of scripts in size. The equivalent REBOL code should be like 50k or something. I actually

[REBOL] Over 40 Platforms make for good press, but.... Re:

2000-09-23 Thread news . ted
On 9/23/2000 at 12:14 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yet there is no Rebol/DOS platform? The conventional wisdom would be that people who are using DOS generally aren't shopping for new software. This is also a reason commercial applications are built for the latest-and-greatest computers

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(5)

2000-09-22 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 10:22 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't one of there an Open Source mantra about running around spreading FUD? (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) ;-) I know you're kidding me Jeff, and that you and the others in the trenches are doing your best, but, since the door's been opened, I

[REBOL] full names in sender Re:(2)

2000-09-22 Thread news . ted
Here's a few notes I had on other suggested improvements to SELMA. Most of them aren't my own. -- Put a line at the end of each email, showing how to unsubscribe. For example: "To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject line containing only UNSUBSCRIBE."

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(8)

2000-09-22 Thread news . ted
On 9/22/2000 at 7:58 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to develop a collaborative work environment tool with REBOL. There is nothing done yet, so that if some of you want to join me please contact me. I can't offer to do any coding right now, but here's a description of my favorite

[REBOL] What should we bake? Re:

2000-09-22 Thread news . ted
On 9/22/2000 at 1:41 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Web Site Control Utility: These type of things are growing in popularity, the next killer app? Could be. I could see this being easy to create with REBOL as well, of course depending on how in depth you wish to go. Could you explain more about

[REBOL] The day before, the day after, time to leave? ... Re:(3)

2000-09-22 Thread news . ted
On 9/22/2000 at 11:47 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which problems in a corporate context are not being tackled with existing technologies because of the limitation inherent in these technologies? Can REBOL be used as a basis to provide solutions to problems that are not being tackled because it

[REBOL] REBOL Command V 1.0 Release! Re:

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
Does the chart at http://www.rebol.com/cmd_osmatrix.html say that the only database connectivity available under Linux is Oracle? Like most of the world, I need to make a direct connect to MySQL on Linux. (ODBC need not apply.) And I also take it that Command is not available for FreeBSD, or

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(2)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 12:40 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is why I think we should let things play out a bit longer before showing everyone how its done. Python, PHP, MySQL are all wildly popular, and Open Source. No mammoth marketing team has swept in and taken them over. Your arguments might

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 4:26 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The finite resources corporate demands on REBOL TECHNOLOGIES inc. are the biggest bottleneck to the future direction speed of development of REBOL, as a language technology. Personally, I believe the real bottleneck is REBOL Corporate's

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(4)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 4:03 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see an inherent mistrust of closed source products amongst many developers because a closed source product can be taken away as quickly as it is given. It's kind of like not wanting to commit to a relationship with someone who hides things

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(4)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 4:03 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RT depends on developers to create applications to show that REBOL is a viable alternative. In real life, it's never been about which platform is better, it's always been about which applications are better. Java was ignored for years

[REBOL] Fwd: REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(3)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/21/2000 at 3:38 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although, If I remember correctly, MySQL is a business, free for non profitable use or something. They were on the fence for a while, especially as to the NT version, but it did go full open source this year. But, as far

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(3)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
On 9/22/2000 at 8:51 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are starting to sound a little disheartened in your recents posts.. :-( Oh, I've always been a little cranky, just haven't been posting as much. The sad part is I'm still saying the same things I said a year ago. My concern is that people get

[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(5)

2000-09-21 Thread news . ted
Java came in later in the game, successfully aquiring the cross platform category, but too late and under equiped to gain popularity anywhere else. Such as my father always says, "a day late and a dollar short." Java was actually developed and available for many years before it became popular.

[REBOL] The Industry Needs REBOL But Thinks it Wants Perl Re:

2000-09-20 Thread news . ted
On 9/20/2000 at 9:08 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what do you think? My guess is that there is far too much uninformed interest in doing things in Perl and that my Perl inmplementation of REBOL/Core is the only way to hide the wolf of REBOL in the sheep's clothing of Perl. Jingoism aside,

[REBOL] The Industry Needs REBOL But Thinks it Wants Perl Re:(3)

2000-09-20 Thread news . ted
On 9/20/2000 at 1:40 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: REBOL was designed for non-programmers to write any scripts because of its "natural" language. Hence, anybody with a good brain can learn REBOL in a matter of days as compared to Perl or others that would take weeks to learn. Any REBOL programmer

[REBOL] eScribe Rebol Archive vs rebol.org Archive Re:(8)

2000-09-19 Thread news . ted
On 9/8/2000 at 8:03 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...but then, your message, arriving at my mailbox 12 seconds after the one you copied the X-SELMA number from has the field X-SELMA: [REBOL] 342011 in the header.. I did not get those 84 messages in between.. Selma routinely skips numbers, as I

[REBOL] does REBOL run on Palm or not? Re:(2)

2000-09-19 Thread news . ted
The better enterprise portals, like those described at REBOL.COM, synch with the PalmOS. It's difficult to imagine something like Rebol/Express actually working in the marketplace without at least a Palm conduit http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/tools/cdk/ . If Rebol can't run as an interpreter

[REBOL] command/mySQL Re:

2000-08-16 Thread news . ted
VERY much agree. I would feel much more comfortable with building serious applications in REBOL given a real MySQL API. -Ted. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** I, and probably more people with me would consider talking directly to MySQL from rebol as something rather important.

[REBOL] Find Speed/Database Re:(3)

2000-08-02 Thread news . ted
On 8/2/2000 at 12:55 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, where is the problem? I'm using MySQL (via ODBC) and it works perfectly (at least for what I did test). Robert I'll give it a try, seems like such a kludge though. Problem is that I have the Command beta, but I missed the link to the

[REBOL] Re: Find Speed/Database

2000-08-01 Thread news . ted
[EMAIL PROTECTED]! so where's a link to MySQL and PostGresSQL socket connectivity [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, if you write a MySQL protocol handler, I could find a good use for it... :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would be great to connect rebol to MySql, but then I don't know if MySql runs on as many

[REBOL] REBOL Webserver Re:

2000-07-28 Thread news . ted
I've been meaning to ask about this myself. I think there's a script on REBOL.ORG that mentions "REBOL Server Pages". Meanwhile, I've been working with mSQL on a project. They have a CGI that you can call like this: /cgi-bin/w3-msql/path-to-your-webpage.html This leverages the protocol where

[REBOL] REBOL Webserver Re:(5)

2000-07-28 Thread news . ted
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could Someone Make A Webserver with ASP and Embedded REBOL???0 ASP, by default, is really just embedded Virtual Basic. Give REBOL a way to connect to a decent database (Elan's DBMS?), and you could do anything that ASP or JSP can do. Visit www.serverpages.com for

[REBOL] cgi and normal scripts Re:

2000-07-26 Thread news . ted
A CGI script is a script that is run by the Web server, in response to a request from a Web page - either from a form or from a hyperlink. When the server runs the script, it sends a bunch of environment variables to the script via standard input. It also directs anything the scripts sends back

[REBOL] cgi and normal scripts Re:(2)

2000-07-26 Thread news . ted
Ooops .. should have been When the server runs the script, it sets a bunch of environment variables, and can also send user variables to the script via standard input. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 7/26/2000 at 2:10 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A CGI script is a script that is

[REBOL] reb-friendly domain hosting Re:

2000-07-21 Thread news . ted
)Will they also allow executable cgi programs compiled for Linux? This would be the definition of "Reb-Friendly", I think. Any host that gives you your own CGI-BIN can use REBOL. Ask or otherwise determine what OS is running, upload REBOL to your CGI-BIN, and you're set to go. Another good

[REBOL] know bugs - how to get? Re:(2)

2000-07-21 Thread news . ted
On 7/21/2000 at 4:22 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, there's presently nothing like that other than searching the mailing list archives for a description of your bug or asking Bo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally, I've always felt that this is a strategic error. I think the fact that REBOL.COM

[REBOL] REBOL BROWSER Re:

2000-07-20 Thread news . ted
I wouldn't think the projects are mutually exclusive. Writing a light-weight browser in a new language is an important proof these days. It would also mean the development of many components that could be re-used in other projects, where controlling a system's default browsers wouldn't work.

[REBOL] CGI Error Re:(3)

2000-05-17 Thread news . ted
print "/bodyhtml" This should be /html - but that would not have caused the error you reported. Here's a generic email script that I've been using. The form uses the same variable names you see here (TO, FROM, SUBJECT). Note that you can add variables in the form, and REBOL will automatically

[REBOL] cgi and rebol Re:

2000-02-11 Thread news . ted
Try running a very simple test script, like this one: -- #!/home/httpd/cgi-bin/rebol --cgi REBOL[] print {Content-Type: text/plain hello world! } query: make object! decode-cgi-query either system/options/cgi/request-method = "GET" [system/options/cgi/query-string] [make string! input] probe

[REBOL] Rebol Projects Re:

2000-02-06 Thread news . ted
One worthy project is to enhance REBOL.ORG - if anyone is interested the project page is at http://husted.com/rebol-dev/org/ A related project might the development of a super-Wiki or "sparrow" in REBOL. There are some notes on that at http://husted.com/rebol-dev/ Toward this end, Bob Racko

[REBOL] post.r is incompatible with core 2.2? Re:(3)

2000-02-06 Thread news . ted
Has anyone been able to use POST.r with any recent release of REBOL. I can't get it work either. Even after pulling out the variables, and hardcoding the paths, nothing is saved. Has 'parse changed much since September? I don't think Andrew is following the list anymore. -Ted.

[REBOL] Welcome to the REBOL email list. Re:(2)

2000-02-06 Thread news . ted
On 2/6/2000 at 4:17 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { how can I modify it so that it gives the form a particular name, so that -that form can be otherwise handled? } Not sure what you mean by otherwise handled. When you create a HTML page dynamically with PRINT, the name of the script shows as the

[REBOL] Rebol for CGI Re:

2000-01-31 Thread news . ted
On 1/30/2000 at 10:42 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { Hi, I'm having trouble using REBOL for CGI scripts. What do I have to do? Also, how do I find out which version of Libc I'm running for Linux? Thanks. } CGI scripts can be hard because there's not a lot of feedback. Here's some basics, most of

[REBOL] REBOL/View Re:(12)

2000-01-29 Thread news . ted
Andrew -- What did you do? I tried to follow the instructions, and have been told I'm already on the list. Petr was told he wasn't? -T. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/29/2000 at 4:00 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dice: [3 D 6] == [3 D 6] print parse Dice [set N integer! 'D

[REBOL] You're already on the list. (fwd) Re:(2)

2000-01-29 Thread news . ted
Me too. And since I haven't opened VIEW yet, there's been no dancing here. There's a glitch somewhere in the Notice list. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/29/2000 at 11:52 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe all the dancing produced enough vibration to keep jiggling the "send" key?

[REBOL] Mail/Proxy service

2000-01-29 Thread news . ted
I've found I can't use 'SEND from REBOL anymore. My setup refers to a local machine that is the proxy/mail server. This used to work, but now I'm told ** Script Error: pick expected series argument of type: series money date time object port tuple any-function. ** Where: pick server-said 4 If

[REBOL] [REBOL]Controlling security from script Re:(2)

2000-01-28 Thread news . ted
This is dangerous if you're running scripts that other people gave you. Good point. One idea would be to use a different extension for "safe scripts", like .RS One extension is as good as another to REBOL. -Ted. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/28/2000 at 1:14 AM [EMAIL

[REBOL] [REBOL] one file user guide ? Re:(3)

2000-01-28 Thread news . ted
I did actually try that myself. It came out to a 850k PDF, 300 pages. If anyone is intereted, see http://husted.com/rebol-dev/users.pdf I haven't tried it myself, but if I were going to print it, I'd invest in a ream of pre-punched paper and a large binder first. -Ted. *** REPLY

[REBOL] Mailing List Manager Script

2000-01-26 Thread news . ted
I need to add mailing list management to a Web site. While there are many Some-Other-Language scripts out there, I'd rather REBOL. Right now, the main requirements are announce-only and multiple lists with maybe one shared POP account. Of course later someone will want a moderated or discussion

[REBOL] Search Engine for Rebol Docs Re:(3)

2000-01-26 Thread news . ted
On 1/26/2000 at 8:12 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { I think that rebol would quickly become as popular as javascript if the average person could understand the user.html. } Jack Sealy just started a list for REBOL newbies, and posted the first part of a "square-one" tutorial. You might want to

[REBOL] My project Re:(3)

2000-01-25 Thread news . ted
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/25/2000 at 8:49 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in X-SELMA: [REBOL] 89336: { Yes, there are two aproaches available. 1) Do it all with REBOL - use ports - wait for /Command, let's bring some open source C/C++ library onboard, build something - probably

[REBOL] My project Re:

2000-01-24 Thread news . ted
Borland's Database Engine is popular with several legal products, like WestMate and Timeslips. http://www.borland.com/bde/engine3x.html It's a back end that hooks up with any development environment that can call a DLL, which should include REBOL someday, I guess. The usual idea is to write

[REBOL] My project Re:(3)

2000-01-24 Thread news . ted
On 1/24/2000 at 3:08 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { My thought is to wait until Rebol has some database capability if I possibly can. } Well, there might be a difference between "capability" and "connectivity". The official November 9 product announcement (http://www.rebol.com/news9B09.html)

[REBOL] get msg N Re:

2000-01-23 Thread news . ted
N has to be a number taken from the Internet header of a previous message, for example get msg 86382 Another way to view a prior message is http://rebol.org/userlist/archive/86/382.html -Ted.

[REBOL] How do I ... Retrieve a message from SELMA Re:(3)

2000-01-23 Thread news . ted
On 1/23/2000 at 2:04 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { But then, if you're getting the number from the header, don't you already have a copy of the mail? If you don't have a copy of the mail you want, how do you know which number to ask for? } It's a convient way to refer to a prior message without

[REBOL] How do I ... Retrieve a message from SELMA Re:

2000-01-21 Thread news . ted
On 1/19/2000 at 12:06 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { Finally, some of the questions will have been answered before. It is fine refer me/readers to a particular message already on the list that has both question and answer using the {X-SELMA: [REBOL] dd} number. } Just a usage hint here, if

[REBOL] Rebol CGIs on Personal Web Server (Win98)? Re:(4)

2000-01-21 Thread news . ted
If the box isn't check, it doesn't set the value in the CGI value. Checked MAIL=ON Not checked It just don't exist. Testing whether a path to an object variable exists is tricky, but here goes { query: make object! decode-cgi-query system/options/cgi/query-string either error? try

[REBOL] Form method - POST or GET? Re:

2000-01-21 Thread news . ted
The HTTPD 1.1 spec is at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt and others are linked from http://WWW.W3.ORG/Protocols/Specs.html In general, we're suppose to use GET for small amounts of read-only data that won't affect content on the server, and POST for writing new pages, updating databases,

[REBOL] OpenSource REBOL Re:(10)

2000-01-20 Thread news . ted
I think a real problem is that /COMMAND has put the community into Fear Uncertainty and Doubt mode. Because /COMMAND is coming no one wants to work on /COMMAND, but /COMMAND never comes. The Web site says: { REBOL/Command will be released soon. It is for commercial users who require additional

[REBOL] OpenSource REBOL Re:

2000-01-20 Thread news . ted
On 1/19/2000 at 1:31 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { MySQL is a rather popular online dbms (right Randy?). MySQL supports sockets. (Perhaps other commercial dbms's also support ports connectivity. Does anyone know?) In addition to ODBC support, isn't it time to implement an OpenSource ports-based

[REBOL] REBOL/View vs. OpenAmulet? Re:(5)

2000-01-20 Thread news . ted
Thanks for your reply, Jim. Much appreciated. On 1/20/2000 at 3:37 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { What was said was that there would be two levels of access to VIEW functionality. One would be a high level dialect for quickly and easily generating composited graphical interfaces. Second would be

[REBOL] Openletter to Rebol HQ. Re:(3)

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
On 1/2/2000 at 5:02 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { "When" you ask? I've got the first draft design complete, and Jim has written the C-based graphical layering system. Over the last week I've added the parse block capability necessary to make dialects easier to write, and the first GUI dialect

[REBOL] Rebol evolution Re:

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
I'm forwarding JB a copy of Carl's 2/Jan letter off list. Anyone else who wants a copy can mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/18/2000 at 4:47 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A braindead "meta" sort of question. I bowed out of the Rebol discussion list, so

[REBOL] accessing files on other partitions Re:(5)

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
On 1/19/2000 at 1:01 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { It's just: read %/computer/c/whatever/file.txt The algorithm for WinXX systems assumes that if the root is more than one character it is a network connection. So, don't label your drives with single letters! :-) Hope this helps. - jim } Just

[REBOL] Rebol evolution Re:(2)

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
I have been getting requests for this, and so also made it availabe by autoresponder from [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/19/2000 at 7:53 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm forwarding JB a copy of Carl's 2/Jan letter off list. Anyone else who wants a copy can mail

[REBOL] Openletter to Rebol HQ. Re:(5)

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
On 1/19/2000 at 11:08 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { what makes you think so? } Well, Elan, the brutal truth is that /Command was suppose to be out in like November, and the mid-January window for /View is closing rapidly. I'm concerned that the REBOL Tech product announcements are losing

[REBOL] Openletter to Rebol HQ. Re:(7)

2000-01-19 Thread news . ted
Elan, you're a loyal defender of the faith, and I respect that. I agree that /View is a good thing. Carl announced the beta would be available in mid-January. I think we should do everything we can to hold him to this. If /View is good enough to put all the RT programmers on the project, then

[REBOL] why dosent this work? Re:

2000-01-18 Thread news . ted
Besides Andrew's fine example, if it heldps, here is my very nearly trivial mailing list script. The message to send and email list are kept as separate files. { REBOL[ Title: "A Mailing List" ] ; - Load mailing list alist: make block! load %alist.txt ; - Setup Header aheader: make

[REBOL] But that dosent work Re:(2)

2000-01-18 Thread news . ted
Functions vs Blocks REBOL blocks look a lot like functions in other languages, but they are very different. If you just DO a block, REBOL returns the last item in the block, it does not assume that it is a sub-script to be evaluated. If you would like to create a custom block for use as an email

[REBOL] accessing files on other partitions Re:

2000-01-18 Thread news . ted
It's the same on every platform. On Win, the drive letters become single letter volumes. Backslashes are not valid. Use slashes. test: read %/d/whatever/file.txt HTH -Ted. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/19/2000 at 7:51 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Win32, what's the syntax

[REBOL] [REBOL] Palm port? Re:(4)

2000-01-18 Thread news . ted
On 1/18/2000 at 4:00 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We apologize for the delay and hope the benefits of REBOL/View will more than offset the demand for the Palm and Psion. So is the beta about to ship then? Mid-January quickly wanes. -Ted.

[REBOL] Wiki Wiki? Re:(4)

2000-01-16 Thread news . ted
The "Quick Reference Dictionary" is actually a Wiki. You can add your own comments to the bottom of the page, and (shhh!) also add new pages by putting in an URL like http://rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/wiki.r?wiki=[NEW PAGE NAME] When you go into edit mode, there is also a help button with

[REBOL] Welcome to the REBOL email list. Re:(2)

2000-01-14 Thread news . ted
selma-source needs to be the subject. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On ðºS at 7:24 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: selma-source

[REBOL] Syntax Highlighting Re:(2)

2000-01-14 Thread news . ted
{ I'm currently running gVim (version 5.5) on my wintel boxes, and it does a decent job of comprimising between the keyboard-oriented heritage of vi and the GUI-oriented nature of most windows-oriented applications. } Cool tip, Joel. I found that there's a version 5.6a for Win32 out at

[REBOL] CC Verifty

2000-01-13 Thread news . ted
I working on porting a small auction script I did last year in perl to REBOL. (Along with everything else!) Of course, the completed product will be posted to the library. One glitch is a sub-script I borrowed from elsewhere that validates the format of credit card numbers. I don't actually

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(12)

2000-01-12 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 3:56 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { If someone sends me a description/specs of 1., I can certainly respond with some ideas or - more likely - alpha quality scripts. } Elan, Here are some design notes about my "Kabob" project, which Bob Racko has pointed is much like the various

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(12)

2000-01-12 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 4:09 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { So, the other mailing list is being set up right now. I've subscribed those who have expressed an interest. } Jeff, Cool, when can we expect the first posting? Are we going to be able to run the lists from REBOL.ORG rather than .COM? It

[REBOL] [REBOL] FTP error - tcp 425 Re:(7)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
Lastly, you're not running through any sort of proxy, ip masquerading, or anything like that are you? What if someone were? I have a situtation where I need to FTP from behind a Microsoft Proxy server (at a client loction). FTP clients with "passive mode" options work just fine, but the

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(6)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
It's not a conspiracy, Cheryl. REBOL has been moving target, and some people are just concerned that taking old messages out of context will only confuse people. One good solution would be to start a digest, and to archive the digests by date and current REBOL version. Search parameters could

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(9)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/10/2000 at 10:29 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { Ths Web site is defined as a user-supported, non-official Web site. } I think everybody's right here. REBOL.ORG was meant to be a user-supported non-official site, but until yesterday Jeff hadn't found any users to manage it. Elan might

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(5)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
There's a project I have in mind that might help with this. Basically, I want to have something like dmoz.org hooked up to hypertext documents, rather than just links, with the same group editing features for documents that dmoz provides for just links. The working specification is at

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(5)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 12:57 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { So we've longed for someone to leap up from the community: a scripter extraordinaire who wanted to own the site, take pride in it, help it to prosper and grow. } This might be a bit much to put on one person's door-step. Why not post some

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(7)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 12:02 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { (Dare I ask for people to "me-to" on this on the mailing list??) ;-) } You wouldn't if I were the moderator ;-) But, since I'm not, me-too. { One other important ground rule is that everything has got to be done with REBOL. No

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(8)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 3:59 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { Would this apply to bobr's project at sourceforge.net, too. } Which project is that, anyway? -Ted.

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(6)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 3:54 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { You guys have nothing to be ashamed of. Your efforts are much appreciated and are to be highly commended. I still don't understand why you need two different web sites. Why can't the user community and REBOL Tech work as one, and have one

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(9)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 1:17 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { Me! Me! Me! Me! I'll just use my REBOL HTML dialect and R2HTML. } Not exactly "subtle", Andrew :-) Did you write your pages at http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/ with the dialect? -Ted.

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(8)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
On 1/11/2000 at 3:43 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: { CONS: Spam, spam, spam, and spam. } And NIR. (Not In REBOL :-) *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/11/2000 at 3:43 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: REBOL has been moving target, and some people are just

[REBOL] rebol.org purpose (was archive ) Re:(10)

2000-01-11 Thread news . ted
The KABOB project is something I would like to manage as open source, and had been thinking of setting up at sourceforge soon. Bobr replied to my post and alluded to another package that met the same requirements, which I've been trying to track down. He also mentioned it in another post last

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