[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL

2003-11-09 Thread Tom Conlin
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Arie van Wingerden wrote: Hi guys, since some time I have got my REBOL promotion website http://home.zonnet.nl/rebolution running. In order to serve the REBOL community best, I ask you to check my site for correctness and completeness. If you think it's worthwile,

[REBOL] REBOL MUD server -- a few easy questions

2003-11-09 Thread Seth
I've never been content with the documentation I've found relating to the usage of tcp based ports. The official REBOL documentation lightly touches on them but it's never been detailed enough, at least in my opinion. So here I am, with a few questions for the list :] The ultimate end goal

[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-09 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Carl, On Sunday, November 9, 2003, 5:37:38 AM, you wrote: CR Anyway, I've found I get an empty block returned if I use a port CR instead of an URL, so that provides a way around it. Would've been CR easier using an URL though... When using the URL, did you try both with and without the

[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL

2003-11-09 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Phil, On Sunday, November 9, 2003, 7:43:31 AM, you wrote: set/any 'error try [print ] disarm error puc ** Script Error: error has no value puc ** Near: disarm error if error? set/any 'error try [print ] [ print mold disarm error ] Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele

[REBOL] Re: REBOL MUD server -- a few easy questions

2003-11-09 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Here is a (non-tested) sample: Portz: copy [] Server-port: open/no-wait tcp://:9090 Insert portz server-port Forever [ ;Use wait/all as all our ports are in one block current: wait/all portz ;If it's the server accept and add to the list either server-port = current [ append

[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL

2003-11-09 Thread A J Martin
Phil pointed out: Yes ... but that isnt using the suggested method of set/any 'error try [..] Curse that unset value! (What? It worked last time.) :) If I had my way, 'print would return what it printed. Andrew J Martin Speaking in tongues and performing miracles. ICQ: 26227169

[REBOL] Re: REBOL MUD server -- a few easy questions

2003-11-09 Thread Volker Nitsch
A telnet-chat-server is here: http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=telnetchat.r could be extensible as a mud. -Volker Am Sonntag, 9. November 2003 08:38 schrieb Seth: I've never been content with the documentation I've found relating to the usage of tcp based

[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-09 Thread Carl Read
On 09-Nov-03, Gabriele Santilli wrote: Hi Carl, On Sunday, November 9, 2003, 5:37:38 AM, you wrote: Anyway, I've found I get an empty block returned if I use a port instead of an URL, so that provides a way around it. Would've easier using an URL though... When using the URL, did you

[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL

2003-11-09 Thread Anton Rolls
Same idea. If you have an error you must disarm it before looking at it. Let's go back to the tried and true method which I use all the time: either error? set/any 'err try [...][ ; An error happened err: disarm err probe err ][

[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-09 Thread G. Scott Jones
Carl Read wrote: Brett Handley wrote: That's odd. I get an empty block returned when I create an empty directory on my website and then read it. Maybe you should trace the connection and see what conversation the server is having with REBOL. Except I don't know how to do that. :)

[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL

2003-11-09 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hello all, thanks very much for the comments on the site. I'll think about setting up a kind of journal Gregg. Don't know yet whether it will be useful for a lot of people ... The colour scheme is a question of taste Anton. So, indeed use your own scheme :-) Phil, with the small footprint I

[REBOL] Re: Please help me to promote REBOL(fetch!!)

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Johnson
* Arie van Wingerden [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031109 05:14]: Hello all, thanks very much for the comments on the site. I'll think about setting up a kind of journal Gregg. Don't know yet whether it will be useful for a lot of people ... I recommend that you do that. The colour scheme is

[REBOL] Understanding evaluation

2003-11-09 Thread Andrew Martin
Tim wrote (in another thread): ...comprehending rebol's multi-level evaluation process which is very different from other (non-lisp) languages. Is there a need for more information here? Andrew J Martin Attendance Officer Speaking in tongues and performing miracles. Colenso High School Arnold

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

2003-11-09 Thread Andrew Martin
Hi, Anton. You wrote: My system also doesn't have a concept of dependencies that the Needs block addresses (yet). It's up to the programmer to write in the header somewhere which words are needed and up to the user to check. I've been planning to add that at some stage but haven't figured out

[REBOL] Script styles

2003-11-09 Thread Andrew Martin
Volker wrote (in another thread): Hmm, eventually rebol.org could mark RT-style-scripts so people can look up official examples when in doubt? Perhaps this could be a declaration in the header? For example: Style: 'Rebol-Official People who prefer different styles could then

[REBOL] Re: Script styles

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Johnson
* Andrew Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031109 17:09]: Volker wrote (in another thread): Hmm, eventually rebol.org could mark RT-style-scripts so people can look up official examples when in doubt? Perhaps this could be a declaration in the header? For example: Style:

[REBOL] Re: Understanding evaluation

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Johnson
* Andrew Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031109 16:57]: Tim wrote (in another thread): ...comprehending rebol's multi-level evaluation process which is very different from other (non-lisp) languages. Is there a need for more information here? When I get passt my current 'time-crunch', I

[REBOL] Looking over the horizon - Rebol 3

2003-11-09 Thread Andrew Martin
What would Rebol, version 3 look like? Here's some of my thoughts: * Lots more datatypes! For example, a Telephone! data type, temperature, audio/sound data-type, metric and imperial units like 123.5Km, 50MpH, and so on. I'd like a Rebol script that can ring a cell phone and deliver a spoken

[REBOL] Re: Looking over the horizon - Rebol 3

2003-11-09 Thread Andrew Martin
if Temperature 1.0°C [ telephone +25-123-4567 rejoin [ %FrostWarning.wav %At.wav %Location.wav ] ] if Temperature 1.0°C [ telephone +25-123-4567 [

[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-09 Thread Carl Read
On 10-Nov-03, G. Scott Jones wrote: Carl Read wrote: Brett Handley wrote: That's odd. I get an empty block returned when I create an empty directory on my website and then read it. Maybe you should trace the connection and see what conversation the server is having with REBOL.

[REBOL] Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error

2003-11-09 Thread Brett Handley
Hi Carl, Try one more quick test: apply http://www.codeconscious.com/rebsite/rebol-library/patches.r or just run the FTP part of it and see if that changes anything. BTW, what version of REBOL are you having the problem with? Regards, Brett. Carl wrote: And here's the output when reading