[REBOL] Re: How to capture keyboard tab when typing in an 'area?

2002-01-31 Thread sterling
. We hope to see you here next time on OUFOR. Sterling Newton for OUFOR, saying If you don't play, you can't win! Help! How do I change the feel (or whatever) for an 'area so that when I enter a tab from the keyboard, a tab is entered into the area/text. By default, tab moves you around

[REBOL] Re: Hide a face inside its action event?

2002-01-14 Thread sterling
[ engage: func [f a e] [if a = 'up [hide f]] ] ] Sterling Is it possible to hide a face when you're responding to an action for that face? E.g. clicking a button performs some actions, one of which is to hide the button itself. I can't seem to make it work. Other faces

[REBOL] Who's maintaining rebol.el?

2002-01-03 Thread sterling
So who has the most recent rebol.el file and where is it hiding at? Thanks, Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: BNF grammar of REBOL for code obfuscator

2001-12-17 Thread sterling
that no evaluation will happen. To remove comments, just let REBOL remove them for you and try: save %file2.r load %.file.r I'm sure you'll get some more input on this from others too. Sterling Hello REBOLers, I would like to write a code obfuscator (C-ish intention, isn't it ;-)) ) for REBOL. Tha

[REBOL] Re: To do or not to do?

2001-11-28 Thread sterling
this has helped you out. If you have any more questions about it, please ask... we all cringe here at REBOL HQ when we see the unnecessary use of DO with strings... you're always DOing REBOL code so why not start that way? Sterling Hi all, It may just be my irredeemably old-fashioned mindset

[REBOL] Re: ftp reading an empty folder

2001-11-21 Thread sterling
a trace in to feedback, fel free to scramble or remove any of the login and/or server information since it's just the network interaction that we care about. Sterling When I try to read an empty ftp directory I get this message: ** Access Error: Port none not open ** Where: parse-dir-list

[REBOL] Re: ftp reading an empty folder

2001-11-21 Thread sterling
I looked up your feedback ticket and the notes say it was working in the current version of /View. Is that correct or are you still having problems?... just trying to get a handle on where things stand. Sterling hum, I guess Its a question of the way some ftp servers respond to empty dirs

[REBOL] Re: view indirection

2001-11-20 Thread sterling
code can stay as REBOL code. Sterling Hi, I am stuck in a should-not-be-so-difficult problem with view. I have a lot of checkboxes in a layout, named c1, c2, ... c16. At one time, given a number X, I would like to do something on the cX checkbox. For now, I have this sort of code : set

[REBOL] Re: integer! which range?

2001-11-13 Thread sterling
== 2147483648 but this is decimal! type, not an integer!. Sterling Hello, I've tested something in the REBOL/Core-Console. But, I don't understand that. Look: In the console, I type the following: testzahl: 1 while [true] [testzahl: testzahl * 10] An Error occured: ** Math Error: Math

[REBOL] Re: accessing c functions

2001-05-11 Thread sterling
the friendly folks on this list will help you out. Sterling Hi. I am working on a program for a class and was wondering if it would be possible, using view/pro, to: 1. send input to and execute a c function from rebol. 2. receive the output of the c function back to rebol. The reason I want

[REBOL] Re: How do I get rid of the connecting to:

2001-05-07 Thread sterling
Set: system/options/quiet: true Sterling When I page: read http://www.cnn.com what is the easiest way to get rid of the connecting to: www.cnn.com ?? Thanks. -- Dane Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nickelnews.com -- To unsubscribe from this list

[REBOL] Re: window resize and window scroll

2001-05-07 Thread sterling
[ b1/color: random 255.255.255 b1/offset: main-lay/size - (b1/size / 2) show b1 ] ] event ] ] wait none Sterling On Mon, 07 May 2001 23:41:57 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL

[REBOL] Re: International REBOL Use

2001-05-04 Thread sterling
How do you think that PNG is being generated right now? ;) I'll give you three guesses, the first two don't count, and the right answer starts with a big capital R You're preaching to the preacher in this case... hehe. Take it easy, Sterling See how your country scores in worldwide REBOL

[REBOL] Re: read bug?

2001-05-03 Thread sterling
that read should not fail but it isn't. Notice the error you get back is not a URL Error or any other REBOL script error. It is a 400 response from the webserver telling you Bad Request. Sterling On Wed, 2 May 2001 14:36:27 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me know what you find out

[REBOL] Re: Databases

2001-05-02 Thread sterling
REBOL Command has the database access you need. http://www.rebol.com/command.html Take a look. Sterling After scouring the web site, I see no reference to how to connect to and manipulate databases, ie .. mySQL, SQL Server, Oracle. Can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks

[REBOL] Re: read bug?

2001-05-02 Thread sterling
find out. Sterling On Wed, 02 May 2001 08:13:37 -0500 Joel Neely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is a buffer limit, then it's quite by accident somewhere, and we should track it down. I've sent feedback so that it gets entered into the bug investigation system I'll be happy

[REBOL] REBOL.org Userlist Archive moved to the REB

2001-04-23 Thread sterling
so popular that search engines and spam-freaks write REB-crawling scripts. By then there should be enough time to hide any email addresses that are present in the pages. I hope this is a reasonable first step. Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[REBOL] Re: Palm Version

2001-04-23 Thread sterling
anywhere near enough to get REBOL running. If the memory restrictions go away or the system changes in the future to allow a port then we will certainly revisit it. Sterling Hi, I am new to the Rebol list though I have been following the progress of Rebol for a while. I was wondering

[REBOL] Re: integers and sizes

2001-04-18 Thread sterling
ar-foo" b == #foo when b was converted from the string "foo" to the issue #foo it was copied and therefore is a new value. If the old value is changed, the new value is unaffected. Sterling From: "Travis Watkins" I fear that this may be a bug: Integer? 105 f

[REBOL] Re: Password Style

2001-04-17 Thread sterling
try: request-pass Sterling Hi Guys, Can anyone point me in the direction of a password style?? (ie a field when you type in hides the input with ) Cheers Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the

[REBOL] Re: [ALLY] Strange reaction in Rebol/View 1 for Linux

2001-04-17 Thread sterling
e-popup before doing "interrogation" and then re-popping the "out" layout when the interrogation popup exits. This would make only one popup on the screen at a time. Bottom line: don't make a modal dialog pop up a modal dialog... it's probably not the most logical concept. Ster

[REBOL] Re: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

2001-03-30 Thread sterling
dialecting. Dialecting is, frankly, the way of the future. Why not use the terminology of your work context to do your work? Sterling Hi everbody, this post is not of any urgency, rather Iam seeking enlightenment from list members about the REBOL approach to regular expressions. Regular e

[REBOL] Re: Sterling's proxy does not work with new Core ...

2001-03-28 Thread sterling
this to begin with and then even fewer would care about the return value of parse-url. All you need to do is comment out this line from the script and you'll be back in operation. ; port-spec/target: tgt Sterling Hi, does anyone use Sterling's proxy.r script which can be found

[REBOL] Re: Extract substring using offsets?

2001-03-16 Thread sterling
the following: Stopping. Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: ftp question

2001-03-15 Thread sterling
FTP, by default, caches up to 5 connections. This value is customizable at: system/schemes/ftp/cache-size so just change that to 0 and all connections will close up and say goodbye immediately. Sterling When you use REBOL's built-in FTP protocol, does it send a "bye" com

[REBOL] Re: ftp up one directory

2001-03-14 Thread sterling
try: log-file: read ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/../logs/web.log Some ftp servers will not let you go back like that but you'll get an error, I assume, if that's the case. Sterling I am having trouble accessing a file which is in a directory above my default access directory

[REBOL] Re: Complex Series Parsing (Part 2)

2001-03-09 Thread sterling
| tag! ; eat any random tags | string! mark: (insert back mark text) string! ] ] probe input And presto! Sterling This is on the right track. But more complexity would arise... here is an advanced XML structure... y: [tag0/tag0 text this and that tag1those

[REBOL] Re: Complex Series Parsing (Part 2)

2001-03-08 Thread sterling
] all [y/1 = /text remove y y: back y] ] probe y: head y Perhaps your rules are a bit more complicated in which caase you need to define them and then see what's the best way to do it. Parse may be necessary but this simple case can be done quickly another way. Sterling Hello all. How do

[REBOL] Re: unable to read web page

2001-02-07 Thread sterling
What version of REBOL on what platform? It seems to work fine on current versions that I've tried. Sterling I am unable to read a web page: print read http://www.blackmt.com/skirpt.html only part of the page is read. how do i troubleshoot this error. -- To unsubscribe from

[REBOL] REBOL.org list archive

2001-01-27 Thread sterling
Oops. Sorry it took so long to get to this but I think I've fixed the list archiver running at REBOL.org. But I need to send a message to see if it really is working. Here goes nothing... Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

[REBOL] Re: REBOL.org list archive

2001-01-27 Thread sterling
it back into full action for up to the minute archiving. Sterling Oops. Sorry it took so long to get to this but I think I've fixed the list archiver running at REBOL.org. But I need to send a message to see if it really is working. Here goes nothing... Sterling -- To unsubscribe from

[REBOL] Re: script library on rebol.com vs rebol.org

2001-01-18 Thread sterling
see what I can do and report back. Sterling Is there a chance that the mailing list archive could be fixed as well? It seemed to break when this list was shifted from Selma. -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subjec

[REBOL] Re: script library on rebol.com vs rebol.org

2001-01-18 Thread sterling
and myself as small blitzkrieg projects to try to satisfy a current community need. Little regard to clean coding style was shown in deference to immediate results. Sterling On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:46:36 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Knowing that there is some support to get it running

[REBOL] Re: headers in a HTTP-request

2001-01-12 Thread sterling
You are looking for the headers of the HTTP response, right? a: open http://www.yahoo.com probe a/locals/headers copy a ; to get the page close a Sterling Does anybody know how to read the headers after reading a HTTP-request? Regards, Petter Egesund, Helpinhand -- To unsubscribe

[REBOL] Re: sending 'none to CGI

2001-01-10 Thread sterling
cgi-obj/usernumber] ["return error page"] or check the type of a load (which is safe because it does not evaluate any code): if not integer? load cgi-obj/usernumber ["return error page"] Well, that was rather long-winded for a one line answer. Sorry. Sterling

[REBOL] Re: reb sites - Zork! thoughts

2001-01-05 Thread sterling
adjacent rooms, one being a very futuristic space capsule while the other is some bizarre, surreal room with chairs on the walls and 3 legged people drinking soda through their fingertips. Nevertheless, REBOL would be a great platform for it. Sterling I haven't downloaded a copy of /View since

[REBOL] Re: Rebol mode for Emacs

2000-12-18 Thread sterling
Yeah! Way to go! Like Jeff, I still dream of getting those close brackets balanced with the open and not the body of the block. Perhaps that is not yet to be. Anyway, this is a great update to the REBOL Emacs mode. Thanks Marcus, Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send

[REBOL] Re: Rebol and FTP (recursive stuff in particular)

2000-12-14 Thread sterling
info as you can into feedback as a bug report so we can track down the problem. Sterling On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:40:21PM +, Mat Bettinson wrote: Heya Holger, HK No, REBOL caches and reuses the FTP control connection across HK subsequent accesses to the same host and directory

[REBOL] Re: ODBC

2000-12-11 Thread sterling
of /Command but don't ask me when that is... 'cuz I don't know. :( Sterling This is very odd. I can't retrieve any numeric fields thru ODBC unless I first cast them into char(). I had not tried this before so had not noticed this. On the bright side, inserting data thru ODBC and R/command seems

[REBOL] Re: clean-path

2000-12-04 Thread sterling
The point is that we don't know so we leave it open and do no translation. Sterling -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: clean-path

2000-12-04 Thread sterling
/ length? list/data] ] ] This way I can make changes to one or more text-lists in a layout, fix the sliders, and then re-show the needed faces. Sterling On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 15:23:11 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So where do yo urun into problems in the web spidering