[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-08 Thread Gerard Cote
if not of general concern. I'll try to use as much transparency as possible. - Original Message - From: Cybarite [EMAIL 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

[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

[REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

2004-01-06 Thread Gerard Cote
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.r that can be posted to the script library b. the vid

[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

[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 the cheaper,

[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.

[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 Gerard Cote
for text list, windows, scroll, etc... Doesn't seem too long to adapat for the runnable DEMO. Who wants to try his hands at it. It will be a sure winner! Gerard - Original Message - From: Cybarite [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:40 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re

[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] Subject: [REBOL] Re: understanding rebol

[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 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

[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

[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

[REBOL] Re: Understanding +

2003-12-17 Thread MANOTTI Alessandro
Message- From: Anton Rolls [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] Re: Understanding + This has been fixed in REBOL/View 1.2.10.3.1 + 1 2 == 3 type? (+ 1 2) == integer! Anton. Hello list, there is a difference

[REBOL] Re: Understanding +

2003-12-17 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Subject: [REBOL] Re: Understanding + This has been fixed in REBOL/View 1.2.10.3.1 + 1 2 == 3 type? (+ 1 2) == integer! Anton. Hello list, there is a difference between the documentation of the + function in the REBOL dictionary and the one I get with HELP

[REBOL] Re: Understanding +

2003-12-16 Thread Anton Rolls
This has been fixed in REBOL/View 1.2.10.3.1 + 1 2 == 3 type? (+ 1 2) == integer! Anton. Hello list, there is a difference between the documentation of the + function in the REBOL dictionary and the one I get with HELP +. In the first one usage says that + a b should work, while

[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] Re: [understanding 'bind]

2002-03-08 Thread pat665
Thanks Romano I am working on your material. I hope to be able to release my 'bind for dummies soon. Patrick - Original Message - From: Romano Paolo Tenca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: [understanding 'bind] Hi, Pat

[REBOL] Re: [understanding 'bind]

2002-03-07 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi, Pat Object creation in Rebol it is a little strange. The first times i looked at Rebol, I read the collowing code: make object! [ a: 1 ] like: create an object and set its field 'a at 1. Today I read the code in another mode: 1) create a new context with the word 'a and the word

[REBOL] Re: [understanding 'bind]

2002-03-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Patrick, Has anyone a practical illustration for that kind of usage ? I wrote a small AWK pseudo-dialect which uses that technique. When you write your AWK program, you will use certain keywords (e.g. _ to reference the current, parsed line). I BIND the AWK program block to my processor