On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Jeff C. Britton <[email protected]> wrote: > I am brand new to Factor. > I downloaded factor-winnt-x86-32-0.04.zip. > > I created the file > Hello-world.factor from here > http://gitweb.factorcode.org/gitweb.cgi?p=factor;a=blob;f=extra/hello-world/hello-world.factor;hb=HEAD
FWIW, this file (along with the rest of the source code) is also in the binary package. > Factor hello-world.factor You need to do factor -run=hello-world This file is meant to be run as a vocabulary ,not a stand-alone script. For a stand-alone script hello world, try this: ------ USE: io "Hello world" print ------ > I have tried replacing line 1 with USING: > I don't know the difference yet, but the other examples use USING: USE: foo is equivalent to USING: foo ; -- it is just a shorthand meant primarily for interactive use. > I have also tried the time-server example at > http://gitweb.factorcode.org/gitweb.cgi?p=factor;a=blob;f=extra/time-server/time-server.factor;hb=HEAD > > I had a problem with io.servers not being recognized. > I ultimately replaced this with io.servers.connection Use the time-server sources that are part of the binary package. The io.servers vocabulary changed recently. > Oh, I also tried the > "tetris" deploy-tool > mentioned in the cookbook. > > This took a lot longer to run than I expected. I am used to using a similar > tool with Python(py2exe) which seems to run about 10 times faster. The first time you deploy an app it takes a little while. > Ultimately, it hung up. The Listener was frozen. It will say 'Compiling...' for a few minutes -- are you sure it was frozen and not just working? > The tetris.exe left on the disk would simply exit with no GUI generated. I'll test deployment out and let you know if I find any problems. Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
