Hi David,
Double Doh!! replied to someone privately, as they sent me a direct mail asking for the link... didn't notice that... here is the link for all to see: http://www.pat665.free.fr/gtk/rebol-view.html and while I'm at it, I'll add this excellent resource too: http://www.codeconscious.com/rebol/ -MAx On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David den Haring <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Max, > > Which page are you referring to? > > Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote: by pure circumstances... I just came across > thispage which gives some other data about stuff related to VID/View. its > like a user accumulated page of tidbits, FAQ &Howto... useful for beginne= rs > &intermediate level REBOLers very cool when using search function of a > browser you can discover many little tricks which aren't easily covered i= n > reference manuals... -MAx On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Maxim > Olivier-Adlhoch <[email protected]>[1] w=3D rote: Hi all, The real referen= ce > documentation to VID/View is here: > http://www.rebol.com/docs/view-system.html[2]I refer to it often, still. = VID > is just a dialect over view, and just about everything in view is used > directly by the code in VID, so just knowing what view can do, is the bes= t > way to understand VID. The init and feel code of most styles is also a VE= RY > good place to look to know how the various styles work. =3DA0things like = the > obscure face/colors &face/fonts block can be understood by looking at the= se. > -MAx On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Carl Read <[email protected]>[3= ] > wrote: On Friday, 11-September-2009 at 9:18:28 David den Haring wrote, > Another common response to this question is "Just study the source". Go= =3D od, > comprehensive documentation is hard to write. You take it for granted un= =3D > tilit's not available. But when it's a commercial product, it's the job o= f > those who produced i=3D t to provide the docs for how to use it. It's als= o > terribly inefficient to =3D leave it to others to first figure out how it > worksand then explain it. Th=3D ose who designed it already know how it w= orks > and why it works as it does, =3D (hopefully), so they're the obvious ones= to > write the docs. They'll be able=3D to do it quicker and better than hundr= eds > orthousands of users all studyi=3D ng the source in the hope of figuring = out > how things work, most of who'll g=3D ive up before getting much of a gras= p of > how it works. REBOL's supposed to be a better, quicker way to program. Bu= t > how much ti=3D me have its users lost because the View/VID docs were only= half > done X numb=3D er of years back and then left at that stage? -- Carl Read= . -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com wi= th > unsubscribe as the subject. > -- > > > David den Haring > Project Manager > Atronix Engineering, Inc. > 3100 Medlock Bridge Rd. Suite 110 > Norcross, GA 30071 [IMG][4]P 770-840-4045 x228 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0C 404-9= 93-6973 > =A0 F 770-840-4046 > > > > > > --- Links --- > =A0 1 mailto:[email protected] > =A0 2 http://www.rebol.com/docs/view-system.html > =A0 3 mailto:[email protected] > =A0 4 http://www.atronixengineering.com > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/jpeg > -- File: atronix-logo.jpg > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
