* Steven White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040109 14:16]:

 Hi Steven:

> I was looking around various REBOL sites and came across a script that
> uses a function called "emailer" which seems to be a REBOL function that
> pops up a window for sending an email message.  "help emailer" at the
> console confirms the function's existence.
> 
> I looked at the function dictionary on the REBOL web site and did NOT
> see a reference to "emailer."  
 
  Perhaps the dictionary has only /core functions? Emailer is
  not available in /core

> This makes me wonder what other functions there might be that are not
> documented.  Does everyone else just stumble across these things or is
> there some documentation I am missing?  One would think that the REBOL
> Function Dictionary would contain all the functions.  
 
  Unfortunately, rebol documentation has a ways to go yet. :-(
  I only use rebol/core for projects, but when I fire up 

  REBOL/View 1.2.1.4.2 21

  and invoke >>help emailer, I get pretty good documentation on the
  function. 
  Since it is a mezzanine function, you can also look at the source
  code for it by invoking
  >>source emailer
 
> I know I can list all the system words and just look them over one at a
> time to see what they do.  Is that what it takes?  

  Sometimes, yes.

> Is the missing "emailer" function just a single omission that
> slipped through the cracks?
 
  Unfortunately, I think the answer is no. Rebol is a work in progress,
  but compared to other scripting languages that I use, it is very
  productive.

> Thank you.
 
  :-) Yer welcome
      tim
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