I am new to Rebol, but I may drop it due to lack of documentation. I
managed to get VID running with a text area. I even figured out how to
write to the printer. But how does one address the file? Does Rebol know
where it is in the file? by position maybe?
It's easy to get good looking screens, but what can one do with them?
What kind of text processing? Can I load a file into the text area and
then make aa input line and a button that will search for a word and
then display the text where the word is found? I'd like to make a simple
rhyming dictionary. All I need is a find and display routine. Easy in
BASIC! Is it even possible in Rebol using the VID?
Hello, I am new to Rebol, but I may drop it due to lack of documentation. I managed to get VID running with a text area. I even figured out how to write to the...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:10 am
... Some examples. You can enter these directly at the console... ... == "This is the hour of our discontent..." ... Note the 'text-file word used as a...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 3, 2001 9:22 am
... And we're still right :P See ya, -- James L Boyd Connected from Fife, Scotland. http://www.blitzbasic.com/ All Your Basic Are Belong To Us. --...
James L Boyd
james@...
Jun 3, 2001 1:54 pm
Hi Carl, Thanks for the help. I'll study the code and the section of the documentation file you mention. The load box looks great. That's the part of REBOL I...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Jun 4, 2001 1:06 am
... make much use of them. It's very easy to write Rebol equivalents to the BASIC string routines. This has been done on the main rebol list. You should be...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Jun 4, 2001 2:23 am
Hi Andrew, I did join that list, but there were so many messages, and I didn't understand any of it, so I got off of it. I think you were the one who helped me...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Jun 4, 2001 3:06 am
... As an example of a BASIC function, here's how I'd go about duplicating mid$ ... First, a string to play with... ... == "abcdefg" Now we'll show how to get...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:39 pm
... I've recently deleted over 500 unread messages I've got from that list. It's been very busy and I haven't had the time to read them all all. Andrew Martin ...
Andrew Martin
Al.Bri@...
Jun 4, 2001 3:57 am
Carl, You should have written a book for BASIC programmers! Why not?! Geo Massar a long time programmer who knows many languages...
Geo Massar
gmassar@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:10 pm
... Don't really know. It's a thought, though... Perhaps there's a need for a guide to BASIC for those moving across from REBOL? Ah, but which BASIC to...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 6, 2001 6:17 am
Hi Carl, Your mids routine is very nice! Thanks for taking the time to share it. I'll play around with it -- best way to learn. Here's a question about REBOL....
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Jun 6, 2001 3:23 am
... If REBOL knew where the cursor was, (which it most certainly must do), then yes, it should be possible. Unfortunately, while REBOL must know, I'm afraid I...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 6, 2001 10:50 am
... Further to that Jim, look at the attached example script. What it does is create a minimal webpage written in HTML, but with one addition - it says when...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 7, 2001 8:55 am
... You might want to acquire a copy of The BASIC Handbook (3rd Ed.) by David A. Lien for your writing if you decide to commerce. In the book, you would ...
Geo Massar
gmassar@...
Jun 6, 2001 7:49 pm
... I think I'd rather write programs at the moment. I have done a lot of writing in the past, of the Amiga disk-magazine variety. Programming's my first love...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 7, 2001 6:26 am
Hi Carl, I modified your script to the code that I use on many of my web pages. I did find a way to insert tags. Clicking a button copies the tag to the ...
Jim Clatfelter
hijim@...
Jun 11, 2001 2:10 am
... Yes - an advance. And if you used hot-keys you could reduce it to two key-presses - have alt-t for <table> and so on - except I don't know how to get at...
Carl Read
carl@...
Jun 12, 2001 8:54 am
Hi again Carl, Below is the editor script (as it stands now) with the tags entered using control keys to put them in the clipboard -- no buttons. Using the alt...