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Ashley
13-Jan-2008
[2476]
http://trac.geekisp.com/rebgui/browser/widgets/calendar.rand lines 
183-231 from http://trac.geekisp.com/rebgui/browser/rebgui-widgets.r
Chris
13-Jan-2008
[2477]
I made 'Organised' which was latterly available on Developer IOS. 
 It took a diary-style approach to UI.
ScottM
13-Jan-2008
[2478]
Ok thanks
Robert
14-Jan-2008
[2479]
Does anyone know a good tool to make screen records? I want to capture 
a demo trail of my application which I can use for presentaitons.
SteveT
14-Jan-2008
[2480]
roboDemo is quite cool
Ckasso
14-Jan-2008
[2481]
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
ChristianE
14-Jan-2008
[2482]
camtasia is my favourite when it comes to screencasts. Easy & intuitive 
and you can obtain previous versions (yet fully functional ones) 
for free.
Reichart
14-Jan-2008
[2483]
We use Camtasia as well.
Graham
14-Jan-2008
[2484]
camtasia - until a few days ago.  I think their offer expired.
GiuseppeC
15-Jan-2008
[2485]
Hello, I whish to create the DocBase group. Is there with admin priviledge 
that could do this thing ?
Henrik
15-Jan-2008
[2486]
no, just create it
GiuseppeC
15-Jan-2008
[2487]
Henrik, I just don't know how to create it.
Graham
15-Jan-2008
[2488x2]
done for you
See !DocBase
ScottM
21-Jan-2008
[2490]
Hi Izkata, I have been trying to use your calendar application. When 
I paste Scheduler.r in to view I get the following error message:

** Script Error: Interface has no value
** Near: view/new/title Interface "Calendar"
do %NetworkingStuff.r


when I click on the file it causes view to shut down. What am I doing 
wrong?
Izkata
21-Jan-2008
[2491x2]
uhh
I haven't looked at that for quite a while..  let me get back to 
you
ScottM
21-Jan-2008
[2493]
thank you
Izkata
21-Jan-2008
[2494x3]
augh
I made it under Windows, and now I use Ubuntu...  so at the moment 
I can't even get to the error you're seeing (I'm segfault'ing)
I'll be back later
ScottM
21-Jan-2008
[2497]
no problem
Izkata
22-Jan-2008
[2498x4]
ScottM, you're on Windows, right?
I've figured out part of what's going on with the calendar - got 
it down to a single line of draw dialect that's causing Rebol to 
segfault, both on the most recent Windows and Linux versions:


view layout [box 120x70 effect [draw [pen red white polygon 0x0 119x0 
119x69 0x69]]]


Something changed between View versions 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 that's causing 
this...  It was working fine with 1.3.1
ScottM, in the main Scheduler.r file, there are two lines in the 
MakeMonth function that use that, and are what are causing it not 
to work (when run from the file, at least).  If you comment them 
out, you lose the nice borders that each day would have in the calendar, 
but it won't crash.


I'll go update what's on Rebol.org, and see if I can make a quick 
workaround or something, so the borders stay.
Okay, it's been updated - and I found another place in it with the 
same problem, so that's been fixed, too
ScottM
22-Jan-2008
[2502]
wow thank very much it works well!
Gabriele
23-Jan-2008
[2503x8]
regarding Kaj's posts about the OLPC from a couple weeks ago... (i 
think it was in the Syllable group, but i don't want to pollute there)
i've had the chance to chat with one of their developers.
first of all, he tells me that they've never worked to help Microsoft. 
MS has a man that goes to them and asks questions, that's all.
he also says that Windows XP runs on the standard OLPC laptop, no 
need to add more memory. however, to install XP, you need to get 
a developer key, disable the security, flash the firmware, and then 
you can boot it. so, it's not like they're really supporting XP as 
an option.
he says that it's true that Sugar (their UI) is very slow though. 
he says the reasons are python and cairo.
the initial version of the machine was not powerful enough to run 
Sugar. they have bumped the specs for that reason, not to support 
WinXP. also, bumping the specs did not change the price much (a few 
dollars). basicaly, the $100 figure was Negroponte's dream, but he's 
not an engineer. in reality, the laptop never really costed $100.
also, he tells me to beware of some news sources. for example, olpcnews.com 
is owned by an Intel employer. there are a lot of people spreading 
FUD about the project.
even if it's slow, the laptop works *very* well for childrens. they 
learn a lot from it. and one OLPC is stil faster than no laptop at 
all.
Henrik
23-Jan-2008
[2511x2]
gabriele, it's of course against their GPL philosophy, but did you 
talk about REBOL?
(it's a shame REBOL and OLPC don't fit together philosophically)
btiffin
23-Jan-2008
[2513]
Thanks for fighting some of the FUD Gabriele.  When are you going 
to publish "The World According to Santilli; Truth trumps Treachery"? 
 ;)
Pekr
23-Jan-2008
[2514]
We should offer them R3 View then :-) "Cairo sucks" is my general 
reaction, even if it might not be true ... just to provoke guys a 
bit :-)
Reichart
23-Jan-2008
[2515]
Gab, cool dump of info, thanks...  we agree, the OLPC will simply 
get cheaper, faster, and...better, we have to start somewhere...
Graham
23-Jan-2008
[2516]
I don't understand the OLPC project.  9.7M kids die each year under 
the age of 5 ( 50% of them in sub Saharan Africa ), and there's this 
crazy project to give the survivors laptops.  There is little educational 
evidence that computers increase educational outcomes in schools.
AdrianS
23-Jan-2008
[2517]
I think that someone's world view has to change once they see the 
world through the lens of the WWW. For the better, to feel part of 
a 'smaller', more social world. For the worse (and in the end for 
the better), to see how much worse off you are compared to others 
due to international neglect from rich nations towards the poor ones, 
political corruption, etc. - the pain at the realization of this 
being the catalyst for change. So, it's not strictly about improving 
your ABC's.
Reichart
23-Jan-2008
[2518]
What a cool reward!  You've survived a dozen childhood ailments, 
dysentery,  malaria, starvation…and here is a shiny new plastic thing.


 There is little educational evidence that computers increase educational 
 outcomes in schools.

There is little evidence there is little evidence.


We have no idea what the impact of these computers in that environment 
is going to be…lets all be very quiet and not judge for about 20 
years…
Tomc
23-Jan-2008
[2519]
I suspect it will help the childrens children
Graham
23-Jan-2008
[2520]
Sure ... a billion Chinese want to have the same shiny tools as those 
in the USA as seen on the WWW, and this is leading to environmental 
disaster in China.
Graham
24-Jan-2008
[2521]
Tomc, who knows what the life of these OLPCs are ... most PCs don't 
last 5 years.
Tomc
24-Jan-2008
[2522]
but as the Jesuits say "give me the child and i will give you the 
man"
Graham
24-Jan-2008
[2523]
I thought the Jesuits only spoke in Latin
btiffin
24-Jan-2008
[2524]
Graham;  OLPC may, in some small part be a guilt relief mechanism, 
but so?  So is CARE, CCF, and many many other relief organizations. 
 I think these organizations may, in the end, be of less impact than 
OLPC.  I don't think the XO's are meant to be fish, they are meant 
to teach fishing ... not even necessarily the ABCs.   Even if the 
impact is sub-optimal, people should still try.  The world's wealth 
and opportunities may be spread out unfairly, but I'm pretty sure 
IQ is spread out evenly.  Let's give it a chance.  Who knows, the 
feedback loop may eventually even seep back to British Columbia and 
we Canadians may start to rethink clear-cut logging.  The whole butterfly 
fart aspect of Chaos Theory thing.
Tomc
24-Jan-2008
[2525]
not the ones I met