World: r3wp

Is there any better way how to convert issue! to binary! than this 
silly one?

issue-to-binary: func[clr ][load head insert tail insert next mold 
clr "{" "}"]

and what do you want... the string or the value?

I want binary value

so four byte issue gives 32 bite value...

or is initial issue a decimal type integer?

>> issue-to-binary #ff0000
== #{FF0000}

at this moment as-binary is working like:
>> as-binary #ff0000
== #{666630303030}

which i really don't like

I know... both are valid .

same for tuples, etc.

for going to-from hex... I don't have a solution.

it's stupid behaviuor. I really don't know what it can be good for, 
as I can always do:
>> as-binary next mold #ff0000
== #{666630303030}

ech, I know why it's molded as string - issue can hold any value... 
:( so my Rambo wish is pretty stupid now:-)

issue-to-binary: func[clr] [debase/base as-string clr 16]

issue-to-binary: func[clr] [debase/base clr 16]

YES :-) that's much more better, thanks.

oldes, do you want me to delete that ticket or should i keep it?

yes please

delete it as it's a nonsense

done

(Oldes, just so you know, in english "more better" makes no sense. 
 better implies more.  ( I'm saying this just cause I've seen you 
write it a few times ;-)

continuing from AltME: of course now that I think of it, launch/quit 
will always restart the app rather than run the script I made. :-/

using enbase 64 isn't safe for filenames is it?

Do you mean using it to generate file names that will be acceptable 
on any platform that REBOL runs on?
If so, I don't know, but I wouldn't take the risk.....

....I use checksum/secure and remove #{} part -- gets me a file name 
that is just letters (a-f) and digits.

i think base 64 uses /

henrik: the detective only updates the interpreter if it is needed; 
when it is needed, it downloades the new version as update.exe, and 
runs it, then quits. update.exe overwrites the main executable with 
itself then launchs it and quits. there is no other way on windows 
that i know of.

gabriele, so you can rename a file while it runs?

not that i know of.

nren.exe downloads a new file, update.exe; it runs it; update.exe 
overwrites nren.exe with itself, then runs it; nren.exe deletes update.exe

normal updates do not require this, it's only needed when you are 
for eg upgrading rebol itself.

thanks, I could get rid of DOS that way

daytime is just read daytime://ip.address isn't it?

I get failures on all the ntp servers I've tried so far.

daytime doesn't use the ntp protocol IIRC

You need a daytime server

http://www.rebol.com/docs/core23/rebolcore-13.html#section-7

So, looking for a daytime server ...

just finding restaurants looking for waiters!

Maybe related to this but no 100% sure. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=timed&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

Don't trust Jaime, his clock are famous for being imprecise :-)

Rebol [
	Title: "NIST clock"
	File: "nistclock.r"
	Author: "Ladislav Mecir"
	Date: 25-Mar-2007/23:43:24+2:00
]

get-nist-correction: func [/local nist-time cpu-time mjd hms] [
	nist-time: read daytime://time-a.nist.gov
	cpu-time: now

 parse/all nist-time [skip copy mjd 5 skip 2 thru " " copy hms 8 skip]
	nist-time: 18/Nov/1858 + to integer! mjd
	nist-time/time: to time! hms
	nist-correction: difference cpu-time nist-time
]
get-nist-correction

view/new layout [
	banner 140x32 rate 1 with [data: 0:0:0] feel [
		engage: func [face action event] [
			current-time: now + nist-correction
			face/text: current-time/time
			show face
		]
	]
]
do-events

http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

(don't use the GET-NIST-CORRECTION function more often than once 
in 4 seconds)

My apologies to Jaime and everyone, I deserve what happened. Posting 
a correction:

Rebol [
	Title: "NIST clock"
	File: "nistclock.r"
	Author: "Ladislav Mecir"
	Date: 6-Apr-2007/8:32:57+2:00
]

get-nist-correction: func [
	{Never use this function more often than once in four seconds!}
	/local nist-time cpu-time mjd hms
] [
	nist-time: read daytime://time-a.nist.gov
	cpu-time: now

 parse/all nist-time [skip copy mjd 5 skip 2 thru " " copy hms 8 skip]
	nist-time: 18/Nov/1858 + to integer! mjd
	nist-time/time: to time! hms
	difference nist-time cpu-time
]

correction-interval: 181
seconds-to-correction: 1

view/new layout [
	banner 140x32 rate 1 with [data: 0:0:0] feel [
		engage: func [face action event] [
			seconds-to-correction: seconds-to-correction - 1
			if zero? seconds-to-correction [
				nist-correction: get-nist-correction
				seconds-to-correction: correction-interval
			]
			current-time: now + nist-correction
			face/text: current-time/time
			show face
		]
	]
]
do-events

Quick dumb question: I have to post some data to a web site that 
requires authentication. How do I specify the username and password? 
I forget...

The password in question is incompatible with url! syntax.

system/schemes/http/user: "user"    system/schemes/http/pass:  "pass" 
  ??

a: read/custom [site: "www.site.com" scheme: 'http user: "user" pass: 
"pass"] [post  "stuff"]

First didn't work, second gave invalid port spec error.