World: r3wp

Hello Ladislav!  That is great news regarding R3-GUI!


Re. BrianH's examples, I read those as specific to the R3 TRIM function, 
so I assumed his other comment referred to some alternative approach. 
 Obviously I have much to learn.  Thank you!

Alternative approach is certainly possible, but the usage of the 
TRIM function looks quite comfortable, I guess.

But only in R3, correct?

Certainly not, this approach (not using the Trim function, though, 
can be emulated in R2

It is possible to define a REBOL function doing that

For example, using the approach Henrik outlined above.

I meant creating a new object from scratch, not based on a direct 
prototype.

For example:
>> x: make object! [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3]
== make object! [
    a: 1
    b: 2
    c: 3
]

>> y: make x [d: 4]  ; creating based on a direct prototype:
== make object! [
    a: 1
    b: 2
    c: 3
    d: 4
]


>> z: make object! head remove/part find body-of x 'b 2  ; making 
based on the body of x, but not directly on x
== make object! [
    a: 1
    c: 3
]

Those will work in R2 as well, and the latter (z) is how you can 
make new objects based on old objects, but with removed fields. You 
can't make an object with fewer fields by direct prototyping, and 
you can't remove fields from existing objects.

Thanks to both Ladislav and Brian for taking the time to make that 
clear!

Hello again!  Cannot see how to make BrianH's example work in REBOL/View 
2.7.8; hungup on how to FIND a set-word:

>> x
>> probe x
make object! [
    a: 1
    b: 2
    c: 3
]
>> z: make object! head remove/part find body-of x 'b 2

** Script Error: head expected series argument of type: series port
** Where: halt-view
** Near: z: make object! head remove/part
>> find body-of x 'b
== none
>> body-of x
== [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3]
>> find body-of x 'b:
== none

Brian's code uses an R3-ism: 'body-of.
Equivalent R2 code looks like this:

     z: make object!  head remove/part find third x to-set-word 'b 2

Thanks Sunanda!  2.7.8 has "body-of"; now I know about using third 
of an object too!  What I was missing was the "to-set-word" - now 
I am off and running again.

Sunanda, BODY-OF was backported to R2 in 2.7.7 :)

Brian .. what was ported is unclear to most people

The real R3ism was the FIND call, unfortunately.
>> body-of context [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3]
== [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3]
>> find body-of context [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3] 'b
== none
>> find body-of context [a: 1 b: 2 c: 3] [b:]
== [b: 2 c: 3]

In R3, the first FIND call would have worked too.

I can't backport the FIND changes in R3 without breaking compatibility, 
so it's going to be a standing difference in the future.

Jack, it is not a good idea to use the ordinal reflectors (third 
object and such) unless you need to run on an old version of R2 (pre-2.7.7 
with R2/Forward not loaded). It makes your code harder to read, and 
less forwards compatible with R3.

In R3 the ordinal reflectors were deliberately removed for security 
purposes (mostly sandboxing).

Thanks Brian!  Duly noted.  If R3 was at least beta, I'd make the 
switch w/o looking back.

New people should check group "Private Groups" for groups, they might 
be interested in to join. And then just ask to be joined, and it 
will happen!

Hello , I am new, just testing this inteface.

welcome!

How can i write a message larger than one line?

Click the "pencil" in the toolbar above the write line.

Thanks

I am an Amiga OS4.1 user, have had some contacts with Rebol when 
it first started up on this "mother" pmlatform and am very happy 
Reboll3 is cominbg back to it.

Any info on when View will be available ? Or can an older version 
of View be used with R3?

I don't think it can be used. It will probably be a while before 
the Amiga version resumes, as Carl, the main developer, is taking 
a break to work on other projects. We need some more development 
on the core of R3 before it can continue.

Again about this interface then

Can i use a bigger font?

I can't reach the resize button to reduce the window somewhatt. How 
can this be done?

Is it possible to do a search in a group or the whole of ta world?

There is an "aA" button next to the "pencil" button, but it varies 
with platform whether it works.

Are you using AltME on AmigaOS4.1?

No there is no AltMe version to download for AOS i am using my wife'sPC

The aA button works fine. I thought it would only affect selected 
text.

ok, if the window is too big, you can probably right click the task 
bar icon for the program and select "Maximize".

Ther is no visible effect.

When moving the window around, it seems to come back to its position.

At least i have 3 empty lines to start a message with now. lI find 
it sore on the eyes though when typing messages lionger than 3 lines
Remember the search question?

You can drag the write line bigger by the little ridge that sits 
above the buttonbar, if that helps.

Searching: Click the magnifying glass in the top right corner. If 
you find the message found during search is too old for display, 
click the Home button and Settings and increase the message limit.

Dragging the little white ridge allowed me to have 3 lblank lines 
visible gto start with. No setting to have a larger number of empty 
lines?

Searching is OK, thanks; I did discover the help info for the other 
buttons; Nice too

I don't think there is any setting for storing the number of empty 
lines at program start.

I have tried to create an own Altme World., without succes. Th problem 
is password related.

Perhaps you're using an existing world name?

Everytime i change the Master's password from "pass" to a more robust 
password, i am not able any more to vist the newly created World.

I think i followed the  AltMe guidelines and tried sequentially new 
worlds till i got a message that  i had reached a creation limit.

I did sent to AltMe a message asking to delete those failed worlds 
and explaining as here, what happened.Till now no answer;
Any idea what i am doing wrong?

I don't think i am using an existing name (used sevferall) aand the 
server confirmed that the names were free

don't know tthen

Next question then. How do i get tot the first messages of a group?

each client syncs on connection to download all the messages ... 
which could take quite a while

to see the first message you have to either use a 3rd party message 
browser ... or set your messages to a high number eg. 10,000 but 
that will slow everything down.

In settings I have 1000 messages per group

Seems i have a settings of 800
Looks OK to me.    
What 3d party browsers do exist?

several people have written them .. check rebol.org

DideC wrote one