World: r3wp

I don't know if this will help: http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/ml-display-thread.r?m=rmlGBVQ

Gregg says write %//prn .. I'll give that a go.

With image/rgb I can get all the RGB (24-bit) data. With /alpha I 
can get all the (8-bit) alpha data. Is there one to get RGBA (or 
ARGB) so the alpha data is interleaved with the RGB data (32-bit)?

Try to-binary logo.gif

So simple -- like most things with REBOL. Don't know why I didn't 
try that. Thanks.

Not everything is simple - yet...

Like bit shifting. I do appreciate Gregg's functions. However, when 
something that boils down to a single instruction in hardware requires 
6 lines of code and multiple function calls, something is wrong. 
;)

indeed why bit shifting is needed, at least as built in mezzanine 
functions

Hmm.  Does 'send have a forward option?

ie. forward an existing email?

how to bind this correctly ?

>> b: { (blue)}
== " (blue)"
>> compose to-block  b
** Script Error: blue word has no context
** Where: halt-view
** Near: blue

Oh, 'to-block does still not bind? good to know. Use 'load .

Can't use 'load as other stuff in the block.

will cause errors.

Ye must bind to an example worde, as it is written in the olde texte.

need to get this working for my postscript dialect to be able to 
use rebol colours

instead of tuples

Can you use REDUCE/ONLY?

let me try.

same problem

this is what I want to do

{ font (red) } => [ font 255.0.0 ]

It may be that I have to include the colour words in my parser.

Do you mean like this?

>> b: "(blue)"
== "(blue)"
>> compose bind to block! b 'white
== [0.0.255]


You just have to give any word from the same context to bind ... 
so inthis case any word from the global context (i.e. system/words).

The only point to be aware of: If all this happens in a different 
context, and you happen to have a word named 'white in this context, 
then you have to use another word.

hey thanks Ingo!

Anyone written a fetchmail in Rebol?

does send have a forward option
 - maybe you are looking at RESEND

at = for

ahh.. a new function :)

this is probably outside of core and more at the OS level, but it 
would be nice to somehow check if a script is already running via 
LAUNCH, to make sure it's only launched one instance at a time. Is 
this possible?

maybe try to launch a dummy script and catch the error.

another thing could be to have a masterscript running and let the 
other scripts report to it via LNS, but that's not very elegant...

You could use a semaphore of some kind (port/file).

- the original script will be able to launch the dummy script and 
thus no error

- the launched script will not be able to launch the dummy script 
and thus an error

a script can't launch itself?

So you won't have to fiddle with files or ports and worry about deadlock 
conditions etc.

or "cascade launch" scripts

A launched script cannot launch further scripts.

So:
	do original-script
		-> launch sub-script
			-> launch ---> failure

what if I have a menu system which launches subscripts A, B, C, D 
and E. I launch A and C. Then the menu crashes or is accidentally 
quit. I launch the menu system again, but then it should know the 
state of the running programs.

Sounds like you want an IPC mechanism of some kind.

seems it would be necessary...

Hi Graham, hope you understood my explanation - I wouldn't ;-)

re. fetchmail ...

What exactly are you looking for? fetchmail in its current incarnation 
fetches mail via pop3, and sends it via smtp to a local mta ... shouldn't 
be too hard.

Ingo, exactly .. not hard so has anyone done it?

I am wondering whether I should install fetchmail, or just use/write 
a rebol version.

Henrik: you can either assign every script an unique port number 
and try to open it at startup or (under window) give the console 
window a name and check if a window with that name already exists 
or (under **ix) check the command line with ps

That is what I do .. my scripts up a listen port, and if they can't, 
they know an instance is already up and running.

Well, I once did a script that just downloads and stores mails locally, 
but none that works like fetchmail ... on linux I have fetchmail 
installed, and on win I don't have an mta ;-)