World: r3wp

When last i checked at least. AFAIK it uses the system timezone. 
Does your system take dst into account?

R2 is able to get it

R3 doesn't notice DST here (checked just now).

Funny it does here.

... just teasing ... Malaysia and Singapore have had  daylight savings 
al the year round since sometime in the last century.

al -> all

Equatorial countries?

Just think of what they do in Antarctica ...

All antarctic bases except the Chilean ones use zone -3:00, the Chilean 
ones -4:00 to match Chile.

No DST in Antarctica.

A couple stations use +12:00.

NZ at Scott Base ?

uses + 12:00

McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott use +12.

Queen Maud Land uses +2

what a complete mess ...

So, its just as confusing as for the rest of us, but at a smaller 
scale.

I wonder how far outside the perimeter of their bases does their 
time zones extend

Queen Maud Land uses +4

I think your statement about "all Antarctic bases ... " is a tad 
off!

They don't define time zones in Antarctica, afaik - they just define 
the bases' operating time, not the local time in the area. But as 
you say, afaik is not very far.

so out side the base, one is essentially in Rod Serling's  home ....

Yup :)

[Tumble weed]

Hi folks! Quick newbie question about rebgui:

I want to capture on-key events while a table widget has focus. I 
tried using " on-click [system/view/focal-face: face system/view/caret: 
face/text]
 on-key [print event/key]
" as the user-guide suggests 
for non-editable widgets, but all I got was a crash. Any suggestions?

I'm no rebgui user, but I can tell you there is a rebgui group here. 
  maybe you can find your answer there  :-)  the best way to search 
for stuff is to use the altme web archive on rebol.org, cause it 
includes even the old posts.  Altme limits back log to make the GUI 
more responsive.


the rebgui Atlme archive on rebol.org:  http://www.rebol.org/aga-display-posts.r?post=r3wp303x1

is there a way to move a file from one path to another without copying? 
or should I use call "mv ... ? thank you!

I haven't come across such a file move function. I guess, you need 
to call the operating system.

You could use write/read then delete

RENAME

if that fails (different filesystems), you need the usual copy + 
delete. (MV does the same.)

I'm puzzled, I could miss that. :-) Thanks, Gabriele!

It's right there in the dictionary, under "Port, File, and IO Functions":
http://www.rebol.com/docs/dictionary.html

Ah, can't be used for what Will is after.!

This function cannot be used to move a file from one directory to 
another. 

Just checked, it correctly moved a text file from one directory to 
another on Ubuntu

from the rename help:
ARGUMENTS:
     old -- path to the old file (Type: file url)
     new -- new name (not a path) (Type: file url string)


but it indeed works if you use a destination path relative to the 
origin path, in my case 0.002 seconds instead of 0.300 using call 
"mv..   thanks all 8-)

why does call have a pretty fixed 300 ms delay? Is it a coincidense 
on my machine or is it enforced somewhere?
timer [call/wait ""]
;   0:00:00.301991

Also on mine under OS X:
>> time [call/wait ""]
== 0:00:00.308834

*Waiting on new process (instead of returning immediately)

*Process must run and end (launching of the shell, shell interprets 
string, etc)
*Process must be reaped
*Possibly other stuff
>> time [call/wait {}] 1
== 0:00:00.300538
>> time [call {}] 1     
== 0:00:00.010613

strange that it's .3s, though

Geomol: i'm not entirely sure why the docs say that, i think it always 
worked for me.

300 ms: maybe there's a hardcoded "wait" for the other process to 
start, or something like that. it seems to be too much consistent 
to just be the shell startup time.

(I think Carl once published the code for CALL... I need to find 
it and have a look.)

300ms is a LOT of time for webapps, it would be really appreciated 
if a build without that limitation could be made available, Thank 
you Gabriele for taking care 8-)

You could use my async-call code :-)

Just quick hello..  I'm totally new to AltME and have used Rebol 
only years ago. I was somewhat active at older mailing list nearly 
ten years ago, but various things happened and Rebol was not among 
top priorities.. since things have changed quite a lot ..

Hello, and welcome!

I hope, you find what you seek here. And don't be afraid to ask, 
there are many nice and helpful people here.

Oh thanks.. I'm not even sure what I seek at the moment, just got 
the feeling I need to check what´s cooking with Rebol these days.