World: r3wp

In my old VB days, large fonts was a major bugbear.

That may also be the problem...some of the officers have bad eyes 
and may have increased font size..I'll check it out. Thanks for the 
hints Gregg.

New element to the puzzle....


I got it to work on the offending machine but only if the app is 
NOT located on the desktop. When placed in its own folder under c: 
it works fine.

that is totally weird!

There might be some unusual disokay properties set but I do not have 
access to them it seems...

display = disokay

the only problem I've ever had with apps on the desktop is with the 
spaces in the file path.

I check for desktop and warn users that the app might not run correctly.

Graham, you have had issues running from desktop?  or is that your 
advice?

Yes, issues running from desktop ... so don't advise it .. and I 
specifically check for desktop installation and alert user not to 
do this ...

Is this a bug in rebol encap? Or do other platforms have this same 
issue?

Not sure where to put this so asking here:


I downloaded a web script and it has a  snippet I don't understand:
buffer: make string! 1024         ;; contains the browser request
file: "index.html"
parse buffer ["get" ["http"  |   "/ "  |  copy file to " " ]]

what does:

copy file to " "

mean or do?
tia

copies everything after the http till it reaches a space to a variable 
named file

or after the "/" if there is no http

eh ... no that either

everything after get that is not / or http ...

Moved the question to Parse.

[ copy question to end ( append parse-channel question)  ]

From the new products page:

REBOL Technologies has changed its product catalog. REBOL/Command 
features are now part of REBOL/SDK. We've eliminated the standard 
REBOL/SDK. We also will be lowering our pricing for these products 
accordingly. 


How does this affect current sdk owners? Can we download command 
sdk and use with our key?

well, the corrollary of that is .. do existing sdk/command users 
get a refund ...

Well, generally when you buy a TV 1000$ and the price get to down 
to 800$ 2 month later, the shop does not refund the difference. So 
why RT whould ?
Or maybe just those who buy this month (if there is some) !

That was my point ...

But there are some stores that do!

And they're the ones who have loyal customers forever :)

Yes but only if you bought the TV a short time before tre price goes 
down. Not years.

Is this longest period we have not had a SDK follow a new release?

New 2.7.7 SDK release: http://www.rebol.com/sdk.html

where's the download link?

i think you must ask for it !!!!

but it's very sad, we must paid for the upgrade even if you buy the 
sdk before last year !!!!

perhaps, it will be a good idea to make a link with purchase condition 
for sdk buyer before last year.

I still hope it is an ommision? SDK does not imo contain license 
key, and it was always available to download IIRC.

Not always, just in recent years.

This need to purchase the sdk if you bought it over a year ago seems 
a little arbitrary ... normally this implies that there has been 
a year's worth of upgrades and fixes over the one year period, but 
the last sdk release was over 2 years ago.

I would want a clear upgrade system. For some reason I ignored the 
yellow box at the top. Now it's more clear, but I still think it 
needs some work.

Graham, in principle, Carl could be speculating in not doing upgrades 
for 366 days, which I think is too easy to perceive as sinister. 
Everyone else do it on version numbers, not time period. Time periods 
are used during the final weeks before an upgrade, so a purchase 
right before an upgrade doesn't seem unreasonable.


Also he says "within the last year", but from what specific date? 
Is this a one time offer?

Looking at the changes http://www.rebol.com/docs/changes-2-7.html
is there really any need to upgrade to 2.7.7 ?

We can add the mezzainine stuff ourselves

So, really it makes it even more pointless charging for the upgrade

And there doesn't seem to be an upgrade path ... so looks like he 
is asking us to purchase it again

I don't mind paying for it, just to be clear. But, yes, the upgrade 
path is not clear.

What exactly do you gain by purchasing it again??

a better karma and some extrapoints für you kudos-system graham :-))

and Carl not starving to death.

I've already purchased View/Pro, SDK linux and 2 x SDK/command windows

Maybe it would make more sense if Carl put 'Donate' icon on RT's 
site instead of charging loyal SDK users again :-)

We're already donating our time too

Well, time donations don't give him food on the table. A better option 
would be licensing of proprietary tech, rather than selling products.

Maybe I can click on some of those new googleads instread!

Eric Raymond considers users who donate time to be very important 
.. http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html


presumably because they will continue to donate time but would not 
donate $$