World: r4wp

No the issue is with 'shared being reset to 'none in %task-master...looks 
like a regression in Uniserve when working on standalone...I'm looking 
into it.

thanks doc!

In %reminder.r, you shouldn't use: scheduler/wait. Uniserve is already 
providing an event loop. You need to remove that line.

ok...

removed the scheduler/wait line...now:

uniserve-path: %./
== %./
>> do %uni-engine.r
Script: "UniServe kernel" (17-Jan-2010)
Script: "Encap virtual filesystem" (21-Sep-2009)
== true
>> uniserve/boot
booya
** Script Error: Invalid path value: server-ports
** Where: reform
** Near: mold any [uniserve/shared/server-ports port-id]
>>

I've just pushed a fix for that to Cheyenne SVN repo on Google code.

thanks doc...downloading now...

From that, it seems to work until the job event is raised, then the 
server crashes (not sure if it's your code, scheduler or Uniserve 
that causes that).

:(
i'm actually trying to do something really simple
i have a bunch of feeds i want to download

i can do that sequentially (foreach feed feeds [...]), but thought 
it best to us background worker processes via task-master to download 
instead
is there an alternative?

or a better way of writing this using uniserve?

this is what i get with the latest from googlecode:

uniserve-path: %./
== %./
>> do %uni-engine.r
Script: "UniServe kernel" (17-Jan-2010)
Script: "Encap virtual filesystem" (21-Sep-2009)
== true
>> uniserve/boot
booya

10/10-18:37:48.883-## Error in [uniserve] : Cannot open server reminder 
on port 9000 !

10/10-18:37:48.884-## Error in [uniserve] : Cannot open server task-master 
on port 9799 !
== none
>>

Uniserve task-master is mainly meant for server-side parallel request 
processing. For your need, you should use an async HTTP client rather, 
which would be a much simpler solution.

Cannot open...
 you need to close any previous Uniserve session.

sorry - just killed all previous Uniserve sessions. now get:

uniserve-path: %./
== %./
>> do %uni-engine.r
Script: "UniServe kernel" (17-Jan-2010)
Script: "Encap virtual filesystem" (21-Sep-2009)
== true
>> uniserve/boot
booya
** Script Error: Invalid path value: conf-file
** Where: on-started
** Near: if all [
    uniserve/shared
    file: uniserve/shared/conf-file
] [
    append worker-args reform [" -cf" mold file]
]
>>

Are you running from SVN repo, or a copy of Uniserve folder?

a copy of the Uniserve folder...

This looks like Cheyenne-dependent code...

But, you should *really* use a async HTTP client, that's the best 
solution for your need (multiple HTTP downloads at the same time).

hmmm. ok...will work on this and get back to you
thanks for the time Doc

(cant wait to see Cheyenne on Red ;)

Well, you might see some micro-Cheyenne before Christmas. ;-)

best christmas ever!

just to persist with using uniserve...i think something i may be 
getting there

uniserve-path: %./
== %./
>> do %uni-engine.r
Script: "UniServe kernel" (17-Jan-2010)
Script: "Encap virtual filesystem" (21-Sep-2009)
== true
>> uniserve/boot
booya
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
== none
>>

i commented out the lines from on-started:

on-started: has [file][
		worker-args: reform [

   "-worker" mold any [in uniserve/shared 'server-ports port-id]		;TBD: 
   fix shared object issues
		]
		if not encap? [
			append worker-args reform [" -up" mold uniserve-path]
			if value? 'modules-path [
				append worker-args reform [" -mp" mold modules-path]
			]
			if all [
				uniserve/shared
				;file: uniserve/shared/conf-file 
			][		
				;append worker-args reform [" -cf" mold file]
			]
		]
		if integer? shared/pool-start [loop shared/pool-start [fork]]
	]

...since conf-file is cheyenne specific


i think maybe the scheduler is killing UniServe - it exits while 
returning none...

nope - the scheduler is just fine...

i'm now thinking it may have to do with using the shared/do-task 
in the on-load function...

nope
will take doc's advice and do something simpler

If you're using R3 or Red/System, you could use the cURL binding 
in multi-mode

Sujoy: have a look at this description of  one of async HTTP clients 
available: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1653969/rebol-multitasking-with-async-why-do-i-get-invalid-port-spec

Doc, I reported that problem before remember? we were agreed on the 
fix:

in task-master.r

line 135: if all [ uniserve/shared in uniserve/shared 'conf-file 
file: uniserve/shared/conf-file ][
	 append worker-args reform [" -cf" mold file] ]

and on line 123: all [ in uniserve/shared 'server-ports uniserve/shared/server-ports 
]


Endo: "without these patches latest UniServe cannot be used alone. 
because it fails to start task-master. Ofcourse I need to remove 
logger, MTA etc. services." - 19-Dec-2011 2:50:29
Dockimbel: "I agree about your changes." - 19-Dec-2011 2:50:56

I think it is the same problem for Sujoy. (better to move Cheyenne 
group)

Thanks Endo...I am still keen on using uniserve - will get there 
eventually!

i have another issue - and need help from a parse guru

i'm trying to extract article text from an awfully written series 
of html pages - one sample:


http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vadra-/a-little-helpmy-friends//489109/

there are 160 </table> tags!!
worse, article contents are scattered throughout the html mess

using beautifulsoup in python however, i can do the following:

from bs4 import  BeautifulSoup as bs
import urllib2


uri = "http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vadra-/a-little-helpmy-friends//489109/"
soup = bs(urllib2.urlopen(uri).read())

p = soup.find_all('p')
[s.extract() for s in soup.p.find_all('table')]
[s.extract() for s in soup.p.find_all('script')]
[s.extract() for s in soup.p.find_all('tstyle')]

text = bs(''.join(str(p))).get_text()

...and this gives me exactly what is required...

just want to do this in Rebol! ;)

just a quick answer, to give you an idea, I've used following to 
extract something from a web page:
b: [] parse/all mypage [
        any [

            thru {<span class="dblClickSpan"} thru ">" copy t to </span>
            (append b trim/lines t) 7 skip
        ]
 ]

7 skip
 is to skip </span> tag.

yeah - thanks Endo

that works great for well formed html docs - but this site is an 
absolute nightmare!

I've used the HTML parser from PowerMezz to parse complex web pages 
like that

note from the python code that there are styles and javascript specified 
inside the <p> element!
i was wondering about Gabrielle's HTML niwashi tree

never used the niwashi - Kaj, do you have a quick example for me 
to use?

i've got the docs open, but am maybe being obtuse - it is 230am here!

It's a bit confusing to set up. I'll have a look

thanks Kaj
actually - thanks everyone for all your help on Rebol School

#! /usr/bin/env r2
REBOL []

here: what-dir

program: dirize clean-path here/../../../cms/files/program/PowerMezz

do program/mezz/module.r

load-module/from program

module [
	imports: [
		%mezz/trees.r
		%mezz/load-html.r
		%mezz/html-to-text.r
	]
][
;	print mold-tree load-html read http://osslo.nl/leveranciers

	make-dir %data

	for id 1 169 1 [
		print id

  page: load-html read join http://osslo.nl/leveranciers?mod=organization&id=
  id


  content: get-node page/childs/html/childs/body/childs/div/childs/3/childs/2

		body: get-node content/childs/table/childs/tbody
;		print form-html/with body [pretty?: yes]
;		print mold-tree body

;		item: get-node body/childs/10/childs/2
;		print form-html/with item [pretty?: yes]
;		print mold-tree item
;		print mold item

		record: copy ""
		short-name: name: none

		unless get-node body/childs/tr/childs/th [  ; Missing record
			foreach item get-node body/childs [

    switch/default type: trim get-node item/childs/td/childs/text/prop/value 
    [
					"Logo:" [

;						if all [get-node item/childs/2/childs/1  get-node item/childs/2/childs/1/childs/1] 
[
;							repend record

;								['icon tab tab tab tab		get-node item/childs/2/childs/a/childs/img/prop/src 
 newline]
;						]
					]
					"Naam:" [
						if get-node item/childs/2/childs/1 [
							repend record

        ['name tab tab tab tab		name: trim/lines html-to-text get-node item/childs/2/childs/text/prop/value 
         newline]
						]
					]
...					"Adres:" [

      unless empty? trim/lines html-to-text form-html/with get-node item/childs/2 
      [pretty?: yes] [
							street: get-node item/childs/2/childs/1/prop/value
							place: get-node item/childs/2/childs/3/prop/value

							number: next find/last street #" "
							street: trim/lines html-to-text copy/part street number

							unless empty? street [
								repend record ['street tab tab tab tab	street newline]
							]
							unless empty? number [
								repend record ['number tab tab tab tab	number newline]
							]
							unless place/1 = #" " [
								where: find  skip place 5  #" "

        repend record ['postal-code tab tab tab	copy/part place where  newline]

								place: where
							]
							unless empty? place: trim/lines html-to-text place [
								repend record ['place tab tab tab tab 	place newline]
							]
						]
					]
					"Telefoon:" [

      unless #{C2} = to-binary trim/lines html-to-text form-html/with get-node 
      item/childs/2 [pretty?: yes] [
							repend record

        ['phones tab tab tab tab	trim get-node item/childs/2/childs/text/prop/value 
         newline]
						]
					]
					"Website:" [

      if all [get-node item/childs/2/childs/1  get-node item/childs/2/childs/1/childs/1] 
      [
							repend record

        ['websites tab tab tab		trim get-node item/childs/2/childs/a/childs/text/prop/value 
         newline]
						]
					]
					"E-mail:" [

      if all [get-node item/childs/2/childs/1  get-node item/childs/2/childs/1/childs/1] 
      [
							repend record

        ['mail-addresses tab tab	trim/all get-node item/childs/2/childs/a/childs/text/prop/value 
         newline]
						]
					]
					"Profiel:" [

      unless #{C2} = to-binary trim/lines html-to-text form-html/with get-node 
      item/childs/2 [pretty?: yes] [
							repend record [
								'description newline
									tab replace/all

          trim html-to-text form-html/with get-node item/childs/2 [pretty?: 
          yes]
										"^/" "^/^-"
									newline
							]
						]
					]
				][
					print ["Onbekend veld: " type]
				]
			]
			write rejoin [%data/
				replace/all replace/all replace/all any [short-name name]
					#" " #"-"
					#"/" #"-"
					#"." ""
				%.txt
			] record
		]
	]
]

That came out bigger than planned. I was trying to cut out some repetitive 
fields. It scrapes addresses from a web page and converts them to 
text format

whoa!

but i get the idea

Yeah, not very competitive with the BS code

well...the bs lib gzipped is 128kb...

and python is ~30MB
but yeah - its a lovely piece of work

Still looks like it would be nice to have a REBOL implementation 
:-)