AltME groups: search

this would also mean that the table's columns need to have a different 
width across pages. ie column 1 in page 1 has a different width from 
column 1 in page 2.

I think that could be useful. As tables get longer (and need to be 
broken across pages) it becomes more probable that it has data with 
a very wide range of widths. In that case, reproportioning the table 
for each page makes sense. But perhaps when crowding between cells 
occurs because of very wide entries, simply wrapping text within 
cells would allow the column width to remain the same for the whole 
table.

On the whole, I would prefer to have consistent column widths, but 
there might be cases where that's really annoying. I would probably 
put that as a lower priority feature for now.

how would you expect vertical alignment to be handled when a cell 
gets split into two for page breaking?

Would you indicate that the table is split for a page break (by not 
drawing the bottom line of the table on the first page, and not drawing 
the top line on the second page etc.)

that's a different issue.

a data table like the one you're thinking about most likely has one 
line of text for each row. that would be split at row boundaries 
only.

however, there is a race condition with cut. so i'm going to always 
do split.

cut would not cut it at a random place. the difference is borders 
and margins (and padding)

that is a matter of how big it is the row.

if it's half a page it's probably much better to split it in two

How to control all these variables !!! It's a big job, isn't it ?

notice that tables can be used for many things, for example to layout 
a numbered list, with the number in the first cell and the text in 
the second

basically i must find all possible breakpoints in each row. the problem 
is what to do with vertical alignment: if you have a cell that should 
be aligned in the middle, and there's a bigger cell that gets split, 
how does the smaller one get aligned?

As soon as you said that, I thought of a default threshold cell size 
which decides between splitting and moving to next page. And then 
this can be overridden by the user, who can move the threshold between 
0% and 100%,  0% indicating always split, and 100% indicating always 
move.

That's not a nice problem. :-(  I think if the user has some control 
of the variables (eg. maybe threshold), then they can influence what 
happens there.

It seems that somebody deleted the old Announce group.


Terry had posted three or four announcements. Next time I looked 
there was a single announcement from Terry, all the old announcements 
were gone.

I've created this new clean Announce group.

RebXML is a REBOL version of the XML format.

Specification here: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/rebxml-spec.html

Converting from RebXML -> XML: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/rebxml2xml.r

Converting from XML -> RebXML: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/xml2rebxml.r

MULTITHREAD DEMO for REBOL (you can esyly transform this to a lib-thread 
by puting scheduler and Rthread object and related data to a lib-thread.r 
file) I think this could be very interresting if it would be added 
into REBOL VM. Work have been make by François Jouen  you can download 
it hrere: http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=threaddemo.r

Announcement:  eFishAntSea is offering a $50 contest prize to the 
top spreadsheet someone can create with rebocalc.r.  eFishAntSea 
will judge the entries, acknowledge the author in an article (if 
the article is accepted, of course).  Please submit privately to 
Steve Shireman, preferably by X Internet.

°7° now supports WinXP.  Seems that XP sends a different escape sequence 
for the °.. demos should work fine now.  If it doesn't work for you, 
let me know.

In order to make the best use of everyone's time, please remember 
to stay on topic in groups. If you don't want to be bothered with 
a particular group, feel free to remove yourself from it. And remember 
that you can create private groups as well, though the topics should 
be REBOL related. After all RT is hosting this world for our use, 
so let's not abuse it.

A build-tag function, that can also cope with namespace syntax, as 
seen in XML (e.g. <ns:tag> can be build as build-tag ns:tag):
http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/libs/build-tag.r

RebXML has reached version 1.1.0. Can now handle tags with namespaces 
- <ns:tag> - and an empty element is now ended with a slash instead 
of an empty string.

Specification: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/rebxml-spec.html

XML -> RebXML converter: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/xml2rebxml.r

RebXML -> XML converter: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/rebxml/rebxml2xml.r

RebXML

There was a problem with using a slash to end an empty element. I 
changed it to using a number sign (a #). The above links has been 
updated.

RebXML

Thanks to fellow developers here on REBOL3, I found a solution, so 
a slash can be used to define an empty element. Thanks guys! I've 
updated RebXML to version 1.1.1

mdViewer - a simple browser-like interface to view and navigate MakeDoc2 
document collections. The rendering is all done directly in View 
(about 300% faster than previous VID implementations) and includes 
scalable Rich Text support. Full documentation and source included: 
http://www.dobeash.com/files/mdViewer.zip

Let me try this again. 


RT hosts this world for REBOL discussions, and they graciously don't 
complain that we have a lot of off-topic channels, probably because 
they understand that's how people work. It is for the REBOL community.


There aren't any set rules here, nor do I think we need them. I think 
that, as a community, we need some non-REBOL channels, just not so 
many; and not so "loud" (i.e. active) that they consistently shadow 
the REBOL content. If each of us "self monitors", there should be 
no problem. i.e. if you find yourself writing a lot more non-REBOL-related 
messages than REBOL-related ones, consistently over time, think about 
whether that's adding value to the world.  


I disagree somewhat with the view of "let them opt out of a group 
if they don't like it", because that puts the power in the hands 
of one group to drive others away. That's just me.


To me, a group belongs here, and a conversation has value, if it 
is of interest to the vast majority ofere people who are part of 
it. 

Here are a couple suggestions:


1) Don't post a long stream of uninterrupted messages. If there's 
a subject on your mind, post a message or two on it, and see if anyone 
responds. If not, don't keep posting more messages on that subject.


2) If a non-REBOL conversation involves only two or three people 
and/or is argumentative in nature, go private or off-world. Again, 
this is not our world; let's not abuse RT's storage and bandwidth.

Thanks!

Please keep in mind, you can create a private group, and invite whom 
ever you like to it.  Everyone else will not see this group.


You will see this group as private (sun glasses on little people 
in the group icon).


You may also request to be removed from any group.  Which means the 
group needs to be made private.


The down side is that currently we don't have a method to have a 
public group that you can opt out of.  Something that it is clear 
is now needed.


I you have any questions, feel free to post in group/ann-reply, or 
to speak to me privately.

Pretty strong case studies! It's not a Nigerian scam, is it? ;-)

Aha-the article has the code download on the left side of it, downloads 
as a numbered .zip file, so ignore the last announcement!

eFishAntSea has extended the Spreadsheet contest for the best showcase 
spreadsheet which

 nano-sheets can run.  Contest entries will be judged by eFishAntSea 
 and the selected winner's spreadsheet will be added to next month's 
 devX article (assuming they publish it) and a cash prize of $50.00 
 and the link to nano-sheets is ... http://www.efishantsea.com/nano-sheets.zip

Feel free to send it to your favorite publication or zine. If someone 
could coordinate that, it would be great. I'm leaving on a trip, 
and will not have the chance to beat on the press about it. Thanks.

Try this application to test Webservices: to spy and test HTTP protocols, 
or to test a site (client or server part): go at http://dev.fr/view.php?sid=164

This world is going down for a few minutes while we relocate it to 
a different (and faster) server.  Sorry about that.  Hope to have 
it back up again soon.

http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/27969/0/page/5at bottom of 
page, there is a javascript (devX) did that which is "Major Benefits 
of REBOL"

Pre-alpha preview relase of a somewhat skinnable menu system to be 
found at http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=menu-system-demo.r

Full mouse and keyboard support, multi selection of menu items and 
exspecially easy VID-like menu set-up dialect and menu handling functions. 
Other important things (not to many) are missing, but I'd really 
appreciate early comments on that, since still some design decisions 
have to be made.

Graham, Brock and Sunanda pointed me to have posted a wrong URL pointing 
to old versions of the files.
So here are the working ones:


 http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=menu-system.r

 http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=menu-system-demo.r


These really should point to the most recent files in version 0.1.8 
now. Sorry, Graham and Brock (and potentially others, too) for the 
confusion I caused.

Next version is 0.2.0 and features an experimental SLIDER-ITEM in 
menus. A bit of a proof of concept, but fun stuff. To run the demo, 
do the link below.

REBOL3 World Messages (for a few groups) are now on the web:
www.rebol.net/altweb/rebol3

I only published a few for testing -- feel free to publish others. 
 However, you cannot publish a private group.

I designed a drive scrubbing script using Rebol Encap to remove all 
traces of files from your media, including hard drives, based off 
the DOD 5220.22 specifications for secure data removal.

You can download a copy from here:  http://www.sonic.net/~amicom/bin/clean-drive.exe

The only thing I ask is that if you use it and find a data recovery 
utility that can recover any of the data, please let me know.  I'd 
like to know what parameters you used to clean the drive, what utility 
you used to recover the data, and the condition of the recovered 
data.

Be aware, if you have a lot of free space on the media (i.e. dozens 
of gigabytes), it could take quite some time to complete.

The way it works is it overwrites all the free space on the disk 
with different binary patterns.  It will not affect your active files, 
except possibly if there is a problem with the directory structure 
of your filesystem.  Therefore, it is suggested to run Scandisk or 
Chkdsk to correct any directory structure problems first.


Obviously, this program is written to run on Windows and will not 
work on other operating systems at this time.

I wrote the program totally pro bono for a client who wants to donate 
a computer that had sensitive information on it to an underpriviledged 
school child, but I want to make sure the data is totally unrecoverable.

Bo, see if Steve Gibson will do a test for you. http://grc.com.

My X Internet talk went well last night, lots of enthusiasm by IT 
professionals there.  Might even have snagged a sizeable government 
project which needs technical guidance...you never know who's listening...;-) 
 (I will be out of socket till Sunday, for some R&R (REBOL and Relaxation 
is what that means)

so test it send bugs report to rambo and we will get a pretty good 
version

It's yet very good to have a working alpha version for MacOSX after 
only 1 month of the Win32 1.3  stable release. Even in the 1.3 stable 
version for win 32  we have remaining bugs like agg matrix key word 
or gradient effect converion from SVG

1.3 Linux BETA was released. I imagine the release will take a while 
b/c AGG fonts under Linux

Well, a bit OT but the right group anyway: This week I got the info 
I will become father :-)))

A REBOL VM or "what I did on my summer vacation":
http://www.rebol.net/article/0196.html

Vacation is the lifetime, when you are allowed to go your job tasks 
as a hobby :-)

Ahh yes Henrik welcome to my world...vacation is in reality  a non 
exsiting word for some of us =(

Active Viewtop ...
I have added some "activity" to the viewtop ...
- index.r files may be 'COMPOSEd before being displayed

- added 'actions to index.r: they have a block which will be 'DOne 
on click

- added groups to group viewtop icons (group effects are possible)

- added the possibility to split the viewtop, so you can have a view 
script on the right half of the viewtop, e.g. to display a clock, 
calendar, ....

All batteries and some examples are included.
Based on 1.3.1 viewtop code.
Tested on /View 1.3.1.3.1 (WinXP).

Sorry, this will open a LOT of security holes, so you should _really_ 
think about whether you want to use it.
I think all places I changed are flagged with (iho)


and finally, here is the link: http://www.h-o-h.org/active-viewtop.r

Have fun!

Ingo

Sept 1 has been designated as a "don't buy a drop of gas" day as 
a protest, passing this on...

Images from Apollo Missions


The talk about language niches and "Lightweight distributed computing" 
in the "Io" group made me remember a REBOL program, I did last year. 
It takes images from www.apolloarchive.com and present them in a 
REBOL program, where it's possible to zoom, change light and contrast 
and others. Get it here:
http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/apollo.zip


First run the script "makeidx.r", which will build image indexes. 
Wait until files from "apidx_11" to "apidx_17_b" are build. Then 
run the program "apollo.r". Instructions in the first window. It 
takes time to get thumbs and images the first time, and the program 
doesn't have a load indicator, so be patience and wait for window 
to open after activating a control. It's possible to swtich between 
windows.

Have fun!

This might be a stretch, a leap of faith or something that may fail 
or not. I've made an entry in Wikibooks for REBOL, which basically 
allows anyone to write a book about REBOL. There are books on many 
other languages on the site and I thought that this could give REBOL 
two things: 1. A book and 2. Exposure.


Start your text editors at this address: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:REBOL

A new version of The Rebol Directory Project is available. Amongst 
other thing, I integrated Make-Doc-Pro to FastMagic! (see the Description 
section of the Projects tab). This version of Rebol Directory Project 
allowed me to finalize FastMagic! and now handles login, security 
check (no one can modify the profile of other etc...) I am waiting 
for your input and encourage you to register to be listed in the 
RDirP...

New editor that support REBOL  colored syntax file. This sofware 
is SCITE 1.66 for linux and windows by default REBOL support is not 
activated. edit /usr/share/scite/ScitEGlobal.properties file ( MenuBar 
Options >  Open Global options File) search the line "#import rebol.porperties" 
and remove "#". Save changes (SCITE must be launched from a root 
terminal.) then edit /usr/src/rebol.properties file. Go to the last 
line of this file and set the proper path to your predered rebol 
VM version in the  command.go.($file.patterns.rebol)=....  Save the 
rebol.properties file ( this file can be located from Menubar Options>Edit 
properties>open rebol.properties). Once you make all those changes 
you are able to see rebol color syntax for your beloved rebol scripts.

the scripts are launched into the rebol VM hitting F5 key in SCITE. 
You will notice that the color syntaxe is very more advanced than 
the Crimson Editor one. And you have the  ability to hide the functions/objects 
inside code to make easier to read the script code.

Well this is the concret sign that REBOL  is being more and more 
considered in computing world. This is a good thing and a good reward 
for RT hard work.

Yeah, pretty much all big corps are pairing down, Sony is dropping 
from 7 divs down to just 3!  It will be relevant in about 18 months. 
 Then they have to decide who to buy next since they still won't 
be able to make it inside.


Just for the record, there is very BAD news for Qtask, for one simple 
reason, even if some company got it right, and started building what 
we are building, there will always be a lot of companies that refuse 
to work with company X, and we will be company Y-not-us?  I would 
be happy to be the Apple to the Sony.

Oops.  Sorry about the post in the wrong place, I'm in a far off 
lnad right now and response time is a little slow, so I hit send 
to fast.

http://www.compkarori.com/emr/


A free multi-user electronic medical records system - based upon 
Rebol, RebGUI, BEER, ComLib, LaTeX, Firebird etc .. currenlty in 
beta test.  This is the first release of the server exe.

Not here. In the browser i trust me, so i disable the save-question. 
On my side, i could start script immediate, instead of showing first. 
But for a debug-demo i prefer feedback :)

I don't mean action as looking into source, etc., that is a good 
part .... but simply prerequisite is to have installed View anyway, 
then download your .exe, put it somewhere, link to it etc.

REBOL demo contest, anyone?
http://www.rebol.net/article/0235.html
(Reply on ann-reply, or create a Contest group.)

Better have a jump-start on this. ;-)

A tiny news reader http://www.ddmind.com/modules.php?name=gdp_rforum

You can select the group adding the parameter ng:  http://www.ddmind.com/modules.php?name=gdp_rforum&ng=comp.lang.functional

Rebol pluging is used to connect and retrieve message, javascript 
is used to display posts, and as in ajax apps no need to refresh 
the page to get new messages.
PS Should be nice to have a comp.lang.rebol usenet group :-)

The Gripe:


Go here www.Rebol.org, then go here: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/, 
then here: http://java.sun.com/, hell even go here, http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/, 
now go back to www.Rebol.com


Even if you don't know what the language is or does, do you want 
to go to Rebol.org?  The main page looks like the last page in the 
basement of a website.  Almost like an "error page"

O There is no single location for all Rebol information.

O Rebol.net, Rebol.com, and Rebol.org are spread out and run by RT. 
O There is no pizzas!
O I don't "feel" community when I visit these sites.


I know I'm not talking to my audience when I say; "think of this 
like a night club" but this is what this is all about.  People want 
to "be where the fun is happening."  Even programmers.

My Suggestion:

O We need a site controlled by the developers.

O We need a forum where people can bitch and meet each other, and 
feel welcome.

O The site needs to have a consistent dynamic attractive template.

O The site needs to be a clearing house for all other sites.  Teach 
and directing people to all the resources.

O The site needs to paint a picture as opposed to describe everything 
with a thousand words.

What is entailed:


O Start a new site, I would propose "RebolCentral.com"  I'm willing 
to pay for it, but I don't want to be in charge of it, I suggest 
we make it a committee.


O The main page should cover every topic and reason anyone would 
come to the site.  This means we support every country and other 
site.  The idea here is a clearing house of centralized information. 


O News: The site needs to gather news worthy information and post 
that at the top.  The site is not alive unless people have a way 
to post their information.  This means that there needs to be at 
least one editor, if not several that share the task.  Every time 
a product is updated, the new features are mentioned.  When Carl 
updates his blog, it gets a single sentence directing people there, 
unless it is news of a release of something.  Etc.


O Product Reviews:   This is key.  Products need to be rated, reviewed, 
categorized, voted on.

O Video Archive: All the videos of all the talks ever given   


O Tutorials:  there are a lot of tutorials out there, but which are 
best?  We need to review the tutorials, rate them by Beginner, Intermediate, 
Advanced.  


O Forum: Start with major topics, and then break it down.  The forum 
needs to direct people to other countries, or support the other countries 
right in the forum.  Great simple forum: http://discussion.treocentral.com/index.php?styleid=1


O Respect the real estate.  The #1 mistake people make is treating 
their websites like just pages.  This is just like real estate, location 
location location.  We need to place the content based on where people 
are going.  So you build the basic site, watch it for a couple of 
weeks, then shift things around based on where people are actually 
going. 


O More art, more photos, more community.   It needs to feel inviting: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/

Stone soup:


I will pay for, host, and supply a fast linux system (w/archive). 
 

I will help design the templates, and provide (and buy if needed) 
great art for the site.

I will not run the site, nor control the content, but I expect there 
to be in place all the items outlined above, set up in a manner that 
it a) runs itself, b) puts the power in the hands of the developers.

New MySQL driver version 1.0.0 supporting servers v4.1.1+ : http://softinnov.org/tmp/mysql-protocol.r
. This is a beta release, please report in MySQL channel any bugs. 
This release has not been tested with servers v3.x (but should work).

RebDB v2.0.2 released: http://www.dobeash.com/it/rebdb/


This release fixes a critical bug with multi-column DISTINCT statements 
that can cause incorrect query results to be returned. The bug was 
eventually tracked down to the behaviour of unique/skip in REBOL, 
so developers making use of unique/skip should be aware of this [somewhat 
unexpected] behaviour:

	>> unique/skip [1 "A" 1 "B"] 2
	== [1 "A"]
	>> unique/skip ["A" 1 "B" 1] 2
	== ["A" 1 "B" 1]


If someone could cross-post this to the ML that would be much appreciated.

Viewtop-extenders: To get started: launch-thru/update http://polly.rebol.it/test/site-desktop.r

That desktop does not ask security-questions, some pathes patched.

That way you can put a personalized desktop on your site, which can 
be launched from the real one. It patches the inbuild one, so size 
is 1242 bytes.

>> unique [["A" 1] ["B" 1]]
== [["A" 1] ["B" 1]]

That's correct.

New version of SQL-PROTOCOL is published on http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=sql-protocol.r


This new version is a first attempt of standard SQL string parsing. 
It's limited yet to SELECT clause. INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE will 
be done soon. Previously, sql-protocol was only able to process SQL 
like dialect, the road to a better compatibility with SQL is now 
a reality. I will make it compatible with MySQL as much as possible.

Little goodie for Windows users: http://www.colellachiara.com/soft/Misc/clips.r


It will stay in your system tray and keep track of your clipboard 
(remembers the last 5 clips). They are saved in a file so you get 
them back across reboots. You can also add notes that won't get pushed 
out from the clips. Selecting a note or a clip will copy it back 
to your clipboard so that you can paste it wherever you want.

yes,is that a problem ?

Apollo 1.4.0 released: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/apollo.zip

A lot of new pictures have been released since the last version of 
my Apollo program 2 years ago. Unpack the zip archive and start apollo.r. 
The indexes for apollo 7-17 missions doing the years 1968-1972 will 
be created, the first time, the program is started. The GUI has been 
updated and new features include option to update the indexes at 
any time by the click of a button. The pictures are a collection 
of the pictures released on the website: http://www.apolloarchive.com/
Have fun!

BTW, now eFishAntSea is a Registered Trademark...so I get to put 
the little r with a circle (now that could be OnT for Announce, eh?)

REBOL is a great technology.  eFishAntSea is the name for solutions 
which REBOL enables...that is how the words fit together in the crossword 
puzzle of branding... 0-o-o<

Hello, I would like to announce the availability of  Simetrics on 
rebol.org. This library implements a few effective and widely used 
metrics for measuring string similarity and for searching documents 
amongst a large collection of documents. A extensive documentation 
is also available on rebol.org and a discussion forum has been opened.

françois, why not a forum here on altme ?

Offline reader for Altme Chat Group : http://membres.lycos.fr/didec/rebol/altme-chat-reader.r
As some seems to search for it.

It can be used to read an entire chat group or to export its content 
in html. There is a command line syntax for automatic export (ie. 
with batch/cron job).

1) be sure that the bug is listed in RAMBO and that you have a clear 
way to show how to make it happen.

2) if you have a solution, by all means, add it to your report (it 
is so much faster to fix those!)

3) contact Gabiele Santilli and tell him that you think it is a critical 
bug.  He will collect the bugs, and determine the initial priorities 
for implementation.

We may also be bringing up a special feedback channel for this usage. 
If we do, I will note it here.

New version of SQL-PROTOCOL is on www.rebol.org


This new version handle now standard SQL string for SELECT, INSERT, 
UPDATE and DELETE so you have a better compatibility with other database 
like MySQL, Oracle or ODCB protocol.

Re: Gabrielle's clip.r ..... if you select a clip follwed by a tab 
a blank console window pops up.

This isnt part of clip.r .... I think its a Rebol bug .... can anyone 
verify this ?

may be a birthday present for me on May 2 ?

I am happy to announce that my wife deliver last night a beautiful 
baby boy "Tadeo Dimitrios", he wighted 10 lbs. 4 oz., and measuerd 
22 inches. Both the baby and the mother and perfect healthy condition. 
I will be posting pictures soon. :-)

Congratiolations, have a sigar ! ;-)

Ok, yesterday (28-Mar) I became father as well. Here are the current 
features of my daugther "Vanessa Marie":
- weight 2980g
- measures 49cm

mom and she are in perfect condition. I will setup a web-page soon.

Wow!  upload a photo!

crc-32.r script updated to work on big files:

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=crc32.r

One can either uses the /direct mode (crc-32/direct %file buffer-size) 
or 

the /continue refinement to calculate a checksum part by part (new-crc: 
crc-32/continue next-data old-crc)

- rebcode version for 1.3.61 included (as fast as the 'checksum native)

I am publicly announcing a new (working) project of mine.

REAVER -  Rebol Asset versioning. a versioning engine built over 
database.  but it does not version files. it versions data itself.

I hope to see a Rebol group participating, it will be a good way 
to get some promotion.

This is really a testament to Beer and Rebol, but the EMR I was writing 
feels so much like a desktop client that I have partnered with a 
company to release it as an ASP.  http://www.synapsedirect.com...

Visit  http://www.TGD-Consulting.de/Download.htmland take a look 
at

the final release of Hex-It!. (I posted on behalf of Dirk Weyand, 
since he cannot reach AltME)


Hex-It! is a small but powerful hex-editor. You can use this tool 
to analyse
or alter the "fingerprints" for any kind of files.

Known first as a contribution to the REBOL Demo 2006 contest, the 
final
release with enhanced features is available now.
Features of Hex-It! v1.2.0:
---------------------------
* cross platform hex-editor

* free "save-feature" for small files sized lesser 15 KB, to edit 
larger
  files purchase a license-key that unlocks this limitation
* enhanced spot navigation with mouse scroll-wheel support
* non blocking file access 

* support of large files (a maximum chunk of 1MB file-data is only 
held in
  memory at once)
Some notes and useful tips & tricks on the usage of Hex-It!:
------------------------------------------------------------

- Modifications of files were automatically saved on exit, if you 
load

another file or if a different chunk of the same file is selected.
- Byte selection:

  + Select a byte with a left mouse button (LMB) click on the hexadecimal
    values to the left. The byte is highlighted then.

  + If a byte is selected, either use the cursor keys or the scroll-wheel 
  of
    the mouse to scroll through the bytes of the file.

  + Change a selected byte with plus (+) & minus (-) or just enter 
  its

    new value. Single characters, three digit numbers or single hexadecimal
    values are valid.

  + Use the right mouse button (RMB) to deselect a highlighted byte.
- Spot-navigation:

  + The spot specifies the index/position of a byte in the file. If 
  no byte

    is selected it shows the position of the top left byte displayed. 
  + Enter a number to set directly the spot to a byte-position.

  + Skip a certain amount of bytes relative to the current spot by 
  using

    plus (+) & minus (-), e.g. "+10000" skips 10000 bytes forward and
    "-1000" skips 1000 bytes backwards. 

  + Skip to end of file: Click with the RMB on the arrow-down Spot-button
    or use the "End"-Key.

  + Skip to first byte of file: Click with the RMB on the arrow-up
    Spot-button or use the "Home"-Key. 
- Seek:
  + ASCII- or Hex-Strings are valid queries.

  + LMB click on the "Seek"-button seeks from the current position.

  + RMB click on the "Seek"-button seeks from the beginning of the 
  file.

Please note, that the license of this release is not BSD like anymore.

And if you want a co-branded Detective, let *me* know: there is a 
free builder portal for that as well.