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it would be nice to formalise, e.g. to have /bindings subdir, where 
partricular systems would be represented by subdirs, etc.

it would be nice to formalise, e.g. to have /bindings subdir, where 
partricular systems would be represented by subdirs, etc.


We already have some place for that since many months (it's the /library 
folder): https://github.com/dockimbel/Red/tree/master/red-system/library

Kaj, it would be helpful to make it easy for ppl to get. I am an 
average user, and I can't locate the executables:

- esperconsultancy does not provide any link

- red lang does provide link to fossill (which UI I find terrible)

- I go to Files section, examples subdir - no executables there ....

Click click click click, nonsense timeline, nonsense hashes, then 
you finally get to the point, where you can download a ZIP file, 
and it is named like a crap, subdir's name is weird too. I am really 
upset anytime I have to go to such an interface. It is not imo normal, 
in order to get a clue how to get a file, to twiddle around for a 
minute!

I might miss some basic OS understanding. Guys, how do you work with 
all the path? I have JAVA installed, REBOL installed, yet what I 
am strugling with, is path. When I follow docs, it always seems to 
be easy. Docs state:


do/args %rsc.r "-dlib %bridges/java/JNIdemo.reds -o %bridges/java/JNIdemo"


well, for normal user, in order to try that, user needs to understand, 
he has to start Rebol for that. So there are basically two options:


- running REBOL from icon. Then you have to change-dir to where Red 
is - in my case, something like C:\!Rebol\Red

- I thought, I might use just "pressing ENTER" upon Red.r, which 
launches console for me. But above still will not work, unless I 
change-dir into red-system subdir. It should be imo either stated 
in the docs, or some shortcuts provided, e.g. red-system.r, allowing 
me to launch console directly in that subdir, and then above command 
would run just OK.


I am not stating anything is wronk, it is upon user to improve the 
workflow, but surely it is an obstacle for occassional user.

Now back to docs:

2. Compile and run the JNIdemo.java app from console:

        $ javac JNIdemo.java
        $ java JNIdemo


Well, when in console, my console does not recognise javac, nor java 
executables. Apparently a path problem, but I have JAVA installed 
via installer. So I have to go inside JAVA dir, which means:

cd c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_21\bin\
javac c:\!rebol\!Red\\red-system\bridges\java\

Any tips? :-)

that is why I thought that having red-system.r in the red-system 
subdir, would be handy. Than the examples in docs might be run without 
the proper path obstacles

when you do a read %dir/   and you get %subdir/   as a result, you 
know that the path to subdir is %dir/subdir/  so it seems consistent 
to me that a read %/ gives %a/ and the path is %/a/ .

>> b: a/somewhere/else
== %/c/somewhere/else
>> b/subdir
== %/c/somewhere/else/subdir

etc...

No, as I scan the filesystem, I build the dir/file structure and 
an "associated info" object alongside each one, so it looks like 
this:


 dir-attrs: context [...]  ; <-- All associated directory info goes 
 here.

 file-attrs: context [...] ; <-- All associated file info goes here.
	file-structure: [
		(make dir-attrs [...]) %subdir/ [
			(make file-attrs [...]) %bfile
			(make file-attrs [...]) %cfile
		]
		(make file-attrs [...]) %afile
	]

where are sub-script? rebol makes a cd to the current script. So 
you can use relative addresses from there. just make a subdir %lib/ 
where the script is.

No it determines if you regen the blogs or use post generated  articles. 
 But in the article subdir all the css image names are wrong (relative 
URL hell)...  I'll get there.  A few more reads through the code.

DanielSz;  Depending on how many specific associations you have created... 
temporarily moving (ie backup) the  ~/.nautilus subdir may help. 
It holds a metadata subdir.  Which if you move .nautilus Nautilius 
will revert to defaults.  


Or check out these intstructions on update-mime-types.  It effects 
~/.local/share/mime/packages/Override.xml
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/6795

the most common packages, I have in root of my app, or system/ subdir 
... so e.g. cyphre-styles, reddb, mysql, rebgui .... or how guys 
you simply pack or distribute your app then? doing with cache aproach 
is imo oncorrect, especially if you don't distinguis version of rebgui 
in the path. What if I don't have time to adapt all my apps to new 
version? above aproach shares rebgui dir for all apps ... wrong imo 
....

Sorry for partly missuing this channel, although you might have some 
answer for me. One regulatory company asked us to put online our 
company's annual report. Unfortunately, it is some older years, which 
are missing - 2005/6. And all I have is nicely done annual report 
in Flash. It is an .exe. But - each page is in separte subdir, where 
is plenty of .SWF files. I am looking into method of converting it 
into PDF, or something like that :-)

wait, installing to c:\program files means that no rebol subdir is 
being created.

btw - how to influence where it stores/creates database? I want it 
to have in /data subdir :-)

Now at work - one more note, Ashley - my typical app design is as 
follows - application directory containing exe or modules, .cfg files, 
\system subdirectory, which contains other subdirectories as \cyphre-styles, 
\rebgui, \rebdb, \sqlite, according to usage, and \data subdirectory 
... so I am not sure that by default the driver should create the 
directory, as in the contrary when I want simply to have my data 
in \data dir, I don't want the driver to automatically create \my-db-name 
subdir ....

I have one suggestion. Trying to use sqlite for cgi, I have following 
dir structure:

\app
app.cgi

\app\system (sqlite.r, sqlite.dll, other app related "system" files)
\app\data (*.db)


I don't like sqlite driver putting .log file into caller directory 
= main app directory. Not sure where it belongs, if in \system, \data, 
or simply \log subdir, but the driver has no ability to set the path 
...

james_nak: To install manually on FF, download the Opera zip package 
and extract everything to %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla FireFox\plugins. 
You must extract it to the actual plugins dir, not a subdir.