[REBOL] Re: Little questions, big answers...
From: arolls:bigpond:au at: 6-Sep-2001 20:20
I thought you wanted to do that!
I don't recommend writing a file.
That's more work than necessary.
lay: layout [size 300x300]
repeat n 10 [
append lay/pane make get-style 'field compose [
offset: (n * 10x28)
text: (join "field" n)
]
]
view lay
To see how this works, you will need to know how
make, compose and get-style work. But here is an
example of the above that requires more manual
labour.
lay: layout [size 300x300]
append lay/pane make get-style 'field []
lay/pane/1/offset: 10x10
view lay ; now close the window
append lay/pane make get-style 'field []
lay/pane/2/offset: 20x40
view lay
Get-style takes a word like 'field and returns
you a pointer to the default, "archetype", field face
that is set up by rebol VID.
Make makes a copy of that object so we have our own.
Without make there, we would be modifying one face,
and appending it multiple times to the pane list.
You can do it, but they will all have the same
position, size, text, etc. which will cause you
problems.
There is also list.
view layout [list [field] data [["hello"] ["there"]]]
This requires a bit of work to set up and
manipulate, but there are docs lying around.
