[REBOL] flavors & versions... Re:(2)
From: zoon::stumpworld::com at: 20-Sep-2000 13:29
[rebol--techscribe--com] wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> 1. Upgrading Command: I suspect the REBOL/Command uses an umodified /Core
> upgrade function (bug!). That upgrade function (because its unmodified)
> does the same thing it would do if it was evaluated under /Core. It
> downloads the latest /Core archive. Keep in mind that /Command is an
> experimental version. To upgrade it go to
> http://www.rebol.com/xpers/xpers.html and download the latest version.
>
> 2. Upgrading /Core: Which /Core version are you currently using? Does there
> exist a newer stable version, or are you trying to upgrade from/to an
> experimental version? If that is the case use the above url as well.
>
> 3. View: When /View is installed it attempts to write a copy of the /View
> executable to the target directory. If that target directory is identical
> to the directory from which you launched /View, then /View will not be able
> to overwrite itself (MS Windows stops it from doing that). You must unpack
> /View to a different (for instance temp) directory, and install it from
> there. If launched from a different directory /View will successfully
> overwrite the old version of /View it finds in the target directory. (I had
> a similar problem on my Win95 machine and solved it by unpacking /View to a
> different directory).
>
> Hope this helps.
Thanks Elan -
As far as the other files associated with Rebol, how do you handle storage?
Either I have multiple versions of the same files in different directories, or I
overwrite a script intended for use with View with one that only works in Core,
etc. Maybe scripts should have command: core: and view: blocks that only get
executed depending upon the version of rebol being used...
I'm enjoying the book, BTW.
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