[REBOL] Re: newbie question
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 16-Mar-2004 19:20
On Dienstag, 16. M=E4rz 2004 17:08, Brondo, Greg wrote:
> Where are things like open/lines/direct documented? If I execute 'help
> open' I can see 'open/lines' and 'open/direct' but no the
> 'open/lines/direct'. How is a newcomer to this language supposed to 'know'
> these things?
>
because thats refinements. And refinements can be used in combination.
(makes not always sense though ;)
so open/lines/direct handles data as lines and does not buffer.
now where that is documented i can't remember, i guess in the /core manual?
I guess most people ask here.. ;)
> Not to sound like a whiner but I *really* want to use this language I'm
> just having trouble convincing myself to use it for any projects due to the
> lack of thorough docs and the 'black box' nature of it......
>
> Instead I'm having to look into something like Ruby (or Python) for my
> clients project....
>
> Thanks!
>
> Greg B.
-Volker
