[REBOL] Re: Zips
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 9-Jan-2003 10:41
Carl Read wrote:
>Volker Nitsch:
> REBOL [ ...
>
>Andrew Martin:
> REBOL [ ...
>
>"Do I hear three"? (;
>
>But ... how do we get people to use them? Or to know where to find
>them?
>
>RIP (was it called that?) was RT's method, wasn't it? Shouldn't a
>packer be in REBOL itself?
>
RIP packs as binary AFAIK. that is shorter, but confusing.
browsers think "*.rip? whats that? *shrug* 'that is allways text..".
emailers too, and may look for good places for linebreaks.
also the original unpacks, but does not start something.
mine (to myself: ADD THE /binary everywhere and test!)
saves everything enbased, and wraps to 5-chars or such.
-volker
