[REBOL] The Killer App is a 1000 Killer Apps Re:
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 22-Sep-2000 15:56
[Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz] wrote:
> Mark Dickson wrote:
> > Project 2 - REEMACS
> > As the name suggests the intention here is to create an advanced
> extensible editor & environment written entirely in REBOL built on a REBOL
> interpreter. View GUI versions & Command versions could be developed later.
> > In short REEMACS would be a state of the art Editor / Environment for the
> 21st Century including:
> > * Advanced Text Editing & Formatting
> > * File & Directory Control
> > * Diary & Calendaring
> > * Email & FTP
> > * Language Syntax Highlighting
> > * Documentation & Help
> > * Everything else not yet thought of.......
>
> > There is no reason for REEMACS not to collaborate with other on going
> projects such as REBMAIL to produce a world class REBOL application.
>
> RebMail and REEMACS and 1000 Killer Apps would all benefit from a component
> architecture. Then components from one application could be plugged into the
> other. New applications could be made from the components of other
> applications.
>
> For example, Plug-ins is a component which allows Plug-ins as described by
> Carl on the RebMail list to plug into any Rebol application. Components is a
> rebol module that grabs and runs components together much like Plug-ins do,
> but less restricted. Site is a component which allows http reception and ftp
> sending, allowing a web site (on a free server) to be generated from
> messages. Message is a component that allows messages to sent and received
> from news, email and so on. Edit, Help etc are all components that would fit
> into 1000 Killer Apps, which allow editing of text or viewing of help files.
Also, - I would like to suggest you one Czech product. I know both general
director and product development director. My astronomy friends. Their
ControlWeb(TM) app is popular here, it's modula2 based, and it reminds me of
rebol/View. I saw demo yesterday at the show and it's very nice. The have
various components(plugins), with extensible intefaces, and it's like controlX
can influence controlY just like slider movement is reflected in list scroll.
There is much more to it. Timers etc stuff (= we have faces and it's 'rate
field). The have some native hw drivers though to control various apps. Well, we
have /Command, just don't have events with it as it lacks /View capabilities ;-)
Those interested could look here: http://controlweb.mii.cz/
Cheers,
-pekr-