[REBOL] Re: Watson - what is so special about it?
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 26-Aug-2002 16:03
Sabin Densmore wrote:
>> ... but I believe that Sabin is referring to the fact that a Mac
>> user normally doesn't start an application and then open a file
>> within that application, but simply double-clicks on a document
>> (file) and the appropriate application is automatically launched
>> and the file is loaded (or run, as appropriate).
>
> Yep. :)
>
> That is *exactly* what I'm talking about. And, since OS X doesn't have
> a Rebol/View port yet, the only option I have is to open terminal, run
> rebol and then call the script. Or, call the script as an argument to
> the rebol command from terminal -- either is clumsy for the average user.
>
> So, if you want to try and replace Watson with Rebol, there has to be
> a) an OS X native Rebol/View app, b) a method by which to associate a
> stand-alone Rebol/View script with a user's pre-existing Rebol/View
> app. Perhaps someway to package the Rebol/View application and the
> script as a single download?
>
> >The "magic" that runs AppleScript (or any other truly Mac-aware
> >language) works in that fashion.
>
> Right :) Not magic, but a process that happens when an application is
> native to the OS it is running on.
>
> This seems to be a weakness with Rebol -- requiring the user to have
> the development kit installed along with the script you are
> distributing. Though, it's not a big weakness, because of the small
> footprint of Rebol in general -- but it did keep me from doing
> something Rebol does well on Mac OS X.
Its BIG weakness of MacOS in fact, which is known to be even more
hybrid, than Windows (sorry Joel ;-) If you can't create any type of
batch file, shortcut, whatever, telling it to launch View + appropriate
script, then well ... :-)
-pekr-
