[REBOL] Re: From ViewTop to console and back
From: izkata:gm:ail at: 28-Mar-2009 11:40
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:31 AM, <mumpsoid-gmx.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Henrik Mikael Kristensen wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:21 PM, =C2=A0<mumpsoid-gmx.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Carl Read wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Friday, 27-March-2009 at 5:48:50 mumpsoid wrote,
>> >>
>> >> >and to Carl Read....
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks for the `desktop' command. However, when i click on the console
>> >> >icon to return to the console, it loads a new instance of the console
>> >> >- not cool!
>> >>
>> >> I don't get that in Windows, so maybe it's an OSX thing.
>>
>> 1. When you first start REBOL/View, does it open a console window?
>>
>> 2. If you start REBOL/View from a terminal, does it do the same? I get
>> correct behavior here in OSX Leopard, so I think this has something to
>> do with REBOL not being able to pipe to the correct console.
>
> Hello Henrik...
>
> Thanks for the response!! Here's a bit more info:
>
> Using OS X 10.5.6
>
> I have `rebview' parked in my Dock
>
> I click on the "exec" (rebview) icon and I get:
>
> 1. =C2=A0A "terminal" window with a single tab containing:
> [09:38:15][dnormandin-tigger:~]$ /Users/dnormandin/downloads/rebol-276\ 2/rebview ;
exit;
>
> 2. =C2=A0The "REBOL -ViewTop" window with: "Welcome to REBOL/View 2.7.6
>
> When I click on the "Console" icon, the "tab" in #1 above reads:
>
> REBOL/View 2.7.6.2.4 15-Mar-2008
> Copyright 2000-2008 REBOL Technologies. =C2=A0All rights reserved.
> REBOL is a trademark of REBOL Technologies. WWW.REBOL.COM
>>>
>
> I should say that I DLed the OSX PPC version, only because the OSX
> Intel link at http://www.rebol.com/view-platforms.html is pooched.
> Are you running the Intel flavor?
>
> So far, everything seems normal, until I go back to the desktop and
> then click the "Console" icon again to re-enter the REBOL console. I
> am returned to the same OSX terminal window; same "terminal" tab, but
> a new instance of the interpreter. WTF.....? I might as well be using
> BrainF..k for the headache I'm getting.... ;)) =C2=A0Thanks!
That's the normal functionality. And nothing is actually lost:
REBOL/View 2.7.6.4.2 15-Mar-2008
Copyright 2000-2008 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved.
REBOL is a trademark of REBOL Technologies. WWW.REBOL.COM
>> X: {foo}
== "foo"
>> desktop
REBOL/View 2.7.6.4.2 15-Mar-2008
Copyright 2000-2008 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved.
REBOL is a trademark of REBOL Technologies. WWW.REBOL.COM
>> X
== "foo"
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