REBOL versions
[1/3] from: fuka::fuxoft::cz at: 5-Dec-2002 23:23
Hello,
I'm completely new to Rebol. I'd like to use it to create a simple web
content management system. Plus maybe some simple graphic games. My
question is: Am I right in my assumption that REBOL/View is exactly the
same thing as REBOL/Core with some GUI stuff added? Can I develop my
application under REBOL/View on Win98 and then run it as CGI under
REBOL/Core on Linux?
From my understanding, REBOL/View does not support sound. Why does it
contain the "sound" object then?
Can you suggest some practical Rebol tutorials apart from
http://www.rebol.com/docs/core23/ ?
Also, I see unusually large amount of people from Czech Republic on this
list. What is the reason? Are there any Czech resources/tutorials about
REBOL? I could say that I'm interested in computer stuff happening in
our country but never heard about REBOL before this week.
--
Frantisek Fuka
(yes, that IS my real name)
(and it's pronounced "Fran-tjee-shek Foo-kah")
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[2/3] from: sunandadh:aol at: 5-Dec-2002 17:54
Hi Frantisek,
Welcome to Rebol -- Let me attempt your first three questions.
> Am I right in my assumption that REBOL/View is exactly the
> same thing as REBOL/Core with some GUI stuff added?
Basically yes. Any script written for /Core should work on /View. There are
minor incompatibilities (as there always is in evolving software) but not
much.
> Can I develop my
> application under REBOL/View on Win98 and then run it as CGI under
> REBOL/Core on Linux?
In theory yes.
In practice several people have had trouble using /View as a CGI processor.
If you develop on Win98 /Core you should have no problems running that on a
Linux /Core -- and vice versa.
> From my understanding, REBOL/View does not support sound. Why does it
> contain the "sound" object then?
View/Pro includes sound. But you pay for that. It is the same distribtion as
the free /View but with a licence key to unlock extra goodies. Try:
open: sound://
in /View and you'll get the message:
> Feature not available in this REBOL
Pay money. Get key. Lose the message.
Free sound is a regular request for /View. There have been some suggestions
on this list recently the Rebol Tech might be thinking about it.
hth
Sunanda
[3/3] from: anton:lexicon at: 6-Dec-2002 13:02
That should be:
open sound://
As below,
open: sound://
will change the value of the word 'open from
the built-in open function to the url sound://
If you do this, you can break a lot of code very quickly,
because many file and network functions rely on 'open.
Anton.