[ALLY] View/Pro docs updated
[1/4] from: holger::rebol::com at: 19-Apr-2001 10:07
The View/Pro Library, Shell and Encryption docs have been updated to reflect the
new BeOS and AmigaOS ports and other recent changes. The new versions are available
from the web site now. Here are the changes in a nutshell:
Library:
BeOS works just like Unix. AmigaOS is similar, but requires an ".fd" file for every
library, either in the same directory as the library or in "FD:".
Shell:
BeOS and AmigaOS work like Unix, except that i/o redirection to/from REBOL
is not supported (/input, /output, /error, /console refinements). Temporary
files have to be used instead, together with shell redirection.
Encryption:
No differences between platforms. Changes in the documentation include clarifications
and corrections regarding encryption strength (full version vs. export), and
documentation of the /padding refinement for 'rsa-encrypt, new in View/Pro 1.1.
--
Holger Kruse
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[2/4] from: bga:din:uem at: 19-Apr-2001 14:34
Em Thursday, April 19 2001, 14:07:04, Holger Kruse ([holger--rebol--com]) disse:
>Shell:
>
>BeOS and AmigaOS work like Unix, except that i/o redirection to/from REBOL
>is not supported (/input, /output, /error, /console refinements). Temporary
>files have to be used instead, together with shell redirection.
Why is that? I mean, if you're running console apps under BeOS (and you
usually will call console apps from a script) you are able to redirect input/
output just like in UNIX. In fact, I think that the code necessary to do it
in BeOS should not be that different than the same code in the UNIX world.
-Bruno
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[3/4] from: ryan:christiansen:intellisol at: 19-Apr-2001 13:20
>Shell:
>
>BeOS and AmigaOS work like Unix, except that i/o redirection to/from REBOL
>is not supported (/input, /output, /error, /console refinements).
Temporary
>files have to be used instead, together with shell redirection.
I, too, find this strange, because you can compile simple command-line C
programs in BeOS without modification. Can you explain the reason for this?
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[4/4] from: holger:rebol at: 19-Apr-2001 11:27
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:34:13PM -0300, Bruno G. Albuquerque wrote:
> Em Thursday, April 19 2001, 14:07:04, Holger Kruse ([holger--rebol--com]) disse:
> >Shell:
<<quoted lines omitted: 6>>
> output just like in UNIX. In fact, I think that the code necessary to do it
> in BeOS should not be that different than the same code in the UNIX world.
Unfortunately the Posix emulation environment in BeOS is extremely incomplete.
fork()/execv() are buggy, select() does not work with files/pipes and there are
numerous other problems. It would probably be possible to somehow "hack" pipes
in BeOS into our event system by using additional threads, but there was no
time for that for View/Pro 1.1. Perhaps in a future version, or if BeOS ever
gets a more complete Posix environment.
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Holger Kruse
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