Rebol View Distributed Desktop?
[1/8] from: bry::itnisk::com at: 9-Mar-2004 20:11
I seem to remember that Rebol View Desktop
was opened up a while back, so that it was
possible to customize the desktop (by which
I mean more than just adding colors etc.) is
there any documentation on this
anywhere?
[2/8] from: Izkata:comcast at: 9-Mar-2004 15:32
> I seem to remember that Rebol View Desktop
> was opened up a while back, so that it was
> possible to customize the desktop (by which
> I mean more than just adding colors etc.) is
> there any documentation on this
> anywhere?
I don't know if there was any documentation, but since
the command "desktop" opens it up, I checked to see
if is was a function/native/whatever. It's a function that
loads a certain object called "ctx-viewtop". Why not
mess with that and see what you can come up with?
Oh, yeah - Rebol freezes whenever I use "? ctx-viewtop"
to see what it contains, so I don't see a way to see it's source.
Well... Adios for now! =^=FE
[3/8] from: antonr:iinet:au at: 10-Mar-2004 16:17
ctx-viewtop starts out life as a block, quite short.
When you use the desktop for the first time, it
is converted to an object! This object molds to a much
longer string than the original block. So by "freezing",
I assume you mean "deep in thought".
So open a console, and do this:
write clipboard:// mold ctx-viewtop
Then you can open an editor and paste into a new
document, which you can easily make into a script
which sets ctx-viewtop, so you can experiment with the
code.
Anton.
[4/8] from: Izkata:comcast at: 10-Mar-2004 6:00
> So by "freezing",
> I assume you mean "deep in thought".
I'm not entirely sure... Maybe it's working and I'm just
impatient, but after a while, I pressed CTRL + ALR + DEL
and it was marked Not Responding, and was using about
50% of the system resources...
> So open a console, and do this:
>
> write clipboard:// mold ctx-viewtop
I got the same thing here.. (freezes)
On second thought, disabling "Load Desktop on Startup"
left it as a block, so writing it to a file was no problem.
[5/8] from: antonr:iinet:au at: 11-Mar-2004 0:46
I see the crash too now.
I'll have to report that, if it isn't reported
already.
But it only seems to happen after actually
using the Desktop (ie. if you start desktop
automatically on startup).
If you start directly in console, then this
also should give you the code in reasonable time:
write clipboard:// mold context ctx-viewtop
Anton.
[6/8] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 11-Mar-2004 17:28
Hi Anton,
On Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 2:46:36 PM, you wrote:
AR> If you start directly in console, then this
AR> also should give you the code in reasonable time:
AR> write clipboard:// mold context ctx-viewtop
Isn't it easier to just download the source?
http://www.rebol.com/downloads/viewtop1200.zip
Regards,
Gabriele.
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Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer
Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/
[7/8] from: Izkata:comcast at: 11-Mar-2004 15:57
> Isn't it easier to just download the source?
>
> http://www.rebol.com/downloads/viewtop1200.zip
Certainly. Except I didn't know that that existed...
=^=FE
[8/8] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 12-Mar-2004 10:05
Hi Izkata,
On Thursday, March 11, 2004, 10:57:26 PM, you wrote:
>> Isn't it easier to just download the source?
>>
>> http://www.rebol.com/downloads/viewtop1200.zip
I> Certainly. Except I didn't know that that existed...
The Desktop is now Open Source
means that the source can be
downloaded somewhere... :-) You'll find it if you go to rebol.com
and then News.
http://www.rebol.com/news3610.html
Regards,
Gabriele.
--
Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer
Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/