World: r3wp

write %test.r {rebol [] print "hello"}
launch join what-dir %test.r

and it complains it can't find the file.

actually, 

launch http://www.valid.com/rebol.ralso fails

In windows, launch value .. value is taken as a parameter for the 
encapped application.  In Iinux, it demands a script.

i believe there are bugs in launch on linux, and i don't remember 
if they are fixed for 2.6.2... let me check rambo

#3231 is marked as fixed, but I'm not sure if anyone has tested it.

then there are #3581 and #3151, but since you are using what-dir 
they should not apply.

it launches a new process .. but can't find the script.

I didn't realise that such a fundamental thing was broken on the 
linux sdk :(

you can always use call directly

anyway, i'll test this and make sure it works. IIRC the Detective 
has issues with launch/quit on Linux too, but it hasn't been a huge 
problem for me yet.

this means I have to know the name of the calling application ...

launch has to know the name too. so if you don't... it doesn't either. 
i'm pretty sure launch is using system/options/boot

I just want to spawn another instance of my encapped application 
...

Ok, I'll check system/options/boot

call reduce [system/options/boot "argument"]

should give you "argument" in system/options/args and system/script/args 
(usual differences between the two apply)

Also, the AGG font demos on the desktop appear to be broken.

fonts require absolute path on linux

would you explain that ?

this will eventually be fixed but it's not easy (needs a different 
build for each distro... so the final solution is R3)

when you specify a font, you need to specifiy the abs path to that 
font ?

exactly, to the ttf file (for AGG only, not face/text)

Linux does not have any api to get to the ttf from the font name.

so, for vectorial text, you specify the font with the absolute path.

exactly, that should work. refer to Cyphre for more details (i think 
agg text on unix is still somewhat experimental)

I see.

Is OSX any better?

in principle yes, but i don't know if it is supported yet.

Ok.

Do you know how to print in Linux ?

is it write to %lp ?

best way is call the lpr command

if you know you are on kde, you can also call kprint (or was it kprinter) 
and it even displays a nice ui for print options.

gnome

I just want to send some postscript to the attached postscript printer 
on the parallel port.

don't know if gnome has a print command. lpr should work almost anywhere 
though.

well, you can in principle write to %/dev/lp0

however, you need permissions to write there and you need to know 
that the printer is actually attached to lp0

using lpr you can print on any attached printer as long as it is 
configured (ghostscript will take care of rendering on non-ps printers)

ahh... sounds good!

also... since i think all distros are now using CUPS, you might interface 
to it directly.

http://www.cups.org/

I'll have a look at all this. Thanks.

I rambo'd my Linux sdk launch problem.

Anyone know how to get my Vmware Fedora Core 6 image to run at 1024x768 
instead of 800x600 ?

I don't know, but perhaps X thinks your VMWare "monitor" can't handle 
more than 800x600. you probably need to change some settings within 
VMWare or in x.org configuration

Downloaded another vmware appliance with Fedora 6, that was set to 
default to 1024x768.  Archive was not corrupted, but vmware can't 
find the image!

Is there support for Type I fonts in Linux and View/AGG ?

On the 23rd March, Cyphre posted an example of using true type fonts. 
 I tried it on Fedora Core 6, substituting other true type fonts 
I had, and correcting the paths as appropriate and get a blank screen 
:(

here it is http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/display/AGG