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[Linux] group for linux REBOL users

Gabriele
9-Dec-2006
[914]
Rebolek: that would be more or less correct, however the format of 
the library usually depends on the OS, so it can't be the same file 
in most cases.
Graham
9-Dec-2006
[915x3]
Linux users .. please try this for me 

do http://www.compkarori.com/reb/psd2draw.r
Do you see any text ?  Or, do you have to install some postscript 
fonts?
And isn't ghostscript a standard install for most linux distros ?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[918]
Probably
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[919x2]
I wonder then if it's the fonts I'm using.
maybe I try installing a windows fonts package.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[921x2]
The Ghostscript fonts may not be available to X11, and thus probably 
not to View
There's an extra package for that in Debian/Ubuntu
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[923]
I'm on Fedora (vmware)
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[924x2]
gsfonts-x11
The fonts also go under different names
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[926]
maybe I look at what fonts are available and try those in my script.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[927x4]
Right, we can't make Syllable dependent on REBOL. Indeed we're using 
Orca for fundamental stuff
I gave Syllable to Carl a year ago in Milan. He was toying with the 
thought of trying to compile REBOL, but he probably didn't
R3 will definitely be a better base to port, and I will try it when 
the open-source layer is released
Syllable uses ELF executable format like modern Linux, so there's 
a chance we would be able to use the R3 library for x86 Linux
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[931x3]
that would be good.
What resolution does the Syllable livePC run at?
screen rez ...
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[934]
Syllable's default resolution is always 640x480, unless you set it 
otherwise. Why?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[935x3]
bit retro !
I would want 1024x768 at least.
The Suse Live PC I tried won't go above 640x480 as well I think.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[938x2]
You can simply set that
Setting the resolution has traditionally been a problem on Linux, 
so that could be the case with that SUSE
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[940]
have you tried the LivePC ?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[941x2]
No, but it should function the same as standard VMWare images, and 
I've never heard of resolution problems with those
Have you tried that Syllable LivePC? Does it have a problem?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[943x2]
No, I downloaded an ISO image before and burnt that.
but I have run out of quota till the end of the month so can't download 
anything :(
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[945]
Probably better. I don't know if the LivePC has been updated to 0.6.2
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[946]
You should try and push Carl to port Rebol.
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[947]
You have quotas on your side of the world? ;-)
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[948x2]
Yeah ...
one month I went $300 over quota :(
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[950]
Carl is not easily pushed. I'll port the open-source layer when it's 
there, and if it doesn't work I'll bug him again
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[951]
Do you have an idea of how hard it would be to do a port ?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[952x3]
No quotas here, just vague threats that there might be one
I've ported many languages to Syllable, and it's usually not hard. 
There are exceptions, and it might be more difficult to get all features 
to work, but REBOL is very portable, so it should be easy
On the other hand, not having the full source could cause problems 
that only RT could solve
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[955x2]
LivePC is 0.6.2
Also, I see a vmware image
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[957]
Oh, cool, they're keeping close tags on it, then
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[958]
Pity they don't advise the download size on the download page with 
checksums
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[959]
It shouldn't be much bigger than our standard install CD. I seem 
to remember something around 70 MB
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[960x2]
Ok.
Is Firefox going to be ported .. or are you stuck with Abrowse ?
Kaj
10-Dec-2006
[962]
But if you have our 0.6.2 ISO, why not install that in VMWare?
Graham
10-Dec-2006
[963]
Must have been 6 months or more ago that I downloaded the ISO.