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Updated our R3 version. Changes:


- no longer links libstdc++ dynamically but statically. You get an 
error that libstdc++-6.dll is missing from your computer.

- changed startup procedure to support correct stdio redirection 
in console mode (used if you start R3 with a command line argument, 
else GUI mode)

I've got a question about using MakeDoc/MakeDoc Pro vs Markdown/MultiMarkdown. 
Are there significant advantages with MakeDoc that outweigh going 
with Markdown which seems to be the defacto standard for lightweight 
markup? I guess when MakeDoc first came out it was pretty unique, 
but if you were to need this kind of tool today wouldn't it make 
sense to use something with wider adoption?

wrong group...

My 6502 emulator in Red/System now takes the name of a ROM file as 
a command line parameter. It can load any ROM that's a multiple of 
2 KB in size:

http://red.esperconsultancy.nl/Red-6502

I also extended the tracing. At the start of each instruction, all 
CPU registers are now dumped

I've tried several operating system ROMs. They seem to work, although 
it's still hard to judge without a real machine emulated around the 
CPU

I've added binaries for all systems to my test repository, so you 
can now easily try the emulator if you have some ROM from the golden 
days:

http://red.esperconsultancy.nl/Red-test

I've added a Fibonacci example to my benchmarks in Red with the main 
function written as a routine!:

http://red.esperconsultancy.nl/Red-C-library/dir?ci=tip&name=examples/Fibonacci

It's 45 times faster than the pure Red version, and all you have 
to do is replace the word FUNCTION with the word ROUTINE :-)

I think this is going to be hard to explain to people :-)

I've also added it to the test builds. Convenient instructions are 
in this article:

http://web.syllable.org/news/2012-11-18-20-47-Red-high-level-programming-language-first-alpha.html

Yes, kind of hard to explain, as the single word change makes it 
45 times faster :-) It is just that R/S is syntactically similar 
to Red, so it might look confusing, why we don't use routine simply 
each time :-)

I've added Doc's new Red interpreter REPL console to the Red test 
builds:

http://red.esperconsultancy.nl/Red-test

So you can now try it immediately. Currently only for Windows, so 
it's in MSDOS\Red\console.exe

I feel small and humble in the shadow of Doc's Xmas present, but 
for what it's worth, here's a very preliminary Red binding with SQLite:

http://red.esperconsultancy.nl/Red-SQLite

Series and structs aren't marshaled yet; they're just passed as address 
integers

Only simple functions work so far. I've added a Red version of do-sql 
to the test programs that just prints the SQLite version. See above. 
They're in */Red/do-sql

As you can see there are a number of primitive constructs in the 
Red binding. I'll report issues as I go

Great work, Kaj!

Released R3 ODBC host extension to https://github.com/gurzgri/r3.git
(branch odbc). 

It's a fairly complete, Windows only extension in the spirit of the 
R2 ODBC api.

Updated: http://development.saphirion.com/downloads/to contain the 
complete R3-GUI ZIP with additional docs, examples etc.

I made a version of the Red interpreter console for other platforms 
than Windows. It runs on systems that have the ReadLine library. 
It uses both the libreadline and libhistory libraries, so it provides 
command line editing and history recall

I've made ready built binaries available in the test repository. 
See above. They're in */Red/console

I've tested the versions for Syllable and Linux. ReadLine is probably 
available for OS X, but it probably needs to be installed through 
one of the extra packaging projects. I don't know if ReadLine is 
available for Android, but it would most likely also need to be installed 
as extra

I also updated the Windows version with the latest additions and 
fixes

Thanks Kaj, robert and ChristianE

robert -> Robert

We have updated our web-site http://development.saphirion.comto 
now include documentation from our SVN. The documentation is written 
in MDP format, dynamically read from the SVN (so you always get the 
latest version), and converted to HTML for inclusion on the page.

Please note: Scroll through the pages since we sometimes combine 
several MDP files into one page. Not the nicest way at the moment, 
but works best to avoid so many pages. The start is for MDP itself 
and R3-GUI / Actors.

Massive R3-GUI documentation brought online. ATT: The docs still 
referr to the old GUI model. We are going to clean everything up 
in the next weeks.

here is a tool I built which allows one to set or remove the "always 
on top" flag of any opened window, dynamically.


http://www.pointillistic.com/open-REBOL/moa/files/window-controler.exe


when you start the app, it lists all windows, using both exe and 
window title, depending on what is viable for that window.  if you 
click on the title, that window becomes always on top (immediately), 
and if you press on the X besides it, it loose that flag. 


just close and re-open to update the window list... simple and stupid, 
but reallly useful.

btw, IMHO, actual announcements, should be in "notice" color scheme 
(yellow bg)  to separate them from the rest of the text.

(its not a rebol app, its built using C#, unfortunately)

New r3-view.exe published. Fixes the problem, that the graphics subsystem 
wasn't initialized when command line arguments are given. So, now 
it behaves as before and should give correct STDIO.

We have made an other big achievement of bringing R3 to Android OS 
based devices. In the last couple of days Cyphre added console support. 
So you now can input stuff on your Android. Further .r extension 
is now associated with the interpreter. So you can run downloaded 
scripts. We have uploaded a script, so you try it out.


Android R3 installation package: http://development.saphirion.com/experimental/R3droid.apk


Test script, for direct access from Android device: http://development.saphirion.com/experimental/oneline-prime-numbers.r


Thanks again to all who made a donation to drive this stream. We 
still can spend 10-15 days on this project at the moment. If you 
would like to help push this developement forward, feel free to donate, 
sponsor or make a bounty for features.

does it currently have GUI support?

(sorry, should be in ann-reply)

small correction: the test script link is http://development.saphirion.com/experimental/oneliner-prime-numbers.r

What version of Android is needed for R3droid.apk ?

(sorry, should be in ann-reply)......

Wow, just got back on AltME!  Deliriously happy :)

Works on my Huawei M865C :)

I noticed system/view exists...  Have you had any chance to explore 
the possibility of GUI?

Please put in your agenda the weekend of saturday the 26th and sunday 
the 27th of january. Then we will have the DevCon 2013 in De War 
'Place for Pioneers' in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. This year we 
will combine the Syllable Winter Conference with the DevCon, Conference 
for the REBOL Programming Language Family, as they have much overlap. 
Presentations will be done by Nenad Rakocevic and Kaj de Vos. We 
are open to other guest speakers and presentations? Entrance is free, 
but donations are very much appreciated. Keep an eye on this website:
http://devcon.esperconsultancy.nl/(will be updated soon)
and this Twitter-account:
https://twitter.com/devc0n

It is easily reachable by airplane (Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport) 
and by international trains. 

It's an old matches factory marked 'Spullenmannen', which is now 
being used by artists.

DE WAR


DE WAR is a breeding ground for art, technology and sustainability 
in Amersfoort, and is host to  a wide range of activities. Since 
2002 the Spullenlab has been the headquarters of Spullenmannen, an 
artists\u2019 collective making theatre, installations, visual art, 
and purposeless contraptions. A  shared office space was set up in 
2006, with different working places, a meeting room, and other facilities 
shared by a number of cultural enterpreneurs. The OpenTOKO workshops 
started in 2008, as a series of \u2019open knowledge\u2019 workshops 
on the connection between art and technology. Since 2010, DE WAR 
has also been housing FabLab Amersfoort, TransitieLab, and Studium 
Generale Amersfoort.  Moreover, a performing space for small theatre 
productions has been set up in 2011.


DE WAR has been established in the old match factory on the river 
Eem.  The factory complex dating back in 1881 has, besides from other 
activities, operated as a production facility of the Dutch colour 
dye industry, and is also known by the name of its last owner, Warner 
Jenkinson. Nowadays owned by the municipality of Amersfoort,  the 
factory complex faces an uncertain future, either to be demolished 
or to be renovated. Besides DE WAR several other offices and ateliers 
are housed within the same factory complex.


DE WAR is initiative  of PLAN B, at the address KLEINE KOPPEL 40, 
3812 PH in Amersfoort,