World: r3wp

How will the new text support work in Linux ? Using Freetype ?

I want a suggestion, but otoh I don't give you much chances of how 
to change my mind, as some things are simply wrong with new-computer-View-initial 
behavior ...

Today I had chance to show to my Lotus Notes fried small app. I took 
LN phone list, imported it into rebdb, used View 1.3 and Cyphre's 
grid and produced small cute tool ....

well, but I was at computer, which was never touched by Rebol and 
I have to say, that my annoyance is not over and that we better change 
some things sooner than later ...

Simply put - I don't want to use installer, the option of not installing 
rebol is no option for me, that is for eng user. We have -i or --noinstall, 
whose behavior can be regarded as being buggy and I want to submit 
it to RAMBO. I want to ask, if anyone else agree ...

Even if I use -i, Rebol tries to start Desktop. I did not ask it 
to do so. And it tries to connect to internet - if we are not able 
to do our homework to detect proxy automatically, nor are we able 
to produce non-blocking system buttons, we end-up with nearly ten 
or twenty seconds blocked desktop window, where even system close 
button does not work!

So - if most ppl agree, that starting desktop and trying to connect 
to internet directly is good thing (with auto proxy detection it 
could be, without it it simply is not), then I want -i and --noinstall 
to skip Desktop launch phase - and that is what I am about to submit 
as a request, or as a bug report ...

I think you could launch rebol with the -sqw switches and don't have 
the above problem.

(Not sure though)

it does not work - desktop appears, imo -w is for windowless scripts, 
running in background ...

rebol your-script.r

in your case, rebol -i your-script.r

if this does not work, then it's a bug. otherwise, it's your wish, 
which may or may not taken into consideration.

but i'm not completely sure i understand your case. if you want to 
just launch a script, you should 1) launch the script like above, 
2) use the sdk to encap it so that you just have an exe. if you launch 
rebol by itself, it's obvious to me that it starts the desktop unless 
you have specified otherwise (user prefs).

I want to launch the scrip, without Desktop popping-up, if I use 
-i option, but that is not the case. I also want it to work, without 
choosing or not to install rebol first, simply on new computer, untouched 
by rebol yet ...

Also - once Desktop launches, it tries to connect to internet. As 
most users are behind proxy, I can bet they will be annoyed, because 
Rebol is completly blocked and does not react to system buttons, 
you can't even shut down the app...

so, you're saying that rebol -i your-script.r does not work?

no, it starts desktop ...

it might be related to this problem: http://www.rebol.net/cgi-bin/rambo.r?id=3842&

yes, maybe so, but I don't need to use --do, do I? At least according 
to what 'usage output shows me in console. Just try to uninstall 
rebol and try to type rebol.exe my-script.r in OS console .... desktop 
will pop-up.

it would not be so denerving, if I could imediatelly shut down desktop, 
but it blocks and it feels like hours ;-) We should do something 
about that too. Either we learn how to read proxy settings properly, 
or don't try to connect to internet by default!

i think this is just a bug in the desktop startup code.

it should not start the desktop if you provide a script in the command 
line.

OK, that is what I tried to say - should I fill-in RAMBO entry? :-)

write-net ? i need my callback on writing operations too ! just like 
read can i've this cookie ?

The only callbacks i know are by using async. Gabriele and Romano 
have protocolls to do that.

all 'read based functions are weak - they are not async ...

using link and 1.3 on linux, workaround: export HOME=/home/volker/ios 
. solves the .rebol-nameclash and works.

I found one GC problem:

g: does [o/f: does [recycle print "o/f"] o/f]
o: make object! [f: does [g print mold disarm try [1 / 0]]]

now doing:

    o/f

reliably crashes the interpreter

posted under name: "GC Crash - Object&Function"

simplification:

o: make object! [f: does [g print "version 1"]]
g: does [o/f: does [print "version 2"] recycle]
o/f

this looks like being enough too:

f: does [g print "version 1"]
g: does [f: does [print "version 2"] recycle]
f

or shorter:

f: does [g print "version 1"]
g: does [unset 'f recycle]
f

the crash observed in Linux View 1.3 too

...and under OpenBSD

the problem can be "circumvented" as follows:

f: does [g print "version 1"]
g: does [unset 'f recycle]

doer: func [f [function!]] [f]
doer :f

Nice work Ladislav.

Cool reduced. I have that bug sometimes when redoing scriptsbut never 
nailed it really. Never thought to use recyle. my workaround:  f: 
func[][dont-gc-me: :f reload-me]

There is a problem with the issue! type. It doesn't accept the slash 
character as the example in the rebol core manual says.

>> value: #MG82/32-7
== /32-7
>> probe value
#MG82
== #MG82 ;; It droped the 32-7 part.

regarding the above GC crash (and to Volker): I think, that the best 
workaround is

    do :f

instead of just 

    f

Eeks. should this happen?
  echo -e "these are\nsome words" | rebol -q scratch.r
the script contains an error, an undefined word bang
** Script Error: bang has no value
** Near: bang
** Script Error: these has no value
** Near: these are
** Script Error: some has no value
** Near: some words

input is executed. its clear, there is an error, so go to console 
for input. but this time the console is data. maybe with pipes that 
should be changed?

workaround is: run as cgi, rebol -qc . but this is easy to overlook.