World: r3wp

I have 64 bit

I suspect that explains the segmentation fault.

aha

Is there any way to compile rebol for 64bit linux?

Recompile, no. The source code is not available.

However, several months ago I saw something about someone hacking 
it to work on 64 bit Linux.

I believe the Linux version of REBOL uses a libc6 shared library 
by accessing a specific file at a specific location. By putting a 
64 bit version of that file there, they managed to get it to work. 
I may not have the details quite right, but it was something like 
that.

I just tried to google for that discussion, but without success.

ok

These may help:

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/ml-topic-detail.r?l=0&topic={308227A880B92F1C4D34586C4B0C4BDEDFF1A8DA}

Janeks, see linux group.

When opening another  window from within a rebol app via view/new 
is there a way to insure the new window stays on top until closed 
(and perhaps keeps focus so the parent window can not be manipulated?)

amacleod: use INFORM and HIDE-POPUP instead of VIEW and UNVIEW.

can you use the same options available to view?

they are almost the same

I'm looking to hide the title bar. But I do not see how.

but you mustn't use INFORM and UNVIEW. that will lock View up.

not sure that is possible out of the box

thanks.

I thought I saw something the other day talking about keeping a window 
on top but that might have been a face on top...

Rebgui does that with the /parent refinement.  I think you can use 
options to remove the titlebar

inform and show-popup do not seem to have an options refinement.

view has /parent refinement

sorry...
layout has it

don't use inform ... that will give you a modal window

no-title and no-border are options for view

I want it to be modal

try this then

do [face/options: [no-title no-border]

]

and use inform?

yes

hmm.  doesn't work

Any idea how the /parent refinement works for layout. I can't seem 
to find the right syntax.. 
if its even relevent to what i'm trying to do...

not relevant

check how rebgui does it http://trac.geekisp.com/rebgui/browser/functions/display.r

that's the problem with Vid now ... all this stuff is hidden.

I always hit a wall with vid.
Most of my gui's need more than vid gives us.

VID allows you to setup a basic GUI.  If you need more advanced stuff... 
you need to use View.  That is the problem that Vid3.4 in R3 is going 
to address ( I hope )

INFORM is unfortunately rather nasty. I had big problems (and still 
have) trying to figure out how its feel object works for my OSX style 
drop down sheets.

http://anton.wildit.net.au/rebol/doc/face-options-dialect.txt

Good read. Thanks Anton....
But it does not make the new window Modal.

I got what I needed using choose as you also mention in the document 
above.

Anyone have a few examples on using choose function. I've looked 
at "word borwser" but it does not say much on the refinements...

About word browser....

I use it all the time. Its great but I wish they would have finished 
the few things they seemd to have planned...like the "Add comment" 
function. It would be great if poeple could add other examples and 
other interesting points.

I guess it would have required some kind of sign in feature and add 
too much complexity...

Rebol is an unfinished work ...

and many of the tools associated with it...

On choose functio...never mind I got it to do what I needed...

Is there a way to hold user data in a face. I see a data attribute 
but is htat only for information about the face or can it be used 
to store variables that can be retrieved?

you can use data: to hold any user data.

given data dat how do I store it in button_a and retrieve it?
dat: "Bob"
button_a: btn "hello"