World: r3wp

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

I see Rebolinth had the same problem which was not solved except 
by changing to Debian.

I guess Debian rocks.  The console history works correctly in Debian, 
and so do the fonts in AGG draw.

How do you get browse to invoke the default browser?

For the browser i use this in my user.r

browse*: :browse
browse: func [
	value [any-string!]
	/only
	] [

   call rejoin[{/usr/local/firefox/firefox "}  to-url (value) {"}]
]

I'll give that a go.

Debian, view runs .. but encapped app complains

missing libstdc++-lib6.2-2.so.3

Graham, re fonts on Fedora: are you sure you are using the right 
Linux version with FreeType2 support? Do you have the FreeType2 library 
installed on your Linux setup?

Yes, freetype 2.2.1 release 16fc6.

I'm not the only person with this problem.  Rebolinth reported the 
same in March.

what you get if you type: ldd rebol in the console?

linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x005ec000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x45e3e000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x45f42000)
	libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x46566000)
	libXaw.so.7 => /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 (0x46012000)
	libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x465c0000)
	libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0x00111000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x49ad8000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x49b01000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x49999000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x49d2d000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x49d25000)
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4a53b000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x4a51f000)
	libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x465d9000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x4a546000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x48fca000)

shall I rambo this?

It would be good to have a page which detailed all the issues relating 
to various flavours of Linux - particularly for those new to the 
game.

Maybe the rebolbook might be one place ...

If RT can't manage to document them.

Cyphre, since you mentioned freetype, and freetype is capable of 
using type 1 fonts, does this mean that we will have type 1 fonts 
available at some stage soon?

What would it take for RT to port View to the Zaurus 3200 ?  It can 
run a form of Debian.

http://www.carrypad.com/content/view/26/9/1/1/

I can imagine this would be quite useful to login to my medical database 
while on the move....

Talked to Rebolinth again .. he never got AGG fonts working except 
by changing to Debian.

the Linux file requester needs some arrow widgets on the scroller. 
 It's very difficult to navigate a directory with lots of files.

I always thought it would be better to do the requester in rebol 
anyway, then we are all concerned to improve it.

it is in Rebol

Oh really :) That's good then.

Post the REQUEST-FILE source then, we can have a look.

request-file: func [

    {Requests a file using a popup list of files and directories.} 
    /title "Change heading on request." 
    title-line "Title line of request" 
    button-text "Button text for selection" 
    /file name "Default file name or block of file names" 
    /filter filt "Filter or block of filters" 
    /keep "Keep previous settings and results" 
    /only "Return only a single file, not a block." 
    /path "Return absolute path followed by relative files." 
    /save "Request file for saving, otherwise loading." 
    /local where data filt-names filt-values
][
    if none? out start-out 
    either file [

        either block? name [picked: copy name] [picked: reduce [to-file name]]
    ] [
        if not keep [picked: copy []]
    ] 
    if none? picked [picked: copy []] 
    if file: picked/1 [where: first split-path file] 
    while [not tail? picked] [
        set [name file] split-path first picked 
        either name <> where [remove picked] [
            change picked file 
            picked: next picked
        ]
    ] 
    picked: head picked 
    if any [not where not exists? where] [where: clean-path %.] 
    if not keep [
        fp/data: head fp/data 
        so/data: head so/data 
        si: 1
    ] 
    either filter [
        filters: either block? filt [filt] [reduce [filt]]
    ] [if any [not keep not block? filters] [pick-filter]] 
    ff/text: form filters 
    tt/text: either title [copy title-line] ["Select a File:"] 
    ob/text: either title [copy button-text] ["Select"] 
    if all [
        error? done: try [
            filt-names: copy head fp/data 
            filt-values: copy filter-list 
            either filter [
                insert head filt-names "Custom" 
                insert/only filt-values filters
            ] [
                filt-names: at filt-names index? fp/data
            ] 
            done: local-request-file data: reduce 

            [tt/text ob/text clean-path where picked filt-names filt-values found? 
            any [only] found? any [save]] 
            if done [
                dir-path: data/3 
                picked: data/4 

                if not filter [fp/data: at head fp/data index? data/5]
            ] 
            done
        ] 
        (get in disarm done 'code) = 328
    ] [
        done: false 
        read-dir/full either where [where] [dir-path] 
        show-pick 
        inform out 
        unfocus
    ] 
    if error? done [done] 
    if all [done picked any [path not empty? picked]] [
        either path [
            done: insert copy picked copy dir-path 
            either only [done/1] [head done]
        ] [
            foreach file picked [insert file dir-path] 
            either only [picked/1] [picked]
        ]
    ]
]

This is the same source as on Windows.

REQUEST-FILE is just a wrapper for LOCAL-REQUEST-FILE, which is native 
on Windows and I suppose might be native on Linux.

You must post source of LOCAL-REQUEST-FILE or rambo the problem if 
it is native.

No, in linux its the old rebol-requester.

Ok, so post the source of LOCAL-REQUEST-FILE here.

It's a native

Anyone know how to write to lp ?

A native ? That's seems strange.

*nixes used to just use cp file /dev/lp.

My current Debian has an lp device at /dev/lp0, but alas I have no 
printer to test open %/dev/lp0

REQUEST-FILE used to be fully mezzanine.
Does the linux request-file look like this one from View 1.2.1 ?