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[Linux] group for linux REBOL users

Kaj
31-Aug-2007
[1738]
It's a bug, of course
DanielSz
31-Aug-2007
[1739]
Thanks, Kaj!
Henrik
31-Aug-2007
[1740]
sometimes it helps to logout and back in again a few times
DanielSz
31-Aug-2007
[1741]
ok, will do, Henrik, thanks!
amacleod
31-Aug-2007
[1742]
had the same problem with using different computers with the same 
account. One computer would not upload all the messages...both windows 
XP
btiffin
1-Sep-2007
[1743x2]
Graham;  What brand of VMWare are you running.  i.e. did you but 
it?
VMWare = VMware  but = buy.
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1745]
using vmware server ... free
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1746]
Anyone knows if rebol will run on the maemo OS as used by the Nokia 
N800 internet tablet? It is a debian-based linux derivation, so chances 
it will run.
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1747x2]
no
I think this is in the faq
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1749]
Really?
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1750x2]
no, jk
but I've seen this question asked a few times now
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1752]
Too bad, looks like a sweet device to me
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1753]
just wait for R3 ... coming "soon"
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1754]
I haven't been following R3 development so closely, but are you saying 
that we will be able to compile R3 from source on linux?
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1755]
No, but they claim they will be able to port much more quickly
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1756x2]
I 'd be foolish to cling to that, I'm still waiting the palm version...
it was promised for a long long time, then Carl said something like 
it was not feasible
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1758]
memory constraints
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1759x2]
Fact is there's python, scheme and a beautiful lua runtime
On the palm I mean
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1761x3]
pehaps we need to ask him again re R3
but the PDA market is a shrinking one ...
it's all phones these days ..
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1764x6]
Maybe, but Carl is so busy, and I don't think it's a priority for 
him
Exactly.
The nice thing about the Nokia is that it's not a pda, it's something 
really new, and for geeks it's a dream machine, it's just plain linux
Natural choices to program onboard is C or python
But you could try to compile different open source languages on it 
too
If you want linux in your pocket, it's either Sharp Zaurus or now 
the N800
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1770]
don't you have to import the Zaurus from Japan as well?
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1771x2]
Yes, and it's discontinued as well, so that leaves us with N800 pretty 
much unchallenged
Hook it up with a  bluetooth keyboard and you code as you please 
on the go
Graham
1-Sep-2007
[1773]
well I guess it's wait for the iphone to open up
DanielSz
1-Sep-2007
[1774]
Yeah, but the iphone is more expensive, and the screen is much smaller, 
i've been waiting for something like the N800, but that's me
Gabriele
2-Sep-2007
[1775]
the problem is the processor, otherwise core would run fine i guess. 
not that easy for view though, i think maemo doesn't use X, you need 
to use the GTK.
DanielSz
2-Sep-2007
[1776x2]
I'd be very happy with core to begin with :)
True, some people are complaining the device is uderpowered. Flash 
video will not play smoothly in fullscreen, apparently. I don't know 
if the comparison is valid, but the chip is a 330 MhZ ARM while that 
one of the five years old (?) Palm T3 was a 440MHZ ARM processor.
Kaj
3-Sep-2007
[1778]
Maemo does use X11, but it's otherwise all stripped down. LibXAW 
is in there, too, so REBOL2 wouldn't be hard to port, either
Gabriele
3-Sep-2007
[1779]
when i checked their docs a year ago or so, they did only mention 
GTK in their porting guide. if they run X, then I agree, View should 
be easy to port.
DanielSz
4-Sep-2007
[1780]
Has anyone a syntax file handy for use in gedit, the default text 
editor in gnome?
TomBon
6-Sep-2007
[1781]
was looking also but didn't find one.
try this nice editor instead: http://www.scintilla.org/
syntax file & function folding included.
also available via paketmanager -> scite
DanielSz
6-Sep-2007
[1782]
Will try it out. Thanks for the tip, TomBon.
Kaj
6-Sep-2007
[1783]
GTK almost always runs on X. Ports to other graphics systems are 
incomplete and outdated
DanielSz
9-Sep-2007
[1784x2]
On my ubuntu setup, when I click on a rebol file in nautilus, I get 
the following:
The filename "syncro.r" indicates that this file is of type "r document". 
The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "plain 
text document". If you open this file, the file might present a security 
risk to your system.


Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received 
the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file 
to the correct extension for "plain text document", then open the 
file normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a 
specific application for the file.
Henrik
9-Sep-2007
[1786]
rebol files are not recognized by default. you need to assign rebol 
to .r files if that is possible.
DanielSz
9-Sep-2007
[1787]
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