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[Red] Red language group

GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[209]
Or, you could write a script to post these to the google groups list 
too :)
Dockimbel
10-Mar-2011
[210]
Would need to make this group web-public first :-)
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[211]
The gravitational pull won't release us :-)
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[212x2]
No, you have the messages on your drive as we all do
the web public is just a convention
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[214]
I have some AltME export code if that would help
Dockimbel
10-Mar-2011
[215]
I don't see how the chat-oriented content here would not look like 
a big mess if copied to a web forum :-).
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[216x2]
Just a suggestion ... to cc to mailing list.
Not everyone on the mailing list is on altme
And it would ensure a single source for discussion
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[218]
The REBOL list? That was dead when I looked a while ago
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[219]
No, I mean the Red googlegroups mailing list!
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[220]
Oh
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[221]
red-ctx: [ mailinglist ]
Dockimbel
10-Mar-2011
[222x2]
Let's start with a simple announcement:
If you have some technical questions about Red, please use preferably 
the official channel at Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/red-lang?hl=en

Thanks.
nve
10-Mar-2011
[224]
+1 Doc
Good, I vote pros.
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[225]
not a tech question about red .. but what is a code bubble?
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[226x2]
I wrote a Syllable build recipe for Red:
http://syllable.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/syllable/syllable/system/apps/utils/Builder/packages/Red--current/
BrianH
10-Mar-2011
[228]
Graham: http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/acb/codebubbles_site.htm
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[229]
There's not very much you can do with Red on Syllable yet, and the 
integration is awkward, but it's a start
GrahamC
10-Mar-2011
[230]
Ahh.. .this is similar to the stickynotes add in for Leo, the literate 
code editor I use
BrianH
10-Mar-2011
[231x3]
Code bubbles have almost nothing to do with literate programming. 
For one thing, you can't add inlime docs beyond the comments in the 
language syntax. This is more like a more graphical version of the 
Smalltalk browser.
Sorry, it does allow out-of-band notes and bug reports to appear 
in the same interface, just not literate mixed code and docs.
The original Java case benefits more from the concept than REBOL 
would because there are many addon standards like JavaDoc that need 
managing, but at least have been agreed upon by their community. 
We don't have that kind of agreement in the REBOL community. Also, 
the structure of the Java language is very limited, so it's a bit 
easier to parse it and have its structure just be in the background 
even though the language wasn't designed for that like Smalltalk 
was for its browser. For Red, since it's so early, things like integrated 
documentation can be developed along with the language, so something 
like this would make more sense. However, if Red is going to have 
even a large fraction of the power of REBOL then it won't be as structured 
as Java, making it a little more difficult to retrofit a Code Bubbles 
interface onto existing code. This is why you would need an IDE to 
understand code written in this kind of IDE: A Code Bubbles style 
interface doesn't generate code with story structure the way scripts 
are structured, so you can't just read the code without the context 
of the IDE.
Kaj
10-Mar-2011
[234]
I compiled the Hello World example on the graphical version of Syllable 
Server, and then ran it with WINE
Dockimbel
11-Mar-2011
[235x4]
Kaj: I'll have a look at ELF format this weekend, to see if it is 
possible to add it quickly on sunday.
It it requires more than a day of work, I'll postpone it for the 
end of this month.
It => If
Graham: I've posted a short reply to your code bubbles question here: 
http://groups.google.com/group/red-lang/browse_thread/thread/8ecea42063ee4e14/6f7364ebadc7291d?hl=en#6f7364ebadc7291d
Kaj
11-Mar-2011
[239]
ELF would be excellent :-)
BrianH
11-Mar-2011
[240]
I replied to that as well, but the word wrap corrupted my post a 
little. Whoops.
Dockimbel
11-Mar-2011
[241]
Can't find any settings in Google Group allowing to change the default 
threshold for word wrapping...I find it too low when reading messages 
from the web.
BrianH
11-Mar-2011
[242x2]
I didn't realize that the word wrapping was something it did; I thought 
it was something *you* did in that message. So I put in my own line 
endings, which ended up in the wrong place because they word wrap 
at fixed indexes as if they weren't rendering with a proportional 
font. If they are word wrapping that way, they should use an editor 
with a fixed-length font and a margin line.
What they are doing is using the Usenet message format in Google 
Groups, and that means ~78 character lines iirc. That format was 
designed for composing messages in terminals (like in R3 chat) or 
in special editors that use fonts like Courier when composing messages. 
It's surprising that they didn't relax the format a little for groups 
that aren't mirrored on the real Usenet, but when you "Show original" 
(in the "More options" section) the message is formatted for Usenet 
and email.
Andreas
11-Mar-2011
[244x2]
Brian, Google Groups still is a mailing-list tfrontend, so those 
messages actually go out via email.
(Somewhere this sentence misses an "also" ... :)
Steeve
11-Mar-2011
[246]
Question: I created my fork.

And now I created a branch on my computer, but where am I supposed 
to work exactly ? 

I mean, I only see the source files in a sub dir called /red-system
Dockimbel
11-Mar-2011
[247x2]
Your question should be posted in "Source Control" channel.
Maybe you should have look at a Git documentation first?
Steeve
11-Mar-2011
[249x3]
ah, I looked
Trying to push my first modifications currently...
Doc, do you see something ? 
I pulled a request.
Andreas
11-Mar-2011
[252x4]
yep, here it is:
https://github.com/dockimbel/Red/pull/1
why did you comment out the original code, instead of just deleting 
it?
(refering to: https://github.com/SteeveGit/Red/commit/d5f6c9f)
i'd suggest to keep the TBD comments and delete the rest
Steeve
11-Mar-2011
[256]
You mean, you don't want to see the old code as comments ?
Andreas
11-Mar-2011
[257]
Exactly.
Dockimbel
11-Mar-2011
[258]
Steeve: yes, got it, looks good to me. I'll pull it in a few minutes. 
Andreas is right, you don't need to comment the old code, just delete 
it (but keep the TBD comments).