REB Editor
[1/16] from: ammoncooke::yahoo::com at: 1-May-2001 16:18
Hi,
I am rather new here, just exploring. I was wondering how I could launch the Editor
with an icon from the desktop.
Thanks!
Ammon
[2/16] from: belymt:saunalahti:fi at: 2-May-2001 1:39
At 16:18 1.5.2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I am rather new here, just exploring. I was wondering how I could
> launch the Editor with an icon from the desktop.
Hi (from another newbie)
Ctrl-E is best way to launch editor I have found so far. I don't know howto
make icon for editor.
IMHO that editor is a bit impractical, it's very unpredictable how
backspace and delete keys work.. Sometime they delete just a letter,
sometimes a word. Makes editing scripts bit too difficult for me. Also
cursor keys have bad habit jumping around more or less unpredictable
amounts (need to use mouse to place cursor.) All comments with REBOL/View
1.1.0.3.1 with Win2K... (I'll test on Linux sometime soon)
Carl: I'm still having that "Guru's guide: Mediation #1 Interrupts".. Was
there ever any #2 (I would like to buy if there is)
Joanna Kurki
[3/16] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 2-May-2001 11:00
On Wed, 02 May 2001 01:39:30 +0300
Joanna Kurki <[belymt--saunalahti--fi]> wrote:
> IMHO that editor is a bit impractical, it's very
> unpredictable how
> backspace and delete keys work.. Sometime they delete
> just a letter,
> sometimes a word. Makes editing scripts bit too difficult
> for me. Also
I've mentioned this before as well, but you're the first to
confirm it. Seems to happen particularly after a paste
operation but I couldn't quite nail it down.
--
Graham Chiu
[4/16] from: ammoncooke:yah:oo at: 1-May-2001 17:26
Thanks!
Ammon
[5/16] from: ammoncooke:yah:oo at: 1-May-2001 17:29
I haven't used it alot, but haven't noticed anything bad in it yet.
Ammon
[6/16] from: belymt:saunalahti:fi at: 2-May-2001 3:03
>I haven't used it alot, but haven't noticed anything bad in it yet.
Hmm.. It could be OS/version dependant issue.. I'll install Amiga Emulator
and Linux (dualboot) to this machine some day..
While I'm here.. Is there archive of this mailing list somewere on the web?
Joanna
PS: Something I did. (my first attempt ) Now I only need to make this and
index.r reloading happen automatically :-)
REBOL [
Title: "Local index refresher"
File: %redir.r
Author: "Joanna Kurki"
Date: 1-May-2001
Purpose: {
To automatically regenerate local %index.r file...
My first Rebol program, and far from finished
}
TODO: {
Add support for directories (recurse) and set their type right
Clean up code..
fix bugs (there are allways bugs)
}
]
dir: read %.
if exists? %index.old [delete %index.old]
rename %index.r %index.old
write %index.r read %index-orig.r
write/append %index.r now
write/append %index.r newline
foreach file dir [
write/append %index.r reduce rejoin [{file "} :file {" }]
write/append %index.r remold file
write/append %index.r newline
]
[7/16] from: arolls:bigpond:au at: 2-May-2001 15:11
> I am rather new here, just exploring. I was wondering how I
> could launch the Editor with an icon from the desktop.
You need to modify the index.r file in your
view/local/ directory to look like:
rebol [type: 'index]
file "Editor" %launch-editor.r
info "launch-editor.r - Run rebol/view's built in editor"
The launch-editor.r file should contain:
rebol [
title: "Launch Editor"
]
editor none
That's it!
Anton.
[8/16] from: carl:rebol at: 2-May-2001 0:29
I use the editor a lot, and have not seen this problem
happen. What else can you tell us about your machine?
There are a few bugs in the editor related to differences
between the scroll bar and cursor keys, but that would
not cause the problems that you are seeing.
-Carl
[9/16] from: belymt:saunalahti:fi at: 2-May-2001 11:54
>I use the editor a lot, and have not seen this problem
>happen. What else can you tell us about your machine?
I'll send It in E-mail.. It's going to be longer.. (short PC,AmD duron 700,
windowse 2k sp1, logitech deluxe kayboard)
>There are a few bugs in the editor related to differences
>between the scroll bar and cursor keys, but that would
>not cause the problems that you are seeing.
I have tested it some.. It looks like for some reason CTRL-key appears to
be stuck down. It happens when i write Alt_Gr+7 combination => "{"
After getting { it starts to behave and it fixes itself with pressing
ctrl-key once ..
Joanna
[10/16] from: fsievert:uos at: 2-May-2001 12:35
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Carl Sassenrath wrote:
> I use the editor a lot, and have not seen this problem
> happen. What else can you tell us about your machine?
>
> There are a few bugs in the editor related to differences
> between the scroll bar and cursor keys, but that would
> not cause the problems that you are seeing.
I saw this behaviour, too. It seems that REBOL thinks, you hold the
CONTROL-Button down. Cursor jumps to the next/previous word, when pressing
left or right and so on. If you hit CONTROL then (and release it, too) the
behaviour normal.
Hope that helps,
Frank
[11/16] from: fsievert:uos at: 2-May-2001 12:38
More on REB Editor. Try this (WINDOWS NT here):
Open Editor.
Press (and hold) CONTROL down.
Click into an other (non-REBOL) window.
Release CONTROL button.
Click into the editor.
Try left/right Key.
Try backspace.
Hit CONTROL.
Try now.
CU,
Frank
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Carl Sassenrath wrote:
[12/16] from: belymt:saunalahti:fi at: 2-May-2001 14:07
At 12:38 2.5.2001 +0200, you wrote:
>More on REB Editor. Try this (WINDOWS NT here):
Confirm.. same problem with Windows 2k .. (allthough this is essentially
NT5 :-)
[13/16] from: larry:ecotope at: 2-May-2001 10:12
Hi Frank
Same problem on Win98 machine. Thanks for figuring out a way to reproduce
this. I had noticed the weird behavior several times.
-Larry
[14/16] from: larry:ecotope at: 2-May-2001 10:32
Hi all
It gets worse. The problem is not just the with editor: on Win98 all text
entry boxes (areas and fields) have the same problem, so it affects the
whole user interface.
-Larry
[15/16] from: ammoncooke:yaho:o at: 2-May-2001 13:51
Thanks, this is what I was looking for.
Ammon
[16/16] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 3-May-2001 7:52
On Wed, 2 May 2001 12:35:59 +0200 (DFT)
Frank Sievertsen <[fsievert--uos--de]> wrote:
> I saw this behaviour, too. It seems that REBOL thinks,
> you hold the
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> release it, too) the
> behaviour normal.
That's useful to know. I've had it deleting words rather
than characters. Shutting the editor down and restarting it
didn't resolve the problem, so I've normally shut Rebol down
instead. Hitting Control seems a lot easier :-)
--
Graham Chiu
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