From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: REBOL support Was: Re: [babel] ob-web Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:13:29 -0700 Message-ID: <87k4j77xva.fsf_-_@gmail.com> References: <804oacs8gt.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> <4D0B8E84.10003@ccbr.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54345 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PU1Hl-0007ia-3Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:13:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PU1Hk-0003yk-0b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:13:37 -0500 Received: from mail-pv0-f169.google.com ([74.125.83.169]:44806) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PU1Hj-0003yf-R6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:13:35 -0500 Received: by pvc30 with SMTP id 30so435682pvc.0 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:13:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Srinivas's message of "Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:26:18 +0000 (UTC)") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Srinivas Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I just heard about REBOL recently as it was mentioned as a "good new language to learn" at the "Future of Programming Languages" [1] talk at Strange Loop. I am happy to help anyone who would like to add Babel support for REBOL. The existing ob-*.el language files should serve as a good guide. My only request for anyone looking to implement such support is that they be willing to sign the FSF copyright assignment (see [2]). Cheers -- Eric Srinivas writes: > I don't know if anyone in this community has heard of REBOL (http:// > www.rebol.com). > > REBOL seems ideally suited for such scripting tasks. For example, the page > (http://www.rebol.com/oneliners.html) lists a number of one liners that show > the potential. > > Here is a oneliner (#6 from the oneliners.html) to Save web page text to a file: > > remove-each tag page: load/markup http://www.rebol.com [tag? tag] write > %page.txt page > > > REBOL is cross platform and is under 1MB. Having support for REBOL in Babel may > be useful. > > Disclaimer: I have no connection to REBOL's development. I have used it as a > portable solution for producing HTML documentation from plain text (Makedoc - > http://www.rebol.net/docs/makedoc/fastmd.html). > > - Srinivas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode Footnotes: [1] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Future-of-Programming-Languages [2] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.php#sec-2