Re: First attempt at Rebol - 16 hours later

Anton Rolls (anton)
23-Sep-2007/12:00:04-4:00
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Hi Greg,

I've run your script, Cleanerxx.r.

Some optimizations are definitely possible.

I see the output character map.
It seems to show the number of blank lines
in between lines with content.

I think I see where you're going with this.
I'll have some more comments for you tomorrow.

Regards,

Anton.

> I am no programmer, as a quick glance here will tell:
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Egreg.schofield/rebol/Rebol%20start.zip
>
> GUIs proved beyond me, at least a good quarter or more of the 16 hours pr=
> oved that.
>
> I have now got to the point however, where I need to use them.
>
> The script is messy, and even has redundant code in it (from failed exper=
> iements mostly).
>
> The aim is simple enough - take a text file of a book from OCR, or in the=
>  exmples given, from the Gutenberg project and mark them up.
>
> The problem is that it necessarily a human undertaking (relying on grep, =
> or search and replace is hazardess - the source material is not reliable =
> or consistent).
>
> The aim is to use carriage returns as suggested markers, but allow the us=
> er to group and identify parts of the books as chapters, sections, etc.,.=
>
>
> For this it generates a map of patterns and from these the user needs to =
> click on the map and see the text before selecting what shoud be done wit=
> h it.
>
> The idea is to make a dialect in plain English which identifies what is t=
> o be done with what and when satisified that the description fits the wor=
> k, then have it processed.
>
> REBOL's block series has been a blessing, it makes a lot of things easy (=
> but I still have a lot to learn).
>
> If anyone has the time please run my script with the examples found in th=
> e zip.
>
> Any comment would be welcomed.
>
> I am an English teacher and need to produce textbooks cheaply and easily =
> -  the long term aim is to have texts taged in TEI XML and generate PDFs =
> from there, for both screen and paper reading.
>
> At the moment I am doing it all by hand via OpenOffice - the script even =
> as it now stands (incomplete) already saves me hours, if I can get it to =
> the next stage, it should only take a few minutes to get it ready for lay=
> out at least.
>
>
> BTW learning a language from scratch and at least creating something half=
> -useful is a big complement to just how good REBOL is, especially as I wo=
> uld probably spend less than 50 hours a year doing any form of scripting =
> (REXX).
>
> Greg Schofield

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