OS X

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This information is almost definitely outdated, as I wrote it in 2005 or so and have not tested it recently.

Rebol/View is available for OS X! This is a big deal to me, since it now means that all machines I access can utilize View features. It's still in what they call "alpha" mode. That means only the brave should download and install the application.

Basic Functionality

Grab the latest alpha build, which can be found at the REBOL Builds. I recommend you specifically grab the View release, since you get a few more nifty features compared to Core.

The file to grab is this one at this very moment, but I suggest you look for yourself at the Builds link above, since it is likely to be different by the time you wander onto this page from Google.

  • Save the archive to your hard disk
  • Open a Terminal window in your home directory
  • Create a Rebol directory in a convenient location - I chose my home directory
    • localhost:~ brian$ mkdir Rebol
  • Unpack the archive from wherever you downloaded it:
    • localhost:~ brian$ tar xfvzC Desktop/rebview1350024.tar.gz Rebol/
  • Fire up the Rebol shell
    • localhost:~ brian$ ./Rebol/dist/view/rebol
  • Look on your Dock for the Rebol icon. Right now, it's just a console icon.
    • Control-click the icon, and select "Keep in Dock"
    • Now you should be able to start Rebol from the Dock

Using this setup, the Rebol session will start in your home directory. You'll need to remember this when executing scripts from within Rebol. And do not forget that you are using an alpha quality application! Things should work okay, but there are going to be numerous issues.