The librarian (http://www.rebol.org/download-librarian.r) has a very neat way to display data, on the main list. I would like to use this kind of "widget" in another project, to display data from a database.
I tried quickly to look at the code, but it does not seem very generic, nor designed to be re-used.
Is there a way to package this code into something re-usable? Has anyone done it yet?
It wasn't designed to be reused because the LIST style is really doing all the work. There is an example on rebol.org that may help (http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=list-supply-how-to.r), but I'll make a couple points here.
The two most important facets of the LIST style are the first block (after the size in this case), and the SUPPLY facet which is also a block.
The first block is the layout spec. Don't think in terms of columns, think in terms of embedded layouts (or panes, or sub-windows if you prefer). The layout spec you provide (which you can test independently using VIEW LAYOUT [...]), is iterated in the list, and the set-word! values that name the fields are what you use in the supply block to set the value in each face for a given "row". http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=list-scroll-demo.r might be a simpler example to play with, to help you get the idea.
