rebol.exe versus rebol.exe or view console versus console
When you are are a Rebol prompt there is an easy test
>> if view? [print "view"]
If the result is “view” then your console is a view console.
If the answer is none then you are running the console tout-court.
There are two implementations of rebol.exe found in two directories: core and view.
The core is about 200+K and the view is about 600+K
If you are exploring Rebol, the default is to start with view.exe in the parent directory of ./core and ./rebol
One advantage, as I mention elsewhere, is access to the command word editor.
And naturally to use Rebol words such as
view layout my-layout my-preferred-size
and the Rebol
desktop
environment.