>-------------- BEGIN metacard.v004.n434 -------------- > > 001 - "MisterX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] - RE: Interconnecting Metacard apps via sockets... > 002 - Rodney Tamblyn <rodney@st - delete on array elements does not delete key >(2.4b4) > 003 - Klaus Major <kmajor@metas - designers nightmare, and how to avoid it... > 004 - Beruvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Re: go stack > 005 - David Bovill <david.bovil - Cross platform IAC (was: Interconnecting >Metacard apps via > so > 006 - Jacqueline Landman Gay <j - Re: delete on array elements does not delete >key (2.4b4) > 007 - Andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Re: delete on array elements does > 008 - Richard Gaskin <Ambassado - Calling all apps: Addendum > 009 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Re: delete on array elements does not delete >key (2.4b4) > 010 - Richard Gaskin <Ambassado - Strategies for creating Browser-renderable HTML >in MC > >This is the MetaCard mailing list. >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ >Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm >Please send any bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.1 --------------- > >From: "MisterX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Interconnecting Metacard apps via sockets... >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:55:43 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Using different ports per stack could help here... >Rest to manage which stack uses which port... >Just an idea... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Bovill >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 16:17 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Interconnecting Metacard apps via sockets... >> >> >> >> >> > From: Geoff Canyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Re: Interconnecting Metacard apps via sockets... >> > >> > At 10:04 PM +0100 8/14/01, David Bovill wrote: >> >>>> I am looking for a way to interconnect apps running on the >> same machine (on >> >>>> any platform), and thinking of using sockets. I will be >> programming the >> >>>> basic modules in MC, but want to leave the door open for >> modules to be >> >>>> coded >> >>>> in other languages, and on other machines... >> > >> > Why are the apps separate if they are talking on the same >> computer? Why not >> > incorporate one into the other? >> >> I want to create an environment where the apps don't care where the >> programmes are - and where central server resources can be >> customised using >> local applications. The environment also needs to allow programmes other >> than those written in MC to communicate - hence sockets. I kinda >> know what I >> want to do - create (or use) a socket/http router with a DNS type local >> database. >> >> Any comments on this idea - anyone done it? >> >> >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ >> Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm >> Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. >> >> > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.2 --------------- > >From: Rodney Tamblyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: delete on array elements does not delete key (2.4b4) >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:03:50 +1200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Consider the following: > >put 1 into bob[a] >put 1 into bob[b] > >put the keys of bob >a >b > >delete bob[b] > >put the keys of bob >a >b > >I think when you use delete on an array element it should remove the element >completely including the key (rather than just deleting the value of the key). > >Comments? > >Rodney >-- >-- >Rodney Tamblyn >Educational Media group >Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place >University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand >ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 >http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.com > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.3 --------------- > >From: Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: designers nightmare, and how to avoid it... >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:31:02 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi folks, > > >can someone give me a clue, what i might do wrong? > >I am trying to set the "FontSmoothing " on Win with setregistry. > >The key is "hkey_current_user\control panel\desktop\Fontsmoothing" > >I set tit to 1, if it is something else. > >The result is empty, so it looks like no error occured. > >But even after restarting Win, the screen fonts are still jaggy as hell. >(See the subject...) > >Do i miss something, or do you really have to set it manually in the >control panel "Display" ??? > >Any enlightenments are extremely appreciated. > >Thanks in advance. > > >Regards > >Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MetaScape GmbH > > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.4 --------------- > >From: Beruvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: go stack >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:13:50 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>wrote an autorun.inf file with the lines: >> [autorun] >> "OPEN=autostart.exe" >> >>using SimpleText. I place the .inf file at the root of the WinDoz side of >>the CD and the autostart.exe standalone at the root level as well. >>It doesn't work. > >Hi, > >Try it without the " " >Just : > >[autorun] >OPEN=autostart.exe > > > >>When I open the inf file on the widows the file >>consists of a single line >> >>[autorun] "OPEN=autostart.exe" >> >>with black square blocks between the [autorun] and the >>"OPEN=autostart.exe" and >>immediately following the "OPEN=autostart.exe". > > >If you can test your app on a PC, simply prepare your .inf file on it. >with notepad for example, it is more secure than with simple text on mac. > > > >------- >Beruvin > > > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.5 --------------- > >From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Cross platform IAC (was: Interconnecting Metacard apps via > sockets...) >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:50:24 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> From: "MisterX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:55:43 +0200 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: Interconnecting Metacard apps via sockets... >> >> Using different ports per stack could help here... >> Rest to manage which stack uses which port... >> Just an idea... >> > >What happens/any way to use localhost to connect stacks via sockets on the >same machine? > > 1) Does the computer have to be connected to the internet? > > 2) Does the TCP/IP stuff have to configured properly by the user? > > 3) What are the cross platform issues? > > 4) Will connecting to a local socket trigger a dialup connection on some >OS's? > > >Any help on this really appreciated... > > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.6 --------------- > >From: Jacqueline Landman Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: delete on array elements does not delete key (2.4b4) >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:58:49 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Rodney Tamblyn wrote: > >> I think when you use delete on an array element it should remove the element >completely including the key (rather than just deleting the value of the key). >> >> Comments? > >I think the way it works now is more consistent with other structures. >For example, you can have an empty item or an empty line in a list, >which does mean something. I have used arrays where I test whether an >element is empty or not; if it is, I perform a different action than if >it isn't. > >-- >Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.7 --------------- > >From: Andu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: delete on array elements does >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:55:22 -0400 (EDT) > >> >>Rodney Tamblyn wrote: >> >>> I think when you use delete on an array element it should remove the element >completely including the key (rather than just deleting the value of the key). >>> >>> Comments? >> >>I think the way it works now is more consistent with other structures. >>For example, you can have an empty item or an empty line in a list, >>which does mean something. I have used arrays where I test whether an >>element is empty or not; if it is, I perform a different action than if >>it isn't. > >Well, to empty a container you put empty into it not delete it. Delete should remove >it >completly. In this case "delete local X[y]" might be the answer. > >> >>-- >>Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >>Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ >>Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm >>Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. >> >>. > > >Regards, Andu >______________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.8 --------------- > >From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Calling all apps: Addendum >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:52:39 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >One thing I forgot in my original post on submitting app screenshots for >inclusion at the MC apps pages: > >If you'd like we can also add a link from your thumbnail image to a >full-size screen shot. If you'd like one included, please send it along >with your thumbnail and project description. > >For those of you who've already sent your thumbnails, just send along the >full-size screenshot and I'll add it. > >-- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web > _____________________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 ICQ#60248349 Fax: 323-225-0716 > > > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.9 --------------- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: delete on array elements does not delete key (2.4b4) >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:14:57 EDT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I agree, thought I did find a place where I really would have liked "delete" >to erase the key. I used a numerically indexed array as a stack (think state >machine) which I wrote push and pop handlers for. Worked nicely, except when >I popped off elements I wanted to use extents(myArray) to find out where the >top of the stack was. Unfortunately this never shrinks even when I delete >elements, so I had to create my own counter. Not a huge deal, but it was >rather confusing at first. > >Brian > ><< I think the way it works now is more consistent with other structures. >For example, you can have an empty item or an empty line in a list, >which does mean something. I have used arrays where I test whether an >element is empty or not; if it is, I perform a different action than if >it isn't. >> > > > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v004.n434.10 --------------- > >From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Strategies for creating Browser-renderable HTML in MC >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:41:18 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >When MC generates htmlText, it sets the SIZE attribute of the FONT tag to >the integer which specifies the pixel size of the text. While this is great >as long as you stay in MC, once you take the text to a browser it will >almost always render too large, since the browser expects that attribute to >specify a relative size. > >I've considered ways to strip/modify the FONT tags to use CSS instead, but I >haven't come up with an efficient yet generalized solution. > >Anyone have a reliable means of generating browser-compliant HTML from MC? > >-- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web > _____________________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 ICQ#60248349 Fax: 323-225-0716 > > > > >--------------- END metacard.v004.n434 --------------- -- -- Rodney Tamblyn Educational Media group Higher Education Development Centre, 75 Union Place University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand ph +64 3 479 7580 Fax +64 3 479 8362 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz ~ http://rodney.weblogs.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
