Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread -hh
BR wrote > We would like to make small things in Illustrator and then bring them into > LC but the SVG widget is super primitive...we need support for more than > one path. even a simple thing like this (see below) cannot be imported.. This (was below) is a *really* simple and super primitive

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Devin Asay
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 11/03/2016 20:20, Devin Asay wrote: > >> Peter, >> >> I’m glad to hear this. I recently did a “deep dive” into several of >> the widgets in preparation for introducing my students to widgets for >> mobile. I

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
On March 11, 2016 at 11:57:25 AM, Peter TB Brett (peter.br...@livecode.com) wrote: I really encourage you to take a look again at the widgets in the next LiveCode 8.0 DP release, Will there be more robust SVG support in the current SVG widget? We would like to

Re: [ANN] tmControl2 v2.2 Released for LiveCode 7

2016-03-11 Thread Scott Rossi
OK, got a couple of responses saying that positioning is off on larger screens which makes sense. I really wasn¹t sure if Apple would accept an app like guide app, but wanted to try it as an experiment. So I didn't spend the time making sure it fit every screen, I just did a bunch of splash

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 11/03/2016 20:20, Devin Asay wrote: Peter, I’m glad to hear this. I recently did a “deep dive” into several of the widgets in preparation for introducing my students to widgets for mobile. I compiled a list of problems I found, including dictionary errors, problems with the property

Re: Loading Message in Browser Widget while waiting for HTML 5 to load

2016-03-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
Hmmm additional info the reason that this worked: browserFrameDocumentLoadComplete worked was because there was in iframe on the page which loaded. pURL was not the parent page itself, but the first child frame inside the page browserDocumentLoadComplete is not firing for any URL I pass to

Loading Message in Browser Widget while waiting for HTML 5 to load

2016-03-11 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
  I have some HTML 5 modules being developed using Python. Currently e.g. http://fatenation.info/Hinduism/ Note the long delay.. of course the developer needs to provide a splash screen, OTOH I suspect this is a case we will face frequently as we go forward 1) set some URL for card

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Devin Asay
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 11/03/2016 14:49, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Q for Peter: will Widgets like the On/Off toggle be updated to use >> OS-native appearances on OS X and Android? > > Sort of. > > Ali and I have spent the last

Re: [ANN] tmControl2 v2.2 Released for LiveCode 7

2016-03-11 Thread Mark Wieder
On 03/11/2016 11:36 AM, Roland Huettmann wrote: For all such really good stuff Windows and Android users are always forgotten. Sigh. Oh, that Scott Rossi is such a slacker. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [ANN] tmControl2 v2.2 Released for LiveCode 7

2016-03-11 Thread Erik Beugelaar
I really do hope LCB 8.x will be the solution to this. Erik On 3/11/2016 8:37:15 PM, Roland Huettmann wrote: For all such really good stuff Windows and Android users are always forgotten. Sigh. Roland ___ use-livecode

Re: [ANN] tmControl2 v2.2 Released for LiveCode 7

2016-03-11 Thread Roland Huettmann
For all such really good stuff Windows and Android users are always forgotten. Sigh. Roland ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [ANN] tmControl2 v2.2 Released for LiveCode 7

2016-03-11 Thread Scott Rossi
As a followup to yesterday's announcement, I'm happy to report that the guide app included in the tmControl2 package is now available in the iTunes App Store. Called tmGuide, the app demonstrates the use of each control, and the output (if any) each control returns. For those looking to see

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
Me too, but I certainly understand the need and desire to do the native thing. > On Mar 11, 2016, at 11:00 AM, RM wrote: > > I have always developed stuff to look exactly the same regardless of which > operating > system it has been deployed to: life seems far

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread RM
On 11.03.2016 18:41, Richard Gaskin wrote: Roger Guay wrote: > I didn’t even know it was a property! I never used it as a delivery > mechanism, but rather as an early or preliminary detection/indication > in developing for other platforms. Thanks for the plugin in, Richard. I hope you enjoy

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread RM
On 11.03.2016 16:49, Richard Gaskin wrote: Peter TB Brett wrote: On 11/03/2016 01:26, Roger Guay wrote: Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? The "Look and Feel" options were removed from the

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for this clear warning. It will help! Cheers, Roger > On Mar 11, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > In fact, I think that for everything from font metrics to control shapes > you'll find greater consistency among the native themes for all three

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Guay wrote: > I didn’t even know it was a property! I never used it as a delivery > mechanism, but rather as an early or preliminary detection/indication > in developing for other platforms. Thanks for the plugin in, Richard. I hope you enjoy it, but I would caution against using the

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
I didn’t even know it was a property! I never used it as a delivery mechanism, but rather as an early or preliminary detection/indication in developing for other platforms. Thanks for the plugin in, Richard. Cheers, Roger > On Mar 11, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
That makes sense. Thanks, Peter. > On Mar 11, 2016, at 2:39 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 11/03/2016 01:26, Roger Guay wrote: >> Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look >> and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission?

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 11/03/2016 14:49, Richard Gaskin wrote: Q for Peter: will Widgets like the On/Off toggle be updated to use OS-native appearances on OS X and Android? Sort of. Ali and I have spent the last week and a half working on *all* of the core widgets to bring them up to the standard that we feel

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter TB Brett wrote: On 11/03/2016 01:26, Roger Guay wrote: Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? The "Look and Feel" options were removed from the menu bar, because it's technically impossible

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 11/03/2016 01:26, Roger Guay wrote: Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? The "Look and Feel" options were removed from the menu bar, because it's technically impossible to make them work the way

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread RM
That does seem a bit odd given the latest stuff about theming. Richmond. On 11.03.2016 03:26, Roger Guay wrote: Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? Thanks, Roger