Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Alan
Thanks for submitting that Peter. However... I just tested your recipe, and found that it does actually seem to work in that case. I just created a main stack, then a substack, and could successfully change the mainstack property of the substack to itself, i.e. to move it out into a stack on it

Dragging Objects on Android

2016-09-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
Is anyone successfully setting up a UX where the user can drag objects around the screen that actually works on Android? We invested a lot of time, thought and now $ for a developer to carry out the vision for a UX that uses "grab me" for tiles on screen … initially for two small puzzle games,

Re: 8.1.1 RC 1 - iOS Standalone Build Failure

2016-09-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
Thank Panos… confirmed it works… and, good news, the initial error complaining that the Contents/Tools/Rutime/iOS/Device-10_0/revdb ) # and many other error lines like that; # that would go away the second time… has gone away… I get a clean build on first go. On 9/26/16, 7:49 AM, "us

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Of particular interest to me was this item: > Research presented at ICER2016 showed lower overall cognitive > load for LiveCode developers > http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2960310.2960321 > Unfortunately that article is behind the ACM's paywall. > Anyone here

Re: "Command" as control structure?

2016-09-26 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > I don't think there is a difference, though I use command for my handlers > I started doing that a while back, but have gotten rid of them. if I search for "on commandName", it catches both functions and commands . . . -- Dr. Richard E. H

The Achilles heel of Android and iOS

2016-09-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Thanks for sharing many interesting points of view. On Sat Sep 24 2016, Kay C Lan wrote: > And you wonder why people are so eager to go out > and buy the latest and greatest when they can't even > tell the difference with what they've already got. > It's not about the phone/shoes/handbag

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread mwieder
Chortle. - -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-This-Week-in-LiveCode-52-tp4708927p4708954.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > The article PDF in question has this: > > "Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this > work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided > that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial > advantage and that copies

Re: iOS font issue - iPhone 6 + 6S not using custom font

2016-09-26 Thread Scott Rossi
Not sure if anyone has responded to this, but yes it has been a problem for some time. http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16733 Custom fonts display correctly on devices, but not in certain simulators. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 9/22/16,

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
The article PDF in question has this: "Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full cit

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > Except when you use the Object menu and inspect card or stack (which > shows the inspector), then select an object with the edit tool and > choose “Inspect object,” then you get another inspector. They start > to pile up… > > This is the basis of this bug report: > http:/

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Yes, I see that. Except when you use the Object menu and inspect card or stack (which shows the inspector), then select an object with the edit tool and choose “Inspect object,” then you get another inspector. They start to pile up… This is the basis of this bug report: http://quality.livecode.

Re: ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

2016-09-26 Thread mwieder
Indeed. I think that would be an excellent place to start. - -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-new-glx2-script-editor-now-on-line-tp4708283p4708948.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list arch

Re: "Command" as control structure?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Thanks Jeanne, that makes sense. On Sep 26, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: > At 1:20 PM -0700 9/25/2016, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >> I see that "command" is a synonym of "on" in LC script. >> >> Is using "command" rather than "on" a purely style preference? >> >> I see in the old

Re: reloading iOS provisioning profiles etc

2016-09-26 Thread William Prothero
Whoops! Thanked the wrong person. Thanks, DAVE. Best, Bill > On Sep 26, 2016, at 12:18 PM, William Prothero wrote: > > Ben: > Thanks so much for the procedure. I’ll try it out in a day or two and give > feedback. > Best, > bill > >> On Sep 26, 2016, at 2:22 AM, Dave Kilroy wrote: >> >> Hi B

Re: reloading iOS provisioning profiles etc

2016-09-26 Thread William Prothero
Ben: Thanks so much for the procedure. I’ll try it out in a day or two and give feedback. Best, bill > On Sep 26, 2016, at 2:22 AM, Dave Kilroy wrote: > > Hi Ben > > You can’t force LC to refresh provisioning profiles - LC only uses > provisioning profiles made at the developer portal and sto

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 26/09/2016 18:32, Richard Gaskin wrote: Good update, Peter. Happy anniversary. Of particular interest to me was this item: Research presented at ICER2016 showed lower overall cognitive load for LiveCode developers http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2960310.2960321 Unfortunately that

Re: 8.1.1 RC 1 - iOS Standalone Build Failure

2016-09-26 Thread panagiotis merakos
Hi Brahmanathaswami, This error happens because in your existing stack you have set the min ios version to iOS 5.1.1, which is not supported in LC 8.1.1 RC1. Just set the minimum iOS version to 6.0 in the standalone app settings for iOS, and the error will disappear. Best Panos -- On 26 Sep 2016

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter wrote: Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #52 here: https://goo.gl/nhk41W Special anniversary edition, because TWiL is 1 year old! Good update, Peter.

8.1.1 RC 1 - iOS Standalone Build Failure

2016-09-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
I tried a build for iOS yesterday with 8.1.1 RC1 and was informed my xCode was behind… OK.. downloaded xCode 8--> LC prefs-> picked it, got green light, for current xCode and iOS 10 simulators -- all good to go. Tried a build.. as has been happening for the past 2 months, every time I build the

Re: ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

2016-09-26 Thread Mike Kerner
Sorry, I get all the threads jumbled. I had previously proposed a session with Edinburgh to review the inyards of the IDE and the SE to make it easier for more of us to get involved in working on it. This is a good example of why that might be a good idea. On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Richar

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > The Inspector is still wonky. I don’t like how it now only inspects > one control. You have to show another inspector to view properties > of another control. The Inspector still has the lock icon it's had for many versions, which keeps it locked to a specific object.

Re: ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mike Kerner wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> For these reasons it may be helpful to consider a path forward >> like the one Bernd chose: pick one feature, work with the core >> team to implement it, and submit that pull request, then move >> on to the next feat

Re: "Command" as control structure?

2016-09-26 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 1:20 PM -0700 9/25/2016, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: I see that "command" is a synonym of "on" in LC script. Is using "command" rather than "on" a purely style preference? I see in the old LiveCode dictionary: The command synonym, along with the ability to declare private handlers was added in

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Paul Dupuis
I would consider the removal of that feature (the ability to change the mainstack of a substack - including to itself) from the IDE a "bug". Has anyone filed a bug report on this? On 9/26/2016 11:38 AM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > I had that same experience. The Inspector no longer allows you to chan

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
Submitted Bug 18491 - Substack no longer can become a mainstack via property inspector The Inspector is still wonky. I don’t like how it now only inspects one control. You have to show another inspector to view properties of another control. Peter Bogdanoff On Sep 26, 2016, at 8:38 AM, Peter

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
I had that same experience. The Inspector no longer allows you to change a stack from being a substack. Peter On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > You can also do it from the message box.-- set the mainstack of stack > "mystack" to "mystack" > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM

Re: ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

2016-09-26 Thread Mike Kerner
It would be easier to answer the question after the session... On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Mike Kerner wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > > > >> On 09/24/2016 06:17 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > >> > >>> So what would it take to get a bunc

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Mike Bonner
You can also do it from the message box.-- set the mainstack of stack "mystack" to "mystack" On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Alan wrote: > > > Using LC 8.1, if I get the stack properties for a sub-stack, I can no > > longer set the substacks mainStack property to be its

Re: ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mike Kerner wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> On 09/24/2016 06:17 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: >> >>> So what would it take to get a bunch of glx2's features rolled into >>> the SE so we have one SE instead of two? Theming, folding, >>> breadcrumbs, folders, revisions a

Re: How to stop LoveCode running in Edit mode

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Keith Clarke wrote: > Thanks Richard & Alan for the response. It looks like a plugin is > responsible for this strange behaviour... > > Richard - great and comprehensive background information on some of > the things going on in LiveCode 'under the hood'. Glad that was useful. Do you know which

Re: Make substack a mainstack?

2016-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alan wrote: > Using LC 8.1, if I get the stack properties for a sub-stack, I can no > longer set the substacks mainStack property to be itself - i.e. > making it an independent stack. This used to be possible in previous > versions. > > Is this a bug or is there another method of doing it these d

RE: reloading iOS provisioning profiles etc

2016-09-26 Thread Ralph DiMola
Rant==>Apple's eco system make me nuts. Ben, After you add the device on your developer account: 1) Select the new device and regenerate the provisioning profile in your developer account. 2) Open Xcode and go to prefs and on the "Accounts" tab click on your account and click the your team on t

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 52

2016-09-26 Thread Peter TB Brett
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #52 here: https://goo.gl/nhk41W Special anniversary edition, because TWiL is 1 year old! This is a weekly newsletter

Re: How to extract specific columns/line items from a CSV file?

2016-09-26 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 20/09/2016 21:16, Keith Clarke wrote: Hi folks, I’ve a large number of sizeable CSV files from each of which I need to extract just 2 or 3 specific columns. Creating nested iterations through every item in every line seems somewhat inefficient - as does loading each full file into memory - s

Re: How to stop LoveCode running in Edit mode

2016-09-26 Thread Mike Bonner
With the exception of the datagrid helper (I think thats the only one) the others are part of the distribution. It sounds like the datagrid helper is installed in livcodes system plugin folder. On windows the plugins folder is at C:\Program Files (x86)\RunRev\LiveCode Community 8.1\Plugins On a

Re: itemOffset still not working

2016-09-26 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 23/09/2016 23:16, Bob Sneidar wrote: put rContactRecord ["contacttype"] into tContactType -- verified is "|it|" set the itemdelimiter to "|" set wholematches to true put itemoffset(pType, tContactType) into tOffset -- verified pType is "it" tOffset contains 0 I also used literals as in put it

Re: reloading iOS provisioning profiles etc

2016-09-26 Thread Dave Kilroy
Hi Ben You can’t force LC to refresh provisioning profiles - LC only uses provisioning profiles made at the developer portal and stored on you computer. These are the steps you should consider when adding a new device... At the Developer Portal: - add your new device’s UDID in the ‘Devices’

Re: How to stop LoveCode running in Edit mode

2016-09-26 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for the tip, Mark. If one empties or renames one's Plugins folder in this way, should it empty the IDE’s Plugins menu, as I still see Data Grid Helper, GoLiveNet, RegExBuilder, revApplicationOverview, revExample, RevNavigator, revSmartSave, revTabRuler and SmartProperties. These don’t a