FMaker is a utility stack to make folders/directories.

2017-09-26 Thread James Hale via use-livecode
Just uploaded to "sample stacks" (button on toolbar in IDE or FMaker is a utility stack to make folders/directories. It will take a list of files from a directory (or a text file) and create folders with the same names as are in the list. Once loaded: • the l

Re: Autocomplete toggle?

2017-09-26 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 27 Sep 2017, at 3:45 pm, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Here's the whole line. I first added the two hyphens at the front, then >> tried to add the trailing hyphenated comment at the end which is where it >> went off the rails: >> >> -- pass scrollerDidScroll -- jg: don't

Re: Autocomplete toggle?

2017-09-26 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 27 Sep 2017, at 3:16 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 9/26/17 8:45 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: >>> On 27 Sep 2017, at 9:12 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>> wrote: >>> >>> Apologies Monte, I'm sure autocomplete will be handy at some point, but is

Re: Autocomplete toggle?

2017-09-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 9/26/17 8:45 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: On 27 Sep 2017, at 9:12 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Apologies Monte, I'm sure autocomplete will be handy at some point, but is there a command I can issue in the message box to turn it off for a while? We have added

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Mark Wieder wrote: > > That's the point where I stopped trying to do pie charts in LiveCode. > > Worse: try to set a tooltip showing the percentage under the cursor. > > Multiple graphic objects? Sadly no. This simply doubles the problem. The pie chart was the cause I

Re: Arrow keys in SE

2017-09-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That is going to throw me, I use cmd-right arrow a lot. Cmd-left arrow too. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 26, 2017 6:29:54 PM Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Let me second Ri

Re: Arrow keys in SE

2017-09-26 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 27 Sep 2017, at 9:27 am, Devin Asay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Let me second Richard’s observation, but it’s effects are slightly different. > On the Mac it is standard to be able to use Cmd + right arrow to move to the > end of a line of text. With auto complete in the new SE that no

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
The original issue that influenced this one was how to provide a larger hit zone on an SVG widget. How would this property work for that? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 26, 2017 6:

Re: Autocomplete toggle?

2017-09-26 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 27 Sep 2017, at 9:12 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Apologies Monte, I'm sure autocomplete will be handy at some point, but is > there a command I can issue in the message box to turn it off for a while? We have added a menu Edit > Options > Autocomplete to toggle it. I

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > On 09/26/2017 06:02 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >> Worse: try to set a tooltip showing the percentage under the >> cursor. > > > > Multiple graphic objects? > > > > Been there. > When they're stacked on top of each other the transparent part of the > rect is

Offset Referenced Image Data

2017-09-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Until LC fills this request, check these options discussed before: 1) Ink Effects for masking an image within a group Scott Rossi wrote: > Try this stack (in your message box): > go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/masking_options.rev"; > The reason why a group with ink effe

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 09/26/2017 06:02 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> Worse: try to set a tooltip showing the percentage under the cursor. > > Multiple graphic objects? > Been there. When they're stacked on top of each other the transparent part of the rect is still the object under the cursor, and

OT: OMGwebsites

2017-09-26 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
I gotta say I feel better about the LC website after reading this: https://hackernoon.com/for-the-love-of-god-please-tell-me-what-your-company-does-c2f0b835ab92 -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.run

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: On 09/26/2017 01:46 PM, hh via use-livecode wrote: Now solve this simple example: Make a circular arc showing 70% of a pie and then tell us when clicking into the oval which part is hit, the 70% or the transparent 30%. That's the point where I stopped trying to do pie char

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 09/26/2017 01:46 PM, hh via use-livecode wrote: Now solve this simple example: Make a circular arc showing 70% of a pie and then tell us when clicking into the oval which part is hit, the 70% or the transparent 30%. That's the point where I stopped trying to do pie charts in LiveCode. Wors

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Colin Holgate wrote: > The way that this problem is handled in sort other tools is to have a > definable hit area for each control (usually those would be buttons). > You can set the idle, over, and pressed versions of the button’s > image, and also you can set the hit area image. > > LiveCode al

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: > Now solve this simple example: > > Make a circular arc showing 70% of a pie and then tell us when > clicking into the oval which part is hit, the 70% or the transparent > 30%. > > A one-liner? > > The OP's proposal, for example, would define a series of points along > the outline path

Re: Arrow keys in SE

2017-09-26 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
Let me second Richard’s observation, but it’s effects are slightly different. On the Mac it is standard to be able to use Cmd + right arrow to move to the end of a line of text. With auto complete in the new SE that no longer works. Anyone else observing that? Devin > On Sep 26, 2017, at 3:02

Autocomplete toggle?

2017-09-26 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Apologies Monte, I'm sure autocomplete will be handy at some point, but is there a command I can issue in the message box to turn it off for a while? Yesterday it went amok and I had to quit LC and restart to get normal operation back. In those situations it would be good to be able to turn i

Re: Arrow keys in SE

2017-09-26 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi Richard, The up and down arrow keys should work as expected for navigating in the SE, unless you are affected by bug http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20448 (see also its duplicates) Best, Panos -- On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists

Arrow keys in SE

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
With the Auto-complete in the new Script Editor I can't seem to use arrow keys to navigate in text anymore - the Up and Down keys keep bringing up the suggestions popup. Is there a way to use the Up and Down arrow keys for navigation in the SE? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Softwar

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread hh via use-livecode
@Richard G. Everybody engaged in this thread knows about "within" and "intersect". They are good and very effective where they are applicable. Now solve this simple example: Make a circular arc showing 70% of a pie and then tell us when clicking into the oval which part is hit, the 70% or the tr

Offset Referenced Image Data

2017-09-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I put this enhancement request in if anyone is interested http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20473 in brief " We need the ability to have an image object "mask" referenced image data by setting the offsets of the image, common use case is "I need this in a square" But don't want to me

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Though this is not a universal solution… but related.. FWIW we have an enhancement request in for widgets to allow us to set their margins. The entire area of a widget is its "hit box" (term from Unity) So all we need it to be able to set margins. Typical use case might be to have a 24 X 24 w

HTML5 - Javascript send text to textarea html object?

2017-09-26 Thread JOHN PATTEN via use-livecode
Hello all, Is it possible for and HTML5 app to send text from a variable in the HTML5 stack to a textarea object in, say, a web form via javascript? While I’m at it, would it be possible to trigger the web form submit action, via javascript in the HTML5 app? If so, how might that look? Thank

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Ralph DiMola wrote: > How would you use the alpha channel to do this? I just had an image > and the transparent part of the image did not send a mouseup message. > I put a button behind the image to solve it. Was there a way I could > have used the alpha channel to get the mouseup message anywher

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.0 DP-9

2017-09-26 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi Till, We have not received any reports about missing Dictionary in LC 9.0.0 DP-9 on OSX. Not sure why you see that issue. I would suggest you delete and reinstall LC 9.0.0 DP-9. Please let us know if this fixed the issue for you. Best, Panos -- PS: Just to double-check, you do have enough f

RE: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
How would you use the alpha channel to do this? I just had an image and the transparent part of the image did not send a mouseup message. I put a button behind the image to solve it. Was there a way I could have used the alpha channel to get the mouseup message anywhere in the image and still re

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Colin Holgate via use-livecode
How do you currently set the alpha channel? The hit area icon I was suggesting could be an image with the alpha channel that the button uses. That way you could have any shape hit area, it wouldn’t have to be based on the button’s icon. > On Sep 26, 2017, at 1:14 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-live

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.0 DP-9

2017-09-26 Thread William Prothero via use-livecode
I get the dictionary in this version. Bill P > On Sep 26, 2017, at 7:09 AM, Till Bandi wrote: > > Hi Panos > > the dictionary is again missing > > the recipes you proposed in your mail of june 21st do not work (there is no > „/Users//Library/Application Support/RunRev/Documentation > Cache

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Colin Holgate write: > The way that this problem is handled in sort other tools is to have a > definable hit area for each control (usually those would be buttons). > You can set the idle, over, and pressed versions of the button’s > image, and also you can set the hit area image. > > LiveCode al

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Colin Holgate via use-livecode
The way that this problem is handled in sort other tools is to have a definable hit area for each control (usually those would be buttons). You can set the idle, over, and pressed versions of the button’s image, and also you can set the hit area image. LiveCode already has a way to do most of t

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Certainly doable in a script, but consider the simplicity of this with a polygon as complex and even self-intersecting as you'd like: on mouseMove put within(grc 1, the mouseLoc ) end mouseMove -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems hh wrote: I asked because I thought QL's proposal migh

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread hh via use-livecode
I asked because I thought QL's proposal might be based on a new algorithm? There are already (partial) solutions to that: In LCS getting "transparency" clicks of cross-layered objects is hard but possible for a big class of regions (see stack #47 = "pointInShape" of the Raspi stacks collection, J

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
For many images with alpha layers the returned values would be a complex set of points, and for some discontiguous. If the purpose for obtaining that collection of points is to determine whether a click at a specific location would be inside or outside the control's region(s), that would requi

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That won't work. Everything else is screen based, so a conversion of coordinates would have to be performed if relating to anything like object location. Bob S > On Sep 25, 2017, at 23:24 , Quentin Long via use-livecode > wrote: > > The clickableRegion of a control is a return-delimited li

Re: A modest proposal for a new property

2017-09-26 Thread hh via use-livecode
How would you determine that a clickLoc is within such a "region" or not? (Say, for simplicity, the region is inside the control's rectangle) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Update to Dash "docset" creator stack

2017-09-26 Thread James Hale via use-livecode
I have just updated the Make DocSet stack to version 1.8 This adds: • Script colorization in the Syntax and Example sections. • Tidied up some formatting. • Links to terms and other entries now limited to Summary, Changes, Description and Related sections James ___