Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 30/03/2019 21:56, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Given that it's taken years to get approval for -f, I'm reluctant to overload the task with too many additional features at the outset, though perhaps as a separate scope of work it may be worth pursuing if we can find someone to imp

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Alex Tweedly wrote: Actually, I think it would also be good (if it's feasible) to have a way to invoke the font-loading from within LCS, so that e.g. a library that did intend to do graphics stuff could request font loading when needed. (Yes, I do have one of those - generates graphs, snapshots

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Matthias Rebbe wrote: >> >> ./livecode-server-community -f >> > > So this would only work when calling the LC Server from the command > line? By what other means is a CGI invoked? > If not, how could the Font loading process be passed when alivecode > server is running on a webserver and the

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Could you not do that in your .htaccess file ? (or presumably in more powerful ways if it's a VPS, etc.) "simply" add a  rewrite rule that adds the "-f" flag to HTTP requests in general, with an override rule for those few server scripts that might want font initialization. Actually, I think

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
> > > ./livecode-server-community -f > So this would only work when calling the LC Server from the command line? If not, how could the Font loading process be passed when alivecode server is running on a webserver and the .lc file is called from a web browser? Matthias __

Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
I've obtained approval from the LC team for an enhancement that can improve performance and reduce system resource use for LC Server and faceless standalones. This would seem an easy fix for someone who knows their way around the code base, described here: https://quality.livecode.com/sho

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-1

2019-03-30 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 3/28/19 2:53 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: I don’t think there have ever been DP releases for maintenance releases. Ah, yes. Thanks - I stand corrected. Still going straight to an rc distribution seems like a strange idea, especially with this many bug fixes, but whatever.

Re: Bud: crash with widget popup

2019-03-30 Thread hh via use-livecode
Your syntax is wrong (see dict), "footer" is not a widget kind. Try this: popup widget "com.livecode.widget.paletteactions" at the mouseloc Nevertheless the wrong syntax should result in an error, not in a crash. Please report to https://quality.livecode.com __

Re: Bud: crash with widget popup

2019-03-30 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
Try this: *popup widget "footer"* Crashes at least with widgets of type widget.paletteActions - not tried to crash things with other widget types. On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 11:32, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > popup widget works here in LC 8/9 without problems. > >

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-2

2019-03-30 Thread R.H. via use-livecode
Dear Panos My impression fixing the disk access for the script editor (SE) for Windows in this version 9.0.4 RC-2 seems to have changed everything to me. I only had a short review. But already I can see and feel that text entries appear to be so much faster and smoother. If this good behavior per

Compare Two Stacks

2019-03-30 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I would like the compare the scripts of two stacks, that are on two branches of in GIT, both its binary and external text only scripts. The challenge is: there are scripts in the binary stack, often "little" preopenstack/card script, initialization calls that trigger external text only livecode

Re: acceleratedRendering bugs

2019-03-30 Thread JJS via use-livecode
I just tested a stack on Andorid with lots of input fields where i turned the accelerated off everytime. But this fix now works great. So i can leave it on, Thanks a lot! Op 27-3-2019 om 01:35 schreef J. Landman Gay via use-livecode: I'm sending years worth of gratitude and appreciation. You a

Re: Bud: crash with widget popup

2019-03-30 Thread hh via use-livecode
popup widget works here in LC 8/9 without problems. What is your crashing line(which widget)? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://l

Bud: crash with widget popup

2019-03-30 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
Not sure where to report GitHub issue? Being lazy and reporting here: Calling popup with a widget as a reference rather than a button results in a crash. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsu

Re: Levure Dataview Question

2019-03-30 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
Yes would be good to know. I've seen demos of drag- reordering, and scripted a few experiments - but seeing that work on mobile for something as visually complex as a data grid (or Levure dataview) I've no seen. My suspicion is that that sort of visual drag drop animated feedback is best done in H

Re: What is Macintosh equivalent of relaunch handler?

2019-03-30 Thread hh via use-livecode
To summarize some of the previous advices and to show beginners how easy it is to use applescript: -- begin commandline osascript -e 'tell application "LiveCode" activate do script "put the internet date" end tell' --end commandline (include the last char which is cr) ___