Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

On 2/5/20 12:53 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: To help move that along, I've been considering making an ePub library in LC, for both reading and writing the format.  It would be non-trivial, but quite doable.  The constraint now is time.  I could schedule that for late spring/early

RE: OMG text processing performance 6.7 - 9.5

One further comment … when talking about long text and not using lineOffset I really do mean long. Using source text the first 500 KB of Les Miserables, the times for simple Parse 1 offset search with skip for *both* raw text and utf-8 was 1 ms, and for lineOffset 10 ms and 14 ms

RE: OMG text processing performance 6.7 - 9.5

Richard, here is a link to my test stack https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bbpe12p8bf56ofe/AADbhV2LavLP4Y3CZ8Ab8NGia?dl=0 The LesMiserables.txt file is included for convenience; it should be placed in your Documents

Re: the fontnames and special names like (Menu)

I filed this as a bug: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22564 On 2/4/2020 12:27 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: The fontnames() function returns certain special font names like: (Default) (Styled Text) (Menu) (Text) (Message) (Tooltip) (System) How do I find out what fonts

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Hi Klaus, Jawohl ! Wilkommen! Op 5-2-2020 om 20:52 schreef Klaus major-k via use-livecode: Hi Jerry, Am 05.02.2020 um 20:50 schrieb JJS via use-livecode : let me clarify. once a user click on the help button, it downloads a fresh copy from my server using tsnet. after that i copy it to

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Hi Jerry, > Am 05.02.2020 um 20:50 schrieb JJS via use-livecode > : > > let me clarify. > > once a user click on the help button, it downloads a fresh copy from my > server using tsnet. > after that i copy it to the folder on the sdcard. > then launch it. > Android can ask how you want to

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

let me clarify. once a user click on the help button, it downloads a fresh copy from my server using tsnet. after that i copy it to the folder on the sdcard. then launch it. Android can ask how you want to open it, it can be simply done in Chrome. when closing Chrome then it goes auto back

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

 launch url "file:/mnt/sdcard/help.pdf" Groetjes, Jerry Op 5-2-2020 om 19:15 schreef Klaus major-k via use-livecode: Hi all, Am 05.02.2020 um 19:05 schrieb Eller, Roger via use-livecode : Hey Ralph, "The latest phones usually come with a built-in PDF reader." Source: How To Open PDF

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Roger Eller wrote: > "The latest phones usually come with a built-in PDF reader." > > Source: How To Open PDF Files on Android in under 60 Seconds https://joyofandroid.com/open-pdf-android/ While the OS may not directly include a PDF viewer, I've never seen or even heard of an Android phone

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Hi all, > Am 05.02.2020 um 19:05 schrieb Eller, Roger via use-livecode > : > > Hey Ralph, > > "The latest phones usually come with a built-in PDF reader." > > Source: How To Open PDF Files on Android in under 60 Seconds > https://joyofandroid.com/open-pdf-android/ > > I am sure it's not

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Hey Ralph, "The latest phones usually come with a built-in PDF reader." Source: How To Open PDF Files on Android in under 60 Seconds https://joyofandroid.com/open-pdf-android/ I am sure it's not the experience for everyone, but I very rarely view PDF files on my phone. When I do, I use any

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Mark Wieder write: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/myst-co-creator-rand-mill.html "...to this day I would be doing projects in Hypercard if it were still available..." ...think someone should give Rand Miller a hint? Cyan's tech lead, Richard Watson (also known as RAWA) is well aware of

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

I beat the first Myst, and I almost beat the second one, except for the last puzzle. The solution was you had to be standing in certain places along certain paths which had nothing to interact with, and looking in certain directions that were not natural to look, and then you could see a very

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

On 5 Feb 2020, at 3:19, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 2/4/20 6:19 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: In 1993 Mac User magazine ...them was the days, eh? [Deep sigh] I spent *many* years in MacUser magazine – the original and best UK one of course, not the Ziff-Davis copy.

RE: Displaying & caching PDF files

Then for Android the only option to display PDFs is pdfjs(Get on Git) in the browser. I still can't believe that Android can't natively display a PDF. This is not only for LC but for any PDF you browse to in Chrome. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services

Re: HyperCard: the Myst story

Miller has a Linken-In profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rand-miller-6b00041/ if someone wants to try to contact him to mention LiveCode On 2/4/2020 9:12 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Ah yes, of course. I see that now. On Feb 4, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Mark Wieder via

Re: Displaying & caching PDF files

Thanks for your answer. I have just checked the doc, and unless I'm wrong, the PDF Widget is available with the business license only... Le 2020-02-04 15:37, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode a écrit : Android will not natively display a pdf in the browser. The PDF Widget is supported on all