Re: [[ ANN ]] Release of 10.0.0 STABLE and 10.0.1 RC-1

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Re: Livecode Demo of two way javascript communication?

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Re: We lost an Angel

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Re: Thanks for all the fish

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RE: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

> Ralph wrote: > > Very Nice! This should be on the LC Lesson site. ++1 Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.run

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

> Bob wrote: > > So for those upgrading to Sonoma, 9.6.10 and 10 dp6 are now a rubicon of > sorts. There?s no going back. (I just needed to use the word Rubicon in a > sentence today.) Rubicon. Does that mean the rubes have been conned? 😉 Jim Lambert _

Re: Latest video -- integration of AI into script editor

Stephen wrote: > we are providing an opt in to training feature where you can provide a thumbs > up or thumbs down to the code you have been supplied as well as give a > description on what was good or bad about it. And perhaps offer a way to accept code that we re-write so that it does work as

Re: opencard and visual effect

> > you may have missed this in my last posting: Klaus, Indeed I did. JimL P.S. Another possibility you could also fake a transition. Then start your timer in the openCard handler of your destination card. In starting card: on fakeTransition lock screen import snapshot from

Re: opencard and visual effect

> Problem for me ist to measure the time until the user hits a key after a > question > appears on the screen on the card. > And I start this on "opencard", so the VISUAL effect, what the user really > sees, > MUST have been terminated, but obviously "opencard" does not respect this. If the vi

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.9

Panos et al., Thanks for the 9.6.9 release. The team's great work is appreciated. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://

Re:Livecode Hosting

And I believe there's a substantial cloud-based LC product on the horizon. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mail

Re: Cross-platform font comparison

Neville, Thank you very much for your deep analysis of fonts & LC & different OSes. Impressive amount of work! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscr

Re: Training the AI to write better

Kevin, Thanks for the excellent analysis. > it was a brilliant idea to kick this theme off and let it develop > so creatively. Thanks Kevin and Heather ! And thanks to Ludovic also. He was the first to bring up ChatGPT on this list. Jim Lambert ___ us

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

> Kevin wrote: > What is important is ensuring that LiveCode, which is supported already, is > not left behind and that you can generate LiveCode code at the same standard > as other languages. Exactly! > Rick wrote: > Just because something may be technologically > possible, doesn't mean we

Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

So sorry. My condolences to his and our community. JimL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-l

Re: ChatGPT

Even more interesting I issued the same chat request a few hours later and got an entirely different coding approach. It even helpfully put the code into formatted, copy-able blocks. (formatting not shown here.) ME: Write a calendar app in livecode CHATGPT: Here is an example of how you could

Re: ChatGPT

> On Dec 9, 2022, at 11:02 AM, Stephen Barncard wrote: > > OK, we are interested. What is the backstory? I just looked up ChatGPT > what did you have to do to get that response? Stephen, See the lines labelled ME? That's what I did. And that's all that I did. Try it yourself! chat.openai.co

ChatGPT

This is interesting. ME: Write a calendar app in livecode CHATGPT: To create a calendar in LiveCode, you can use a combination of text fields, buttons, and other controls to create a user interface that allows users to select a date and view the calendar for that month. Here is an example of h

Re: A web app launcher with responsive design

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Re: Audio Control on Mobile?

> Dan wrote: > My client wants to make a music playing app. Need to replicate a music > player... so, we need to keep our [custom] transport in sync with the sound. > Stop, Start, Pause, Scrub, update current time and time remaining, etc. EASY > on desktop, can't seem to do this on mobile wit

Re: Widget properties

> After a day or two with BBC BASIC on a black screen teenagers will "do > anything for me" when they see the, supposedly, > old-fashioned LiveCode IDE and the ever-so-sexy WYSIWYG GUI. Using the ol' psychology on 'em. Wily! ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: nsScriptDatabase 1.1

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Re: nsScriptDatabase 1.1

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Re: Browser Widget and Images

> > So accessing the URL of the image directly in the image object > puts the image there, which is a good first step. > > How is it stored however? > > If one looks at the image source it still shows the URL. > > I find I?m unable to paint on top of the image, probably > because that would

Re: Problems with Filter?

Try: put "*THISISMYTEXTTOFIND*" into tTarget put “abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz” into tLargeTextString put tLargeTextString into pText filter pText with tTarget into tFilteredTextResult answer "tFilteredTextResult = " & tFilteredTextResult Or more simply: filter tLargeTextString

RIP David Boggs

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Sublime Fields Behavior

I whipped up this behavior just for fun after seeing Ali use SublimeText to edit code. https://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/1015/sublime-fields This behavior creates fields similar to the fields in the SublimeText Code Editor. Wh

Re: Livecode and interactive video

A quarter of a century ago, we called this Interactive Multimedia. It was usually delivered on a CD-ROM. Ask your parents! ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your su

Re: Can I still change LC code?

Of course, you can start 'rolling your own' by cloning the IDE stacks then customizing those clones as you wish. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pre

Happy New Year!

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a test

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Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

> MarkW wrote: > From a Boingboing user comment... > > META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable LOL LOL LOL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preference

Re: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

> > never conciously I've tried that excuse but my wife never buys it. ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mai

RE: On the subject of things with the same short name... ('identical' groups which behave differently)

> Jacque wrote: > And then there's "this me", which still tickles me. "This me" could be a quote from that Scottish author's tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. ;) Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Sorting text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows (Re: Accumulating text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows)

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Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features?

> Jacque wrote: > > But while I agree completely with your definition, it got me concerned that > if I were to marry a very tall, large man, I would be a bigamist. A 24 carat post! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visi

Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features?

> Matthias wrote: > > 'ein paar' means two or three or somewhere in the range. Ich kann Deutsch. Aber nur ein paar Wörter. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manag

Apple App Store Agreement

FYI "Apple has agreed to a class action settlement that will allow apps developers to implement payment systems outside of the App Store and communicate directly with customers about them." https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-settles-lawsuit-to-allow-developers-to-use-payment-systems-outside-of

Re: Jim Lambert is not crazy!

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Re: workaround for cut-off text in native scroller?

> Jacque wrote: > It's either the Flying Spaghetti Monster or fullscreenmode. ;) Flying Spaghetti Monster is what I call my code. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe a

Re: 3-way slider control

go url "http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/three_state_toggle.livecode"; This stack contains a group which is a three-state toggle switch. The myState of the group contains its current state which is either "ON","OFF" or "MID" You can customize the states' colors by setting the color constants. See

Re: Bug, feature, or just something I need to program around?

Hi Alex, > I don't follow you Jim. You wrote: > if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the > field and the key sequence above will move the cursor to the end > *without* selecting the characters. In Notes if you are in one note then select a different note and execut

Re: Bug, feature, or just something I need to program around?

> In a LC single line field (MacOS), the keys shift-cmd-rightarrow will > select from the current position to the end of the line, and add that to > the selection. > > BUT if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the > field and the key sequence above will move the curs

Re: notarizing DMG fails - solved

> > Thank you Matthias! Your tools make my life SO much easier! You have > done a great service for this community. +100 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscri

Re: autohilite FUBAR?

Richard, On Mac when I hold the mouse down on a LC button, I can move the cursor around within the button and the button remains hilited. As soon as the cursor exits the button the hilite disappears. To me this is the desired behavior one should see on all platforms. Jim Lambert

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

Good suggestions. Thanks, all. Commenting out the answer command makes no difference. I quit LC and now cannot reproduce the behavior as it is intermittent. Next time it happens I'll try Scott's suggestions with the Tool Palette. Thanks, Jim Lambert __

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

Actually I'm not entirely crazy. Here is a MOV showing the anomalous behavior of mouse events executing even when the Pointer Tool is active. https://netrin.on-rev.com/videos/lc_select_issue.mov This is intermittent. I don't have a reli

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

I wrote: > Every time I click on a button in the IDE with the pointer tool in order to > select and, say, move it, I'd prefer if the mousedown/up scripts didn't fire > off because I'm editing the UI not running it. Nevermind. Those scripts are not firing when using the pointer tool. I'm crazy!!!

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

> Paul wrote: > > This is not a bug, but a feature. Our app contains a specialized network > drawing tool and we switch to the pointer tool to allow the user to > interact with drawn objects I'd respectfully suggest that is a fringe use case when compared to authoring in the LC IDE. Every time

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

> Klaus wrote: > when the pointer tool is active, "mouseenter" and "mouseleave" > handlers are executed nevertheless!? > > I don't this this is correct behaviour! I agree. When the pointer tool is selected in the IDE one is supposedly in Editing Mode. To have code execute when you simply enter o

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

> Richard G. wrote: > > I raise my whiskey > to toast your whisky. Sláinte! JIm Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://list

Re: Multidimensional array issue

This is a very interesting discussion of LC arrays. But back to the original post: > HENRY LOWE wrote: > > I am using multidimensional arrays to process data read from JSON files. > Some of the data in the JSON files can be represented in alternative forms in > files from different sources. > F

Re: Did I dream this ?

They would be handy properties. But in the meantime try this behavior: getProp xLoc return item 1 of the loc of me end xLoc getProp yLoc return item 2 of the loc of me end yLoc After assigning the behavior to any object you can

Re: LC Roadmap

> Andre wrote: > > LC is a small company regardless of how much we love them. They can't provide > solution to all our needs. It is not because they don't want to, they have > limited resources. We can't treat LC as we treat Apple or Microsoft. So true. I absolutely marvel at how much the Live

Re: MP3 ID3 tag writer

Thank you for this, Matthias. Danke sehr. Jim Lambert > Matthias wrote: > > Re: MP3 ID3 tag writer > I just noticed, that the files are not available anymore. > > I've uploaded a zip archive of those files here > > https://dl.qck.nu/?dl=MarkSmith.zip > >

Re: reading QR-code on Mac from an imported image

Klaus, Would this help you? https://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailm

Re: Design Question

> The application's core is access to Earth data (that scientists used to > develop the theory of plate tectonics) and capturing and annotating plots > that can be incorporated into student writing. If the 'student writing' is created in some other program then wouldn't it be sufficient to al

Re:TIL: JSON validator

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Re: Possible : stack with transparent backgound?

Here's an example: go stack url "https://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/TransparentStack.livecode"; JimL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:

Re: Possible : stack with transparent backgound?

> DavidB wrote: > > the text and some other elements to be visible but the stack background to > be transparent Start with a card having a field and a button. 1. Create a GRC retangle the same rect as the card. 2. Set its opaque to false. 3. Set its linesize to 0. 4. Send it to back. 5. G

Re: Cross Platform Font Layout

Sean wrote: > Jim, > > You might want to give me more time for this kind of testing Granted! I give you all the time in the world. > and have a word with my clients to ensure this. Ah sorry, can't help there, for that would be your job when responding to requests for proposals. Jim Lambert

Re: Cross Platform Font Layout

> Sean wrote: > > So, after developing at a stupid rate, 12 solid 14-18hr days, we have the > finished app ... ready for deployment out to Mac and PC. Tick the boxes in > the standalone settings, build and open in their respective platforms. > > Only to find that everything you had laid out pe

Re: Browser Widget and Twitter on iOS 13

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Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

Yes, Apple's approach is very proprietary. But it is simply not monopolistic. Apple does not have a monopoly on smartphones or smartphone OSes. What they do have is a very strict proprietary control of their products. Some argue an overly strict control of their products. I like my Rolls Royce P

Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

BrianM wrote: > One thing that seems to be missing in this discussion is the point of view of > the ?client?, the one who downloads the app and pays for it True. In the U.S. the laws against monopoly (the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Act of 1914 and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914)

Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

"A monopoly refers to when a company and its product offerings dominate a sector or industry. Monopolies can be considered an extreme result of free-market capitalism in that absent any restriction or restraints, a single company or group bec

Re: ProtonMail vs Apple

That article is an interesting read. Still these two sentences: Apple is using its monopoly to hold all of us hostage Apple’s iOS controls 25% of the global smartphone market (the other 75%, is largely controlled by Google’s Android). are self contradictory. By definition a company with 25% of

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.1 RC-1

LC Team, Thanks for this release. FYI. I noticed something I hadn’t seen before when installing earlier LC releases on OSX. I was unable to mount "LiveCodeBusiness-9_6_1_rc_1-Mac.dmg” because a LC resource was in use. Fix. Quit any open LCs first, then mount the dmg. Jim Lambert _

Re: Object naming

Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate was my lawyer. One day I asked if I could call him Zanz. He said, “Nah. Just call me Dave!” Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage you

Re: Is "import snapshot" without parameters broken?

Brian, Import Snapshot sans parameters works fine for me in LC 9.6.0 on macOS 10.15.5 Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: tsnetGetFile() example using HTTP?

Phil, Here’s some info on tsnet https://www.techstrategies.com.au/tsnet-resources/ Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: [off-topic-ish] do you prefer LC-related content as books or video courses?

Hi André, I previously always favored printed books. But now I prefer digital materials that are a combination of text (with copiable code!), interactive elements, and supplementary video. As Richard pointed out LC itself provides "the many learning benefits of direct engagement with interactiv

Platform Divergence

This year’s WWDC shows Apple is moving to a unified ‘system' for all their products: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AppleTV. The Apple development environment promises to produce a single app capable of running on all, or almost all, of Apple devices. This unification promises to be quite conve

Re: Unicode and languages

Not LC native but take a look at Google Translate API

Re: Scrolling jitter

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Re: upcoming online conferences

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Re: Counting unique items in a file

function getUniqueNames inData,pColumn split inData by column split inData[pColumn] by return and return combine inData[pColumn] by return and space return inData[pColumn] end getUniqueNames Jim Lambert ___ use-liveco

Re: MP3s

> Richard wrote: > > I miss the simplicity of delivering true stand-alone apps, but with so > many of the most lauded features of LC 8-and-later having been > implemented as externals, adding some media files to the mix doesn't > affect deployment options much. I suppose one could store the b

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 198, Issue 20

> We are all sorted now. > > Best Regards, > > Heather Thanks, Heather and Team! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:/

Happy 2020!

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Re: Setting hidden of lines very slow

> So I am looking to hide any line that contains no textcolor anywhere. You might save into a variable the HTMLTEXT of all the lines that contain the textcolor. Also save the HTMLTEXT of the whole field into another variable. Then in a blink of an eye you can instantly switch between the entire

Re: Will it ever be possible place controls over browser widget?

> Herman wrote: > > See my demo here: > > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?p=152773#p152773 > > > Overlays the widget while this plays a video. So floating a second stack over the browser as I suggested does work and is beau

Re: Will it ever be possible place controls over browser widget?

> Herman wrote: > > See my demo here: > > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?p=152773#p152773 > > > Overlays the widget while this plays a video. So floating a second stack over the browser as I suggested does work and is beaut

Re: Will it ever be possible place controls over browser widget?

> Does anyone know if it will ever be possible to place controls on > layers above a browser widget? I don’t know if that is in the works or when it may be available. But you might be able to kludge it now on desktop: 1- place the control (say, a button) that you want to position within the bro

Re: [ANN] animationEngine is free now

Malte, Best of luck! AE was and is a wonderful tool. Viele Danke, Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com

Re: Being stupid for a change

Richmond, you’re not stupid, just ‘clude’-less. ;) Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 180, Issue 17

> MarkR wrote: > > Can LiveCode communicate with Bluetooth devices? There is an extension that comes with an Indy/Business license. mergBLE From the Dictionary: "mergBLE is a LiveCode external for iOS and OS X that enables CoreBluetooth (BLE) functionality. You can use the external to discover

Re: This is disturbing!

> Bob S wrote: > There is already a string keyword. > True. ‘Stringify()’ or ‘’evaluateAsString()’ It’s easy enough to write a function to force string comparisons for those rare edge cases like "6. " is equal to "6.” where the engine automatically converts the strings to numbers. funct

Re: This is disturbing!

> RichardG wrote: > Any suggestions for a new operator token to specify numeric equivalence? Or maybe to specify string equivalence. > Did anyone know that "6. " is equal to "6."??? string( "6. “) is not equal to string( "6.”) where the function string() would tell LC not to try to con

Re: This is disturbing!

> Did anyone know that "6. " is equal to "6."??? It’s somewhat similar to value(“h “) is equal to value(“h”), while “h “ is not equal to “h”. I’m not disturbed but appreciative that the engine tries to convert both sides to numbers when doing a comparison. Just must remember t

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

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Re: [OT] Accommodation in Edinburgh

> Hugh wrote: > We are (finally!) taking a week's holiday north of the border and want to > visit Edinburgh 10-15 September. > Any hotel recommendations? Does not have to be in the city centre! > These are not hotels. But we have stayed at both of these charming apartments. Hidden Glen was quit

Re: How to get word offset all instances of a string in a chunk of text?

> I wrote: > > Then there is also this repeat-less approach using arrays and filter: > function findWordOffsets pText, pSearchTerm > put replaceText(pText,"\W+"," ") into pText > split pText by space > combine pText with cr and tab > filter pText with "*" & tab & pSearchTe

Re: How to get word offset all instances of a string in a chunk of text?

> On 30/08/2018 10:24, Keith Clarke via use-livecode wrote: >> Folks, >> Is there a single-pass mechanism or more efficient way of returning the >> wordOffset of each instance of ?the? in ?the quick brown fox jumped over the >> lazy dog? than to use two passes through the text? Then there is als

Re: fullscreenmode and rect of a substack on mobile device ?

A shootout between FSM vs. scripted resizing might make a good LC Global presentation. The pros and cons of each. Cases where one may be better than the other. Etc. Examples. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: drawing a Barcode without a Barcode font

> Matthias wrote: > > If we print the labels with a thermo printer (203 dpi) then the code cannot > be scanned with the values i posted before. > We had set the line thickness of the rectangles to 0 and had to increase the > width of the black bars and decrease the width of the clear ones. I

Re: Regex (matchChunk) help...

Building on what Mark Wieder elegantly wrote: > MarkW wrote: > > filter lotsOfText with "*selkirkst*skyrider1*” function extractStrings lotsOfText, startWord, endWord replace cr with space in lotsOfText -- Makes sure lotsOfText is just a single line replace startWord with cr

Re: Rotating PNG images

With the added WAIT this is a bit more fun to look at. And it checks for angles > 32767. You get an error if you set the angle of an image to greater than 32767. local ang on spin repeat forever add 13 to ang if ang > 32767 then beep put 0 into ang end if

Re: Rotating PNG images

Richmond wrote: > LiveCode is incapable of rotating anything other than SVG images > without a bad case of the "jaggies". RichardG wrote: > have you tried setting the angle property instead? Richmond wrote: > I set the angle on PNG images and they deteriorate. I find that rotate image

Re: LC-Magick #11

The LC-Magick Collection is very useful and instructional. Herman et al, Thank you so much for this. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription p

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