Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

I have no great desire to bully any company, but I do feel that a company that has banged on for donkey's ages about caring about its installed base should behave itself a bit better. I have paid quite a bit of money in my own way and my own time into LiveCode, and don't really begrudge that.

Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

An awful lot of people have "kept their lives under Bushels" because they are afraid of getting the several extremely childish and foul-mouthed messages I have got from you-know-who. Richmond. On 25.10.21 17:13, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: On 25 Oct 2021, at 14:54, Richmo

Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2021, at 09:47, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: I am revisiting Sean Cole's posting as some valuable feedback seems to have got mixed up with some ridiculous claims: 1. "my opinion counts for nothing here" Well, Yes, there is a slight feeling re th

Re: OT: Priorities (was: Re: Stack with the same name loop)

No, coulda, woulda and shoulda are, probably a waste of time, but learning from history might not be a waste of time. Richmond. On 24.10.21 15:19, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: I don't see much benefit in coulda, woulda, shoulda. Tcl was so prominent it was actually listed i

Re: OT: Priorities (was: Re: Stack with the same name loop)

What seems to come out of your interesting historical observations is that HyperCard went "wrong" when people had to start paying for it. There is obviously a lesson for today here. Interestingly enough WINE (open source) and CodeWeavers (prop.) seem to manage to co-exist and help each other

Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

ot;bottom-feeders" who use LiveCode for what are, really, bloody basic, humdrum requirements: but they do make one hell of a difference to the learning experiences of a lot of children. I am sorry to unearth this, but I do feel that this 'situation' that has arisen has to be exam

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

It does seem odd that those of us who may have unsubscribed to online surveys get sent mail shots to say we are going to get sent one: so some wires have got crossed somewhere. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

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

pletely to the end of the LiveCode 8 series and FIX every bug from before 8.2.0 (the odd DP2 that went the way of all flesh) that still has a significant negative effect on any aspect of LiveCode 8.2 whatsoever. I will sign this the way I used to sign my postings a few years ago when I had the f

Re: New MacBook Pro Display Notch

I should have thought the simplest way round this problem was to work on the assumption that from now on ALL Apple displays will have a notch and "cut one's stack" to accommodate that. Of course this is only relevant to people who want to annoy end-users by providing full-screen window apps.

Re: IDE crashing on Windows 10

The notes for LC 9.6.5 RC 1 indicate NO support for Windows 11 whatsoever, as it also indicates no support for any Linux versions since 2016, but is very nearly uptodate re Macintosh. https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_6_5/LiveCodeNotes-9_6_5_rc_1.pdf On 18.10.21 12:39, Richmond wrote

Re: IDE crashing on Windows 10

odd when Windows has a socking great wodge of the market share. I have had to get children who have been working with 9.6.x on Windows 8 & 10 to "pull back" to the 8.1.x series because of crashing. Richmond. On 18.10.21 11:29, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: I am won

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

Sorry, I am carrying this over to the Forums as I have a pictorial mind. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36367 Richmond. On 16.10.21 23:04, Richmond wrote: Also, this presupposes that your 'arbitrary polygon' is exactly that, while LiveCode starts a 'polygon

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

Also, this presupposes that your 'arbitrary polygon' is exactly that, while LiveCode starts a 'polygon graphic' as a line, and it is quite possible to end up with something that does NOT involve an enclosed territory. On 16.10.21 23:00, Richmond wrote: I'm a lazy sl

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

I'm a lazy slob, and because of that I would just do this sort of thing outwith LiveCode, with, say, GIMP. If you could explain your rationale behind trying to go "the long way round" in LiveCode I might be both more sympathetic and more helpful. Best, Richmond. On 16.10.

Re: LC IDE Menu suddenly is slow / responds slowly

Surely the best way to see whether the slow down is LC 9.6.4 or MacOS Big Sur is to install LC 9.6.3 alongside 9.6.4 However, I should say that as soon as the Monterey (MacOS 12) betas became available I dropped Big Sur (MacOS 11) like a hot potato, and have found MacOS 12 beta far, far better. Pe

Re: Is the Forum down?

Quite a lot of contributors are distracted elsewhere . . . Richmond. On 13.09.21 16:43, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Seen almost nothing for days. Craig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: LiveCode Community - anyone up for maintaining the community edition?

Just as a way of showing off my goofiness: how do I compile LiveCode from your github downloadables? On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 12:55 AM Paul McClernan via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Well I've wanted to contribute more, and have as time allowed. I first had > to learn how

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

It does look exciting, but, as usual, the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I am sure, initially at least, there will be a few bits of nutshell left in there for us to jag our teeth on: but that's to be expected, and our job is to report back any nutty bits to LiveCode centre. My thoug

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

Dreamweaver, RevMedia . . . absolutely no need to do any thinking whatsoever . . . it has all happened before. On 5.09.21 10:42, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote: Not sure how this would work - but what if only licensed versions of LC could produce and run distributable/shareable stacks while

Re: Licensing model change

LibreOffice is alive and kicking. On Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:48 David Wood via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > LiveCode is magical. (From a beta HyperCard user!) > > > Gosh! I was also a Hypercard user. But a beta Hypercard user! WOW! > > Dave > > > > > > > On Wed, 1 Sept 202

Re: Licensing model change

Of course LiveCode are prefectly entitled to go the way they want to. What is a very great pity is that they are no longer making existing Community versions available for download. Richmond. On 31.08.21 19:16, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: I just read and watched Kevin's announc

Hard case

This sort of thing does not seem to be working: case (XITEM contains "@") Richmond ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefere

Re: Annoying double parens, brackets and quotes

That feature is a real pain-in-the-bum when teaching. On 3.08.21 г. 4:13, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Could someone please tell me how to turn off the double parens, brackets and quotes in the script editor? IOW when I type ( , I don’t want ( ). Thanks very much!! Roger ___

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.3 RC-2

This is wonderful: thanks to LiveCode central for sorting out a real "Howler"! Richmond. On 23.07.21 22:18, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for the update Trevor On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 21:53 Trevor DeVore via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

That didn't hurt much . . .

No, not the dentist (although, mind you, I have visited the dentist 12 times in the last 3 months), but just lobbed a small donation to LiveCode Community from my PayPal account . . . Why don't you do that as well? ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

Oddly enough, trying to make standalones from a stack called "करिय" worked perfectly well. Richmond. On 16.06.21 8:18, Richmond wrote: Richmond On 15.06.21 22:03, Keith Martin via use-livecode wrote: OT: Fortunately (in a sense) when I got a frozen shoulder four years ago I h

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

ense about "Too many open files in subcomponent" and what is odd is that it refers to the incipient standalone as "UÃànterweg" Richmond On 15.06.21 22:03, Keith Martin via use-livecode wrote: OT: Fortunately (in a sense) when I got a frozen shoulder four years ago I had surg

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

Dunno . . . I had peri-arthritis in my right shoulder about 2 years ago and had to have 2 very painful injections of non-cortico-steroids there, right into the inflamed capsule. Did the trick. I have never had any problems with my umlauts. :) Richmond On 15.06.21 21:29, doc hawk via use

Forum?

Has the Forum gone bottom up? Certainly seems quiescent just now. Richmond. -- This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the Agents of a large number of governments in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and

Re: Replacetext of any characters between parentheses with a space

it: > > So many roads > So many roads > Mountain high, river wide > So many roads to ride > So many roads > So many roads > > (in LiveCode) > > Cheers > > David G > > > On 10 Jun 2021, at 9:10 am, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < > use-livecode

Re: Replacetext of any characters between parentheses with a space

Well, at the rsik of getting things wrong, here's my attempt: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35951 Richmond. On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 8:05 PM David V Glasgow via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > LC coders, please tell me why this won’t

Re: 3-way slider control

Sorry: went a bit bonkers: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35903 Richmond. On 25.05.21 20:23, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Ah yes, I knew that but had forgotten it. Thank you, Klaus! Roger On May 25, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2

Why need there be such a long-winded discussion anent download time? Surely we are all not so impatient a 90 minute or so wait is not that significant to move from a Release Candidate to a Stable version? Richmond. On 22.05.21 19:04, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: It was Thursday

Re: LC puts stuff in the trash upon quit!

On which operating system is this? I have not noticed it on MacOS or Xubuntu Linux. Richmond. On 15.05.21 16:46, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: I have noticed this oddity for a long time. No other program that I own does this. Why is LC so dirty? Rick

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

, Learn . . . Oh, cripes, that makes me sound like an unreconstructed hippy. Love, Richmond. On 11.04.21 0:41, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Charles: Please do not ban anyone. Somehow that struck me as a pure and beautiful sentiment! Short and simple. It grew on me during the list

Re: How do you handle 32/64 bit Windows standalones?

I provide both: here have a look: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2vgc1ei088hdqay/AAC8ac27eZuiI_BsWFlFQQjYa?dl=0 Richmond. On 6.04.21 12:36, Tiemo via use-livecode wrote: Hello, When creating a Windows standalone, are you still creating the 32Bit standalone or only anymore 64 Bit Versions of

Re: Polygons

assemble some of composite object (c.f. dataGrids). Richmond. On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 11:41 Terence Heaford via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I also have concluded this. > > If you miss out lines the opaque setting is irrelevant, it functions as > being fa

Re: autohilite FUBAR?

I can confirm that this does not happen on Mac OS 11 with LC 9.6.1 Richmond On 3.04.21 6:30, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Not so for me on Mac OS Big Sur and LC 9.6 Roger On Apr 2, 2021, at 2:52 PM, chipsm themartinz.com via use-livecode wrote: I tested this and it is true. As you

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

I despair . . . how could one lower oneself to two fingers of 'whiskey'? Just now I am enjoying a glass of whisky (without the offending 'e'). Richmond. On 27.03.21 20:29, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Roger Guay wrote: On Mar 26, 2021, at 5:35 PM, Richard Gask

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Maybe I'm missing something, but what would be the advantage of using stack runner over a standalone? Richmond. On 27.03.21 19:27, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Could be, but that requires you to be an Apple Developer. Too much hassle! A LiveCodeLight from RunRev that runs s

Re: Multiple Displays and Screenrect

put the screenrects with an 's' Best, Richmond. On 18.03.21 23:28, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Can someone please tell me how to get the screenRect of multiple monitor setup? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list us

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-3

ng started up like that, I unplug those 2 hubs, count to 10, and then reconnect them, I get video signals to all 3 monitors. Totally Mental! Best, Richmond. On 16.03.21 9:05, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode wrote: Thanks to everyone testing this! Trashing the prefs didn’t help, trashing all

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-3

I have just downloaded Indy 9.6.2 RC-3, done the licensing "dance" and fired it up without any problems at all: macOS 11.3 Beta 3, 2018 Mac Mini, 3 monitors. I suspect you have some background process (i.e. something set to run at startup) that is clogging up the works. Best, Ric

Re: Printing borked for LC Linux?

; to 0 . this might entail quite a lot of the stack disappearing off-screen, but one could have more code resizing the stack back to its "normal" size after the _print card_ signal had been sent. Will try this later and post images to the Forums . . . Best, Richmond. Bob S

Re: LC, Mac Mail & Rules

Tough to let you know my results if none of us have your script . . . Best, Richmond. On 24.02.21 5:19, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: I have a script in my LC server that composes an email and sends it to my Mac Mail Inbox. I have set up a rule that says if the subject is “Something

Re: [OT] Poll: What does it mean for 1 rect to be 'within' a certain distance of another rect?

Sorry: I have moved over here: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35407 as I believe a picture is worth a thousand words: Richmond. On 16.02.21 1:13, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I think the natural definition would be distance between the respective boundaries;

Re: [OT] Poll: What does it mean for 1 rect to be 'within' a certain distance of another rect?

I would go for the distance between edges, although I can see the Mathematical wobbly bits you are going to have to jump through. Richmond. On 16.02.21 0:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: This is an Off Topic informal poll of sorts, but related to LiveCode as I am writing a LiveCode

Re: LC Roadmap

n a roadblock. LiveCode (owing much to its heritage) is a fantastic product. It's not Yet Another language/tool that can be swapped out easily. That may require deeper understanding to realize. We can work on that. There are problems, but things are actually pretty good right now! (With GOO

Re: LC Roadmap

hink. Love. kisses, and other things, Richmond. On 12.02.21 14:12, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi folks, see subject -> Last Updated on July 14, 2020 I think it is time to update the roadmap, what do you think? Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www

Re: No visual effects on Big Sur?

No joy over here: LC 9.6.2 RC 2 / macOS 11.3 Beta 1 But this does work this way: LC 8.2.0 DP 2 / macOS 11.3 Beta 1 So the problem may not lie with macOS. On 7.02.21 15:42, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode wrote: That is strange. As it worked for you Sean, what machine are you on? But, as we

Re: background images

Just import an image for a card and set its level to 1: no 'nonsense' about background images at all. Richmond. On 19.01.21 2:44, Tim Selander via use-livecode wrote: Right, which is why this is so confusing. I do not want a 'shared text' image. Each card should keep it

Re: LC & Mac M1 Chip

https://www.mediastorehouse.co.uk/pimage/164/4418216/4418216_450_450_81393_0_fill_0_e37e7951f24a5587cf10b5e3ccda4347.jpg On 14.01.21 23:29, JeeJeeStudio via use-livecode wrote: this cheesehead is here since 2014 😁 Op 14-1-2021 om 03:45 schreef Bob Sneidar via use-livecode: You are new here, so

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-2

Supercard is no longer very super (remember playing around with it in 1994) as it is 32-bit MacOS only. Richmond. On 14.01.21 12:53, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: I paid for the Windows version of SuperCard that was advertised in MacUser for some considerable time in the ?mid 90s

Re: LC & Mac M1 Chip

Hmm: Down our way (Bulgaria), we can buy 'Gouda' that is made in Germany, so that protection (considering Bulgaria is in the EU) looks a bit dicky. On 13.01.21 23:15, JeeJeeStudio via use-livecode wrote: Stay off the fake Gouda cheese, maybe it's Chinese origin. Only take the original Dutch Goud

Re: Audioclips overlapping

As get the length of audioClip "M9.wav" crashes LiveCode I wonder of there is a way to determine the length of audioClips reliably? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, u

Re: LC & Mac M1 Chip

shafted. All I can say, with a smile on my lips, is "Thank God" I only have 50 kids to worry about. Richmond. On 10.01.21 0:34, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Me: > I'm planning to get an M1 Mac this year Naturally, right after I post this, Apple makes headlines

Re: Audioclips overlapping

Hmm: writing as a lazy slob, I'm not entirely sure if I have the energy or the motivation to determine the length of 176 wav files. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=35213 On 9.01.21 20:54, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Do you know how many seconds

Re: Audioclips overlapping

ajor-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 09.01.2021 um 15:52 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode : When I try to play a succession of audioClips they overlap each other. Is there a way to ensure each clip does not start playing before the preceding one has finished? do you mean this? .

Re: Audioclips overlapping

Well, Yes, sort of, but I still get an annoying gap between the clips: they should play sequentially without any pauses . . . Best, and, while I'm here, wishing you a Happy New Year. Richmond. On 9.01.21 16:59, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 09.01.2021 um

Audioclips overlapping

When I try to play a succession of audioClips they overlap each other. Is there a way to ensure each clip does not start playing before the preceding one has finished? Richmond Mathewson. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: LC & Mac M1 Chip

Your back stories made me fire up a G5 iMac I have here running macOS 10.5 and download the latest LiveCode to work on it . . . . Love and lunacy, Richmond. On 8.01.21 1:06, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Paul: > we have several customer who have said > they are upgrading

Re: play command and wav file

uld expect it to do: plays the .wav file. macOS 11.2 beta, Livecode 9.6.1 best, Richmond. On 19.12.20 18:15, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi list, Is there a way to play a wav file that is already loaded in memory as binary data ? The doc only says that "play" takes a file na

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

I am not familiar at all. But, having built an LC version for Linux it can then be tested on a recent Linux distro. On 16.12.20 2:14, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: > Well . . . they could install a later version of Ubuntu (takes about > 30-120 minutes) and bui

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

Well . . . they could install a later version of Ubuntu (takes about 30-120 minutes) and build and test on that version. Surely not that arduous. Best, Richmond. On 15.12.20 19:38, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 12/15/20 3:48 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: 2. Stir up trouble

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

I would pick a small fight here. On 15.12.20 11:24, merakosp via use-livecode wrote: Hello Sean, Off the top of my head, the main Linux issues that are currently unresolved are: 1. The player object is broken on all Linux distros. You might be able to workaround this by using shell commands wi

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

10; admittedly though I stopped using 16.04 about April 2017, so I may have forgotten something. Richmond. On 15.12.20 10:40, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: Hence my initial question/request for community knowledge/experience. I’m not seeking to stir up trouble (for a change). I’m seeking

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

"I wonder why LC don’t state support for later Ubuntu, Fedora or Debian builds?" I suspect that LiveCode believes that the uptake of the Linux version is insufficient to justify the effort of testing LC on those platforms. Richmond. On 14.12.20 2:20, Pi Digital via use-live

Re: CentOS Death in 2021

Well, I am running LC 9.6.1 on Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE) 20.10 without a backward glance: Rocks! Richmond. On 13.12.20 19:40, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I just heard the news that RedHat is going to be dropping support for CentOS. With my recent issues with PDF Printing

Properties Inspector

I would like to try modifying the Properties Inspector but am unable to locate a template stack . . . Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Trying to use the Segmented Control

When I was about 18 I was driving tractors on a farm: really old-fashioned things with about 3 gears. Later, in the United States, I learnt to drive a car; out car was a Ford Tempo with 5 gears and a reverse. However, when I went to take the test the officers there would not let me use our c

Re: Trying to use the Segmented Control

out them just last week with someone extolling the supposed virtues of Python]. Richmond. On 30.11.20 13:05, R.H. via use-livecode wrote: Basically, I think, it is a nice widget. --- But sometimes, I would like to show text with icons together, or each icon in a different color. Possible?

Re: Chromebook apps?

Is a Chromebook app an Android app? Or, to put things another way . . . I thought I'd be clever and design something for kids at my school to use on their Android phones and tablets . . . Fantastic idea that foundered badly when I worked out that a lot of ANdroid tablets ran on INTEL chips

Re: Strange bug

Yes, as described (LC 9.6.1, macOS 11.1 Beta). On 24.11.20 14:32, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, FYI: I found a very strange and serious bug, if you have a minute, please take a look: A real showstopper in my opinion! Wit

Re: Standardizing codepoints

xtent of the thing, you can isolate almost every glyph you can imagine as a single glyph (rather than a combination of several0. If you are referring to surrogate pairs: forget them quickly, they are old hat and guaranteed to give you a permanent cluster headache. Best, Richmond. On 15.11.

Re: New to Get a Copy of Scaled Down Version of an Image

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gdrsa4git7l6war/imager.livecode.zip?dl=0 Richmond On 28.10.20 13:34, Richmond wrote: Remember that you have to lock an image to stop it popping back to its original size. Or, alternatively, you could change the order of your code. Also, you have misspelt 'h

Re: New to Get a Copy of Scaled Down Version of an Image

u don't appear to have defined "resizeToHeight" in the code you have posted. The whole procedure looks a bit wonky: so I shall "go away" and try my own version. Best, Richmond. On 28.10.20 12:28, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Take for example [command] r

Re: iOS Emoji keyboard does not print to PDF?!

" 'export snapshot' to PDF as PNG" sounds a bit odd. On 25.10.20 21:47, William de Smet via use-livecode wrote: Hi there, A simple iOS app in which the user chooses the iOS keyboard to add text and an Emoji to a standard LC text field. I use 'export snapshot' to PDF as PNG to print to PDF. When

Line length

of characters it contains? Richmond. ___ 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-livecode

Re: Livecode server UNIX version (not Linux).

rth a long time before they began work on mobile platforms. Richmond. On 16.10.20 10:55, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: Hi Heriberto Back in the day (20 years ago) the engine/IDE ran on FreeBSD and various proprietary unixes. The Linux server version has been seen to work on FreeB

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

a certain age you're about as compressed as you get. I've lost 2 inches since I was 20. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On October 4, 2020 11:55:14 AM Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 10/4/20 9:35 AM, Rich

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

work out how to refactor myself . . . I assure you any attempt to upload me would out-broadband broadband. :/ On 4.10.20 19:53, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 10/4/20 9:35 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: And as to "download yourself", all I can say is that while I have

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

ourself", all I can say is that while I have tried many, many daft things in my life I have never tried to either download or upload myself . . . Love and tickles, Richmond. On 4.10.20 15:03, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: This is just to thank everyone who took part in these disc

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

Well . . . eventually after a lot of fooling around I chopped Xcode 11.5 up into 15 * 650 MB chunks: but, frankly, that will not solve your problem. Later postings in this thread made a lot more sense. Best, Richmond. On 3.10.20 11:11, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: This is a question

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

49 5741 310002 eMail: matth...@m-r-d.de <mailto:matth...@m-r-d.de> BR5 Konverter - BR5 -> MP3 <https://www.matthiasrebbe.eu/software/brx/> Am 03.10.2020 um 17:39 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: On 10/3/20 8:09

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

swallowing the whole elephant in one go - looks like there isn’t. Thanks all Graham On 3 Oct 2020, at 13:17, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Cripes! xCode 12.2. beta 2 takes up 10.5 GB of space . . . wonder what the bloat is: Tim Cook's unwashed laundry? On 3.10.20 11:11, Graham Samuel vi

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

other method than simply swallowing the whole elephant in one go - looks like there isn’t. Thanks all Graham On 3 Oct 2020, at 13:17, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Cripes! xCode 12.2. beta 2 takes up 10.5 GB of space . . . wonder what the bloat is: Tim Cook's unwashed laundry

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

Can you send me your download linbk as the .xip file is NBG; and I need a .dmg or a .pkg to work with? On 3.10.20 14:58, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subsc

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

Ugly stuff going on: richmond@Richmonds-Mac-mini ~ % xip -x /Volumes/X3/xc\ 115/Xcode_11.5.xip xip: signing certificate was "Development Update" (validation not attempted) On 3.10.20 16:34, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: One of these download managers may be helpf

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

typo) has downloaded I will try to chop it up (and it is 7.5 GB) into about 30 zip files at 256 MB, and work out how to make them accessible to you. Richmond. On 3.10.20 14:58, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: Sorry if I said Xcode 15 - just a typo, it’s actually 11.5. But the point re

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

Cripes! xCode 12.2. beta 2 takes up 10.5 GB of space . . . wonder what the bloat is: Tim Cook's unwashed laundry? On 3.10.20 11:11, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: This is a question for people having to use XCode to generate iOS apps. I find from responses on this list that I now need

Re: Slightly OT: downloading Xcode

n it stops. Watch this space in about 90 minutes.  :) Richmond. On 3.10.20 11:11, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: This is a question for people having to use XCode to generate iOS apps. I find from responses on this list that I now need Xcode 15 to have a chance of generating for iOS 14. I would as

Re: Converting from unicode to ASCII

estines is hilarious . . . On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 9:19 AM Richmond Mathewson < richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally I think deleting everything that is not inwith the ASCII range > is potentially a bit dangerous [suppose ALL the letters > in the title are not inwith the

Re: Converting from unicode to ASCII

Personally I think deleting everything that is not inwith the ASCII range is potentially a bit dangerous [suppose ALL the letters in the title are not inwith the ASCII range], so I would favour using some sort of lookup table/substitution list. Certainly letters such as accented 'e' can just be re

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

That is a good point. The same could be said for the Apple store, the Windows store and the Ubuntu thing. On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 9:54 pm Mark Wieder via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 9/14/20 10:47 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: > > > Also: why is

Re: sudo apt-get install livecode

Because, in spite of what LiveCode will tell you, the Linux side of things is marginal and minimal, and while a .deb might be alright for Debian and its derivatives, it is not going to be alright for other types of Linux: "too much work for too little return": I can see it coming. Also: why is

Re: text manipulation with Chinese characters (unicode): guide?

I won't pretend to know anything about Chinese. BUT, I have just copy-pasted 你好 from a Google Translate window into an LC text-field. I have, also, copied Chinese ideographs from one text-field and posted them into a second one. Dead easy. :-) Richmond. On 9.09.20 6:55, Eric A. Engl

Re: ...and now for something completely off the wall...

, as qhat scriever screivit 'now' in the 15th centutie qhan they micht hae scrievit 'nou'? On 1.09.20 14:53, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: Richmond, is this Scots or just badly spelled 16th Century English? A genuine enquiry The stait of man dois change and vary, Now

Re: ...and now for something completely off the wall...

ms on. :-) Bob S On Aug 28, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Well, I suppose it is funny: about as funny as pointing out to those people in Utah who spawned this idiot that undder Scots law as a citizen of a Scottish colony whose indepndence is only de facto under Scots l

Re: ...and now for something completely off the wall...

Well, I suppose it is funny: about as funny as pointing out to those people in Utah who spawned this idiot that undder Scots law as a citizen of a Scottish colony whose indepndence is only de facto under Scots law he should suffer the death sentence for treason: drawing and quartering. https://

Re: ...and now for something completely off the wall...

"this person has possibly done more damage to the Scots language than anyone else in history. They engaged in cultural vandalism on a hitherto unprecedented scale. Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world. Potentially tens of millions of people now think that Scots is a horrib

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