Re: adjacent objects

2015-12-06 Thread Roger Guay
Coincidently, I am facing the same problem as I too am trying to recreate Boids in LC. However, I’m confining myself to 2D, thinking I need to learn to walk before I can fly like the Boids! How about this: create a graphic “Region” that corresponds to your desired size/region of adjacency, and

Re: Animations on iOS

2015-12-15 Thread Roger Guay
Wow, what a cool idea! It boggles the mind!! Thanks, Scott. Roger > On Dec 15, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > > I don't know if OP wanted to move animation around the screen, but if you > use a multi-image display technique for animation, it's more efficient to > use a single image a

ANN: FlockOBoids

2016-01-29 Thread Roger Guay
Building on Scott Rossi’s Swarm stack, I’ve managed to build my version of swarming Boids. In my FlockOBoids stack, boids are given a diverse set of initial velocity vectors, and then they are subject to 3 simple rules: First they all try to fly to the center of the flock. Second, they try to bu

Re: ANN: FlockOBoids

2016-01-31 Thread Roger Guay
project to occupy my mind for the next few days :-) > > -- Alex. > btw - I really like the Wikipedia button !! > > > > On 30/01/2016 02:12, Roger Guay wrote: >> Building on Scott Rossi’s Swarm stack, I’ve managed to build my version of >> swarming Boids. In my F

Re: Black icons in LC 8 DP 14

2016-02-08 Thread Roger Guay
I like yours better, Richard. Would you share your script with us? thanks, Roger > On Feb 8, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > So rather than require other people to design the LC menu bar to look how I > personally prefer it, I just made a short script that does it on startup and

Re: Black icons in LC 8 DP 14

2016-02-08 Thread Roger Guay
You are always so kind. Thank you. > On Feb 8, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > Sure. It's a checkbox in my > soon-to-be-released-once-I-finish-compatibility-with-v8 devolution toolkit - > here's the script: ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: Set textfont color in IDE? LC8DP14

2016-02-11 Thread Roger Guay
I looked for where one COULD set the textColor in the Project Browser on several IDEs, including 7, and I cannot see how that is or was ever done?! Roger > On Feb 11, 2016, at 6:34 AM, Klaus major-k wrote: > > Hi Hermann, > >> Am 11.02.2016 um 14:31 schrieb [-hh] : >> >> Hi Klaus, >> >> wr

Re: Set textfont color in IDE? LC8DP14

2016-02-11 Thread Roger Guay
Hey Bill, There again, I don’t remember there was ever a way to do that. If you mean the Property Inspector, then the 4th icon from the left in Property Inspector’s menu (under the titlebar) will allow to set the text color. HTH Cheers, Roger > On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:32 AM, William Prothero

Re: Set textfont color in IDE? LC8DP14

2016-02-11 Thread Roger Guay
color choice. > > I use that choice a fair amount, so I miss it. > > Best, > Bill > > >> On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Hey Bill, >> >> There again, I don’t remember there was ever a way to do that. If you mean >&

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-27 Thread Roger Guay
I’d like to chime in here: I love LiveCode and the folks who use, develop, produce and maintain it. I want them all to flourish. I am strictly a hobbyist developer, but did have an occasion where I donated work to the SETI Institute (a non-profit). This was a couple of years ago when I could a

Re: Resizing of a Stack

2016-02-27 Thread Roger Guay
Terry, I had similar experience with all versions of LC in OS X Yosemite. It was solved by upgrading to El Capitan. Roger > On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Terence Heaford wrote: > > > I have been using some self made Bar Charts in a stack. > > The bar charts consist of many objects created

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread Roger Guay
Excellent point! What would you think about an inexpensive LC license for non-profits and free apps? Roger > On Feb 28, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami > wrote: > > Just to throw in two mangoes from Hawaii > > Matt.. there is also the unspoken "Apple Policy" problem. > > The

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Roger Guay
I couldn’t agree with you more, Robert. Plus, I will point out again, that this is another potential revenue source for LiveCode. Cheers, Roger > On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Robert Mann wrote: > > What I questionned is that we're going to be missing an intermediate > tool/license that would

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Roger Guay
Do you include those who might want to publish to the Mac App Store and IOS in your estimate? Roger > On Feb 29, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > > One of the issues of course is that there really might only be a handful of > users that can't afford Indy and can't or won't use Commu

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Roger Guay
s to Apple's stores then that's probably something to take up > with Apple. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 1 Mar 2016, at 10:39 AM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Do you include those who might want to publi

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Roger Guay
Well, what I suggested a few posts back was a license for non-profits and give-away apps. But, I completely understand if that turns out to be difficult to police. I’m only trying to help here! Roger > On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > On 2/29/2016 7:32 PM, R

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-02-29 Thread Roger Guay
system. > > > On 2/29/2016 8:52 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> Well, what I suggested a few posts back was a license for non-profits >> and give-away apps. But, I completely understand if that turns out to >> be difficult to police. I’m only trying to help here! >> >

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-01 Thread Roger Guay
t; bad thing. > > Richmond. > > On 1.03.2016 03:32, Roger Guay wrote: >> Monty, >> >> I’ve tried to be clear about this. I am not complaining, nor am I upset with >> anyone. I have only good wishes and intentions for LC and users of LC. I’ll >> get along with whate

Re: Open source, closed source, and the value of code

2016-03-01 Thread Roger Guay
This doesn’t capture my part in this conversation. Personally, I am unconcerned about protecting my code/projects and I’m very happy to publish using the GPL license. But . . . BIG BUT . . . Apple won’t accept GPL, and I cannot afford the ever increasing price of the commercial license as a hobb

Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-10 Thread Roger Guay
Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
That makes sense. Thanks, Peter. > On Mar 11, 2016, at 2:39 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 11/03/2016 01:26, Roger Guay wrote: >> Sorry if I missed this in prior posts, but what happened to the Look >> and Feel option in the View menu? Isn’t this a serious omission? &g

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
I didn’t even know it was a property! I never used it as a delivery mechanism, but rather as an early or preliminary detection/indication in developing for other platforms. Thanks for the plugin in, Richard. Cheers, Roger > On Mar 11, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > I have to

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for this clear warning. It will help! Cheers, Roger > On Mar 11, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > In fact, I think that for everything from font metrics to control shapes > you'll find greater consistency among the native themes for all three desktop > platforms than betw

Re: Look and Feel in LC8

2016-03-11 Thread Roger Guay
Me too, but I certainly understand the need and desire to do the native thing. > On Mar 11, 2016, at 11:00 AM, RM wrote: > > I have always developed stuff to look exactly the same regardless of which > operating > system it has been deployed to: life seems far too short to quibble about the

Re: What grabs yer baby?

2016-03-28 Thread Roger Guay
Fun! This triggers some ideas for my Boids stack. Thanks! > On Mar 28, 2016, at 9:29 AM, RM wrote: > > Well, this might [10 minutes of Lunch break nonsense]: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/acmtpv96jw9r094/MIRROR.livecode.zip?dl=0 > > Richmond. > > _

Re: Default tool on open stack

2016-04-11 Thread Roger Guay
That does not work for me in v 7.1.2 but I wish it did!! I think this should be a LC Preference setting. Roger > On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > > What I do is—in the openStack handler I place: > > if the environment is "development" then > choose browse tool > e

Re: Default tool on open stack

2016-04-11 Thread Roger Guay
Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > On April 11, 2016 6:43:23 PM Roger Guay wrote: > >> That does not work for me in v 7.1.2 but I wish it did!! I think this should >> be a LC Preference

Re: Default tool on open stack

2016-04-11 Thread Roger Guay
the tool. It must be that delay that allows the > choosing to happen. > > Peter > > On Apr 11, 2016, at 6:31 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > >> you’re right again, Jacque. Thanks! >> >> >>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 5:50 PM, J. Landman Gay >>> wrote

Script for Shortcut to Open Property Inspector

2016-05-12 Thread Roger Guay
I have a custom plugin palette of shortcut buttons. For example, one is to open the Stack Property Inspector which has this script: send "revBuildPropertyPalette" to stack “revTemplatePalette" This worked fine until LC 8. In LC 8, it generates a “can’t find stack” error. Can anyone tell me ho

Re: Script for Shortcut to Open Property Inspector

2016-05-12 Thread Roger Guay
Thank you, Klaus. Exactly what I needed! > On May 12, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Klaus major-k wrote: > > Hi Roger, > >> Am 12.05.2016 um 18:41 schrieb Roger Guay : >> >> I have a custom plugin palette of shortcut buttons. For example, one is to >> open the Sta

Re: Copying a button drops iconGravity

2016-06-25 Thread Roger Guay
Yes, I can verify that this happens in LC 8.0.1 as well Roger > On Jun 25, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami > wrote: > > LC 8.1 > > create button > set icon to ID of imported image > from msg box > >" set the icongravity of btn "Vedas" to center" > > > > selec

[ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-13 Thread Roger Guay
With recent urgings from Klaus in responding to “Font Picker” questions, I decided it was time to build a new Plugin to address the difficulty of text editing and font selection in LiveCode (Especially LC 8). I’m quite happy with the result and you may find some goodness in it as well. You can d

Re: [ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
Open Source. Roger > On Jul 14, 2016, at 1:14 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > > > On 14/07/2016 05:01, Roger Guay wrote: >> With recent urgings from Klaus in responding to “Font Picker” >> questions, I decided it was time to build a new Plugin to address the >&g

Re: [ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
Richard Gaskin wrote: > On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:16 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > Also, what issues have you found with font selection/text editing in v8 that > are not present in earlier versions? > An unwieldy font list for one. It would be great if it were typing reactive or if it had a

Re: [ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
Richard Gasken wrote: > > Which one? GPLv3, v2, BSD, MIT, or something else? > > Also, what issues have you found with font selection/text editing in v8 that > are not present in earlier versions? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Deskt

Re: [ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
Roger Eller Wrote: > On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Roger Eller wrote: > > This is Awesome! In OS X it works as expected, but in Windows 7 the Index > fields, and point size field are shorter than the content. Clicking a > letter takes you "near" the letter in the font list, but is off a few > le

Re: Sharing Stacks

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
On Jul 14, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Among the many venues our community uses for sharing stack files are Dropbox, > Github, the forum DB, and web sites. > > But all the while we have a stack-sharing resource built into the IDE, > RevOnline. > > Why is that not used? > > I

Re: [ANN] Sharing FontLab Plugin

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Guay
On Jul 14, 2016, at 10:45 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > A popular choice of permissive license that's both GPL-compatible and works > equally well for proprietary use is the MIT License, which FWIW Scott Raney > had chosen for the MC IDE. > > A discussion of it with its full text is here: >

Re: Slip, sliding away

2016-07-25 Thread Roger Guay
try putting the following script into each moving image: local tx, ty, dx on mousedown put item 1 of the loc of me into tx put item 2 of the loc of me into ty put tx- the mouseH into dx end mousedown on mouseMove x,y if the mouse is down then set the loc of me to x+dx, ty end mouseMove C

Polygon Smoothing

2016-07-30 Thread Roger Guay
I thought this would be easy but I need help. Anybody know a good algorithm for smoothing polygons? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Polygon Smoothing

2016-07-31 Thread Roger Guay
Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 7/30/16, 7:59 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Roger Guay" > <mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> on behalf of i...@mac.com > <mailto:i...@mac.com>> wrote:

Re: Polygon Smoothing

2016-07-31 Thread Roger Guay
Wow! There’s a lot here. It’s going to take me some time to digest. Thanks very much! > On Jul 31, 2016, at 1:55 AM, [-hh] wrote: > > Smoothing-(Bezier-)Algorithms. > the usability depends on what you want to do: > > [1] Smooth draw or > [2] approximate a few polygon lines by a smooth curve.

A Silly Question

2016-08-14 Thread Roger Guay
After all these years I discover I don’t know how to script the little scrollbar control that has the little up and down arrows. What do you monitor to determine if the user clicked one or the other of these arrows? I’m sure to be mortified by the answer. Thanks, Roger

Re: A Silly Question

2016-08-15 Thread Roger Guay
[-hh] wrote: > The 'Little Arrows' control works for me via > scrollbarLineDec and scrollbarLineInc > > >> Roger G. wrote: >> What do you monitor to determine if the user >> clicked one or the other of these [little] arrows? That’s it! And a little esoteric at that . . . I’m not so mortified

Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-20 Thread Roger Guay
If one could double-click a word in the script editor and then simply click a button to put it in quotes? Has anyone already done this? Yes, I know I can do Find and Replace, but this would definitely be the cat’s meow! Roger ___ use-livecode maili

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-20 Thread Roger Guay
s for the > idea. > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > >> Wouldn't it be better if typing quote when you have more than an insertion >> point quoted around the selection? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 21 Aug

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-21 Thread Roger Guay
Yes, the selected text is deselected when clicking a button on the Mac. Too bad . . . I really like the simplicity of your idea. > On Aug 21, 2016, at 4:36 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > Do as monty suggested and hilite the chunk you want to quote and click the > button. Though it just popped int

Re: wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-21 Thread Roger Guay
Thanks for this, Peter, I’m going to give it a try… > On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > Sorry, forgot to include the little utility script q(): > > on q tString > return quote and tString and quote > end q > > The full frontscript then is: > > --- > > on control

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-22 Thread Roger Guay
How right you are! Thanks! > On Aug 22, 2016, at 7:39 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > Clicking a button should only deselect text when the button's traversalOn > property is true. > > If that were not the case it would not be possible to make toolbars that act > on text, and such a limitat

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-22 Thread Roger Guay
the button, the selectedText in the Script Editor goes unhilited, and nothing else happens. Funny thing is, I could swear I had it working before my previous post??? Cheers, Roger > On Aug 22, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > > How right you are! Thanks! > >

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-22 Thread Roger Guay
Nope! > On Aug 22, 2016, at 7:36 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > does it work if you put it into the selectedchunk instead of the > selectedtext? > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> >> I take it back. I thought I

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-22 Thread Roger Guay
No, mine is indeed set to palette yet does not work and your’s works just fine. I’ll report back when I figure out why. Thanks for your patience > On Aug 22, 2016, at 8:42 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > Roger wrote: > > > I take it back. I thought I had it working but alas, not so much. >

Re: Wouldn't it be neat...

2016-08-23 Thread Roger Guay
. . . wait for it . . . use the ol Richard Gaskin maneuver and set the TraversalOn of the field to false. Thanks again, Richard! Cheers, Roger > On Aug 22, 2016, at 9:38 PM, Roger Guay wrote: > > No, mine is indeed set to palette yet does not work and your’s works just > fine.

Get the filename of this app

2016-08-27 Thread Roger Guay
I want to get the filename of the LiveCode app I happen to be in/running. “get the filename of this app” obviously does not work, but surely there must be a way to do this??? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Get the filename of this app

2016-08-27 Thread Roger Guay
r > Tactile Media UX/UI Design > >> On Aug 27, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> I want to get the filename of the LiveCode app I happen to be in/running. >> “get the filename of this app” obviously does not work, but sur

Re: Get the filename of this app

2016-08-27 Thread Roger Guay
Thank you, Phil. That’s exactly what I need! I knew there had to be a way to do this, but who woulda thunk "engine folder” ? > On Aug 27, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Phil Davis wrote: > > set the itemDel to slash > put item 1 to -3 of the engine folder __

Set the fillGradient ....

2016-08-31 Thread Roger Guay
Why does this not work? Set the fillGradient of grc “noGradientYet" to the fillGradient of grc “NiceGradient”. Something happens . . . indeed the object browser seems to show that they have the same gradient, yet they don’t! Probably something simple, again. LC 8.0.2 and Mac Thanks, Rog

Re: Set the fillGradient ....

2016-08-31 Thread Roger Guay
Yes it is. > On Aug 31, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > > Is the noGradientYet graphic opaque? > > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media UX/UI Design > >> On Aug 31, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Why does this

Re: Set the fillGradient ....

2016-09-01 Thread Roger Guay
fillGradient of target to the fillGradient of grc "Blue MasterChip" > set the loc of target to tStartLoc > end mouseDown > > > >> On Aug 31, 2016, at 9:10 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Yes it is. >> >> >>> On Aug 31,

Re: Forum digests

2016-09-08 Thread Roger Guay
I’m getting now, but it is irregular to say the least… > On Sep 8, 2016, at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > Does anyone else get the forum digest? I haven't received one for a couple of > days and want to know if it's my server or LC. > > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperac

Re: Standard Icons for buttons in version 8.1 Standalones

2016-09-11 Thread Roger Guay
I’m confused. It used to be that one had to place icons into one’s stack with the Object Library, if I remember correctly. But apparently that’s not the case with v8. How does one include the required icons in standalones using v8? Where is this “icon library” you speak of? Thanks! > On Sep

Re: Object inspector question

2016-09-18 Thread Roger Guay
Hi Bill, I was complaining about this just a few weeks ago and decided to build my own plugin which you might like to look at. I’m sure you could easily tailor to suit your needs. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ztkejxxgqpa4o4/TextOmatic.livecode?dl=0 Cheers, Roger >

Re: Object inspector question

2016-09-19 Thread Roger Guay
till useful, as it is, but I thought you might like the > feedback. > Best, > Bill > >> On Sep 18, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> I was complaining about this just a few weeks ago and decided to build my >> own plugi

Re: Object inspector question

2016-09-19 Thread Roger Guay
favorites” field doesn’t work in LC 8.1.0. > > The plugin is still useful, as it is, but I thought you might like the > feedback. > Best, > Bill > >> On Sep 18, 2016, at 7:37 PM, Roger Guay wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> I was complaining about this

Artificial Evolution

2016-10-02 Thread Roger Guay
Is anyone out there doing anything like this in LiveCode? For those who don’t know what Artificial Evolution is check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna Thanks and cheers, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.ru

Re: Artificial Evolution

2016-10-02 Thread Roger Guay
I am so out of it, I didn’t even know this was a thing in the days of Hypercard. I am very impressed that you were doing that!! If you find anything or think of anything that would help me get started, I would appreciate it. But of course, no pressure. Thanks, Roger > On Oct 2, 2016, at 8:48

Re: using Sierra

2016-10-04 Thread Roger Guay
Yes! And, It still is wonky in LC8 as well. Roger > On Oct 4, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > Anyway, I'm noting that scrolling from the magic trackpad seems quirky in > LC 7. > > At times, it scrolls insanely fast, and at times it doesn't seem to refocus > properly--eg, in the pane

Re: [ANN] calendar widget

2016-10-18 Thread Roger Guay
Very nice . . . Thank you!! > On Oct 18, 2016, at 5:07 AM, BNig wrote: > > During the conference a calendar widget was used in the widget course. > The original author is Elanor Buchanan. > I think it is a wonderful example of what widgets can do. Elanor did a very > good job. > > I extended t

Re: Suffering from a Brain Fart...

2016-11-22 Thread Roger Guay
I often use a script like this at the stack level, but I’m sure I’m missing your point. on controlKeyDown pKey if pKey = "e" then set the style of stack "TextOmatic" to topLevel if pKey = "p" then set the style of stack "TextOmatic" to palette end controlKeyDown Roger > On Nov 22, 2016,

Re: Draw an adjustable Trapezoid in Livecode - How to change x, y of the 4 corner points of a rect

2016-11-24 Thread Roger Guay
I don’t know about you, but I got tired trying to figure out how to use the editMode of a polygon in Version 8, so I built what I think you need here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbsfkorg9vm32um/PolywHandles.livecode?dl=0 Che

Re: Anyone any experience with Livecode under Ventura?

2022-10-25 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I just opened LC 10 on Ventura with no problem Cheers Roger > On Oct 25, 2022, at 10:28 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi, > > the topic says it all > > Does anyone have already experience with Livecode under Ventura? > Are there any known problems/bugs or so? > > Regards,

Return of Hilited text of Popup Menu items

2022-11-10 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Is there a way to return the hilited menu items of a popup menu button as the curser is scrolled through the menu items? Thanks for your help! Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: Return of Hilited text of Popup Menu items

2022-11-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
handler in, > say, the card script stops receiving messages while that menu is open. > > Such a gadget, likely drawn by the underlying OS, seems to be blocking. So, I > think, no. > > Craig > >> On Nov 10, 2022, at 9:28 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> wrot

Re: Return of Hilited text of Popup Menu items

2022-11-11 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
; > On Nov 10, 2022, at 18:28 , Roger Guay via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: > > Is there a way to return the hilited menu items of a popup menu button as the > curser is scrolled through the m

Move in Reverse

2023-01-17 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi all, is there a simple way to move a grc to the points of a polygon in reverse? Or, does one have to manipulate the points list to its inverse? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subsc

Re: Move in Reverse

2023-01-17 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Sorry for not being clear. I want to first move a grc “X” to the points of a polygon and then reverse direction. I thought there might be some esoteric code for the reverse direction like move grc “X” to the inverse points of grc Poly1 … but no cigar? Roger > On Jan 17, 2023, at 5:5

Re: Move in Reverse

2023-01-18 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
From what I’ve see, that is a very rare occurrence. > On Jan 17, 2023, at 8:06 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 1/17/23 18:35, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> Sorry for not being clear. I want to first move a grc “X” to the points of a >>

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

2023-02-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Forgive me for jumping in, but decided to try this myself. Here is the dialogue attempting to correct ChatGPT : What fun! Roger > On Feb 6, 2023, at 8:04 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode > wrote: > > that's not what chatgpt came up with. > but that's the point - it's still early. > > On Mo

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

2023-02-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
apacity to remember specific information in the sense that humans do, but I have been trained on a vast corpus of text, so I can use that knowledge to answer questions like this one. So, I can assist you with similar questions in the future. > On Feb 6, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Roger Guay via

Re: Your scripts as a flowchart

2023-09-15 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Very cool! Thank you for sharing it, Andreas. Roger > On Sep 15, 2023, at 7:30 AM, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all! > > Those frequenting the forums may have seen this already, but I thought I'd > share it here too now: > > If you want to see a graphic map of the int

All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-28 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hope to find help here. LC Versions 9.6.3, 9.6.9, and 10.0.0 all give me the “LiveCode quit unexpectedly" on launch after upgrading to Sonoma v14.0 on my Mac, And no, Reopen does not work either. Please help. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-28 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Ok, I guess I’ve been out to Lunch. A review of the list revealed that V9.6.10 works. Downloaded it and indeed it does work. Is that the whole story? Will the older Community versions not work in Sonoma forevermore? Roger > On Sep 28, 2023, at 7:22 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
all enabled? LC checks for licensing on launch (correct > me if I am wrong). > > Bob S > > >> On Sep 28, 2023, at 7:22 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Hope to find help here. LC Versions 9.6.3, 9.6.9, and 10.0.0 all give me the >&g

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
29, 2023, at 9:33 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks, Bob, I’ll give that a try later today. At least I am up and running > with LC 9.6.10. > > Roger > >> On Sep 29, 2023, at 8:30 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >>

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Finally, I can confirm that 10.0.0-dp-6 works in Sonoma Roger > On Sep 29, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nope, removing the plugins is not the answer to making LiveCode work in > Sonoma. To be clear, I have found that LC 9.6.10 is the only versio

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

2023-09-29 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
right then with 10DP2 and an > "enhanced" plist to get an other problem fixed. > https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23576 > > > > > Am 29.09.2023 um 23:03 schrieb Roger Guay via use-livecode > mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > >

Re: I give up! Mac App Installer Hell

2023-10-06 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I’m totally with you, Dan, but even though I’ve done it before as well. I have no idea what I did. I’ve given up trying to develop apps for iOS and stopped my Apple Developer subscription out of this frustration. Good luck! Somebody save us all!! Why can’t LC do this for us? Maybe ChatGPT?? Rog

Return Total of a Given Repeated Number in a List

2024-05-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Hi all, Please, what’s the easiest way to return the total number of a given repeated number in a list of numbers? IOW, how many times is 2 repeated in a list containing 1,2,3,2,4,2,5,2,8 etc. Appreciate your help. Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode ma

Re: Return Total of a Given Repeated Number in a List

2024-05-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
comma & tSearchingFor *then* *add* 1 to tNum > > On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 10:08 PM Roger Guay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Please, what’s the easiest way to return the total number of a give

Re: Return Total of a Given Repeated Number in a List

2024-05-24 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
filter items of tTest with 2 > put the number of items of tTest > > Bob S > > >> On May 24, 2024, at 8:23 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Filter items of tList with 2;put the number of items of tList >> >> Bob S >>

Re: I seem to have missed something

2024-07-25 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Thanks for voicing my thoughts exactly, Bob! Roger > On Jul 25, 2024, at 9:55 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > It’s water under the bridge, but in retrospect I think the proper way for > Livecode to have structured their business was to have 3 products: Livecode > Desktop, Livec

Re: By popular demand - Extend access to LC Classic IDEs BEYOND 2027!

2024-08-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I too am in the "Clasic Is For Me Crowd” - Been here since Metacard - Use LC strictly as a hobby - LC is extremely important to me as a hobby - Have created hundreds of tools, utilities, simulations, fun things just for shear enjoyment and mental exercise - Have frequent internet problems that i

Re: By popular demand - Extend access to LC Classic IDEs BEYOND 2027!

2024-08-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
continue with the classic licensing model. You cannot mean that you want him > to go bankrupt so that you can maintain your hobby! You are asking him for > what he cannot give. It only remains then for all of us to decide what we can > and cannot accept. > > Bob S > >

Re: Getting a real number from scientific notation

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Oops, doesn’t work here. I have this script: on MouseUp set the numberformat to “0" put 4.21911e+11 End mouseUp puts 4.21911e+11 into msg box What am I missing? Roger > On Nov 23, 2020, at 6:57 AM, Craig newman via use-livecode > wrote: >

Re: Getting a real number from scientific notation

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
End mouseUp > > -> 42191100 > >> Am 23.11.2020 um 22:50 schrieb Roger Guay via use-livecode >> : >> on MouseUp >> set the numberformat to “0" >> put 4.21911e+11 >> End mouseUp >> puts 4.21911e+1

Re: Getting a real number from scientific notation

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
perfectly happy with quotes around its > formatExpression. It is also perfectly happy without it. But I always use > quotes for things like this. > > Craig > > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf > Of Rog

Re: Getting a real number from scientific notation

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
ile and you get exactly what you specify with less guess work. > > On 11/23/2020 6:52 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> Yaknow, this whole thing is confusing. Turns out you don’t even need to set >> the numberFormat. >> put 4.21911e+11 + 0 results in 42191000. >&g

Translate Code?

2020-12-03 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Can someone please translate the code below into LC ? I believe it to be Python? alpha=2 n=1000 x=rep(0,n) y=rep(0,n) for (i in 2:n){ theta=runif(1)*2*pi f=runif(1)^(-1/alpha) x[i]=x[i-1]+f*cos(theta) y[i]=y[i-1]+f*sin(theta) } Thanks very much, Roger

Re: Translate Code?

2020-12-03 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
nto f > put x[i-1] + f*cos(theta) into x[i] > put y[i-1] + f * sin(theta) into y[i] > end repeat > > Any mistakes are mine - any correct bits are courtesy of Google -) > > -- Alex. > > On 03/12/2020 19:48, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >> Can someone p

Re: Some sad news

2020-12-04 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
I’ve received a lot of valuable help over the years from hh. Farewell, Herman. Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.run

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