Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > So you want to create the PDF from scratch? How about if you were able to > create the PDF as a fillable form, then save it in a database so you could > recreate it at will? > The last thing I want is a fillable form :) I'm looking to take a

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:52 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > Could you output the annotations as PDF, and shell out to the command-line > version of PDFtk to overlay your annotation PDF on the original PDF? > That's tentatively the only way I see to do this going forward. Actually, it will need ano

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
So you want to create the PDF from scratch? How about if you were able to create the PDF as a fillable form, then save it in a database so you could recreate it at will? That is what my Forms Generator does. You can then fill it using either Applescript on a Mac, or else by creating the FDF xml

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-24 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Could you output the annotations as PDF, and shell out to the command-line version of PDFtk to overlay your annotation PDF on the original PDF? (Disclaimer: I've not done this myself...) On 22/10/2016 22:31, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: You coul

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > You could use XPDF to either: > > - extract PDF text and print from LC fields > - extract page images and print those > I've been using xpdf and similar for decades for various purposes. But what I need to be able to do is take the "offic

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-22 Thread Monte Goulding
You could use XPDF to either: - extract PDF text and print from LC fields - extract page images and print those > On 23 Oct. 2016, at 3:33 am, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > What I still don't see is the ability to handle eps & pdf, and including > these in print. > > Without either these, or the abil

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
What I still don't see is the ability to handle eps & pdf, and including these in print. Without either these, or the ability to reversibly import pdf (i.e., turn it to live code objects in a way that it indistinguishably turns back to pdf on print to pdf), I need to start planning my transition t

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-18 Thread Richmond
Thank you very much for the info. Richmond. On 18.10.2016 23:04, Peter TB Brett wrote: On 18/10/2016 20:47, Richmond wrote: What I did notice as I did a "Save As" was that I was offered the chance to save in "Legacy 8.0" format which seemed to imply that LC 9 enjoys (?) a new file format, but

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-18 Thread Colin Holgate
Even 8.1 has the legacy 8.0 option. So I guess the change happened already. > On Oct 18, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Richmond wrote: > > What I did notice as I did a "Save As" was that I was offered the chance to > save in "Legacy 8.0" format > which seemed to imply that LC 9 enjoys (?) a new file form

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-18 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 18/10/2016 20:47, Richmond wrote: What I did notice as I did a "Save As" was that I was offered the chance to save in "Legacy 8.0" format which seemed to imply that LC 9 enjoys (?) a new file format, but I couldn't find any mention of that in the release notes . . . would be glad of a comment

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-18 Thread Richmond
So; oddly enough I spent about an hour messing around with LC 9.0 DP 1 today and experienced a measured bit of pleasure (stlll do not like the Props palette that replaced that in LC 7 and backwards) as everything (on my Linux boz at least) seemed *considerably less arthritic than LC 8* was, even

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-17 Thread stephen barncard
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Richmond wrote: > Well; despite misgivings, I shall download it and see what awful things > happen on my Xubuntu box. > Thanks, Richmond, for being YOU. Really. sqb Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org _

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-17 Thread Richmond
Well; despite misgivings, I shall download it and see what awful things happen on my Xubuntu box. Certainly should be exciting. Richmond. On 17.10.2016 19:54, Peter TB Brett wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0 DP 1, a development preview of LiveC

[ANN] Release 9.0 DP 1

2016-10-17 Thread Peter TB Brett
Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0 DP 1, a development preview of LiveCode 9. You can find out more about the release in this blog post, including an update to our release numbering: https://livecode.com/whats-new-in-livecode-9-dp-1/ Developer Preview