Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 30/03/2019 21:56, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Given that it's taken years to get approval for -f, I'm reluctant to overload the task with too many additional features at the outset, though perhaps as a separate scope of work it may be worth pursuing if we can find someone to

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Alex Tweedly wrote: Actually, I think it would also be good (if it's feasible) to have a way to invoke the font-loading from within LCS, so that e.g. a library that did intend to do graphics stuff could request font loading when needed. (Yes, I do have one of those - generates graphs,

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Matthias Rebbe wrote: >> >> ./livecode-server-community -f >> > > So this would only work when calling the LC Server from the command > line? By what other means is a CGI invoked? > If not, how could the Font loading process be passed when alivecode > server is running on a webserver and

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Could you not do that in your .htaccess file ? (or presumably in more powerful ways if it's a VPS, etc.) "simply" add a  rewrite rule that adds the "-f" flag to HTTP requests in general, with an override rule for those few server scripts that might want font initialization. Actually, I

Re: Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
> > > ./livecode-server-community -f > So this would only work when calling the LC Server from the command line? If not, how could the Font loading process be passed when alivecode server is running on a webserver and the .lc file is called from a web browser? Matthias

Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement

2019-03-30 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
I've obtained approval from the LC team for an enhancement that can improve performance and reduce system resource use for LC Server and faceless standalones. This would seem an easy fix for someone who knows their way around the code base, described here: