Re: Community edition

2024-07-26 Thread Neville Smythe via use-livecode
> On 26 Jul 2024, at 8:01 pm, Heriberto wrote: > > I am currently using the "Community" version, but it does not > work on Apple Silicon devices. That’s a disappointment, I was thinking it might be my refuge for my Community work. Do standalones created with the

Re: Community edition

2024-07-26 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
Unfortunately, my tests with various M1 and M2 Mac models using the community edition of LiveCode have yielded negative results. 1. The IDE opens but closes almost immediately. 2. Running a LiveCode app compiled for Intel-based Macs results in the error message: "This application cann

Re: Community edition

2024-07-27 Thread Tim Selander via use-livecode
munity" version, but it does not work on Apple Silicon devices. That’s a disappointment, I was thinking it might be my refuge for my Community work. Do standalones created with the Community Edition not work on Apple Silicon? Neville Smythe

Re: Community edition

2024-07-29 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
refuge for  my Community work. Do standalones created with the Community Edition not work on Apple Silicon?   Neville Smythe ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Community edition

2024-07-29 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
wrote:   I am currently using the "Community" version, but it does not work on Apple Silicon devices. That’s a disappointment, I was thinking it might be my refuge for  my Community work. Do standalones created with the Community Edition not work on Apple S

Plugins with Community Edition

2013-04-16 Thread Terence Heaford
Hi, One of the methods suggested for the use of the Community Edition was for producing in-house applications. Unless I am mistaken it does not seem possible to fulfil this promise when using commercial plugins that have password protection. Is that correct or am I missing something? All

Re: Plugins with Community Edition

2013-04-17 Thread Gerry Orkin
That's correct. Gerry On 17/04/2013, at 4:48 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > Is that correct or am I missing something? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscrip

Re: Plugins with Community Edition

2013-04-18 Thread Shawn Blc
In the near future we should see many community edition plugins. On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, Gerry Orkin wrote: > That's correct. > > Gerry > > > On 17/04/2013, at 4:48 PM, Terence Heaford > > > wrote: > > >

LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
here is the announcement: https://livecode.org/ ___ 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

Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Michael Kristensen via use-livecode
Hi there I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. Michael ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Livecode 9.5, BrowserWidget, Community Edition

2020-01-08 Thread Hillen Richard via use-livecode
Hello, I want to show a .pdf with url httpAdress, so I got a fresh widget named „Browser“ and did a button with the script on mouseup put "https://programmausdruck.br.de/radio/br-klassik/programmkalender/br-klassik120.jsp?day=2020-01-09"; into httpAdress set the url of widget "Browser" to ht

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Kaveh via use-livecode
Now I have to work out the new maze of pricing! On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 17:07, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > here is the announcement: https://livecode.org/ > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@list

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Don't forget the discount for however long that's good for On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 1:00 PM Kaveh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Now I have to work out the new maze of pricing! > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 17:07, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Kaveh via use-livecode
OK. Price per month: - Starter plan Mac – £7.99 - Starter plan Windows – £7.99 - Starter Mac + Windows – £24.99 What am I missing? On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 18:03, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Don't forget the discount for however long that's good

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
You can only buy one plan time per person. Or if you are an organization, again you all need to be on the same plan. You can't buy two $9.99 platforms - Starter pricing is intended to be just that, to make it easy and accessible to get started. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecod

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 31/08/2021 19:28, Kevin Miller via use-livecode wrote: You can only buy one plan time per person. Or if you are an organization, again you all need to be on the same plan. You can't buy two $9.99 platforms - Starter pricing is intended to be just that, to make it easy and accessible to get

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-08-31 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Alex: > I'm surprised there is no "annual payment" option > on the standard plan. The standard plan is also the hobbyist plan "The LiveCode standard plan is an annual subscription which starts at $299 per deployment platform per year" "LiveCode Starter Plan A great way to get started with Liv

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Thanks Curry. You are absolutely right, everything I said was about the starter plan, not the standard plan. With that correction: “I am surprised there is no annual option on the starter (hobbyist) plan”. Thanks, Alex the hobbyist. Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Sep 2021, at 01:55, Curry Kenw

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
Alex, i am not sure, if everyone is aware of it, but standalones that were created with the Starter Plan license will expire as soon as the Startert Plan subscription expires. Matthias > Am 01.09.2021 um 10:29 schrieb Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > : > > Thanks Curry. You are absolutely ri

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
I can't say this surprises me. I didn't expect the open source offering to do anything but cut into the bottom line. But certainty isn't achieved until something is tried and actual results obtained. One of the good things about having the code source was that there have been times when I've wanted

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
> On 1 Sep 2021, at 11:26 am, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode > wrote: > > There you had a group of programmers who supposedly loved what > HyperCard could do, but they only loved that concept as a historical > artefact, not as a tool available to people now. Abso-frogging-lutely. The really

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Extending on something Bernd said, I would hope the gang will consider is keeping portions that are built upon the engine OSS, even with a restrictive commercial license. Something else for all of us to remember, when LC went OSS, there was a reason, and at least part of that was financial. As with

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
FWIW over on the forums the sentiment seems to be mostly hostile to these changes. Many are talking of collecting and hosting past "community" installers to get around these changes by LC Ltd, others talking of jumping ship. Over there the attitude is "the sky is falling". I can only assume many

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Keith Martin via use-livecode
I just hope that my Price Lock Indy subscription will continue as promised. Kevin did say yesterday that "if we promised something in the past we do honour it” and back when I started my Indy sub I was told that my subscription will 'remain at the same cost for as long as I keep it active' – hen

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Brian Duck via use-livecode
Check your email.., > On Sep 1, 2021, at 10:13 AM, Keith Martin via use-livecode > wrote: > > I just hope that my Price Lock Indy subscription will continue as promised. Mine was cancelled via email from cleverbridge: Your subscription for "LiveCode Indy - Price Lock" has been canceled. > K

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
Brian... your price lock lapsed in January 2019. The last payment we received was in 2018, hence it could hardly be described as having been "kept active". Please contact support to discuss your exact licensing situation, I think you will find it more satisfactory than you realise. Best Regards

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
"I can only assume many of them used LC simply because it was free of charge, disliking that doing so in future will entail them making some contribution to the cost of progress." That's a bit harsh, are you forgetting the amount of money that was contributed by users to the fund raisers over the

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
The vast majority of those who contributed to the Kickstarter were rewarded with something other than the free product. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28379192 I suggest you go read the comments on the Forum and see who is being harsh. LC Ltd made a change that is within their rights to ke

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
We are of course incredibly grateful for the contributions we have received, all of which were spent on the project over many years. However I would note that 90%+ of all crowd funding campaign support came from license holders, the majority in the form of future license purchases. Commercial li

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-01 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
I think I’ll head over there and. See if there is any will to maintain an aspect of the language as open source - I think there are a couple of options: 1. The server 2. The language with a focus on was and web I would think that with these components open, this is in no way incompatible with a

RE: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
a use-livecode Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 9:50 AM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Cc: Michael Kristensen Subject: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition Hi there I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. Mi

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
ecode on behalf of Michael Kristensen via use-livecode" wrote: Hi there I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. Michael ___ use-livecode ma

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Keith Martin via use-livecode
m > Cc: Michael Kristensen > Subject: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition > > Hi there > > I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition > > That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. > > Michael > > __

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
; Kevin > > Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Develop Yourself > > On 02/09/2021, 14:49, "use-livecode on behalf of Michael Kristensen via > use-livecode" use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi there > > I sugg

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
tion Services >> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >> >> -Original Message- >> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf >> Of Michael Kristensen via use-livecode >> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 9:50 AM >> To: use-liv

RE: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller; Michael Kristensen Subject: Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition Thanks for the constructive suggestion. Unfortunately with a free non-app building version, everyone who needs to run an app can just

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
ev.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller; Michael Kristensen Subject: Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition Thanks for the constructive suggestion. Unfortunately with a fr

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
rgreen Information Services > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM > To: How to use LiveCode

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
documented and low cost community edition is not necessarily the sane as an open source software that might be quite geeky. For me it makes more sense for LiveCode LTD to focus on easy to use products that are packaged for community and commercial use, while the open source aspect fits the needs of

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
e: > > Hi there > > I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition > > That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. > > Michael > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runr

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Dan, Yes, there were a lot of us who specifically contributed to make the Community version possible as open source. One of the justifications was that if the company went under we would still have the Community version available to us. The promise that the company would also support it was

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
Rick rumbled, > It would be nice if the company were willing to provide the final version of > the Community > version under an MIT license instead of GPL since they will no longer be > supporting it at all, and > it marks a true fork in the road from the codebase going forward. While it sou

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread Kee Nethery via use-livecode
I like the idea of a free version that does not compile into an app. Lets schools teach LiveCode and lets people learn it before deciding to buy it. My two cents Kee Nethery ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Keith Clarke via use-livecode
>>> -Original Message- >>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf >>> Of Michael Kristensen via use-livecode >>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 9:50 AM >>>

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Rick has brought to mind an interesting point about the new pricing model. It’s one that I think of occasionally. Currently and in the new model we pay for each deployment. But it’s a bit odd. Surely what we should be paying for is the Core engine and then smaller amounts for each deployment mod

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
rector > >>> Evergreen Information Services > >>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > >>> > >>> -----Original Message- > >>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf > >>> Of Michael Kristensen

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
>> I can understand why there are users who feel betrayed by the company especially with the new pricing structure, and the discontinuance of support for the Community version which was even paid for in a marketing campaign in advance of it’s release. << The vast majority of the money contributed t

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 9/2/21 12:34 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: Here’s the calculations as it stands for the new Standard Plan. 1 platform = $300 2 platforms = $500 ($200 more) 3 platforms = $900 (another $400 more ??) 4 platforms = $1000 ($100 more ) 5 platforms = $1500 ($500 more [mind blown]) 6 pl

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-02 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
HI Kee, You do know the schools license gives you complete access to all 7 platforms and permanent standalones for $25 a seat per year and the apps are non-expiring? > On Sep 2, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Kee Nethery via use-livecode > wrote: > > I like the idea of a free version that does not compile

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
al Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Kevin Miller; Michael Kristensen > Subject: Re: Suggesti

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
; Ralph DiMola > > IT Director > > Evergreen Information Services > > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > > Beha

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
> > True, true. >> > >> > There could be a small group of programmers that pass a stack around >> > but you would not be able to convince/teach a civilian to install a >> > programming IDE and explain how to run the stack along with any other >&

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
gt; > programming IDE and explain how to run the stack along with any other > > > supporting files, SW or plug-ins... Mobile would be a non-starter. I > > would > > > not dismiss this out-of-hand. A 90 day free IDE could also be an > option. > > > > >

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > True, true. > >> > > >> > There could be a small group of programmers that pass a stack > around > >> > but you would not be able to convince/teach a civilian to install a > >

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
s, SW or plug-ins... Mobile would be a non-starter. I > would > > not dismiss this out-of-hand. A 90 day free IDE could also be an option. > > > > Ralph DiMola > > IT Director > > Evergreen Information Services > > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-02 Thread Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode
rev.com> wrote: > > > > > > True, true. > > > > > > There could be a small group of programmers that pass a stack > around > > > but you would not be able to convince/teach a civilian to install a > > > programmin

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-03 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
; > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Kevin Miller; M

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-03 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
rmation Services > > rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > > Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode > > Sen

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-03 Thread Drs Mark Schonewille via use-livecode
Michael Kristensen via use-livecode: Hi there I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition That would be for personal use, and to learn coding. Michael ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-03 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
t; > but you would not be able to convince/teach a civilian to install a > > > programming IDE and explain how to run the stack along with any > other > > > supporting files, SW or plug-ins... Mobile would be a non-starter. > I > > would > > > not dismis

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-04 Thread David Bovill via use-livecode
ince/teach a civilian to install a > > > programming IDE and explain how to run the stack along with any other > > > supporting files, SW or plug-ins... Mobile would be a non-starter. I > > would > > > not dismiss this out-of-hand. A 90 day free IDE could also be an option.

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-04 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
ourself > > > > > > > > On 02/09/2021, 15:51, "use-livecode on behalf of Ralph DiMola via > > > > use-livecode" > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > True, true. > > > > > > >

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-04 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 04/09/2021 15:36, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote: So the question here is why not do the same here - keep a free-to-develop “trial version” without the compilation framework and tools. I’m curious to the reasoning. The cynic in me would say that the assumption is that there are too fe

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-04 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
You wouldn't necessarily even need that much. Tell them to install the free version and open your stack from the File menu. It isn't an app but they'd have all the capabilities. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode
Not sure how this would work - but what if only licensed versions of LC could produce and run distributable/shareable stacks while the free version could only run stacks produced by that particular instance of the app? On 5/9/21, 3:57 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay via use-livec

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
There will always be a subset of people that will circumvent paying for software. I'm not convinced an endless battle trying to prevent misuse is worth the cost of hampering the onboarding experience for new customers. Unless you've cornered the market you really can't afford to be user hostile. P

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
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: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Hi Folks, This seems headed for trouble again if we're not careful. We must avoid repeating the same history: 1. Added work for LC Ltd without compensation* 2. Buggy struggling main product due to #1 3. Overcomplicating things 4. Burdening those who pay with the extra expense 5. *Added work f

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
Worse still... Dan: > Introduce breaking changes when it's necessary > to move the language forward We tried "cut off the old hair" memes already, remember? I would argue that retaining legacy functionality and behaviours whilst trying to modernise or improve a language introduces bugs and is

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Dan Brown via use-livecode
> I'd also get rid of any existing lifetime > and lock in licenses (sorry, time to clean house) That would clean house all right! Hand grenade style. We'd be getting to the point of serious self-harm. It can't be any more harmful than abruptly pulling the rug from under the feet of your larges

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
h, right - contacting LC Ltd and asking how they could contribute financially was beyond their abilities. In 25 years on the internet, I've never before seen such a collection of valueless people as these whiners (they wouldn't be tolerated in any other business or open source communit

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On the flip side, if there's only a small demographic then the loss of that revenue would be minimal and the company would retain its honorable reputation. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 5, 2021 8:57:33 AM Dan

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Hi Dan, So you want the company to break more promises, even to the lifetimers? A lot of the lifetimers have spent a lot of money on licenses before deciding to invest in lifetime licenses. I don’t think you want to be ticking off what is probably the company's most loyal base. It’s a recipe f

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Over on the Forum I've seen several of the whiners criticising the lifetime licenses - people who have paid a tiny fraction of what we've paid (if they've paid anything at all)! I suspect their baseless criticisms have cost more than any of the whiners have paid in license fees. If I ran the Forum

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
> money". Yeah, right - contacting LC Ltd and asking how they could > contribute financially was beyond their abilities. > > In 25 years on the internet, I've never before seen such a collection of > valueless people as these whiners (they wouldn't be tolerated in any

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-05 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Let’s get this conundrum worked out: 1. If I have Mac or Windows machine 2. If I download “Livecode 9.6.4 Standard ” 3. And I pay $300.00 for an annual license 4. I can build for Desktop for Windows, Linux, iOS iPhone, Android 5. Minus Premium features 6. For one year + plus the upgrades that occu

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Edition is around or not. Without those things, it is very hard for any FOSS initiative to blossom. Without those things, it is very hard to make a programming language community feel vibrant and alive. We had eight years of LC Community Edition, and as a community we haven’t really cared to

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
ooks, and > fostering the community. > * There are very few services and companies besides LiveCode Ltd offering > products to the community. > > > All items mentioned above are important regardless if LiveCode Community > Edition is around or not. Without those thing

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
+1    Yes, speculation is fun, but probably not very useful :-) On 06/09/2021 12:20, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Let’s take a step back for a second and realise as a community we lack many things that other programming language communities have. We do have a very healthy mailing list,

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Kevin Miller via use-livecode
; On 02/09/2021, 15:51, "use-livecode on behalf of Ralph DiMola via > > > > use-livecode" > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > True, true. > > > > > > > > There could be a

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Keith Martin via use-livecode
> On Sep 6, 2021, at 12:22 PM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode > wrote: > > I’m happy paying for my license because I can see the value LC provides me, > and how my money directly affects their ability to output quality stuff. I > love FOSS, but I’d rather have a healthy LC Ltd around with the r

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 3:08 PM Kevin Miller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > We have dabbled with a number of low cost /entry level offerings in the > past. There used to be a starter kit that allowed only a certain number of > lines of code per object. We had non-standal

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Hi Bernard, I could be called one of the whiners but I have paid my indy licence since the kickstarter and the business Upgrade (until a year ago - Incase I needed it - I didnt). My biggest "whine" is not the ending of the open source initiative - it's the fact that OUR biggest competitors (XOJO

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 06/09/2021 19:07, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: The biggest error livecode has made all these years is not creating a "working" storefront that doesn't look like it has been totally given up on. Not sure that's the "biggest" - but yes, I agree it looks unloved. Look at the addons crea

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Folks: I’ve been following this thread and have a few thoughts I decided to share. Interestingly, I don’t see Android support for XOJO. Hmm…. In my case (I have a Commercial license), I am really happy that version 10 of LC will be improving the web software. I’ve been thinking about diving into

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Actually I wasn't particularly addressing you. For one thing, I'll wager you've got hundreds of posts on the Forum. On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 7:09 PM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > My biggest "whine" is not the ending of the open source initiative - it's > the

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-06 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Actually their link is not correct - press on the extras icon - Monkeybread does some awesome addons and keeps them upto date. Some are included put some go way past both the builtin XOJO and LC "widgets" Another company's software I used for visual Foxpro and Delphi over the years was https://

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-07 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 12:13 AM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Another company's software I used for visual Foxpro and Delphi over the > years was > > https://www.chilkatsoft.com/ > > Look at all the languages they support and livecode isn't on there [...]

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-07 Thread Heather Laine via use-livecode
Folks, Thank you for all your input on this subject. I think everyone has now had an opportunity to express opinions, discuss, and understand the changes. As Kevin has said previously, if you have constructive ideas on how to improve our new model, please do send them to him direct. Naturally p

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

2021-09-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
>>>> LiveCode: Develop Yourself >>>> >>>> On 02/09/2021, 15:51, "use-livecode on behalf of Ralph DiMola via >>>> use-livecode" >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>True, true. >>&g

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-07 Thread kee nethery via use-livecode
> On Sep 2, 2021, at 1:48 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > HI Kee, > > You do know the schools license gives you complete access to all 7 platforms > and permanent standalones for $25 a seat per year and the apps are > non-expiring? Did not know that. Kee _

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Speaking of an educational license, perhaps consider, now that a lot of learning is online, having the ability to "assign" a seat license an email and password, so that someone could teach an online course, and distribute each seat license to students for the duration of the class. Upon graduati

Re: LiveCode community edition is gone

2021-09-08 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Bob, that is exactly what the schools and university licenses are. Plus, the apps developed with them the are non-expiring (which is probably a good thing since many students will want to continue using their apps and not have them go p and disappear). School is $25 a seat per year, and univ

Re: Livecode 9.5, BrowserWidget, Community Edition

2020-01-08 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Richard, > Am 08.01.2020 um 21:54 schrieb Hillen Richard via use-livecode > : > > Hello, > > I want to show a .pdf with url httpAdress, so I got a fresh widget named > „Browser“ and did a button with the script > on mouseup > put > "https://programmausdruck.br.de/radio/br-klassik/programmk

Re: Livecode 9.5, BrowserWidget, Community Edition

2020-01-08 Thread Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Richard, I can confirm it here. Tried with LC 9.5.1 and 9.6.0 DP1 Business on Mac and i also do not see anything. But here it get´s even worse. As it seems the PDF is created on the fly in your link i tried to use "existing" PDFs. If i use an URL which links to a local file on my hard disk or

Improving the Community Edition with external tools

2021-10-30 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
Dear Livecode experts, I'm working on creating / merging / compiling some Golang external tools to be used with the Livecode Community Edition (I know nothing about C++, just, Go, JS, and Livecode). So, the Livecode Community programs can call external and independent programs to a

[OT] A Fine Morning - Release of Community Edition

2013-04-08 Thread Ender Nafi Elekçioğlu
Good morning Dear LiveCoders, Well, it's 6am here in Turkey and this is definitely a fine morning. I wasn't aware until this very moment how much I'm eagerly waiting the release of new version. I've dreamed about LiveCode Community Edition this night. They announced that S

IDE performance (Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition)

2021-09-03 Thread Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode
On Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Kevin Miller; Michael Kristensen Subject: Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition Thanks for the constructive suggestion. Unfortunately with a

Re: Improving the Community Edition with external tools

2021-10-30 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Heriberto: > Golang external tools to be used with the Livecode Community Edition > ... users who want to fork the Community Edition? Interesting, but I think here (use-livecode list) is not the place; you should talk to Heather and Kevin: support (at) livecode.com. :) They would hav

Re: Improving the Community Edition with external tools

2021-10-31 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
Thanks Curry! On 10/31/21 00:44, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Heriberto: > Golang external tools to be used with the Livecode Community Edition > ... users who want to fork the Community Edition? Interesting, but I think here (use-livecode list) is not the place; you shoul

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