Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: My point is, there are wanna-be-programmers out there who don't even know they CAN BE programmers because they think it's too difficult to learn. You have to get the word out beyond this list. Indeed, that's exactly what so many of us are doing. I'm helping to organize three

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Roger Eller
Picture this in your minds eye. An infomercial on TV like we used to see; a high-energy "Juice-Man" type, doing a demo for the "unwashed-masses". EVERYONE CAN CODE, the crazy caterpillar-browed man says, and goes on to show some easy yet beneficial beginners apps. A website address, a toll-free n

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Erik Beugelaar wrote: > The suggestion of Alex is a reasonable option for this iOS only > deploy problem in my opinion. > As long as Apple's Apps Store's Terms of Service (ToS) clashes with > the GPL a temporary solution could be a Hosted iOS Builder service. > This can be a subscription model ($

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread RM
On 2.05.2016 16:44, John Dixon wrote: Richmond... my comment was not directed at you... I didn't think it was: I just couldn't resist having a laugh re the "unwashed masses" - lovely turn of phrase! Richmond. Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? To: use-livec

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Terence Heaford
What happens if I splash out 999 and then LC goes belly up? Does my purchase work forever producing commercial apps or does it revert to GPL? All the best Terry > On 2 May 2016, at 14:34, RM wrote: > > Nothing is going to endear me except, possibly, the chance to BUY a version > of Livecod

RE: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread John Dixon
Richmond... my comment was not directed at you... > Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > From: richmondmathew...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 16:34:43 +0300 > > > > On 2.05.2016 15:46, John Dixon wrote: > > >

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread RM
On 2.05.2016 15:46, John Dixon wrote: Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com From: peter.br...@livecode.com Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:40:32 +0100 On 02/05/2016 09:36, RM wrote: My spending has now stopped, and will not start again as I simply do not have

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread RM
On 2.05.2016 11:40, Peter TB Brett wrote: On 02/05/2016 09:36, RM wrote: My spending has now stopped, and will not start again as I simply do not have $999 for any software whatsoever. Maybe you should have purchased a subscription during one of the _many_ "$299/year forever" offers that Li

RE: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread John Dixon
> Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > From: peter.br...@livecode.com > Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 09:40:32 +0100 > > On 02/05/2016 09:36, RM wrote: > > My spending has now stopped, and will not start again as I simply do not > &

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Roger Eller
Must you always take such a snippy tone against your lowly subclass customer base. If LC actually cared about hobbyist or education level customers, that deal would still stand. Perhaps not publicly, but an off-list private email surely could be arranged. On May 2, 2016 4:40 AM, "Peter TB Brett"

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 02/05/2016 09:36, RM wrote: My spending has now stopped, and will not start again as I simply do not have $999 for any software whatsoever. Maybe you should have purchased a subscription during one of the _many_ "$299/year forever" offers that LiveCode ran last year, then.

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread RM
Blast, I said I wouldn't write any more: but this one really "takes the biscuit". I don't think this is solely Apple's or Livecode's problem, I think it is a general tendency where "programming" (and there is a contentious word) has polarised into 2 camps: 1. The "Hard Chaps" (at the risk of

RE: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-02 Thread Erik Beugelaar
Of Monte Goulding Sent: maandag 2 mei 2016 07:14 To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? > On 2 May 2016, at 9:23 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > For example, would it be possible to create a version of that allows building > IOS standalones under commercial lic

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Monte Goulding
> On 2 May 2016, at 9:23 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > For example, would it be possible to create a version of that allows building > IOS standalones under commercial license, but nothing else. Then such a User > could build IOS standalones (non-GPL), other standalones (under GPL), they > coul

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
From 2013… http://www.slideshare.net/techahead/html5-vs-native-app-battle-infographics But still interesting. The “code once run anywhere” vs “Native dev” is the underlying driving force behind HMTL5 app dev. So if you can sell LiveCode by marketing that same line… you can target an entire

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread EED-wp Email
Any market researchers out there who could actually begin to answer this? Bill William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org > On May 1, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: > > No, it's not an Apple problem - they're not losing any money over it, and > they're certainly not losing any sleep ove

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Alex Tweedly
No, it's not an Apple problem - they're not losing any money over it, and they're certainly not losing any sleep over it. I think it's a Livecode Ltd problem (for the reasons described in the earlier post), though it is partly caused by Apple. Yeah. it would be great if Livecode Ltd could use

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Monte Goulding
> On 2 May 2016, at 8:46 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami > wrote: > > Forgive me, Monte.. But I think this is an extremely “blinkered” regressive > point of view that seriously limits the possible future user base. The > “middle ground” is not small at all. The digital revolution is *exploding

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
On 4/30/16, 11:41 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Monte Goulding" wrote: >In the end you are either making or intending to make money with the platform >so $1-2k isn't a deal breaker or you aren't making money so GPL isn't a deal >breaker. The middle ground is therefore small and from a cost-b

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Erik Beugelaar
My point is only made from the view of the so called "Hobbyist brigade" and the "Poor boys" who have dreams to buy a house maybe later from the sales ;-) Btw I have nothing against paying for a licence. I own a team licence of Appcelerator Studio which costs me $3.250/year so that is not my point.

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Monte Goulding
Hmm... If you believe in your idea and business plan then make the investment just like if you believe the property market will go up then buy a house. There's risk in getting out of bed in the morning but it doesn't outweigh the benefits ;-) Sent from my iPhone > On 1 May 2016, at 10:11 PM, E

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Erik Beugelaar
I agree but if you have a brilliant idea for an iOS app and you believe it will generate money in future you need audiance. And for iOS the only common way is the AppStore to present your app to buy or offer it as free download to turn it later if succesfull in a payed version ot subscription model

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Monte Goulding
I very much doubt the subscription model will go away any time soon. It may be constructive to determine a price point that hobby developers requiring proprietary distribution might be prepared to pay but I think the issue you will bump into is that's a small market so the price point would need

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread RM
Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of RM Sent: zondag 1 mei 2016 09:41 To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Standalones on el Capitan? Please do not mention my roof: I was up there after a few really violent April showers messing around wi

RE: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread Erik Beugelaar
de.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26710&p=141462&hilit=licensin g#p141462 Regards, Erik Sent from solidit -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of RM Sent: zondag 1 mei 2016 09:41 To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Stand

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-05-01 Thread RM
Please do not mention my roof: I was up there after a few really violent April showers messing around with a blow torch on the tar-paper - and I'm scared of heights. Nobody is going to spin me the vast amount required to RENT Livecode Commercial. AND I really DON'T want to RENT anything: I wa

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-04-30 Thread RM
On 1.05.2016 00:07, Paul Dupuis wrote: On 4/30/2016 4:48 PM, RM wrote: I have just been informed that an end-user is unable to get the Intel Mac build of my Devawriter Pro running on el Capitan (Mac OS 10.11). Currently Devawriter Pro is developed using Livecode 4.5. I will try this out on m

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-04-30 Thread Kay C Lan
As Richard and Paul have said plus, you've got more to worry about than just converting numToChar to numToCodePoint as per your other post. Just minutes ago I received a quote of the day email from my uncle that said: Fix the roof whilst the sun is shining. So to rephrase Richard and Paul: 4.5's

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-04-30 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 4/30/2016 4:48 PM, RM wrote: > I have just been informed that an end-user is unable to get the Intel > Mac build of my Devawriter Pro > running on el Capitan (Mac OS 10.11). > > Currently Devawriter Pro is developed using Livecode 4.5. > > I will try this out on my wife's el Capitan MacBook tomo

Re: Standalones on el Capitan?

2016-04-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
RM wrote: > I have just been informed that an end-user is unable to get the Intel > Mac build of my Devawriter Pro > running on el Capitan (Mac OS 10.11). > > Currently Devawriter Pro is developed using Livecode 4.5. 4.5 is like a hundred deprecated APIs ago. 6.x began the road to Cocoa. Earli