Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > Point taken. Thanks - that was me typing without being sufficiently > caffeinated. set the detailed caffeination of Mark to "High. VERY high." :) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702)

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Waddingham wrote: > In general, it is best for us to avoid introducing / making worse the > whole function/property synergy as any function which has a property > form reserves the name of the function - i.e. you can no longer use > that as a property of an object (whether custom, or

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 12/11/2017 08:59 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: No - see http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3210 Awesome. My general feeling is that the english-like syntax *should* be:   the [detailed] files of folder i.e. 'the files' is a property of a pseudo-folder object

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-12-11 17:48, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: It *is* a step away from natural-language xtalk syntax though. I take it the syntactic sugar of offering "the detailed files of pFolder" would fall under the dreaded category of synonyms? No - see

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 12/11/2017 06:47 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: I added a second optional parameter to files/folders this morning:   get files(pFolder) -- the files   get files(pFolder, "detailed") -- the detailed files It *is* a step away from natural-language xtalk syntax though. I take

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
se-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> it was a huge step to do away with the defaultfolder requirement to get a >>> file list >>> put files(somePath) is wonderful >>> but, "ummmm" …we are still forced to change the defaultFolder to get

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-11 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
mePath) is wonderful but, "u" …we are still forced to change the defaultFolder to get the detailed|long files Is it too much to ask for these file info functions to also work "out of the box" with just a path param to the folder? already reported about a year ago: <http://quality

Re: The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-09 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
" …we are still forced to change the defaultFolder to get > the detailed|long files > Is it too much to ask for these file info functions to also work "out of the > box" with just a path param to the folder? already reported about a year ago: <http://quality.liveco

The Detailed and Long files

2017-12-09 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
it was a huge step to do away with the defaultfolder requirement to get a file list put files(somePath) is wonderful but, "u" …we are still forced to change the defaultFolder to get the detailed|long files Is it too much to ask for these file info functions to also work "