Wow! LC 9.0.4 RC-1 got me so worked up I even called it "LC 9.0.4 RC-4".
Love you lot at LiveCode central!
Richmond.
On 29.03.19 г. 13:38 ч., Richmond wrote:
On the other hand, I think I'll just christian LC 9.0.4 RC-4 "Millennium"
after it froze 3 times in a row on Xubuntu 10.04 34-bit.
Best
That was a record "sort out", and a very good one at that.
Thanks.
Richmond.
On 29.03.19 17:22, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote:
Dear list members,
We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.4 RC-2.
Getting the Release
===
You can get the release at htt
Oof: still coming up as squashed, squished or what-have-you in 9.0.4 RC-2:
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32385&p=178345#p178345
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ike I have been. There has never been a bug more infuriating than
this one.
rant over.
I've been assuming this is reported and that everyone who uses livecode 9
sees it maybe i should double check that.
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 1:05 PM Richmond via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists
20701
Richmond.
On 2.04.19 20:54, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
On 4/2/2019 1:43 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
The bug has been reported several time by several people, and "we"
have been reassured that
it is being dealt with . . .
What is the bug number? I'd li
That link gives you a link to download the font which is dead.
But:
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2364-concertware-
http://www.co-bw.com/Audio_notation.htm
Richmond.
On 9.04.19 1:35, Ron Metzker via use-livecode wrote:
BR,
Here you go. You can get the font here for free.
https://sight
Presumably this means that when/if one upgrades from macOS 10.14 to 10.15
ALL software currently installed is going to stop working as none of it
is notarized.
This also will mean that one cannot even test one's own standalones
on any machines running macOS one has at home, and is probably goin
I don't think it's some secret plan either, but I do think it will make
things awkward for types like me
who wish to distribute demo standalones without any "undue fuss" as I am
able to at the moment via
sites such as macUpdate and via direct download from DropBox.
The problem, and it will alwa
"There will always"
reminds me of that James Bond film, "Never Say Never Again" . . . better
be careful
with pronouncements like that.
Richmond.
On 11.04.19 г. 11:12 ч., Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:
People forget that speed and latency are not related. Solving latency
on networked ap
The frightening thing about this is that Microsoft produce a fairly
shoddy product, and as Linux has signally
failed to displace Microsoft from world dominator, it will become ever
worse and shoddier without
any healthy competition.
Richmond.
On 15.04.19 19:52, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wro
"consistent scientific HIG again" . . . "scientific" . . . is not a word
I would use about galloping subjectivity.
"a bit on the obsessive control, hard-on-the-eye schemes, and planned
obsolescence" Yes, these are disgusting.
Not convinced about "hard-on-the-eye schemes" as they seem to be all
This is one of the reasons, having been given a swanky, new 2018 Mac Mini
I have kept hold of my Polycarbonate iMac running Mac OS 107 and
a Polycarbonate PPC iMac running MacOS 10.4, 10.5 and "Classic".
Richmond.
On 16.04.19 18:18, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I agree with most of what
A word of warning to Macintosh users . . .
For "some odd reason" exported snapshots now end up inside the
LiveCode.app folder,
so to access your snapshots you have to fool around with a right-click
to get inside the app.
Richmond.
On 29.04.19 г. 19:15 ч., Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wr
Whacko!
Just what is needed to fill up the gaping hole left by having a silly
work-free day on May 1.
As they say, "Up the Workers!"
Richmond.
On 1.05.19 12:43, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote:
Dear list members,
We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.4 RC-3.
Ge
Time to dust off my Intel chip Android tablet
Richmond.
On 3.05.19 г. 1:38 ч., Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote:
On 3 May 2019, at 4:07 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
wrote:
Wow. X86 too! Now we can use the faster emulator. :)
Yes that was the main reason for us doing x86 an
"when that code was written"
As someone who is engaged on a log, drawn-out refactoring on my main
codebase;
a process that involves uncovering old code (max 9 years) that ranges
from 'slightly clunky'
to 'utter crap' I have NO sympathy with phrases such as "when the code
was written" when
rel
Err: slightly wooden after a long day at work . . .
Richmond.
On 3.05.19 20:26, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 5/3/19 10:06 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
As someone who is engaged on a log
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its
appendix and other evolutionary left-overs excised
or replaced by something up-to-date.
Richmond.
On 4.05.19 0:07, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 5/3/19 10:38 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
Err: slightly wooden after a long day at work . . .
Richmond.
On 3.05.19 20:26, Mark W
Possibly start here:
https://www.digitalriser.com/jdk-offline-installer-direct-download-java.html
ALL you have to do is click the accept thingy here:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
then go back and download the offline installer:
Just done
I've just started playing "silly monkeys" over here:
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32603
Richmond.
On 13.05.19 23:45, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
On 5/9/2019 12:15 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
I have a test stack with a single scrolling field under LC904rc2
As your splash stack is, presumably,either a substack of your main
standalone, or the main stack itself
I don't think you can exit it without the whole standalone exiting.
So, I suspect, you'll have to find another way of getting the splash
stack out of the way.
Personally I'd make the splash
Um . . . spotting bugs.
Well, I should like, first of all, to categorise bugs in LiveCode into
(at least) 2 types:
1. Those that have been present in LiveCode for yonks and seem to have
been overlooked, brushed-aside
or forgotten.
2. Recently occurring bugs that:
2.1. Will end up in catego
I'm having a problem with my fingers and toes . . .
leaping from 9.0.5 to 9.5.0 got my digits all mixed up
Not that that doesn't get me all excited about 9.5.0 :)
Richmond.
On 20.05.19 20:04, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote:
Dear list members,
We are pleased to announce the release
Possibly I'm going gyte as I work my way towards 60 (57 and counting),
but I seem to remember something floating around about modularisation
and the ability to choose which modules to buy . . .
Richmond.
On 21.05.19 19:57, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Mark,
I meant the barcode scanne
If syntax is invalid it is WRONG, and does not need to be flagged as
anything, just corrected.
If I write: The dog me bit.
It is wrong: it is not a bug, nor a regression.
Richmond.
On 23.05.19 9:42, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote:
andrew at midwestcoastmedia.com wrote:
I realize ther
Err . . . here are several goofy questions from a non-Windows user.
1. Will 32-bit Windows builds work on all current deployments of the
Windows OS?
2. Which current deployments of the Windows OS 'prefer' 64-bit executables?
3. Why is there only one version of LiveCode for Macintosh? Should M
andering around fishing in bins (OK, OK, I have
done that about 6 times to retrieve
usable computer hard drives) for his living and looking like some extra
from 'The Life of Brian' you
are sadly wrong (even if it would have been fun to be an extra in 'Brian').
Love, Richmon
Thank you for a very sensible reply that is easy to understand.
Richmond.
On 24.05.19 20:30, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
On 2019-05-24 08:51, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
1. Will 32-bit Windows builds work on all current deployments of the
Windows OS?
Yes.
2. Which current
d newer products there in Bulgaria. I didn't
mean to cast aspersions on your status. Please forgive me.
Bob S
On May 24, 2019, at 13:31 , Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
My "financial situation living and working where you do" sounds almost racist
and certainly a bit condescen
My recent release of Devawriter Pro (2.6.2 refactor 3) was built as a
"fat binary" for Macintosh
and bundled it off to the Monks in Hawaii who were, justifiably,
disgruntled, because the thing
refused to quit, and on attempting to do flashed about on the screen and
had to be 'Force Quit'
to get
I'd love to join the regression extermination effort, but I wonder why
LiveCode central
seem content to churn ever-onwards into the bright, new future without
contributing
anything visible to rooting out bugs?
Sooner rather than later I'm going to have to buy a Commercial licence
again . . .
Well, Klaus, I don't know what you have been doing, but I have just
managed to do exactly that:
I set up a radiobutton called "RR" and gave it one of the generic icons
built into LiveCode.
Then I wrote this in the MessageBox:
settheicongravityofbtn "RR" tobottom
at which point the icon move
laus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am 01.06.2019 um 22:48 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode
:
Well, Klaus, I don't know what you have been doing, but I have just managed to
do exactly that:
I set up a radiobutton called "RR" and gave it one of the generic icons bu
mmers and developers in
Scotland
who don't always seem to put their money where their mouths are.
Richmond.
On 2.06.19 14:07, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am 02.06.2019 um 11:42 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode
:
I'm sorry, I forgot to post the link
Here's a silly thought that may help a bit . . .
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32683
Richmond.
On 6.06.19 16:47, Glen Bojsza via use-livecode wrote:
Hello,
I was looking for input on the following design questions...I haven't done
anything for years so I am looking for other
I deploy (fancy word saying I have a load of ancient Pentiums . . .)
some machines
in my school hooked up to flat-screens with a Max Res of 1024 by 780. I
mean,
at $10 a pop those monitors were impossible to resist!
I make my EFL (English as a Fried Language) standalones to a "standard"
of 102
I see that the problem with the Properties Palette
that was "there" in 9.0.4 and sorted out in 9.0.5
has not been sorted out in 9.5.0.
Richmond.
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Everyyytime I try to type
someting m figerrs
get stuuuck on the keys to
long . . .
Especially in LiveCode (!)
So?
on keyDown
do something
get me the hell out of this so it doesn't happen more than once
end keyDown
?
Richmond.
*Exit to top* did not work inside a switch statement.
Richmond.
On 10.06.19 16:52, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode wrote:
Exit to top
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 01:43 Richmond via use-livecode <
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Everyyytime I try to ty
Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On June 10, 2019 3:44:57 AM Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Everyyytime I try to type
someting m figerrs
get stuuuck on the keys to
long . . .
Especially in LiveCode (!)
So?
on keyDown
do something
get
, 2019, at 8:05 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
wrote:
This sounds like the system's key repeat rate is set too fast.
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On June 10, 2019 3:44:57 AM Richmond via use-livecode
It's so good, we bumped it up a version so we hope you don't notice
all the things which you donated for in the Kickstarter that have been
quietly passed over.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode/posts/415346
I am just waiting for the slew of message
Senior
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 01:43 Richmond via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Everyyytime I try to type someting
m figerrs get stuuuck on the keys to
long . . .
Especially in LiveCode (!)
So?
o
Possibly, to really get at the 'problem' if, indeed, problem there be,
would be to
go back to MetaCard and export the Paint Tools as a single stack, rather
than a substack
of a one-button mainstack?
Tomorrow I'll fire up my G5 iMac and export that stack . . .
Richmond
On 22.06.19 17:50, Sann
Saucy work:
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32783
Richmond.
On 22.06.19 17:50, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote:
I am trying to get a stack that worked in 1999-2000 under Metacard using a
stack Scott Raney built. It is still on line
Go stack URL "http://www.
Err . . .
So; I have several numbers that have to be divided by other numbers:
28 / 3
301 / 10
44 / 6
now these will all yield "awkward numbers" consisting of a quotient and
a remainder:
9.33
30.1
7.33
Now I know one could be "ever so slightly potty" in LiveCode to get the
quotient by
Well . . . Um . . . div
But that is alright as far as sums such as 28 div 3 go . . .
But it is not much cop when it comes to finding
the quotient of some long and complicated bit of Mathematics.
On 24.06.19 22:22, Richmond wrote:
Err . . .
So; I have several numbers that have to be divided by
splitting off bits . . . .
Richmond.
On 24.06.19 22:26, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Try ‘div’ :)
Mark.
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 Jun 2019, at 20:22, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Err . . .
So; I have several numbers that have to be divided by other numbers:
28 / 3
301 / 10
ts . . . .
Richmond.
On 24.06.19 22:26, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Try ‘div’ :)
Mark.
Sent from my iPhone
On 24 Jun 2019, at 20:22, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Err . . .
So; I have several numbers that have to be divided by other numbers:
28 / 3
301 / 10
44 / 6
now the
24.06.19 22:51, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
I generally use "round" when working with pixels. But you don't have
to, the LC engine seems to manage decimal pixels for you.
Clever, that engine.
On 6/24/19 2:34 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
Thanks: I have.
BUT, imagi
I got macOS Catalina (10.15) beta "shoved up my nose" by my
Mac's Software update thingy this afternoon.
While I, normally, go for Beta versions of software I am not going
to touch this one: and may, indeed never upgrade to 10.15.
One of a whole slew of reasons is that I keep getting warning not
That's lovely to hear: but as almost all the software I depend on does
not seem to have 64-bit versions yet
I'm sticking with 10.14.
Richmond.
On 26.06.19 21:53, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote:
On Jun 25, 2019, at 1:01 PM, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
I got macOS Catal
Crapping Too Dramatically
Coarse Toothy Dramatist
Canned Talkative Donkey
and so it goes . . . why would one want to bother with anything else online
but the Live Code Use-List and the LiveCode Forums? I really wonder.
Crapulous Tall Doomsayer
Richmond.
On 27.06.19 22:36, Ralph DiMola via u
Well, well, well . . . . .
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2qmp9hvm43fbk7/NLCT.livecode.zip?dl=0
KIsses, Richmond.
On 1.07.19 0:21, dunbarxx via use-livecode wrote:
If you add points to a line graphic, which of course starts off with only two
lines of points (its endpoints) it will take on the attr
I don't know why.
Have a bash with this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6wzi8ln6wwgsvlo/Tortoise.livecode.zip?dl=0
On 2.07.19 19:03, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
I can't get it to draw anything.
Bob S
On Jul 2, 2019, at 08:30 , Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Well,
I've lost this . . . having done it several times before . . .
So: I duplicate an object, let's call it img "XXX", so I end up with
2 objects called "XXX" (which is problematic), and I wish to
rename the new version of "XXX" . . .
err . . .
set the name of the last/recent/latest/headache
Richm
Thank you, Klaus,
makes me feel even more stupid than I was feeling already. ;-)
Richmond.
On 4.07.19 11:30, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am 04.07.2019 um 10:26 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode
:
I've lost this . . . having done it several times before . . .
& ML1 & "," & ML2)
setthemoveSpeedto200
setthelockScreentofalse
endmouseUp
The "funny" thing is that the image that gets renamed is NOT the clone
in the group, but
the original one.
Richmond.
On 4.07.19 11:30, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am
Almost completely 'done'. 8-)
Where would I be without your help throughout the years (well, about 18
at my last count)?
No! Don't answer that one; it's rhetorical.
Richmond.
On 4.07.19 15:26, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am 04.07.2019 um 14:14
e stage of abstract thinking, most of my
educational charges are, most
definitely, not. ;-)
Richmond.
On 4.07.19 15:57, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode wrote:
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 4:27 AM Richmond via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I've lost this . . . having
Hmphf . . .
. . . feeling fairly 'pseudo' myself, and stumping off to work my way
through something
a bit more worthwhile, like, "Le Recherche Sur Les Verites" by Nicholas
Malebranche
(OK, OK, I admit it, I'm reading the Lennon and Olscamp English
translation), which,
frankly, rocks.
Richmon
Virtual Kisses!
That rocks so completely I am almost in love with you . . .
. . . almost because:
1. I believe in marital vows, and, unfashionably, love my wife after 28
years of marriage.
2. Am 98% heterosexual (anyone who says they are 100% is being
disingenuous).
Richmond.
On 4.07.19
So it would seem.
One of the main factors that is stopping me switching my 2018 MacMini
over to MacOS 10.15
are the continuing messages I am getting about LC 9.0.4 and 9.5 DP1 not
being optimised for
MacOS 10.14 . . .
Richmond.
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setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld "fPROC") to"red"
Disnae wark . . .
Erm?
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O, Aye, here we go: replying to his own post:
setthetextColorofline XOUNT offld "fPROC" to"red"
Why, Oh Why, Pray tell, should those *P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S* stop things?
On 17.08.19 22:42, Richmond wrote:
setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld "fPROC") to"red"
Disnae wark . . .
Erm?
Richmon
A long time since I studied Logic. :-[
Richmond.
On 17.08.19 23:00, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote:
And what would you expect the value of the parenthetical expression to be?
On Aug 17, 2019, at 1:42 PM, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
setthetextColorof(line XOUNT offld
ulting via use-livecode wrote:
Have you had a dalliance with a floozy programming language that allows you to
do such things?
On Aug 17, 2019, at 3:51 PM, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
A long time since I studied Logic. :-[
Richmond.
On 17.08.19 23:00, Dar Scott Consulting via use-live
Well . . . The website is accessible in "darkest" Bulgaria,
and I do feel that 90% is a slight exaggeration . . .
Not that I would want to accuse anyone of spending
a load of time chasing Filemaker customers
when their time could have been better spent
on sorting out the large backlog of bugs .
"We expect" . . . the usual ombudsman to post the usual rebarbative posting
that he posts whenever his holiness Kay Em and so on are even mildly
criticised . . .
Richmond.
On 23.08.19 23:44, hh via use-livecode wrote:
Matthias R. wrote:
Just tried and website is accessible
You probably mean
23, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Well . . . The website is accessible in "darkest" Bulgaria,
OK, but do you have sunbeam retirement homes, like in darkest Peru?
:)
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Las Vegas,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_filename_extensions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats
On 8.09.19 8:48, Kee Nethery via use-livecode wrote:
I seem to recall a Wikipedia article that lists all of the file extensions not
file types but file extensions. You might want to loo
At which point, if Apple and Microsoft have any brain at all,
they'll wake up and Linux will, finally, achieve what has always
been one of its reasons for being: to stop the smugness of a
duopoly that has dominated the computer world far, far too long.
Richmond.
On 8.09.19 17:10, Rick Harrison v
This reminds me of the arguments that the British government have used
to set up a surveillance society.
Richmond.
On 8.09.19 17:37, prothero--- via use-livecode wrote:
Folks,
With respect, I agree with Paul’s comments. We live in an online environment
where we are faced, on a daily basis, wi
The most telling test is if anyone who has a Catalina beta installed
runs off a Macintosh
standalone and sees if they can run it themselves: wether from the Open
Source version or
one of the commercial versions.
Richmond.
On 11.09.19 18:21, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote:
Keeping
This seems very odd indeed . . .
Macintosh 10.14.something-or-other
When I copy-paste an image from one card to the next with the menu and a
mouse the image pastes correctly,
when I copy-paste with CMD-C, CMD-P the resultant image is a solid black
colour.
Richmond
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So, I have a LiveCode project called GRANTHA for inputting
text in Glagolitic and Old Church Slavonic, and for a while
I developed it using a commercial version of LiveCode.
Now I am developing it witht he Open Source version of LiveCode,
but, everytime I build standalones it slows things down by
Err, yeah, CMD-V: sometimes get the image, sometimes get a black
rectangle, varies.
You, me and our MacMinis . . . a match made in h***. :)
Richmond.
On 11.09.19 23:01, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Am 11.09.2019 um 21:22 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode
:
This
to the forums
Craig
-Original Message-
From: Richmond via use-livecode
To: use-livecode
Cc: Richmond
Sent: Wed, Sep 11, 2019 3:23 pm
Subject: Odd paste in 9.5
This seems very odd indeed . . .
Macintosh 10.14.something-or-other
When I copy-paste an image from one card to the next with
arnings or trouble.
I did just get a notice that beta 8 is available. Will test when I get it
installed.
Marty
On Sep 11, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
The most telling test is if anyone who has a Catalina beta installed runs off a
Macintosh
standalone and sees if they
I wonder if downloading-qua-downloading is the problem?
Possibly downloading some sort of compressed file (.zip, .7zx, other
type) and
then decompressing it on the target machine will allow installation?
Richmond.
On 12.09.19 8:05, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote:
That behavior does not
Really . . . I can provide all the NOISE you want, but you may not like it.
Love, kisses, abuse, Richmond.
On 16.09.19 16:16, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
Testing...
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As the LiveCode Forums allow one to include zipped files and images
it might be that more users are migrating in that direction.
Richmond.
On 16.09.19 18:50, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
On 2019-09-16 16:22, Richmond via use-livecode wrote:
Really . . . I can provide all the NOISE
I should like just to say how grateful that *export snapshot*
on Macintosh does NOT dump the resultant image inside the LC app package
any more (9.5.0).
As an inveterate use of *export snapshot* this means a lot to me.
Richmond.
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I should like just to say how grateful that *export snapshot*
on Macintosh does NOT dump the resultant image inside the LC app package
any more (9.5.0).
As an inveterate use of *export s
I never joined the Ramblers' Club. :)
On 18.09.19 19:54, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
Richmond wrote:
> I should like just to say how grateful that *export snapshot*
> on Macintosh does NOT dump the resultant image inside the LC
> app package any more (9.5.0).
> As an inveterate use o
Aha: it's "Mr Mouth", late to the party, but well furnished with virtual
whisky and raxin up tae an unco raj state.
And, much against my inner inclinations I will put the following in
English (although I have always viewed
English as a cold, sterile language, while Scots speaks directly from
t
Unpleasant rants . . .
Indeed: what I write was unpleasant.
There is, sometimes, a time and a place for unpleasantness, or, as some
would have it, 'speaking directly.'
But, as many people have said softer, more tactful things for a long
time to largely no avail, it might just
be that an unp
Yes, I am willing to organise a fundraiser to help finance ironing out
LiveCode bugs.
I am, however, not sure how to go about that;
1. Set up a 'thing' on Indiegogo (because this is not a fund-raiser to
have a set lower limit)?
2. Link it to a dedicated bank account belonging to LiveCode?
3
Possibly, on rereading my intemperate posting I should be banished to
the naughty corner at least.
I do apologise for all the obvious offense my posting has caused.
However, I will state that that posting was an explosion of frustration
about some issues I feel are very real indeed.
I do hop
I would like LiveCode to be "up there" in the top 5 of languages
used in school world-wide for teaching within the next 10 years.
I would like private educational institutions to invest in LiveCode
and supply large-scale feedback to LiveCode Central as to any
educational enhancements they may fee
I am a bit confused about LiveCode 9.0.5 Stable,
as surely it has been superseded by LiveCode 9.5.0 Stable?
After all LiveCode 8.2.0 went "nowhere".
I would be grateful if someone could explain how stable releases
released after stable versions of LiveCode with higher version
numbers work in the
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On October 4, 2019 3:51:49 AM Richmond via use-livecode
wrote:
Yes, I am willing to organise a fundraiser to help finance ironing out
LiveCode bugs.
I am, however, not sure how to go about that;
1. Set up a 'thing' on Indiegogo (because this is no
Well, well, well . . . out of the smoke a phoenix arises . . .
I am in contact "with those who know what they are doing" with a mind to
try to set up an "adopt a bug" scheme. But the real b*gger is how on
earth to
do some sort of triage on outstanding bugs and find out which ones:
1. Are sorta
On 6.10.19 1:59, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 10/5/19 3:36 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
But this month LC broke new ground:
For the first time since I've been tracking TIOBE, LC IS NOW IN THE
UPPER 50, ranked as the 49th most popular language:
https://www.tiobe.co
On 6.10.19 2:19, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote:
Because yes, bugs are created
Indeed they are:
this is all something to do with the law of unintended consequences,
the double-effect argument and so on.
I certainly DON'T believe in people at LiveCode central deliberately
creati
I don't "cope"; I make sure that all my buttons are NOT buttons at all:
I set up a button the way I want it on whatever OS I happen to be using
at that moment
and import a snapshot of the thing, then delete the button and use the
image:
this guarantees buttons look the same wherever they are.
"The IDE itself is bad in this aspect."
Well, yes, down in the undergrowth, in "Find" and so on there are odd labels
that overflow their borders. But not in a major way.
This is more a case of the interface designers forgetting that fonts
"wax and wane"
cross-platform and that they need to mak
Cripes . . . this is turning out to be a right can of worms . . . and,
obviously, there is an awful lot of reluctance
to sponsor/donate for bug fixes. Let me attempt to summarise so far:
1. people feel that the company responsible for producing some software
should bear full
responsibility for
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