> IMO, the fact that MSWord saves files in their own proprietary markup
> language *should* discourage anyone from ever using it. It'd sure be
> cool if more adopted Massachusetts Open Doc policy.
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122685,00.asp
Hi Chipp,
I'm on the beta team for Off
Do you mean the Rev msg box?
--try
put "this is a fine line"
put "another fine line I've gotten us into " & return & msg
put "...compared to the one below me" & return & msg
--or
global gAppendedMsgs
put "" into gAppendMgs
put "this is a fine line"
put return & msg & return after gAppendedMsgs
At 10:06 PM -0700 10/11/05, Judy Perry wrote:
But, respectfully, they all LOOK ALIKE.
These 'templets' or whatever they are called, are offered - you
are not forced to use them.
From the mouth of the Beast on page:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/uioverview.mspx
"The traditional dialo
Ouch,
Precisely the problem I've had with academia for quite some time. I've
spent over 6 years on a local University Advisory Board helping
professors understand there's more to preparing students for the real
world than teaching theory. You gotta teach skills too.
In fact, back in grad schoo
But, respectfully, they all LOOK ALIKE. You can spot them from a mile
away. They are fake; they not infrequently have nothing to do with the
content which they exist presumably to advance. They were chosen for
being the least obnoxious of the predetermined lot. Modifying them
doesn't even come
Some time ago I had, with the help of someone from this list (maybe
Jeanne Devoto?), modified my message box to accumulate messages rather
than clearing it with each new message. I don't recall offhand how I
did this.
Funny how much you forget when you develop a few large applications
with ot
Charles Hartman wrote:
A Whole New Look to office memos is a bad thing,
distracting, not a good thing; memos are not art. If you're a
typographer or graphic designer it's a different story -- but then you
don't use MS Office.
Charles, I respectfully disagree. Just like websites, many Offi
Charles
I don't think that's what MS has in mind here, though it could be an
unintended side effect. Rather, as I see it, they allow someone who
has written a memo and who looks at the printout and finds it crowded
to mouse over some alternate margin and spacing settings as graphical
On Oct 11, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
I think it's perfectly understandable that the musicians you cite
didn't
want to learn how to program the equipment. I'll wager the
majority of them
wanted to spend their time making music, not learning an arcane
programming
language. And y
Message: 13
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:42:26 -0700
From: Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: : Playing audio clips
To: How to use Revolution
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Recently, Jim Hurley wrote:
I'm having trouble getting started. A
Or, at the risk of a firestorm raining down on my head, Thomas Kinkade.
Dan
On Oct 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
Trevor DeVore wrote:
Well, that depends on what studio they are coming out of and the
quality of the sounds from their library :-) It also depends on
whether th
Devin-
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:00:57 PM, you wrote:
> Isn't this whole malleable template approach to word processing
> exactly what Apple does with the new Pages word processor. I looked
To me it seems that they've taken a cue from skinnable apps. I'm most
intrigued by the "Developer" me
Hi Sara and Alex,
Thanks for the help. I did, in fact, have the sense of it wrong. My next
line was:
put the result ...
Your help is appreciated,
-- Harvey
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Tweedly
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Trevor DeVore wrote:
Well, that depends on what studio they are coming out of and the
quality of the sounds from their library :-) It also depends on
whether the music produced was something that was paid for or
something that the person was doing for fun. Now, if you are hiring
someone
Harvey Toyama wrote:
Hi,
After yesterday's good advice on regex, I wanted to try "matchText". My
installation (2.5.1) doesn't find the handler. Is there something
special about the matchText function. In fact, I don't recall any of the
documented functions being found.
matchText is not a h
On 10/12/05, Charles Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using a systemwindow palette to leave my rev standalone and go
> find things in google. I'm not been able to figure out how get the
> palette to get my rev standalone back to the front again. A simple
> activate via applescript doesn't
> After yesterday's good advice on regex, I wanted to try "matchText". My
> installation (2.5.1) doesn't find the handler. Is there something
> special about the matchText function. In fact, I don't recall any of the
> documented functions being found.
>
matchText is a function, not a handler. If
On 10/12/05, kee nethery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps the solution is to add three new constants
>
> returnCR
> returnCRLF
> returnLF
>
My preferred solution would be for CR to mean what CR means in every
other language i.e. ASCII 13. LF correctly means ASCII 10 and CRLF
correctly means 13
Recently, jbv wrote:
>> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
>> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
>> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
>> template designers are giving user
Isn't this whole malleable template approach to word processing
exactly what Apple does with the new Pages word processor. I looked
at the MS screen shots, then fired up my copy of Pages, and thought
how lucky MS is to have Apple do its R&D.
;-)
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and
I think the history of synthesizers is quite an interesting example
of what happens in the real world.
Back in late seventies, most synths had wonderful UIs (ie. lots of
single-function knobs and buttons).
Sequential Circuits (RIP) had noticed, even then, that 90% of the
synths returned f
Hello List,
Will using the RevCopyFile command overwrite a
an existing (and unlocked) file (i.e., if file X in
folder A is copied to a folder B in which a copy
of file X already exists)?
I've tested this out on Win2k with different types
of unlocked files and the answer appears to be
"Yes", b
That is very nice I am using growl by issuing shell commands,
this is a nice addition.
Thanks!
andre
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:52 AM, Sean Shao wrote:
For anyone who is using Growl and wants to make
their Mac OS X based RunRev programs work with Growl, there is a
new library available t
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:30 PM, jbv wrote:
IMHO this is the kind of approach that works perfectly
on paper, but not so well in real life...
Let's take the example of electronic music devices (synths,
rhythm-boxes, etc). Since the mid 80's most of them come
with numerous presets, but also with ed
Hi,
After yesterday's good advice on regex, I wanted to try "matchText". My
installation (2.5.1) doesn't find the handler. Is there something
special about the matchText function. In fact, I don't recall any of the
documented functions being found.
Perhaps I didn't install correctly?
-- H
Hi all,
The message regarding availability of the 2.6.1
up date mentions improvements to the database
side of things. Can't seem to find what these
improvements are. Anybody able to comment?
Thanks in advance
Scott Kane
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Dom wrote:
> As if Revolution shipped with a number of pre-made stacks ;-)))
;-)
Judy
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Scott Rossi a *crit :
> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
> template designers are giving users
Chipp Walters wrote:
My experience is that people criticize much better than they create.
This is one of the reasons design schools emphasize 'crits' and rarely
give 'blank page' exercises (even thesis work rarely involves starting
from scratch). It's also the reason many prefer 'template' app
I'm using a systemwindow palette to leave my rev standalone and go
find things in google. I'm not been able to figure out how get the
palette to get my rev standalone back to the front again. A simple
activate via applescript doesn't seem to do it. With the application
bundle on Mac OS X I
Dom wrote:
>As if Revolution shipped with a number of pre-made stacks ;-)))
Which would be no bad idea IMHO.
:-D
All the best,
Malte
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On 10/11/05 12:39 PM, "Todd Geist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Again Ken!
>
> On 10/11/05 10:25 AM, "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Well, you could constantly poll for the frontmost application process on OS
>> X using AppleScript, and then set the style of the window to 'syste
On Oct 11, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
Constellation the script editor, for the most part works great on PC,
but I think there are still a couple of tweaks yet to go. I frequently
fire it up to use some of it's more special features. For instance,
the ability to create 'script fold
Judy Perry wrote:
--I'd argue that the empty page forces people to think and explore and
create; to promote activity as opposed to passivity. Should, say, computer
science lectures look just like comparative lit lectures, which look
just like...
My experience is that people criticize much bett
Judy Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the one hand, I "get" that these sorts of things enable people to do
> things they might otherwise not be able to do. OTOH, it seems also to
> disable their ability to be creative (ala grammar "checkers" that
> discourage composition of compelling prose
If you're a Mac user, then IMO, it's a 'must have.' As a PC user, I've
been using the inspector gadget for over a year, and can honestly say
it's the most used plugin in my arsenal (well, maybe tied with altArchive).
Constellation the script editor, for the most part works great on PC,
but I t
Dave-
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 10:16:23 AM, you wrote:
> No idea, Mark. :-) I just copied that part from an earlier post. I
> didn't notice it.
Fair enough. I've tossed the original by now - was just curious.
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On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Troy Rollins wrote:
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Éric Miclo wrote:
Since I've bought a copy of Constellation I don't use anymore
Rev's integrated script editor.
It's a clean tool and since the latest incarnation it can replace
Rev's property inspector.
Th
Thanks Again Ken!
On 10/11/05 10:25 AM, "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, you could constantly poll for the frontmost application process on OS
> X using AppleScript, and then set the style of the window to 'system' only
> when a particular app was in front, and to 'palette' all the ot
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Éric Miclo wrote:
Since I've bought a copy of Constellation I don't use anymore Rev's
integrated script editor.
It's a clean tool and since the latest incarnation it can replace
Rev's property inspector.
Thanks Éric, and Todd. These are mostly the things I wanted
On 10/11/05 11:52 AM, "Todd Geist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am building a tool that I would Like to appear in a window floating above
> everything but only when a certain other apps are in front.
>
> The idea is that it should appear as a Tool Palette for some Apps but not
> all
Hello Troy,
Since I've bought a copy of Constellation I don't use anymore Rev's
integrated script editor.
It's a clean tool and since the latest incarnation it can replace
Rev's property inspector.
And because Jerry Daniels (the developer) is somebody that has great
ideas and is really li
On 11 Oct 2005, at 17:56, Mark Wieder wrote:
put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apple Computer, Inc.
\quicktime\version","text") into data
local t1,t2,t3,t4
get binaryDecode("H2H2H2H2",data,t1,t2,t3,t4)
put t4&t3&t2&t1
Interesting. What are you trying to do with that "text" in
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
> template designers
At 9:56 AM -0700 10/11/05, Mark Wieder wrote:
Interesting. What are you trying to do with that "text" in the
queryRegistry() call? I suppose the compiler will try to create a
variable called "text" and store the result there, but I don't think
you'll be able to retrieve it.
put queryRegistry("bl
Dave-
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:45:23 AM, you wrote:
> This gives me what I see in the registry. (in this case version 7.0.2)
> put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apple Computer, Inc.
> \quicktime\version","text") into data
> local t1,t2,t3,t4
> get binaryDecode("H2H2H2H2",data,
Hello,
I am building a tool that I would Like to appear in a window floating above
everything but only when a certain other apps are in front.
The idea is that it should appear as a Tool Palette for some Apps but not
all applications.
I know how to set the systemWindow prop to true, but I don't
Hi Troi,
I am using it every day. I think it is great and it continues to improve
with every release.
I am new Rev user and I never used Rev's IDE much. So I didn't have to adapt
from something else. But I just liked Constellation better so I went with
that. Occasionally I use Rev's Property ins
good to know...
but it worked! ;)
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ray
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:20 PM
> To: Use Revolution List
> Subject: Re: QT version on Windows
>
> On 10/11/05 8:00 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> <[E
Thanks for this tip
On 10/10/05 11:09 PM, "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here you go:
>
> function stsScaleObject pOrigW,pOrigH,pMaxW,pMaxH
> put pMaxW/pOrigW into tPctW
> put pMaxH/pOrigH into tPctH
> if tPctH < tPctW then
> put pOrigH * tPctH into tNewH
> put pOrigW * tPc
On 10/11/05 8:00 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Here's a VBS script that will printout the version
>
> Option Explicit
> Dim oFSO
> Dim sPath, sFileVer, sFileName
>
> sPath = "d:\app\quicktime\quicktimeplayer.exe"
> Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
You
Hello everyone,
When I use tab as a secondary delimiter with the Combine
command, the key of each element is placed before each element's
contents. But if each element has many lines, and assuming the array
has been combined using return as the primary delimiter, the key is
only plac
Recently, Jim Hurley wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting started. Apparently the sound file
> cannot be an imported sound file but a referenced file on disk.
>
> So, I find I can start the play with:
>
> Play "/Users/jameshurley/Desktop/myAudio.wav"
>
> Now, where does the player come in?
Perhaps the solution is to add three new constants
returnCR
returnCRLF
returnLF
and have revolution respect those as constant constants so that if
you know that you need to write a text file from your OS (whatever
that may be) to a known OS that absolutely requires a specific type
of "retu
At 8:10 AM -0700 10/11/05, Trevor DeVore wrote:
Have you played around with this at all? I heard Tuviah made some
changes to the engine sometime around 2.5 that modified the behavior
so that it would be possible to check the qtVersion and then set
dontuseQT to true and QT wouldn't be used.
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:41:52 -0700
From: Mark Talluto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Playing audio clips
To: How to use Revolution
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On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Jim Hurley wrote:
yes, this is a very common problem.
The Mac uses the Ascii character 13 (a carriage return) for line
endings. UNIX uses a linefeed (char 10) and Windows uses both.
If your text file is intended for the Mac, simply use the "return"
constant, and save using "file" (not "binfile"), as this will
Anyone here using D&M's Constellation and other "Gadgets" on a daily
basis that might be willing to answer a few questions, on or off list?
I'm considering it, but I don't see a trial version so I'd like to get
a couple of usage details from a regular user.
--
Troy
RPSystems, Ltd.
http://www.rp
On Oct 11, 2005, at 4:24 AM, sims wrote:
It would be very, very nice if one could check
the QTVersion without needing to
load QuickTime however!
Have you played around with this at all? I heard Tuviah made some
changes to the engine sometime around 2.5 that modified the behavior
so th
Hello,
The Mac uses the Ascii character 13 (a carriage return) for line
endings. UNIX uses a linefeed (char 10) and Windows uses both.
If your text file is intended for the Mac, simply use the "return"
constant, and save using "file" (not "binfile"), as this will covert
the returns to the cor
Here's a VBS script that will printout the version
Option Explicit
Dim oFSO
Dim sPath, sFileVer, sFileName
sPath = "d:\app\quicktime\quicktimeplayer.exe"
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sFileVer = oFSO.GetFileVersion(sPath)
sFileName = oFSO.GetFileName(sPath)
Wscript.Echo
Charles,
if i remember well, i saw it once that the rev script debugger uses the
space as a trigger to move your
debugging point forward (depending on the focus of the button selected in
the debugging window).
As for the variable watcher, there's a preference to hide when not in the
script edi
While I'm debugging a script (stopped at a breakpoint), when I try to
use the message box to check something, it lets me type up to &
including one blank space; then the insertion point disappears and
the box takes no characters. When I click inside it again it accepts
characters up through
I think i found a few more hints...
First, the registry version and the application's version do no match. The
registry say 630800
while the application's version says 6.3.17.
After some digging, i found that most Quicktime files also say 6.3.17...
But while searching, i found what could be wh
At 11:45 AM +0100 10/11/05, Dave Cragg wrote:
put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apple Computer,
Inc.\quicktime\version","text") into data
local t1,t2,t3,t4
get binaryDecode("H2H2H2H2",data,t1,t2,t3,t4)
put t4&t3&t2&t1
--> 07028000
Gives me 07028000 here also. I'll test on a few
Besides my usual takes at quicktime, i noticed that there is yet another
one i could throw...
I saw there's a nice QTInfo application in the folder however you have to
open that application to get
any info.
Otherwise, i got a WMI script to find this info but it's involved and may
not run on P
At 11:45 AM +0100 10/11/05, Dave Cragg wrote:
Nothing else seems to not work the way it's supposed to but im no expert
in the binarydecode function...
I know what you mean. I think the docs may need some revision. Every
time I read about binaryDecode and binaryEncode my head hurts.
Generally,
At 11:31 PM -1000 10/10/2005, Sivakatirswami wrote:
# this is the key function which closes and opens a verse,
# or puts char(10) (soft return) after any line
# where x is the name of the song and y is each line in that song:
repeat for each line y in tVerses
if y is empty then
de
On 11 Oct 2005, at 09:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apple Computer,
Inc.\quicktime\version","text") into data
get binarydecode("h*", data, x)
you get x = "00080360"
if you reverse that string you get what i saw correctly in the
registry..
This
Goal-context: Mac OSX
1) Songs with verses are maintained in a Rev stack, mini-dbase. Total
project data is small enough to warrant keeping everything in the
stack fields, most facile environment for lots of manipulation and
different languages translations/versions
2) We want to expo
Sims,
im using version 6.3 so no i dont have that folder...
put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apple Computer,
Inc.\quicktime\version","text") into data
get binarydecode("h*", data, x)
you get x = "00080360"
if you reverse that string you get what i saw correctly in the registry.
Hi Sims,
I tried but
After battling again with the clipboard crap not pasting right, in 2.6.1
put queryregistry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer,
Inc.\QuickTime\Version","text")
looking at the data (which prevents compilation when inserted between
quotes)...
The only way i could g
Hi Erik,
--- Eric Chatonet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Klaus,
Unfortunately, play pause, resume, etc. only
work with video clips
but not with audio clips:
can you "mute" the visual, keep the audio?
well, i am sure Eric and I could do that, but the engine won't. :-)
BUT maybe one could t
At 10:23 AM +0200 10/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My quicktime app is never installed in C:\program files!!!
Xavier,
Do you have a folder named "QuickTime" in your "Program Files"?
If you go to "C:/Program Files/QuickTime/" do you have a folder
named "QTSystem"?
ciao,
sims
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Hi Sims,
Besides my previous tip, here's another...
My quicktime app is never installed in C:\program files!!!
To find where, look first at...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\quicktime\shell\open\command
And there's another key that's interesting for you - but it's not reliable
(no xv
At 8:18 AM +0200 10/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, it looks like it is written in hex as the version...
I have version 6.3 and the regedit key says 6308000
Xavier,
Would you please post the script that produces this for me to try?
binaryDecode() is getting me nowhere.
TIA
sims
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At 1:07 AM -0500 10/11/05, Ken Ray wrote:
On 10/10/05 9:13 AM, "sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone know how to check for the QuickTime version on a Windows machine
without using QTVersion?
Well, you can find it in the WIndows registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Computer,
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