[TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
[TT] - Totally Tangential. Ha, Ha, Ha . . . When I was studying at SIU Carbondale I rushed into a teaching assistants' meeting fresh from vacuuming the carpet at home and said: Sorry I'm late, I have just been hoovering . . . There was a deathly silence in the room! My understanding

MouseMove . . . err?

2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Just changed the moveSpeed to 65535 and everything worked a charm: on mouseMove set the moveSpeed to 65535 put item 1 of the mouseLoc into MISHKA1 put item 2 of the mouseLoc into MISHKA2 move btn X1 to (MISHKA1 + 40), (MISHKA2 + 40) move btn X2 to (MISHKA1 - 40), (MISHKA2 + 40)

Editra

2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
http://editra.org/ really quite good; but the developer needs 'jabbing' about Runtime Revolution. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development Life Cycle.

mouseLine

2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
When a field contains this in its script: set the textColor of the mouseLine to red it throws an error message, and doesn't work. I wonder why . . . clickLine works perfectly. so, I suppose my question is: What is 'mouseLine' for? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.

Desktop clipFile by DD

2008-12-13 Thread Hugh Senior
I am looking at allowing users to drag and drop selected text to the desktop (i.e. outside the Rev environment). Has anyone done this? /H ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Desktop clipFile by DD

2008-12-13 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Hugh, Just select the text and drag it. It is a standard feature for all editable fields. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Dutch forum: http://runrev.info/rrforum We are always looking

Re: Looking for ugly code comparisons WAS: Slashdotter looking for kids' programming language

2008-12-13 Thread viktoras didziulis
Dave Cragg wrote: I'll play Devil's Advocate. There seems to be some assumptions about what is easier for a child. One of these assumptions is that a simple English-like syntax is simpler than other kinds of syntax. I wonder if that is not an adult prejudice. Compare these two ways of

A way to tell if standalone is currently suspended?

2008-12-13 Thread Lyn Teyla
Is there a way to tell (from within the standalone) if a standalone is currently suspended (a different app is in the foreground)? Thanks, Lyn ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Looking for ugly code comparisons

2008-12-13 Thread François Chaplais
Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 13 déc. 08 à 04:41, Bill Marriott wrote snip Now, which of these do you think is better than Revolution for teaching programming to young children? The Klingon one? This is obviously not a question. I simply think that the very notion of programmg language is too

Re: A way to tell if standalone is currently suspended?

2008-12-13 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Lyn, An easy way to do this: on suspend set the suspended of this stack to true end susped on resume set the suspended of this stack to false end resume ...if the suspended of this stack then... -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering

Re: Looking for ugly code comparisons WAS: Slashdotter looking for kids' programming language

2008-12-13 Thread viktoras didziulis
Dave Cragg wrote: I'll play Devil's Advocate. There seems to be some assumptions about what is easier for a child. One of these assumptions is that a simple English-like syntax is simpler than other kinds of syntax. I wonder if that is not an adult prejudice. Compare these two ways of

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2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
viktoras didziulis wrote: I should agree with Dave's point. Especially in countries, where English is not native language like Lithuania and Bulgaria ;-) he is exactly right. The only 2 things that can be said in RR's favour (as opposed to PASCAL and Co.) are: 1. the programming language

Looking for ugly code comparisons WAS: Slashdotter looking for kids' programming language

2008-12-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Reposted as forgot to title the posting - sorry, JRM. viktoras didziulis wrote: I should agree with Dave's point. Especially in countries, where English is not native language like Lithuania and Bulgaria ;-) he is exactly right. The only 2 things that can be said in RR's favour (as opposed

Re: MouseMove . . . err?

2008-12-13 Thread Björnke von Gierke
All this objects following mouse talk reminded me of one of my all time favourite stacks: Lemmings by Scott Rossi Unfortunately it's not on Rev Online, and the entry on RevNet points into the void... Björnke Who, if asked, will insist that ellipses will make people do things. --

Re: mouseLine

2008-12-13 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 13 déc. 08 à 10:08, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : When a field contains this in its script: set the textColor of the mouseLine to red it throws an error message, and doesn't work. I wonder why . . . clickLine works perfectly. so, I suppose my question is: What is 'mouseLine' for?

Re:Re: Core Midi

2008-12-13 Thread Beat Cornaz
Thanks Mark René for your reply. Sorry for not answering sooner. Sometimes things happen. René wrote : I am interesed with this question also, but I can't find your reply in the Dutch forum I replied some days ago on the dutch forum, as well directly to you Mark. I will reply to you

Rev printing woes in Leopard

2008-12-13 Thread Peter Brigham
OK, so I had this iBook G4 (running Panther) that died, but managed to get all my data over to my new MacBook Intel running OSX 10.5. I have a stack system I use for my practice, which prints various items using print card into rect from hidden stacks that are filled by script. Very handy,

Re: Core Midi

2008-12-13 Thread René Micout
Beat, What name for musician ! Thank you for your answer. My english is not very good, sorry :-)... But my french is better ! I am working on a generative musical instrument (named Exagofon) with Revolution (only, no C, C++ or Xcode... too much for my brain !) and today it work with the

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Colin Holgate
On Dec 13, 2008, at 3:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Late, I was working in the married students' garden plots when a pleasant woman from Wyoming asked me how I managed to break up the clods of earth so effectively. My reply; I always use a hoe. was received in silence, and then she

Re: Rev printing woes in Leopard

2008-12-13 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Peter, The only difference in what you're doing and what I'm doing (except for the nature of the actual output) is that you're having to store the print parameters for several different printers in a custom prop, and your program has to sort all of this out whenever you need to print.

Re: Standalone Maker - delete settings and start fresh?

2008-12-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
Mark Swindell wrote: I've got a stack I'm trying to build into a standalone, but it appears the standalone maker has got stuck somehow. There is a file locked into the stacks pane that doesn't belong there. How can I start over with a completely fresh set of preferences for a particular

Is it possible to use 'sheet' stack and then go to a specific card of that stack?

2008-12-13 Thread William de Smet
Hi there, I wonder if it is possible to use 'sheet' stack and then go to a specific card of that stack? I call the cards of a stack in a field and when I click on it it will open the card. This works fine! Because I like 'sheet' stack on OSX I'd like to combine both. Is this possible? When I use

Re: Standalone Maker - delete settings and start fresh?

2008-12-13 Thread Mark Swindell
Thank you very much. Mark On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:31 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Mark Swindell wrote: I've got a stack I'm trying to build into a standalone, but it appears the standalone maker has got stuck somehow. There is a file locked into the stacks pane that doesn't belong there.

Re: Is it possible to use 'sheet' stack and then go to a specific card of that stack?

2008-12-13 Thread Paul Gabel
William: Can you put everything that you would have put on different cards on the sheet stack into groups on card 1 of the sheet stack, then show and hide the groups? Paul Gabel --- On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:51 AM, William de Smet wrote: Hi there, I wonder if it is possible to

Re: Is it possible to use 'sheet' stack and then go to a specific card of that stack?

2008-12-13 Thread Paul Gabel
William: add to what I just wrote: ... using a preOpenCard or preOpenStack handler. On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:51 AM, William de Smet wrote: Hi there, I wonder if it is possible to use 'sheet' stack and then go to a specific card of that stack? I call the cards of a stack in a field and

Core Midi

2008-12-13 Thread Kurt Kaufman
Here's some speculation: If the appropriate port can be selected, then I would think that Revolution is capable of streaming the data. The real challenge might be the synchronization methods, such as MTC (MIDI Time Code) and SMPTE. A more recent development: How about RTP-MIDI? This looks

Re: Desktop clipFile by DD

2008-12-13 Thread Hugh Senior
Hi Mark, Not here it doesn't... Selecting text in a field and simply draging to the desktop has no effect. I am looking for a text file to be created. /H Hi Hugh, Just select the text and drag it. It is a standard feature for all editable fields. On 13 dec 2008, at 10:10, Hugh Senior

Re: Desktop clipFile by DD

2008-12-13 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Hugh, On the Mac, text clippings are created automatically. I guess you are on Windows. I believe that the new drag and drop commands make it possible to retrieve the dragDestination and create a text file by means of a script, using this dragDestination. I don't know whether Windows

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Judy Perry
U I'm feeling more stupid than usual. What exactly does hoovering mean in the US? And how long ago was this heaux conversation? (yes, I've seen it spelt that way). Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson gerada...@yahoo.comwrote: [TT] -

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Neal Campbell
You must not have read Fear of Flying in the 70s! If you do not know what it means, more than likely you do not want to know. Best regards Neal Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Oh, please, don't tantalize us that way!!! On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: You must not have read Fear of Flying in the 70s! If you do not know what it means, more than likely you do not want to know. Best regards Neal Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Noel
For those curious folks :) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoovering - Noel At 06:22 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote: Oh, please, don't tantalize us that way!!! On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: You must not have read Fear of Flying in the 70s! If you do not know

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Thanks. It actually wasn't as bad as I imagined. ;-) On Dec 13, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Noel wrote: For those curious folks :) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoovering - Noel At 06:22 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote: Oh, please, don't tantalize us that way!!! On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:38

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Judy Perry
Ummm, given that I was born in the early 60s, no, it's probably apparently a good thing(tm) that I didn't read Fear of Flying in the 70s! Thanks, Noel, for the link. I feel so much older now @;-) Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Neal Campbell nealk...@gmail.com

Re: [TT] Beavering Away . . .

2008-12-13 Thread Judy Perry
I'm glad I didn't get to the imagining part! Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Petrides, M.D. Marian mpetri...@earthlink.net wrote: Thanks. It actually wasn't as bad as I imagined. ;-) On Dec 13, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Noel wrote: For those curious folks :)