Re: (no subject)

2009-05-03 Thread Kay C Lan
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM, bar...@libero.it wrote: > That's why I read all the digests every day and just wait for the > tip I need to turn up, although it makes me feel like a lurker which is a > name > I don't like. That's easy to solve, make another post. At two posts you are officially

Re: Positive Feedback

2009-05-03 Thread Kay C Lan
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Richmond Mathewson < richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I constantly get 'funny' > looks... It's the kilt ;-) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubs

Re: First look at Service USB gadget

2009-05-03 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:09 PM, wrote: > > Almost anyone could create an alarm system, a light show or the like with > radio shack components. You need hobby level electronic know-how to do > anything really cool, but your Mac can completely control the world. It is > hardware I/O for the rest o

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
Well it seems to kniow about the templateImage, because it can get it's dimensions and so on, and gets no errors - perhaps it's in the export statement - though as I say, the script runs and returns without errors... Best, Mark On 4 May 2009, at 04:13, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I would gue

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > I've nearly got it working without image magick. > > This works perfectly in the rev ide: > > function joinImages imgFile1, imgFile2 > >        set the textdata of the templateimage to url ("binfile:" & imgFile1) I would guess that since on-rev

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
I've nearly got it working without image magick. This works perfectly in the rev ide: function joinImages imgFile1, imgFile2 set the textdata of the templateimage to url ("binfile:" & imgFile1) put the width of the templateimage into w1 put the height of the templateimag

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > In fact it is easy: > > if you want to join two images, "img1.jpg" and 'img2.jpg" it would look like > this: > > get shell("convert img1.jpg img2.jpg +append result.jpg") > > As far as I can tell, magick is not installed on on-rev - I'm not sure

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
Jim Bufalini wrote: Hi Sivakatirswami, Don't make the stack part of your standalone build. Rather, go or go invisible to the stack from the preOpenStack of the splash stack in your standalone. Doing this sets the filename of the stack. Then you can save it. When you go to the stack, use a fully

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
In fact it is easy: if you want to join two images, "img1.jpg" and 'img2.jpg" it would look like this: get shell("convert img1.jpg img2.jpg +append result.jpg") As far as I can tell, magick is not installed on on-rev - I'm not sure how you'd go about installing it, as we don't seem to get

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
This may be easy to do in magick: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#append Best, Mark On 4 May 2009, at 01:56, Mark Smith wrote: Sarah, others may know better, but I think you'll find this difficult to do. The way one might do this in a stack would be to import bo

Re: Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Smith
Sarah, others may know better, but I think you'll find this difficult to do. The way one might do this in a stack would be to import both images, then get the imageData of each, and join them up. The imageData is actually just a list of pixel values as they are rendered by rev. Typically, a

RE: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Sivakatirswami, Don't make the stack part of your standalone build. Rather, go or go invisible to the stack from the preOpenStack of the splash stack in your standalone. Doing this sets the filename of the stack. Then you can save it. When you go to the stack, use a fully qualified path. So, if

Joining 2 images

2009-05-03 Thread Sarah Reichelt
Hi all you graphics gurus out there, I have 2 images, each 40 x 40 pixels. I want to join then side by side to end up with an image 80 x 40. Since this is for use in On-Rev, it has to work in script only, no stack or image objects can be used. I am a complete noob when it come to graphics, but I

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
Marty Knapp wrote: I just threw together a program with a substack, set the Standalone settings for the substack to to moved to individual stackfiles & create folder for stackfiles (named mine "MyResources) and it saved the data in the substack just fine. This is on Rev 3.5 and Mac 10.5.6 In

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Sivakatirswami
Good Idea... I created a status field and added the following to the stack script: (see below) Status shows empty if opened and move from card to card (saving each time) in the IDE. but in the Standalone I get the message: "stack does not have a filename" I tried to set save to save stack "

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 3 of N

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Just before I left Scotland for Bulgaria (2003ish) Klaus Major took me to task for my distinctly in-elegant coding; and, frankly, it still is fairly inelegant. But I'm the chap that wears second-hand clothes, uses second-hand computers, and isn't that fussed about what people think about him (alth

Re: Unexpected changes in 3.0

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Fred, The first issue seems another bug to me. You should probably report it to the QCC. The second issue is just a restoration of the situation that of Rev 2.6.1 and HyperCard. Deletion of empty lines during a sort causes a problem if you want to keep the number of lines equal. If you

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 3 of N

2009-05-03 Thread DunbarX
This is all about the name, eh, not the elegant and compact functionality? I suppose one would make a field that contained the id's of the objects, a space, perhaps, the startLoc, another space and the endLoc. One line per object. You can then put and get all the data as needed. It is what I wou

Unexpected changes in 3.0

2009-05-03 Thread Fred Moyer
Hi: There are so many improvements with 3.5, so I guess it's no surprise that there would be a few unexpected changes in behavior. For example: - It used to be that "save stack x" was done transparently -- the user wouldn't even know that the stack is being saved. Now, if some text is se

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 3 of N

2009-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
Richmond Mathewson wrote: Mind you . . . The only real reason I can see for using a custom property as opposed to an 'on the fly' variable is that a custom property is non-volatile. The only real reason I can see for using a custom property as opposed to a field is that everything moves just th

Re: (no subject)

2009-05-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
bar...@libero.it wrote: I am getting quite frustrated with this list. Everytime I get up enough courage to ask a question somebody throws in an example, to somebody else, which answers it! That's why I read all the digests every day and just wait for the tip I need to turn up, although it makes

Re: Searching

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Fred- Sunday, May 3, 2009, 8:49:33 AM, you wrote: > However, often I only want to read recent threads. So I go to > "Advanced Search" in Google and choose "Past Year" under Date. What > inevitably happens is that there are no hits. For example, if I do a > simple search for "jailbroken" I get 4 h

Re: Searching

2009-05-03 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 3, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Fred Moyer wrote: Is there some other way to search through the mailing list? Here's something that might help. Try this as a search term in Google: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/ 2009 quicktime That will show the few messages this year that

Searching

2009-05-03 Thread Fred Moyer
Hi friends: I love having this mailing list. Whenever I have a Revolution question, I search through the list and very often find the answer in the various threads. However, often I only want to read recent threads. So I go to "Advanced Search" in Google and choose "Past Year" under Date.

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Marty Knapp
I just threw together a program with a substack, set the Standalone settings for the substack to to moved to individual stackfiles & create folder for stackfiles (named mine "MyResources) and it saved the data in the substack just fine. This is on Rev 3.5 and Mac 10.5.6 Marty Knapp On Sun, Ma

Re: test - ignore

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Wieder
Colin- Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:06:37 AM, you wrote: > On May 3, 2009, at 12:05 AM, Marty Knapp wrote: >> Please ignore - this is a test. I'm moving my domains and mail to my >> new On-Rev account. >> >> Marty K > Just so you know, this went straight to my junk mailbox. Not sure if > there's so

Re: test - ignore

2009-05-03 Thread Colin Holgate
On May 3, 2009, at 12:05 AM, Marty Knapp wrote: Please ignore - this is a test. I'm moving my domains and mail to my new On-Rev account. Marty K Just so you know, this went straight to my junk mailbox. Not sure if there's something you can change to make it seem like it's not spam? _

Re: open file, applescript, POSIX

2009-05-03 Thread Jim Sims
On May 3, 2009, at 1:30 PM, BNig wrote: set filePath to POSIX file "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/ 01pigs1.500.jpg" as text this gives you something like: "Macintosh HD:Users:jimsims:Pictures:art:01pigs1.500.jpg" it should work regards to you and your pigs :) Bernd Works, of course. Th

Re: (no subject)

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Barry :) Hugs and Kisses, Man! The backchat is what its all about! I know it sounds corny, and straight out of the 'summer of love' but I like to think of the RunRev Use-LIst as: Livin', Lovin', and Programmin' (and, just possibly . . . Abusin') And, you bet, that's going to catch some backcha

Re: Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

2009-05-03 Thread David Bovill
This would "usually" work : put "theader[1]" & cr after tList put "th(1)" & cr after tList put "th(2)" & cr after tList put "th[3]" & cr after tList put "tbody[1]" & cr after tList put "tr[1]" & cr after tList put "td[2]" & cr after tList put "tra[3]" & cr after tList put "tr[11]" & cr after tList

Re: (no subject)

2009-05-03 Thread David Bovill
Everyone gets frustrated from time to time Barry! It's actually really hard to communicate via email, a problem with a graphic interface you have, and a language you are learning - so the result can often be - well frustration :) It's great to post questions, especially if you can copy and paste s

(no subject)

2009-05-03 Thread bar...@libero.it
I am getting quite frustrated with this list. Everytime I get up enough courage to ask a question somebody throws in an example, to somebody else, which answers it! That's why I read all the digests every day and just wait for the tip I need to turn up, although it makes me feel like a lurker wh

Re: open file, applescript, POSIX

2009-05-03 Thread BNig
Jim, try set filePath to POSIX file "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg" as text this gives you something like: "Macintosh HD:Users:jimsims:Pictures:art:01pigs1.500.jpg" then you use this to open files without the 'as posix file', this should work for all scriptable programs. I dont h

Positive Feedback

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
I am currently putting together a brace of programs for fairly basic EFL learners to revise careers/jobs (what the series of EFL textbooks I use, in an almost vomit-making effort at over political correctness terms 'community helpers') and, while spending hours and hours twiddling away with GIMP b

Re: Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

2009-05-03 Thread Bernard Devlin
I think this does what you require: put "tr[1]" & cr after tList put "tr(2)" & cr after tList put "tr[3]" & cr after tList put "tr[a]" & cr after tList put "td[1]" & cr after tList put "tra[1]" & cr after tList filter tList without "[t][r]?[0-9]]" put tList Try playing around with the 2nd letter

Re: Must be a way: escaping filter patterns

2009-05-03 Thread David Bovill
Thanks Jim - good to confirm that there is no way to escape chars for filter expressions. I guess this is the sort of thing that should be posted as a note to the dictionary. 2009/5/2 Jim Ault > The technique I have used in the past is to do a > > replace "[" with "†" in blockOfLines > replace "

open file, applescript, POSIX

2009-05-03 Thread jim sims
--The following works set filepath to "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg" tell application "Preview" activate open file filepath as POSIX file end tell -- This works ONLY if I drop the POSIX set filepath to "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg" tell applicatio

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 3 of N

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Mind you . . . The only real reason I can see for using a custom property as opposed to an 'on the fly' variable is that a custom property is non-volatile. The only real reason I can see for using a custom property as opposed to a field is that everything moves just that much faster. So, until

RE: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Jim Bufalini
Hi Sivakatirswami, What OS are you seeing this issue in? Where on the drive is the standalone sitting? Also, would you change the *this stack* reference to something more specific such as *the owner of this card* or better *stack "StackName"* and report if there is any difference? Aloha from Hawa

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Sarah Reichelt
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote: > I know this has been asked and answered but I thought for sure if you put a > stack inside a standalone, separate from the standalone, that you could save > data in that stack. > > I made the usual standalone splash loader that boots an adjac

Re: Save Data to stack inside Standalone - Broken?

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Sivakatirswami wrote: and side question: what is our best tool these days to dig the mailing lists? I used Google... Dear Sivakatirswami, Richard Gaskin wrote a nifty little stack a while back to search the Metacard mailing list via Google and pop the results into your default web-brows

Re: Dumb Newbie Questions -- 3 of N

2009-05-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Coming from Scotland, on going to the USA (1993) I learnt about Hypercard and what a 'pancake stack' was simultaneously. I Scotland we tend to eat our drop scones individually. I have always thought of a Hypercard/Supercard/Metacard/RR stack as a stack of playing cards (can't think why); having s