Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

But I fear for Mr. Waddingham when the citizens storm the Edinburgh offices with torches and pitchforks after discovering that the code style they've been using for years is no longer supported. ;) Odd... I don't recall saying that the short form of object tokens would be eliminated, I was

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Mark Waddingham wrote: But I fear for Mr. Waddingham when the citizens storm the Edinburgh offices with torches and pitchforks after discovering that the code style they've been using for years is no longer supported. ;) Odd... I don't recall saying that the short form of object tokens would

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

This sounds and looks just horrible! I vote to scrap the abbreviations and use the long forms! Should be easy enough to write a script to translate the short forms to the long forms, in fact the editor could change them dymanically as you type, thus getting the best of both worlds! Just my

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

David Burgun wrote: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object identification? That way field 3 of card 7 would come out to f3c7 for a minimum of typing. The engine's parser would, of course, separate these

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

David Burgun wrote: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object identification? That way field 3 of card 7 would come out to f3c7 for a minimum of typing. The engine's parser would, of course, separate these

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

David Burgun wrote: I'm with you: Transcript's existing abbreviations are about as sparse as I'd like to go. Yes, I don't really care how they are stored in the script as long as the editor could expand them to the way the user wants to see them. I the C/C++ language there are formatters

set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while and word are functions in the example above. Is it just me, or is this a bug that has been in the engine for a long time? Well, it's been in the

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

On 8/26/05 6:02 AM, Mark Waddingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, the engine is a little too forgiving in places but there are actually two separate issues here - one related to tokenisation and one related to parsing. Thanks for the clarification, Mark... it really helps me understand

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that case *all* my stacks would stop working... fruit A Modest

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Mark Wieder wrote: Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that case *all* my stacks would stop working...

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

On 8/26/05 11:36 AM, Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken- Friday, August 26, 2005, 7:13:32 AM, you wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... (he said, dodging fruit) ;-) ...in that

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Thanks, Mark for those insights on the engine - the more we know how it works, the more we can get out of rev! sqb repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while and word are functions in the

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Hi Mark, f3 c7? Sunk! ;-) Le 26 août 05 à 18:36, Mark Wieder a écrit : A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object identification? That way field 3 of card 7 would come out to f3c7 for

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Don't like that. Looks like APL to me. A major point of Transcript is to be easily HUMAN readable. Consider a rotten apple thrown. A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Recently, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. Currently you can address a field by its

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Stephen Barncard wrote: Thanks, Mark for those insights on the engine - the more we know how it works, the more we can get out of rev! sqb repeat while(x+1) 10 put word(x+1) of This is a test Although this is consistent, it still *looks* wrong to me... it looks like while

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

Lynch, Jonathan wrote: I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. I'll bite: How? -- Richard Gaskin Managing Editor,

Re: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

J. Landman Gay wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)... A Modest Proposal: How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character typing convention for objects and

RE: set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

I want more ways of addressing an object. I could really use an altname property. Put 8 into field altname myField This way I can address a field by either its name or its altname. I have a definite use for that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On