1. AND a great movie! 2. Correct.. most SHOULD 3. and 4. I honestly don’t know, which is why I asked. If something was giving me as much grief for as often and as long as the OP has ranted about, on multiple occaisions, I would make my life easier and abandon ship. Why pull your hair out..? In time, it will fall out on its own. 5. Please… joke away! I’m a big fan of comedy and will give you credit for any jokes I steal use. 6. If you continue to use a hammer instead of a screwdriver, you WILL get the job done… but then don’t curse the wood for damaging 7. I rather enjoy your rants. I actually look for them in certain threads… please (and I mean this sincerely) Rant Away! They make my day.
> On Aug 25, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Richmond via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Well; let's consider that suggestion: > > 1. The Holy Grail was an abstract idea dreamt up by the Knights Templars. > > 2. Most people have worked out by the time they are about 35 that perfection > is a dangerous illusion. > > 3. "Years of hell": Why do you suppose the OP has stuck with LiveCode for the > length of time he has if it has been 'hell'? > > 4. "find another language that will do exactly what you want" . . . ouch, I > hurt my leg falling off the chair with laughter. > > 5. Why do I get a "funny feeling" that by calling yourself 'Paul Pystcat' you > are an undercover agent pushing Python (a language > which I could say one or two "fruity" things about)? > > 6. The OP is NOT a fool; that is quite obvious from his previous postings > over a number of years, and he would not be > posting the sort of thing he posted if he were considering abandonong > LiveCode. > > 7. Err . . . on the subject of rants and "squishes" . . . > > On 25.08.20 16:11, Paul Pystcat via use-livecode wrote: >> I really have to ask… if you are having such problems that are so >> insurmountable using LiveCode, then why not just abandon ship…? Seriously. >> If this is such a showstopper, why not find another language that will do >> exactly what you want..? Don’t waste any more of your time. Do it. You >> may find the Holy Grail and all will be well… you can look back on your >> years of hell with LiveCode and laugh at us that remain. >> >>> On Aug 25, 2020, at 6:01 AM, Pi Digital via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Not Fridge, Fork. >>> >>> I assume (dangerously) from your reply that you do not have to make real >>> world applications for corporate branded customers. Where design has been >>> done by a branding team with a 12 - 120 page Production guide). Someone >>> like the BBC, Channel 4, NBC, or their subsidiaries. Like Saatchi and >>> Saatchi, Mars, Ford, Pfizer, Virgin, VTech, Bandai. >>> >>> My case study this project. Two week turnaround (first week primary >>> development wireframed , second week skin and output for Windows(primary >>> output)/Mac(Backup)). Tv gameshow multiscreen (some split across multiple >>> screens themselves) for live recording screen graphics. 35 cards (or >>> frames, pages, slides, whatever you want to call them) plus video inserts >>> all with live updated content input by a controller on a remote machine (pc >>> or Mac as they see fit on the day) as the show progresses. >>> >>> As the platform my POC and his office colleagues was using was a PC it made >>> sense to do development in Windows for output to PC and Mac for studio >>> techs to pick from based on location around the studio (the gallery for >>> controllers, back stage and stage floor). It is arse-umed that how it looks >>> on Windows is how it should look on any other platform we distribute to >>> including the various output sizes (1024x576SD, 960x540HHD, 1920x1080HD, >>> 3840x2160 4k). Everything has to match to the pixel. That’s how branding >>> works. We have no issue with that moving between platforms in editing and >>> graphics platforms, so post production facilities (mine included) could not >>> conceive or perceive that it would be any different in a development >>> environment. Design it in photoshop on a pc and send it to your colleagues >>> working in After Effects on a Mac and send it back to an editor on a PC >>> running Premiere and it looks the same end to end. That is ‘just the way it >>> is’! >>> >>> So, after developing at a stupid rate, 12 solid 14-18hr days, we have the >>> finished app layered out (don’t get me back on the layering embargo), >>> animated with text & graphic moves and effects, ready for deployment out to >>> Mac and PC. Tick the boxes in the standalone settings, build and open in >>> their respective platforms. >>> >>> Only to find that everything you had laid out perfectly matching on PC is >>> totally screwed on the Mac. Opening up the stack on the Mac, it’s the same >>> thing. Now with only one day to go I am forced to work out the fastest way >>> to realign every text box (anything from 2 - 200 per card) so they match >>> exactly regardless of platform. Like is done automatically on any other >>> software we use. >>> >>> That’s ‘real world’ development. Not to mention my current bread and butter >>> job for Porrima which has, to date, 47 substacks, 377 cards, 10,800+ text >>> objects and is now being ported from PC o et to HTML5 by way of a tonne of >>> NON-CODE-ONCE workarounds and layout alterations. >>> >>> It’s this kind of BS that keeps me mental, ensures I don’t get too sane. >>> Makes sure you get a good rant out of me every week or month. >>> >>> Sean Cole >>> Pi Digital >>>> That is HowTF (What do you mean exactly by "How Tin Fridge"?) ;-), I get >>>> things done. >>>> >>>> Best, Richmond. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
