This sounds absolutely wonderful, Alex, except I can’t find it as you described.
Roger > On Sep 30, 2021, at 7:27 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > On 30/09/2021 15:02, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: >> On 06/09/2021 15:14, Kevin Miller via use-livecode wrote: >> >>> Upgrading this could be a very useful project. There is a lot of content in >>> there but it has the issues you list. > > So I had a look at what could be done just within the IDE for revonline. > There's an old joke about a tourist in Ireland who realizes she(*) is lost, > and ask for directions from an old farmer at the side of the road. "Well", > says he, "if I wanted to go there, I wouldn't start from here." > > I found the revonline scripts rather complex, and I couldn't easily see how > to solve the issues mentioned previously, in that context. And the bottom > line is that it's not a complex problem that needs to be solved. The login / > register / upload features all work just fine - the problems are with the > searching / browsing / filtering, and are generally related to either (very) > poor performance or unclear UI. > > In the end, I just couldn't produce worthwhile improvements, so instead I > wrote a plugin that handles the searching / filtering / browsing / > downloading parts, and which omits the login/upload parts entirely. > > It can be downloaded from "Sample Stacks" in the IDE toolbar (it's called > "Sample Stacks" and is tagged as IDE and Plugin). Install as a plugin in the > usual way. > > UI is very similar to the existing IDE version - simplified a bit. > > - search box automatically (and immediately) updates as you type, so the > "Go" button was removed > > - everything happens in < 1 second, so the progress bar was removed. > > - the grid/list choice was removed (the old 'list' stye was hard to use or > understand) > > - tags in the left-hand box are alphabetized > > - the grid is a single long scrolling group, rather than being paged and > scrolled > > There is one issue I haven;t tracked down yet - sometimes the scrolling using > mousepad doesn't work initially; scrolling with the scrollbar seems to be > enough to "revive" it. > > Let me know if you try it and have any problems or suggestions. > > Thanks > > Alex. > > > > > (*) "she" is not sexist - had it been a man he would never have admitted to > being lost and so would never have asked the question :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
