Hi Bill: When you "start using stack xyz..." you are using it as a library stack :-)
See the docs under "start using" or the "library" command. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 4/29/15, 1:37 PM, "William Prothero" <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: >Scott: >I use substacks as code libraries in a large project. The substack >handlers are callable (without specifying the substack name) from any >other substack and also from the main stack. It is like having a giant >stack script. Of course, you have to ³Start using mySubstack² to make the >code available. You can also remove the substack and use it elsewhere and >attach it to another main stack by setting its mainStack property. e.g. >set the mainStack of this stack to ³myMainStack². > >I find it very convenient. But, as I get more familiar with Livecode, >I¹ll like the libraries approach. > >Best, >Bill > > >> On Apr 29, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: >> >> Another thing about libraries: they can have substacks if needed. Of >>course, substacks can't. >> >> Phil Davis >> >> >> On 4/29/15 10:36 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: >>> I imagine you'll get a lot of responses to this, but one reason to use >>>a >>> library is its code is available to all open stacks in LC: functions, >>> commands, etc. Sort of like having a backscript for all open stacks, >>> instead of just one. A substack doesn't do this. >>> >>> Another frame of reference that might help is the difference between >>> behaviors and libraries: code in behaviors is object-specific, >>>available >>> only to those objects that have the behavior assigned to them, while >>>code >>> in libraries is universal, available to all objects anywhere, and >>>doesn't >>> require any assignment. >>> >>> Other people will probably chime in with additional insights. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/29/15, 9:56 AM, "Mike Kerner" <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have not read a straight answer on this, yet. >>>> >>>> Library stacks vs. substacks why use one vs. the other? I don't see >>>>any >>>> clear advantage to Libraries, per se, even for...libraries. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth >>>> On the second day, God created the oceans. >>>> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, >>>> and did a little diving. >>>> And God said, "This is good." >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> Phil Davis >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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