That seems sensible. You could file an enhancement request ;-) To be honest it's more a case of "not everything has been done yet" than "we think you ought to do it this long-winded way".
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 7:33 PM Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/10/15 20:33, Colin Holgate wrote: > > Click on the star and you can choose from a long list of built in > images. The dollar sign looking one is near the bottom. > > > > Failing that, you can open an SVG file in a text editor, and copy the > path data part, to paste into the iconPath field in LiveCode. > > > > Now, they should add a Source option, which could do the retrieving of > the path data for you. That would be handy. > > I am probably expecting too much: I was expecting the ability to import > an svg file to be present in the > > File / Import as Control / Image file menu item. > > And why, forbye, is that not the case? The way it is implemented is > awkward, non-logical, and, frankly bloody-minded. > > R. > > > > > > >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Richmond <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On 09/10/15 20:08, Colin Holgate wrote: > >>> My guess is that it’s because it might have been a goal in the > Kickstarter campaign. That may be why they added the SVG Widget. You should > try it. > >> Well, I did and could not for the life of me work out how it worked. > >> > >> I ended up with what looked like a Communist star, and no indication > how I could import, for the sake of argument, > >> a dollar sign in .svg format. > >> > >> Richmond. > >> > >>>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Richmond <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Why do I have a feeling that the ability to import vector images as > vector graphics > >>>> was meant to be one of the goals of the kickstarter? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
