On 04/05/2016 16:00, Mark Wieder wrote:
Now that LC8 is out I'm offically announcing an end-of-life for the glx2
script editor.
There is an LC bug that renders glx2 unusable on linux - it still works
fine on osx, and as far as I know, on Windows, although I haven't
bothered testing that. There's really no incentive for the LiveCode team
to fix the bug, as it so far only has an impact on the script editor,
and only on linux. I do appreciate the time the team has put into trying
to fix it so far, but the ROI isn't there to narrow this down.
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15617
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16880
Fraser has spent a lot of time trying to figure out why these issues are
happening, and it's got him (and the rest of us) stumped. All the
engine source code is available, so we'd be overjoyed if someone
cleverer than us was able to solve the problem!
Then Mark would be able to continue to support GLX2, people wouldn't get
funny hangs if they disable the toolbar, and the LiveCode world would
generally be a happier and more Linux-script-editory place as a result.
Peter
The glx2 script editor is still available online at
https://bitbucket.org/mwieder/glx2/downloads
and will continue to be there. I'm not getting rid of it, I'm just not
working on it any more. Linux is my main operating system, and has been
for some years now. If I can't use tools, especially code that I've
written myself, then there's no point in maintaining them. The latest
version is GLX2_Code19_beta7.zip. I had hoped this bug would be fixed so
that I could release a real version 19, but that's something that has to
be done at the engine level, not from a scripted level.
Feel free to grab the script editor, use it on other operating systems,
do what you want with the open-source code, etc. Have fun, don't hurt
yourselves, look both ways when crossing the street.
--
Dr Peter Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com>
LiveCode Open Source Team
LiveCode 2016 Conference: https://livecode.com/edinburgh-2016/
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