All I did was plant the thought, and Bernd went nuts with it. Welcome to management. Where's my big paycheck and pin stripes? Anyway, we have been reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy slooooooooooooooooow as a community picking up the ball and running with it since LC went OSS. Every time we start going after ANYTHING in LC it's a plus, so I'm glad the dictionary is getting attention. I have a list of other LC components that I want to have fixed, but we will wait just a little longer, before getting someone to do the next one.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Mike Kerner wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > >> Mike Kerner wrote: > >> > >> > 4) Why is having an integrated editor important, if your edits made > >> > via an external editor take effect immediately? If we didn't need > >> > the L server hack to get live edits, we could use any editor. > >> > >> What is "the L server hack", and what is the threshold of acceptable > >> immediacy? > > > > Trevor, in his (L)evure framework (which is what brought the original > > topic up that inspired this thread) developed a way to get the LC IDE > > to act as a server/listener and ST to broadcast every time a > > .livecodescript file is edited. LC then unloads and reloads the .lcs > > file (whether it is a front or backscript, library, behavior, etc.), > > causing it to be updated live, as if it had been edited in the LC SE. > > Thanks. I has misread "hack" as "workaround". > > Sockets are of course are a very common method for processes to > communicate, and are generally pretty fast, esp. on the local machine. > > If you've seen delays I'll bet they can be addressed. > > The MC IDE used to have built-in support for external editors since the > olden days, and a more flexible socket-based method is even better. > > So far this thought experiment seems favorable to all who've responded. > For those who prefer a LiveCode-based editor, I can envision are project > very much like the one you started with the Dictionary, leaving scripted > components in the hands of capable scripters in the community so the engine > team could theoretically be freed up to do the things only they can do. > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web > ____________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- 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