Then please also make sure to submit this to Edinburgh. I want this to be my official dictionary.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:41 PM, BNig via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Skip Kimpel via use-livecode wrote > > On 03/22/2017 12:46 PM, BNig via use-livecode wrote: > > > >> Hi Mark, > >> > >> tinyDictionary tries on preopenCard -> loadPreferences to find via > >> put specialFolderPath("support") into tFolderSupport > >> an "application support" folder and there a "LcTinyDict" folder where it > >> tries to create a txt file "tinyPrefs.txt" > >> > >> This is in the card script. > >> > >> If it can not create the folder then the alert appears. I don't know > >> anything about Linux and where that folder might be. Or may be it is a > >> permission thing? > > > > Ah. > > The good folks at LC haven't found it neccesary to allow more than a > > handful of folderIdentifiers for linux. And in spite of what the > > documentation says, the result is *not* set to "folder not found" when a > > non-supported or nonexistent folderIdentifier is specified - it's just > > empty, which is somewhat less useful. > > > > I default saving preferences files to the directory where the saving > > stack lives, and normally that's my user Plugins folder, and I use the > > undocumented (http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16189) > > revEnvironmentUserPluginsPath() function to get those. > > > > -- > > Mark Wieder > > > > > ahsoftware@ > > > Thanks Mark, > I will try to implement revEnvironmentUserPluginsPath() function for Linux > in the next version > > Kind regards > Bernd > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution. > 278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-tinyDictionary-tp4713256p4713274.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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