On 2017-06-16 11:19, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
Mark,
regarding to recompiling widget for newer LC version:
If i use LC 8 and 9, do i have to recompile it every time i use the
other version?
Right now - yes - the lcm (compiled LCB) formats are not compatible.
There are a couple of potential solutions:
1) Make it so that multiple LCM versions can sit in the same extension.
We can package up the lcb toolchain for each version as a distinct
download to help with this.
2) Have a plugin in the IDE which fetches a git repo containing a widget
(or widgets) and compiles them locally. lc-compile is really lightweight
and bundled into the IDE so doing this automatically is quite
straight-forward.
Case (1) would work for people wanting to distribute lce files which
people can just install on their machine. Case (2) is suitable
particularly for community widgets - it would mean that anyone
subscribing to a particular 'widget repo' could get updates as soon as
they are pushed by the maintainer.
I think it is worth doing (1) regardless - it is a simple matter of
having say 'module.8.lcm' and 'module.9.lcm' files. The 9 format is
unstable until we go GM, but the 8 format is now 'stable' - i.e. won't
change ever again.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
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