2017-11-23 21:27 GMT+01:00 Bruce Pokras via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> > put replacetext(holdIt1,"[ ]{2,10}",empty) into holdIt > > Under 8.1.7 I get the dreaded spinning beachball, although the replacetext > action eventually finishes (after 20 minutes), and the script then runs to > completion. > > Any ideas about causes and cures for this issue? > Yes, I have one... from memory: the latest LC version which should work fine is 8.1.2 (stable) this bug was introduced when upgrading the PCRE lib from 8.33 to 8.39 Of course, better to check if what I'm saying is right as yesterday I was travelling all night :) Kind regards, Thierry -- ------------------------------------------------ Thierry Douez - sunny-tdz.com sunnYrex - sunnYtext2speech - sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage _______________________________________________ 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