At 3:50 PM -0800 1/10/02, Ken Norris wrote: >Should I go ahead and trash 1.1 and DL 1.1.1 beta instead, and go ahead and >use it for development? I'm just beginning with RR, but I've been using HC >2.4.1 for some time, and want to transfer the shells and rebuild the color >with appropriate handler changes, etc. > >What say ye?
You're probably safe either way -- I'm using 1.1 for things I need to release immediately, 1.1.1 for anything that won't see the light of day for a month or two. >Please note, I'm a bit intimidated by all the palettes, menu options, etc. I >expect I'll be getting lost quite often for a while, so please be patient >with 'dumb' questions. I'll be developing on a Mac. My goal with much of the >software is to keep it simple and memory efficient enough to run on older >machines, so impaired folks on fixed incomes can afford to use them. > >There are several things I need to know about RR: > >1) Can I use it to control X-10 devices? Anything done with this type of >thing yet? Since I know SuperCard can do this, I'd bet Revolution can too. However, I haven't done it. >2) I want to use it to send and receive text-only (for now, e.g., no >attachments or graphics) eMail using something simple, like Claris. Or is it >possible to build my own emailer with RR itself? How about this? Revolution has socket access, but no built-in SMTP (yet). So rolling your own is definitely possible, but not particularly simple. You should be able to email using the default email client (on a Mac) using an Apple Event or an AppleScript. >3) I need to develop full speech feedback for the vision impaired. I know >this will need to be handled differently on each platform, but that's OK. >Anyone done such a thing? Are there examples for PC's (I know relatively >little about P.C.'s or Windows)? I think speech was part of the Externals, released by RunRev, but separately from Revolution. It's a little hard to find now (I don't remember where they put it and I'm offline right now, sorry. >I'm quite excited about joining the group, using RR, et.al., and hope it's >as friendly and helpful as the HC group. We try :-) regards, Geoff _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution