Dear Revolutionaries I have some newbie questions ...
What would be the best way in Rev. to create a reusable code library - e.g. to do 3D mathematics? Would I create it as a stack script in an otherwise empty stack and then load the stack into my apps and keep it invisible? Do all stacks have to have a toplevel window? I am still a little unclear on the relationship of stacks, substacks and cards. Supposing I have created a mainstack already - what is the difference between adding a new card to the mainstack or adding a new substack? Stacks and substacks both have to have at least one main card - yes? How is the relationship of a substack to its stack, different from that of a card to its stack (or substack)? How could I draw graphics with code rather than interactively with the graphics tool? Supposing I wanted to e.g. draw and show a contour map of a terrain from a numerical set of coordinates and elevations provided by a surveyor? Can I call a function in an external library from rev. e.g. from a windows DLL? If so, how would I do this exactly? Can I create and use lists (unkeyed arrays) in rev? I believe that compiled rev. applications are using a runtime engine - what is the performance of this approach compared to C (at the fast end) or Java (at the slow end)? Are some rev. features slow compared to others? How should I use program in rev. to get the best performance? I also have a comment or two ... The lack of a decent manual makes it hard to assess how useful rev is for applications that are more than just a GUI with some scripting in the background. The help information and documentation seems fairly comprehensive but rather spread around, making it hard to find stuff unless you already know the name of the keyword or function you're looking for. Is there anywhere on the web where I could find a conceptual overview of the Transcript programming language? Revolution is potentially very interesting, but I am really having a hard time figuring out whether it can really do what I want it to do, so that I could stump up the cash for it with confidence. If it's really just a GUI builder, I cannot tell how easy it would be to combine it with other libraries to do the beind the scenes computation - or maybe rev. can do that for me as well - are there any examples of more elaborate applications out there that could shed some light on Revolution's abilities as a general development platform? Sorry it's a bit long - lots to ask! Best Gordon _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution