Char Chooser

Is there any chance that the char chooser can be updated to encompass Unicode? Richmond. ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Re: Char Chooser

the secret is this message No, it's not; the secret is where 'pcmap' and 'macmap' are stored. On 7/16/11 9:01 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Is there any chance that the char chooser can be updated to encompass Unicode? The MC IDE is an open source community effort in which every user

Re: MetaCard Setup 2.01

On 06/30/2011 06:49 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: MetaCard Setup 2.01 is uploaded, and contains a bug fix for OS X and better engine version identification: http://www.metacard.livecodejournal.com/files/other_plugins/metacard_setup_201.rev.gz This version corrects the naming problem in OS X

Re: MetaCard Setup 2.0

On 06/29/2011 01:00 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: In the shadow of giants, I've updated MetaCard Setup to work with LiveCode 4.5 or higher. This version will not work with engines less than 4.5; if you need to install the older Rev engines into the IDE then use the older MetaCard Setup 1.0.3. You

Re: MetaCard Setup 2.0

On 06/29/2011 06:10 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 6/29/11 5:32 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: I wonder why 4.5-dp-4 is NOT recognised Is this on Linux, where I didn't test? If so, thanks for trying it. Could you tell me the full path to the application please? Yes; on Linux: /home

Re: MC IDE 4

On 23/04/2010 13:03, Klaus on-rev wrote: Hi all, Dear Klaus, How is the MC IDE 4 coming along? or are you going to hop a version and let us have 4.5? sorry for the long delay. I have been sick for a longer time and had (and still have) a lot of personal problems and now I lost my job and

MC IDE 4

Dear Klaus, How is the MC IDE 4 coming along? or are you going to hop a version and let us have 4.5? ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Re: MC IDE 4

On 23/04/2010 02:43, Richard Gaskin wrote: On 4/22/10 10:55 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Dear Klaus, How is the MC IDE 4 coming along? or are you going to hop a version and let us have 4.5? Richmond, I thought you had no interest in MC. I mess around with it from time to time; having

Re: Questons to IDE 4

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Klaus on-rev kl...@major.on-rev.com wrote: Hi friends, I am currently working on the new MC IDE 4 and while I am at this, there are some questions concerning the output of the new standalone building process. OS X: Would you like to output a: ppc, fat AND

Re: Metacard 4

Klaus Major wrote: Hi friends, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: This may have been already noticed here, I just want to make sure: The Rev Standalone files - necessary to build standalones - of versions 4 dp3 and dp4 do not work with the Metacard Standalone Builder. Version 3.5 does. Mark Waddingham

Re: Metacard 4

Klaus Major wrote: Am 07.10.2009 um 09:49 schrieb Richmond Mathewson: Klaus Major wrote: Hi friends, Wilhelm Sanke wrote: This may have been already noticed here, I just want to make sure: The Rev Standalone files - necessary to build standalones - of versions 4 dp3 and dp4 do not work

Re: Metacard 4

Epsecially sic transit gloria mundi. Love, Richmond. ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Re: Metacard 4

J. Landman Gay wrote: Wilhelm Sanke wrote: This may have been already noticed here, I just want to make sure: The Rev Standalone files - necessary to build standalones - of versions 4 dp3 and dp4 do not work with the Metacard Standalone Builder. Version 3.5 does. Mark Waddingham mentioned

Metacard 4

I had forgotten how awkward it was to get quite a lot of things donein Metacard as opposed to RunRev. I only 'made' Metacard 4 because, like the Eiger; it is there! I would also like to remind folk of the following inescapable facts: 1. You need to own some sort of RunRev Studio or Enterprise

Re: Metacard 4

Richard Gaskin wrote: Know the engine. Trust the engine. Use the engine. Mind-numbing mantras are used for just that; to numb the mind and stop all discussion and critical thinking. This is why, although I work only with RunRev, I keep looking at HyperNext, Elefat and so on, because, while

Metacard 4

I had Metacard 4 up and running with a dataGrid yesterday night. ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Export / Print / Write to PDF

Why do I think that there is/was a way to do this in Metacard? ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

MC hosed

Richard Gaskin's posting makes me wonder what they advantages of continuing to use MetaCard might be when it still costs the same to upgrade as Runtime Revolution? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson --- The Think Different Store http

File Browser

Just uploaded a primitive File Browser to RevOnline ( FILE POKER ) got a bit bogged down at one stage - would be grateful if all willing could download, play with, take to bits, criticise, reconstruct and generally be helpful with it. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

File Browser

a few things: http://www.kreativekorp.com/kko/software/hypercard/hyped.html unfortunately the links for version 3 have gone dead. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity

File Browser

Both Metacard and Runrime Revolution have inbuilt file browsers (of a rather primitive nature) - does anyone know whether it is possible to extract the Metacard file browser for modification? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

File Browser

to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006 --- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear

File Browser

Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

File Browser

Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

Bagpipes and IDEs

Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

Way off topic... just a happy day to share with you all...

Congratulations, Shari, NOT for buying a jazzy new Intel MAC! BUT for managing, somehow, in the ups and downs of life, the feeling of excitement and joy at being able to explore and work with something new! Lo9ve, Richmond Mathewson

How to set . . . Richmond runs amok

a decent manual (cough, cough, cough) I never did. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases

How to set stack decorations - the easy way.

on. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

How to set stack decorations and object colours.

is mine, the only rip-off is the aesthetic similarity. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases

Script Snatcher

Saved a few folk some time: have just uploaded a stack (SS.rev) that will extract all the scripts from a stack and export them as a text file. Download it at Richmond's RR Rantings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondsrrr sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

Colour Reference Palette

Have just uploaded something really fancy that makes up for this morning's feeble effort. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RRgraphix/ Have also learnt how to spell 'Reference' :) sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems

A Joke . . . Right On Topic

'out there' is having similar calendar problems? [A related Joke is that when I was 2 weeks' late delivering a product I had to pay a hefty penalty!] sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing

Background Objects?

of cards a la HC)? What a slow learner! sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson

Background Objects?

(img, button, fld, and so on) were to have backgroundBehavior-s as well. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases

OT: Grammatical blunders

-obfuscate them. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

How to sort cards by two sort criterions?

The plural of CRITERION is CRITERIA. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson

Mr X, his siteand a few reflections on love/hate relationships.

all his MC/RR work available to the wider community. I, for one, believe that a lot of his work was extremely valuable and too good to lose. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing

Something wrong in the state of Denmark?

Richard II sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

Something ROTTEN(, actually :-) in the state of Denmark?

in a nasty purge. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases. Mathewson, 2006

Rev licensing - post factum rulings ???

about Open Source when I offered them my programs for Free). Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Philosophical problems are confusions arising owing to the fluidity of meanings users attach to words and phrases

Something wrong in the state of Denmark?

This may sound a bit churlish, but it seems to connect with some other recent postings. I ordered and paid for RR Media about 10 days ago and have yet to receive an acknowledgement or a registration code. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

File format using RR 2.7 engine?

on the RR use-list this is causing merry hell in certain quarters). If I do the 'usual procedure' and transfer the RR engine to my MC Demo will this mean that should I modify stacks in my MetaCard 2.7 and then save them that they will end up being in the new file format? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

File format using RR 2.7 engine?

of either upgraded DreamCard or RR Media (I will be both shortly) will be able to open stacks authored with MetaCard with the 2.7 engine installed? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond

Mathewson's Metacard

a law somewhere I can only assure people that it was unwittingly - and I have no memory of being informed that Demo versions of Metacard were either: Illegal to upgrade by switching engines, or to continue using after MC's acquisition by RR. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

Embedded Paint Tools

the size of the Brush Chooser palette so those of us who don't just happen to own dual 30 inch monitors find that some space is left on the desktop for what is important. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http

Accusations of confluence . . .

present spat with Mr Rogowski of Apple - re yupercard availability - is getting pretty purple). sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Accusations of confluence . . .

noises about FREE/UNFREE. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Paint Tools - Love them, Hate them, Didn't know they were there?

as it concerns Paint Tools. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Identifying objects by their tooltips

I'm basically lazy and always look for a quick-n-easy way round things - and identifying by tooltips seems a lot more straightforward than custom props. Richmond __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Living together BUT not married: RR/MC and Linux

with it' and standalones ? ? ? This would certainly make things considerably more seamless. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

[OT] Humming Computers

) on Ubuntu and transferred them to both WIN and MAC - and they work 'seamlessly' (funny how that word is beginning to annoy me). Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

MC/RR and QT movies on Linux

in their shell-like ears. I'll keep you posted! Love, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

WAV files in UBUNTU 5.10

to be the most popular Linux distro. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Free RR 2.2.1 from Novell

) is how the original revolutionaries always get swept aside by more radical forces. Danton and Co. all ended up with their heads in baskets. Why I wrote that I will never work out . . . Ho, Ho, Ho. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's

Richmond snorts RR 2.6.1 - Linux Sound

to piss around (to use a technical phrase) with xanim is FANTASTIC! REALLY FANTASTIC! NOW, I'm going to buy the latest version of RR for Linux WHEN it both plays the sound files, and makes me sound like me . . . sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See

The solution to Runtime Revolution and Ubuntu RE AIF files.

Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com

Sound screws up in Linux

me that this is rather inefficient. I would be extremely grateful for any help in this area. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Sound on Linux and stupid Richmond

is WAV. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store

Oh Dear, Linux and Sound - A-A-A-A-GAIN

More egg-salad with the WAV files. 1. Is the problem that the WAV files are embedded? 1a. This seems unlikely as Kubuntu makes a hash of the same WAV files when played externally. 2. Whither QUICKTIME 4 LINUX and will this DO THE TRICK ? 3. Under-Documentation. 4. xanim - no, surely not?

Metacard for Linux ???

So, I have, lurking in the depths of one of my hard-drives the Metacard Trial editions for Mac and WIN, but not for Linux. Could anyone steer me in the right direction to obtain one? Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software

Animated GIF images in LINUX ???

Hey - Ho !! As Quicktime Movie clips are not much cop under Linux Richmond desperately fumbles for alternatives . . . Has anybody had any experience using animated GIF images in RR/MC stacks under LINUX ??? would be grateful for help, abuse (preferably aimed at RR/MC's limitations under Linux

MOV and AVI embedded files in Linux standalones

Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http

MOV and AVI embedded files in Linux standalones

that RR's priorities do not lie, in the first instance, with Linux (hence the lag in version numbers) but xanim is 5 years old: and Linux now is not what Linux was in 1999. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http

MOV and AVI embedded files in Linux standalones

Oh Dear, here's Richmond going back to the future and asking questions that were covered years ago. How does one get embedded quicktime movie files to play in Linux? sincerely, Richmond __ See Mathewson's software at:

Runtime Revolution/MetaCard standalones and Ubuntu ???

. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http

Runtime Revolution/MetaCard standalones and Ubuntu ???

standalone out of the box, so to speak, like standalones generated for Mac Classic, X or Windows. I have had RR standalones running very successfully on Linspire 5; but got stuck with Ubuntu and other Distros. Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's

Not only in Houston . . .

Maybe I have got something badly wrong, but . . . I opened up DC 2.6 and made 2 stacks: test1 and test2 (a bit like the Cat in the Hat!), imported an image into test1, and popped your script into a button on stack test2 - it 'choked' on 'grc 1' --- Now this is where I feel I am missing

RR Documentation, mini-bugs, and so on . . .

Well, I read something a bit odd by a chap called Jon on the Rev use-list about supposed bugs in the 2.6 documentation. And, being the sort that finds it awfully difficult to keep my mouth shut (no, surely not?) I thought I would bung in my few cents worth: Being the proud, new owner of

Why I won't buy an A9Home . . . On Topic!

As my first PC (as in Personal Computer - rather than clunking along on some terminal with somebody else's paw-prints all over it) was a BBC Master I have long longed for a RISC OS machine. The A9Home (at last) seems just the 'thing' (http://www.advantagesix.co.uk/products/A9home.html) smaller

A9Home and RR

RISC OS machines are a whole different ball-game to anything most of us are used to (i.e. PCs amd Macs) and the A9Home is not a 'bare-bones' machine coming from nowhere - it comes from a long series of RISC OS computers such as the Iyonix PC - and, further back, the Archimedes series that were

embedding objects in scrolling fields adolescents

of the world is hooked on the I want it now idea, and the servicing of the minimal attention span. I want to SLOW PUPILS DOWN so that they absorb information, see multimedia in a meaningful CONTEXT, and are forced to pay attention for more than a 2 second sound-bite. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

How I did 'allowObjects' - uploaded example

I have just uploaded a stack featuring a scrolling group (!!!) that looks like a scrolling text field containing various objects. download it by clicking on the blue button SCROLLER COASTER on the 'Files' page of my website. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

allowObjects Jeanne devoto

texts within Scrollable fields. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

leaveField

I have just been playing with the SuperCard 4.5 demo and found something that was rather good: leaveField, enterField and so on I haven't managed to work out the equivalents in MetaTalk/Transcript possibly - if there aren't any, it is time there was??? Richmond Mathewson

And here is the Super Card 4.5 'Killer'

allowObjects this allows embedded objects (images and so forth) inside FIELDS Of course SC is limited to Macs which seems a bit odd as a lot of people (!!!) use Windows and Linux. Notwithstanding this - it would be really super to have scrolling text fields with embedded images: at least from

WordWrap revisited

fonts and somewhere 'funny' in Unicode fonts. It is especially disturbing because Slavic languages (such as Bulgarian) have LONG, POLYSYLLABIC word that look awful if they are conyinually chopped up. Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software

Embedded objects inside fields

As usual I have bolted the door after the horse has bolted! However (!) the allowObjects seems rather elegant and straightforward. Richmond __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Speech Synthesis?

Yes - revSpeak However, as far as I know, this is not really intrinsic to RR; but elicits the speech synthesis capabilities of the operating system on which the stack/standalone is functioning. This is a bit of a problem as you cannot be responsible for whether your end user has speech synthesis

Word Wrap . . .

Dear Brian Yennie, Yes, you are quite right re 'dontWrap'. maybe I was a bit unclear about what is happening: my Bulgarian text (dontWrap is false) just breaks as soon as it hits the right-hand side of the field so (and I will use an English word here as an example) we might have: fanta

Word Wrap . . . Bad News for Bulgarians and other non-Roman script users

. --- I'll pop my silly 'dontWrap' widget up to the Lexicall repository after lunch, and those who are interested can download it via my website. Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond

Word Wrap - go pictorial!

I have just uploaded one, not particularly satisfactory solution to the Lexicall repository PICTORIAL TEXT.rev. This is based in an idea from Jeanne deVotot in 2004 - it presents lovely, readable text that will remain the same across any platform (because it isn't text at all) - but, of course,

Word Wrap, crossed-eyes, and so forth with text-fields

I suppose I am trying to reinvent the wheel (my problem is that my wheels are square), but . . . If I set wordWrap to true words get chopped in half if I set wordWrap to false one has to scroll laterally and vertically, and the whole thing is unusable. I would like (as, I suspect, would

Importing Unicode

documents... Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http

Various forms of this e-mail . . .

Yes, they do . .. I posted this 'variant' at the behest of Dr Marielle Lange who felt that my previous version was a bit too 'stroppy' and that this variant would make it clear that I had no 'beef' with commercial software as such. By the way: I have never had a RR licence: the firm (Articulate

Any Linux users for Unicode ???

So I built a standalone of my MCQ thing and popped it across my little home LAN to the machine running Ubuntu 5 and the unicode in the fields went wonky. Not entirely surprised. Notwithstanding this, it shows that MC/RR is not quite as platform independent a RAD as we all would like it to be.

Richmond's Mumblings

1. Get my Multi-Lingual (i.e.works with Unicode) Multiple Choice test template via my website now. 2. Just checked out the revJournal website again: wondering whether to remove the link from my homepage ??? Love, Richmond __ See Mathewson's

Revised Statement

to the development of widgets. John Richmond Mathewson. 2 June 2005 __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Revised Statement

to the development of widgets. John Richmond Mathewson. 2 June 2005 __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

I'm walking the world to fight hunger... Join me!

Dear Friend, I just signed-up to join tens of thousands of others from around the world to help eradicate child hunger on Sunday 12 June. There's a Fight Hunger: Walk the World event in our area, so I hope that you'll join me for this event. It should be a lot of fun. This will also be a powerful

Invisible programs . . autostart . . . other speculations

AS one can autostart Windows CDs I suppose it would be theoretically possible to make the primary executable invisible to the end-user ? ? ? Any bright ideas about AUTOSTART on Mac ? Love, Richmond __ See Mathewson's software at:

MCQ test that handles non-Latin languages

Having played with Dr Sanke's MCQ test I was a bit cheesed-off to find that it couldn't cope with Bulgarian. So an attempt at an MCQ test that can cope with 'funny' alphabets is now available for downlaod via my website. Love, Richmond __ See

Invisible folders on Windows: attempts at copy protection

Har, Har, Har. . . Richmond fondly imagines that he can prevent pirating (this is especially goofy in Bulgaria which is world capital of pirate software): never mind, indulge me a moment, Please. I had a 'daft' idea of popping a .txt document containing some daft text (e.g. Happy Christmas)

Website Update

Dear xTalk Afficionados, I have updated my website - not in a radical way; mainly because I have been extremely impressed by a FREE game for Windows and Macintosh released by the World Food Organization with associated lesson plans and so on for teachers. A few observations about the

revJournal???

Does anybody else get a 'funny' feeling about what has happened to the revJournal website? For starters: although it was a bit sluggish it did have some good stuff: this all seems to have been thrown away! Why do I also feel a bit peculiar when I read My name is John Doe ? I am wondering if the

revJournal???

in the open, and both you and I can feel better! Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

Richmond repays a Philosophical Debt

Dear Runtime Revolution Afficionados, Sarah - You Got Me There! My website now sports a BIG PURPLE BUTTON which leads to the source code for my Master's Thesis - weighing in at 17MB in its zipped form. Go Get It! Love, Richmond __ See

Richmond has uploaded 50+ RR widgets

Dear Runtime Revolution Afficionados, I dug around in my hard-drives and uploaded about 50 bits of fluff - ranging from a Bulgarian Text Analyzer to a silly program that flashes colours. Do with them what you want. Love, Richmond __ See

A Philosophical Point

to the growth of the product. For my masters thesis I used Runtime Revolution 2.0.1 ? the last free version. None of the free versions are available for download any more. John Richmond Mathewson. 27 April 2005 --- The Think Different Store http

The INNER and the OUTER need to be separated

this matter quite a bit of thought - and try to do something to provide viable and robust alternatives. Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

THESIS now available

for his very kind offer of help. Wishing you all an extremely xTalky New Year. Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html

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