Re: RunRev 4 on Mac OS 10.3
Well, here I am in Merry England - or, to put it another way, Smug England; the country that is creeping towards a police state, and where everybody is convinced the place is better than anywhere else. Nice to see Mum and Dad, but will be jolly glad to go back to Bulgaria; at least the Bulgarians, despite all the really obvious problems with their country don't have CCTV cameras on every corner, draconian regulations about everything, and think they are the bee's knees. Somebody eve said well, at least we still have a free press. Har, har, har. So, to RunRev: I am typing this on an original, tray-loading iMac: Machine Model:iMac CPU Type:PowerPC 750 (2.2) Number Of CPUs:1 CPU Speed:233 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU):512 KB Memory:160 MB Bus Speed:67 MHz Boot ROM Version:1.3.f2 running Mac OS X 10.3.9 glacially slow (as I will be taking possession of this machine in the summer I will run the Crucial scanner on it and pop it up to its max of 512 RAM then), but it runs RunRev Studio 4 without any hitches at all. The only real snags being the lack of a firewire port (backups run very slowly onto an external HD via USB) and the max screen res of 1024 x 768. Auto-detected Dad's Ethernet-Broadband modem! very nice, compact little machine. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: What problems are you having, Richmond? Here, the 3.5 updater crashes on 10.3 :-( -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer Full PayPal integration and automation in web site or (Revolution/SuperCard/other) software. Contact me for a quote before 1 Jan 2010 and we'll charge (reduced) 2009 prices. http://economy-x-talk.com/contact.html Op 20 dec 2009, om 09:33 heeft Richmond Mathewson het volgende geschreven: Has anybody got RunRev 4 running on Mac OS 10.3 (Panther)? sincerely, Richmond Mathewson. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- --- http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html --- ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Firstly, Happy New Year. It has started well for me because with the help of the list I have solved the above. Last problem of 2009, and first solution of 2010! I tried pretty much all the suggestions. (I skipped the suggestion of saving to the standalone folder, because the Windows virtualisation dragon would eat the data.) I relabelled the path to avoid non vanilla characters... I rescripted to save by changing the defaultfolder. In fact, I rescripted several times to use different methods. All worked in OS X, and none worked in Windows. As far as I can make out, the problem is something to do with representing the path as a variable. If the path was in quotes, it worked OK both as a script and in the message box. If defined as a variable, it didn't work. The solution was simply to refer directly to the line in the field containing the full path. So, set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to binfile: the last line of field snapshots worked, but .. put the last line of field snapshots into k set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to binfile: k .. didn't. The only thing I could think of is that on Win a character in the URL which is benign on the Mac is interpreted as part of the address, but only when copied into a variable, not when read directly from the field. Anyhoo. Fixed now. Now to get going with ScreenSteps, and make a manual. Thanks again for all the suggestions. David Glasgow ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Happy New Year
Happy New year to all you lovely list people, and may the forthcoming decade (should that be the teenies?) be truly Revolutionary for each and every one of you! David ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Of course this should make no difference... try using parens set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to (binfile: k) answer (binfile: k) Of course, Win32 may like \ instead of / in path names so try replace / with \ in k set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to binfile: k answer (binfile: k) On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:00 AM, David Glasgow wrote: put the last line of field snapshots into k set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to binfile: k .. didn't. Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Easier syntax for quoting text and html?
2009/12/31 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com
--// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces
--// javascript honors both quote types
--build the Rev string without ANY ampersands
--use single, not double quotes
I use single quote - but run into some problems so got lazy and replaced
then at the end with replace ' with quote. Not sure what situations cause
the problems - is it OK to use single quotes in Rev htmlText? Not sure. But
thanks for the tip
NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to make html
quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant solution
to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with regard to
html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make read/writeability
that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts.
My personal choice would be to have an in-script syntax for putting raw text
into a variable. The idea would be that you could type the text inside some
sort of markup, in a way in which you could write anything, and then assign
it to a variable. That way you could just copy html or whatever and paste it
into the script editor - easy and readable.
While you can do this with custom properties - and the IDE could be changed
to make it easier to relate values in custom properties to the scripts by
showing both in the same window - I'd prefer the ability to do this all in a
script. This is also important for iRev server side scripts, where custom
properties are less easy to use.
My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and constants.
Currently we have:
local someHtml = b hello world /
How about something like:
local someHtml = {
b hello world /
}
This would then allow doing things like:
local someHtml = {
It is btraditional/ to say Happy New Year at this time of year, why
not?
You could 'single quote' or double quote etc
}
Alternatives could be to use quotes as they are (but allow a special
exception for multiple lines):
local someHtml =
b hello world /
or to use C style quotes:
local someHtml = /*
b hello world /
*/
If you like this suggestion maybe vote for it / improve it here -
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8517
NB - at the same time perhaps as implementing this RunRev could take the
opportunity to enhance local/constant functionality by allowing a script to
assign values to locals (and constants?) as the value of an expression:
local someHtml = the htmltext of fld 1
local someValue = fetchSomething(new)
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Strange behaviour of arrowkey handler
Hi all, happy new year to all of you! My new year started with some confusion, which I am sure one of you can help me with. I have a data grid group, which should do something when the user changes the selected line using an arrow key. I have put the following handler into the group script: on arrowKey tkey local tdata local mykey put tkey into mykey answer the key was mykey with Ok! titled Arrow Key if ( ( mykey is down ) or ( mykey is up ) ) then put the dgdata[the dgline of group procdg] of group procdg into tdata answer tdata[id] with Ok! titled selected process end if pass arrowKey end arrowKey It does throw the first answer, displaying the correct key value. Unfortunately, it does not evaluate the if clause. The second answer is never fired. Can anybody point me into the direction of the mistake I made? Many thanx! Zarpa___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Easier syntax for quoting text and html?
Imagine in my right hand I hold a snowball, and off to my left is an
actuarial expert with a very powerful calculator that will determine
the odds of it reaching the target of multi-line and C-style code in
the xTalk IDE. I hurl the snowball, the LED display flickers and the
answer is 7734.
Oh wait, it is the old calculator trick of showing the answer upside
down.
Could not resist the joke that made the rounds in the late 1960's when
I was in college.
Anyway, the archives have the discussion of the anomaly of being able
to set a variable using an equal sign instead of 'put'.
I think this only occurs when declaring a local or constant with a
value.
To me the origins are uncertain.
Consider that IREV allows the following 3-line script to work by
reading each line literally...
html
It is btraditional/b to say Happy New Year at this time of year,
why
/html
The real power of the web servers is in javascript, jquery, and php...
so now where do we stop on the slippery slope of editing features that
appeal to web programmers?
As you can tell, I am fine with Rev editor conventions since I use the
chunking tools to build the many constructs I need for web server
programming.
As Trevor did many years ago, someone may build a lib stack that does
the same thing for HTML as he did for SQL.
Maybe the team is working on this already.
Happy New Year
Jim Ault
Las Vegas
On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:10 AM, David Bovill wrote:
2009/12/31 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com
--// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces
--// javascript honors both quote types
--build the Rev string without ANY ampersands
--use single, not double quotes
I use single quote - but run into some problems so got lazy and
replaced
then at the end with replace ' with quote. Not sure what
situations cause
the problems - is it OK to use single quotes in Rev htmlText? Not
sure. But
thanks for the tip
NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to
make html
quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant
solution
to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with
regard to
html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make read/
writeability
that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts.
My personal choice would be to have an in-script syntax for putting
raw text
into a variable. The idea would be that you could type the text
inside some
sort of markup, in a way in which you could write anything, and then
assign
it to a variable. That way you could just copy html or whatever and
paste it
into the script editor - easy and readable.
While you can do this with custom properties - and the IDE could be
changed
to make it easier to relate values in custom properties to the
scripts by
showing both in the same window - I'd prefer the ability to do this
all in a
script. This is also important for iRev server side scripts, where
custom
properties are less easy to use.
My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and
constants.
Currently we have:
local someHtml = b hello world /
How about something like:
local someHtml = {
b hello world /
}
This would then allow doing things like:
local someHtml = {
It is btraditional/ to say Happy New Year at this time of
year, why
not?
You could 'single quote' or double quote etc
}
Alternatives could be to use quotes as they are (but allow a special
exception for multiple lines):
local someHtml =
b hello world /
or to use C style quotes:
local someHtml = /*
b hello world /
*/
If you like this suggestion maybe vote for it / improve it here -
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8517
NB - at the same time perhaps as implementing this RunRev could take
the
opportunity to enhance local/constant functionality by allowing a
script to
assign values to locals (and constants?) as the value of an
expression:
local someHtml = the htmltext of fld 1
local someValue = fetchSomething(new)
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Re: Context menu for Header of DataGrid
On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Mark Stuart wrote: I followed your lessons with success. But now the mouseDown handler overrides any normal behavior of the DataGrid. That is, resizing of columns no longer works. Clicking on a column header no longer sorts a column. So it seems a else - end if section of script is needed to detect left mouse button, to complete normal behavior actions. Could you please amend the lesson to correct the missing behaviors? I forgot to add a call to dgMouseDown to the mouseDown handler. I've updated the code in the lesson. http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/8411-How-Do-I-Display-a-Contextual-Menu-When-the-User-Clicks-on-a-Column-Header- For more information about dgMouseDown see this lesson: http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/manuals/datagrid/lessons/7316-How-Do-I-Add-a-mouseDown-Event-To-The-Data-Grid-Without-Breaking-It- -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Learning Systems ScreenSteps: http://www.screensteps.com Releasable Revolution Resources for Developers: http://revolution.bluemangolearning.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[ANN] tRev Feature Friday - make bookmarks in handler list with handler tags
Dear tRev users and watchers, With our new handler tags feature, you can turn short comments within your code into bookmarks within your handler list. We have a short video showing how to make and use handler tags: http://reveditor.com/feature-friday-leave-bookmarks-in-handler-lis Handler Tags! - now you can tag your handlers by typing handler comments like this: -- my tag - place these special tag comments inside the handler, not outside with folder comments - handler tags show up in the handler list indented beneath their parent handler - these tags work like bookmarks within the handlers list - handlers tags are never sorted in the handler list - click a handler's tag in handler list and navigate quickly to a specific area within a large handler - handler tags themselves cannot be dragged, but are dragged when parent handler is dragged - using these tags beats folding control structures, IMHO Fixes: - leading spaces at top of handler are now removed when handler is formatted - removing these spaces making make the handler appear properly in the handler list - dropping a handler on its home line no longer leaves orange insertion bar - a home line drop will no longer select the first line of the script when it should not - after dragging and dropping text within editor's code field, the tab is now marked dirty Best, Jerry Daniels Want to edit something? We can help with tText! http://reveditor.com/purchase-ttext ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Imagesource of char not working as expected in Windows
Jim Ault wrote: Of course this should make no difference... try using parens set the imageSource of last char of fld ResultsT to (binfile: k) answer (binfile: k) I was about the suggest the same thing. It does make a difference. The parentheses are required to force evaluation. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [ANN] tRev Feature Friday - make bookmarks in handler list with handler tags
On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Jerry Daniels wrote: With our new handler tags feature, you can turn short comments within your code into bookmarks within your handler list. We have a short video showing how to make and use handler tags: Brilliant. Jerry, this one kicks @ss. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [ANN] tRev Feature Friday - make bookmarks in handler list with handler tags
Thanks, Troy! Best, Jerry Daniels The latest Rev Editor Video: http://reveditor.com/feature-friday-leave-bookmarks-in-handler-lis On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Troy Rollins wrote: On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Jerry Daniels wrote: With our new handler tags feature, you can turn short comments within your code into bookmarks within your handler list. We have a short video showing how to make and use handler tags: Brilliant. Jerry, this one kicks @ss. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
on deleteGroup
Just noticed that the deleteGroup message is not sent when the group is nested - anyone got an idea how to get around this? Say you have a group that you want to do some tidying up if a user deletes it - and so you put a handler like this in the group itself: on deleteGroup beep doSomeTidying pass deleteGroup end deleteGroup Which works fine if it is a toplevel group - but when this group is inside another group deleting the toplevel group triggers a deleteGroup message which travels up the hierarchy to the card - but no deleteGroup messages are sent from the inner groups - this means you can't attach appropriate behaviors to the groups. Wandering if anyone has looked at this - I can't think how to do it as deleteGroup is sent after deletion so even a frontscript would not be able to tell what was inside a deleted group. Even the new closeControl message does not seem to be sent in these circumstances? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Opening a doc in a cd or fld
Hi Hershel, Not tried yet, but it could be possible to open a pdf directly on a Rev stack by using the revBrowser external. The revBrowser external allow you to open a browser on a stack. Since it is possible to open a pdf in a common browser, no reason that the revBrowser could not do same. For .doc and .xls it depends if you're on mac or windows. On windows it maybe possible to open those formats in a browser by using ActiveX controls. -Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8) 2009/12/31 Hershel Fisch hersh...@syp2u4c.com: Thanks, this opens it up In it own window, my question if I could open in a rev stack? Hershel ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Multipage icons
I'm used to creating icons with a separate icon for each image file. I've noticed that there are a couple of other techniques in use: 1. multi-page icons 2. multiple icons in one image I'm using some icons in a rev project of type 2. I think they are usually formatted by scrolling and clipping the overall image using CSS - and i guess I could do the same with an image in a group? Does anyone have any advice on how to work together with a graphic designer who does strange things to their icons :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Easier syntax for quoting text and html?
David Bovill wrote: 2009/12/31 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com --// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces Thanks Jim !! How did I get to this age in my life without realizing that !? NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to make html quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant solution to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with regard to html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make read/writeability that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts. My first choice would be to allow either single or double quotes to delimit strings - then I could put the other kind within it without any problems (yep, idea borrowed from Python, amongst others). So we could go one step further and also borrow from Python a neat method of allowing multi-line strings. Instead of using *one* quote at start+end of the string, you use *three* of them (which is unambiguous with any existing valid code, afaict). So in revTalk terms, I could do put 'I said This way!' into tVar put it's mine into tVar put this is a long multi line string. I'd say It's easy to embed quotes within it !! into tVar Note the starting triple-quote has to be last item on line, and the closing triple-quote has to be first item on its line - and the first/last CR within the text are not part of the resulting string. My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and constants. Currently we have: Hmmm :-(I'd much rather find a syntax that works equally for local, constants and plain old expressions - see above. -- Alex. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Compact SQLite database
Christian Langers ch...@whitelotus.on-rev.com on December 30, 2009 at 10:09 AM -0800 wrote: try somthing like this (if needed) : global gConID put VACUUM into tSQL get revdb_execute(gConID,tSQL) Worked like a charm. Thank you. Happy New Year to all. ** Stewart Lynch CreaTECH Solutions sly...@createchsol.com 604.484.8499 Skype:StewartLynch There are only 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't. ** This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed and it may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this communication by mistake, please notify us immediately. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Easier syntax for quoting text and html?
My plan is to use irev to call various working scripts that are run in Rev cgi, rather than try to build functions above working code in a single irev script. The way I handle multiline storage of languages like AppleScript, Html, Php is the following: A non-irev solution: The only way I can think of at the moment to get a multiline text script to work in Rev so that it can be simply typed verbatim and then used in variables, then be shared between cards, stacks, and other Rev users, etc. is to do the following: ### stack script put line 2 to -2 of the script of btn textSnip01 into multiLineVerbatim put line 2 to -2 of the script of btn htmlSnip02 into multiLineHtml --and you can copy and paste buttons between cards/stacks -- if a button is NOT in a group, its ID is different on each card -- if a button is in a group, it is the same as setting a field to 'sharing' thus the same script is available to all cards that use that group ### button textSnip01 script ### /* --this allows compiling without errors this is a long multi line string. I'd say It's easy to embed quotes within it !! */ ### button htmlSnip02 script ### /* bMajor Headline/b p More info on the next page if you click very fast.br If not, there will be less info.br iThe clock is ticking.../i /p */ ### button appleScriptSnip03 script ### /* set thisUrl to http://www.mapquest.com/maps/89117/90209/; tell application Safari make new document set the URL of document 1 to thisUrl delay 5 tell window 1 set prevName to the name of current tab make new tab set current tab to last tab end tell set the URL of document 1 to thisUrl delay 5 set listt to every document --MapQuest: Driving Directions Business Directory return listt end tell */ One caution: watch for tabs and high-ascii chars that may get pasted from other code editors Hope this gives you a few ideas to get up and running before the script editor features are added. Jim Ault Las Vegas On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: David Bovill wrote: 2009/12/31 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com --// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces Thanks Jim !! How did I get to this age in my life without realizing that !? NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to make html quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant solution to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with regard to html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make read/ writeability that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts. My first choice would be to allow either single or double quotes to delimit strings - then I could put the other kind within it without any problems (yep, idea borrowed from Python, amongst others). So we could go one step further and also borrow from Python a neat method of allowing multi-line strings. Instead of using *one* quote at start+end of the string, you use *three* of them (which is unambiguous with any existing valid code, afaict). So in revTalk terms, I could do put 'I said This way!' into tVar put it's mine into tVar put this is a long multi line string. I'd say It's easy to embed quotes within it !! into tVar Note the starting triple-quote has to be last item on line, and the closing triple-quote has to be first item on its line - and the first/last CR within the text are not part of the resulting string. My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and constants. Currently we have: Hmmm :-(I'd much rather find a syntax that works equally for local, constants and plain old expressions - see above. -- Alex. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Easier syntax for quoting text and html?
You may not realize that the Rev Script Editor uses html tags to colorize the script lines.. but it would be an interesting a challenge for the design team to use html tags to display html tags. Jim Ault Las Vegas On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote: David Bovill wrote: 2009/12/31 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com --// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces Thanks Jim !! How did I get to this age in my life without realizing that !? NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to make html quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant solution to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with regard to html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make read/ writeability that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts. My first choice would be to allow either single or double quotes to delimit strings - then I could put the other kind within it without any problems (yep, idea borrowed from Python, amongst others). So we could go one step further and also borrow from Python a neat method of allowing multi-line strings. Instead of using *one* quote at start+end of the string, you use *three* of them (which is unambiguous with any existing valid code, afaict). So in revTalk terms, I could do put 'I said This way!' into tVar put it's mine into tVar put this is a long multi line string. I'd say It's easy to embed quotes within it !! into tVar Note the starting triple-quote has to be last item on line, and the closing triple-quote has to be first item on its line - and the first/last CR within the text are not part of the resulting string. My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and constants. Currently we have: Hmmm :-(I'd much rather find a syntax that works equally for local, constants and plain old expressions - see above. -- Alex. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
