escaping a repeat loop

1999-11-09 Thread Nicolas R Cueto
Hello again, For impatient users of my stacks, I'd like to rescript this mouseDown-initiated repeat loop so that it can be escaped (via the return key?) without leaving group "bin-bon!" hidden: repeat with i = 1 to 2 show group "bin-bon!" wait 400 milliseconds hide group "bin-b

preventing arrow-key navigation

1999-11-09 Thread Nicolas R Cueto
Hello, When I inadvertantly hit my keyboard's up/down arrow-keys, I was surprised--and then distressed!--to see me moving between substacks. Short of ripping out all the arrow-keys from my school's computers, how do I prevent these or any other unbidden navigational key-events? (Converting the st

Re: MetaCard Capabilities and Limits

1999-11-09 Thread Andu
>Is there any way to pare down the MetaCard runtime when creating a >standalone, to only include the things you need? Or is there a way to >remove the graphical aspects of MetaCard entirely, leaving just the >MetaTalk engine's ability to process MetaTalk? I'm (idly) thinking of a >competitor to P

Re: MetaCard Capabilities and Limits

1999-11-09 Thread Scott Raney
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Geoff Canyon wrote: > Hi, I have some basic questions about MetaCard that I've been pondering > over the last few days. Most of them are probably Scott questions, but if > anyone else has any practical experience, feel free to jump in. Here they > are: > > What's the pract

MetaCard Capabilities and Limits

1999-11-09 Thread Geoff Canyon
Hi, I have some basic questions about MetaCard that I've been pondering over the last few days. Most of them are probably Scott questions, but if anyone else has any practical experience, feel free to jump in. Here they are: What's the practical limit on the number of cards in a stack? I'm as

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n132

1999-11-09 Thread DVGlasgow
In a message dated 8/11/99 2:22:03 am, Andrew Griffin wrote: <> Hey, at least you worked it out. I sat baffled until some kind soul on this list put me out of my misery. Now I have a sticky on my desktop with answer file "Select a stack:"; go stack it in it, (yes, I think *this* is what

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n125

1999-11-09 Thread DVGlasgow
In a message dated 3/11/99 10:08:41 am, Phil Davis wrote: <> At risk of sounding like an out-of-touch country cousin, I really didn't expect anything quite so remarkable. Thanks, Phil, once again the list and MC manage to impress me imensely. How on earth does it *do* that? Can I push my l