Re: The road ahead

2013-07-09 Thread Monte Goulding
On 09/07/2013, at 4:53 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: So you should get your hands on these tasty treats by late autumn of this year! Late Autumn is a fairly vague timeframe... My guess is that means the end of the year... Resolution independence is well under way with the work Ian is doing on

Re: Object Architecture ?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wilcox
IDE: Object Architecture My take on this was that the IDE part implies this is restructuring of the IDE and not a feature of the engine or language at all.  ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: LiveCode and WebSockets

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wilcox
Thanks Pierre, I'm pretty sure I could make something like that work but it's a nasty kludge, I'm not in any hurry (busy with non-LiveCode projects at the moment anyway) and when I get around to looking at it, I want to do it properly. :) From: Pierre Sahores

Re: LiveCode and WebSockets

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wilcox
 Would you care to discuss the difference between websockets and the socketswe work with in livecode or point me to some basic information on the websocket implementation you think we could implement in pure livecode? What things would keep it from working very efficiently? I see you already

Re: LiveCode and WebSockets

2013-07-09 Thread Pierre Sahores
Many thanks for this useful reference link Andrew Le 9 juil. 2013 à 02:32, Andrew Kluthe a écrit : I had read that, and found some other useful info here as well. https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io-spec Andrew -- Pierre Sahores mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 www.sahores-conseil.com

Re: The road ahead

2013-07-09 Thread Terence Heaford
The end of the year wouldn't be bad. Other development environments have found it really difficult to incorporate the transition to Cocoa from Carbon and it has taken far, far longer than the initial plan. Hopefully LiveCode will not suffer the same fate. All the best Terry On 9 Jul 2013,

Re: On-Rev Desktop App not working (Mac)

2013-07-09 Thread Medard
Matthias Rebbe matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de wrote: if your account was moved to or is on one of the new servers like tio or pancake then the on-rev client will not work at the moment. That is. It's tio, now. There is still some hope Runrev will fix this. At least David Williams from

How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hello, I give the user the option to change the textsize of all fields. No problem so far by just changing the textsize and adjusting the field size. Now I have a field with different textsizes in one field. Like bold and bigger headlines, and standard text, etc. How would you change the

Re: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Tiemo Hollmann wrote: How would you change the textsize of such a text by keeping the size relation of the different chunks of text? Should I look up the HTMLtext and manipulate every font size attribute - or is there a more straight forward approach, I don't see? I asked this question here

Re: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Mike Bonner
You might look at styledtext which returns an array describing all the text variations in the field. Very handy. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: Tiemo Hollmann wrote: How would you change the textsize of such a text by keeping the size

Re: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Michael Doub
I was interested in this discussion so I pasted the source of the link below into a field and copied the code into a button. Be careful. This code does not account for the case where the text string size= is in the content of the html. In this case the size= string is in the pre block.

Re: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Michael Doub
I think this solves the problem. You want to make sure that there is a but not if it is found after a . on mouseUp put the htmlText of fld 1 into theHtml replace size=quote with size=numtoChar(1500) in theHTML set the itemdel to numToChar(1500) if the number of items of theHTML1

test - please ignore

2013-07-09 Thread jbv
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AW: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Great thanks Richard, Mike and Michael Very helpful! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Michael Doub Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juli 2013 19:31 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to increase the textsize

on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread jbv
Hi folks, I'm back on this list after a few of years (although I never stopped using LC). I'd like to get opinions and experiences about on-rev... I have been using the service for almost 3 years via 3 different accounts, and have built professional apps websites on LC on-rev, and several

[OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Richmond
Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation concerned largely with computer stuff have asked me to be involved in editing a publication. What is unclear to me, and they don't seem to want to answer . . . . . . is what their academic standing is as well as the extent of their

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Phil Davis
Hi Richmond, They published Colin's book last year. That all I know about them. I received an email from them too, similar to yours. Not sure how to respond. Best - Phil Davis On 7/9/13 12:20 PM, Richmond wrote: Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation concerned largely

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Richmond
On 07/09/2013 10:31 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Hi Richmond, They published Colin's book last year. That all I know about them. I received an email from them too, similar to yours. Not sure how to respond. Well, I read their guff and said 'Yes', and they have sent me more guff, and I am waiting

[OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
I am experiencing some very strange OSX 10.7.4 behavior and hoping someone may be able to shed some light on it. All works fine for some undefined period of time, then I find that no new applications will launch either from the dock or double clicking them in the FInder or right clicking them and

Re: How to increase the textsize of HTMLtext proportional?

2013-07-09 Thread Michael Doub
A bit more suitable for easy reuse. on textdown BumpText the long id of field test, -1 end textdown on textup BumpText the long id of field test, 1 end textup on BumpText theObject theDirection if theDirection is not among the lines of 1 return -1 then throw Need 1 or -1

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
So did I. I think they're just trolling the email list/forum. I turned them down because the title of the book indicated it was about mobile development and I know nothing about that. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Phil Davis rev...@pdslabs.net

Re: mApp LC6.1 crash

2013-07-09 Thread Monte Goulding
On 10/07/2013, at 12:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III mcgra...@mac.com wrote: I have been trying to test a sample stack in 6.1 Build 2005 for iOS simulator and it just crashes immediately when selecting Test. This stack works perfectly in 5.5.5 It uses mAPP Mobile Application Framework Crashed

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Richmond, Yes, it looks like they operate from India, but the owner of the company might be in Great Britain or somewhere else. They work with interns it seems, whom they may not have to pay. They don't pay reviewers/editors and I think they pay authors per book sold. So, that's pretty much

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I have not made any sophisticated solutions on on-rev. However, The servers where seldomly down for me. I was on Loki, and during the server move was transferred to tio. I don't think i've had many major downs, altho I am mostly judging it by the availability of email service (am not checking

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Peter, If I were you I'd also run a disk diagnostic program like DiskWarrior just to see everything on your hard drive is correct. Do a full backup of your computer hard drive with Time Machine or else do a full image backup. Then, realize that OS X.7.4 is not current and upgrade to OS X.7.5.

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
I got one too, they write me a couple of times a year. I reviewed a book outline for them once. They don't pay for any of that. On 7/9/13 2:31 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Hi Richmond, They published Colin's book last year. That all I know about them. I received an email from them too, similar to

[OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation concerned largely with computer stuff have asked me to be involved in editing a publication. They are India-based, but they do get technical books into retail. Ive seen plenty and read a couple - a Joomla book, plus another one. Is

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Rick, I'll check into all those things. Searching on the web, it appears the most likely cause is an impending hard drive failure. Fortunately, I use Time Machine to do regular backups so, with a few exceptions like temp and caches, I have a complete, up to date backup. Pete lcSQL

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Colin Holgate
They also asked me. Glad they asked enough people to hopefully get a couple of takers. I have been a reviewer on two Packt books, both SketchUp ones, and it’s an interesting task to take on. You end up reading the book more closely than you would if you were a regular reader. Also, you go

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Colin, You don't get paid (anymore) for reviewing or editing a book. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB,

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Oh, wait a sec. I don't mean you specifically ;-) -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread Pierre Sahores
jbv, Le 9 juil. 2013 à 20:32, j...@souslelogo.com a écrit : Meanwhile, one of our accounts was moved to a new server (pancake) but it appeared that something went wrong during the move, because we experienced random bugs in some scripts that lead to corrupted data in DBs and random errors

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Pierre Sahores
I got this kind of troubles before and the HD was effectivelly in fault. Replacing it solved 100% of the problem. Le 9 juil. 2013 à 23:19, Peter Haworth a écrit : Thanks Rick, I'll check into all those things. Searching on the web, it appears the most likely cause is an impending hard

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Pierre, I'm afraid it's looking like I will have to get a new hard drive. Thank goodness for Time Machine! Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Pierre Sahores s...@sahores-conseil.comwrote: I got this kind of troubles before and the HD was

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread Tim Selander
I have been on freyr and then recently was moved to pancake. I would say that my experience parallels yours, though, thankfully, not with clients -- just our own company. I don't run programs at all -- just http forms on our website and email for our 30 employees. We have experienced a /lot/

Re: [OT] Packtpub?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes: Packtpub Packtpub is possibly the worst company I have ever dealt with online. What is unclear to me, and they don't seem to want to answer . . . That is correct. They answer nothing. Not queries, not support emails about why they charge a different

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Peter Haworth pete@... writes: Thanks Pierre, I'm afraid it's looking like I will have to get a new hard drive. Thank goodness for Time Machine! Interesting. I just had the opposite experience. My Time Machine drive seemed like it was active constantly, and it took forever to copy a few

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wieder
jbv@... writes: So finally, here's my question / request : we have the feeling that most of the problems are due to the fact that thor is a shared server and that some other on-rev users are playing dirty games, and we are thinking of moving our accounts to a dedicated server. It gets

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
I'm a little suspicious of Time Machine too. In the process of verifying the drive right now. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Peter Haworth pete@... writes: Thanks Pierre, I'm afraid it's looking like I

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Pierre, Were you able to get phpPgAdmin to work correctly with the new version of PostgreSQL? It keeps throwing permission errors at me when it tries to execute it's SQL code for queries etc. So now we have to use WHERE CAST instead of WHERE? Who thought that would be better? Of course now

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
Gone away from the time machine theory. The disk checked out OK and even if I switch Time Machine off, the problem still occurs. Strangely though, Disk Utility reports no problems on my main hard drive. Seems like it should have come up with something if the disk was going bad. The problem

Re: on-rev reliability ?

2013-07-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/9/13 7:22 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Tim Selander selander@... writes: Just yesterday, our email was down again for 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the afternoon. Yeah, what a pain. And then when it started coming in all the emails were out of sync. Ended up getting some responses before the

Re: [OT] Strange OSX Problems

2013-07-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/9/13 10:00 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Gone away from the time machine theory. The disk checked out OK and even if I switch Time Machine off, the problem still occurs. Strangely though, Disk Utility reports no problems on my main hard drive. Seems like it should have come up with

In L.A.? Looking for something cool to do this weekend?

2013-07-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Stylophones! http://boingboing.net/2013/07/09/look-for-100-stylophone-player.html http://machineproject.com/archive/events/2013/07/14/symphony-for-100-stylophones-paul-fraser/ -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list