Re: deleting lines in a field

2014-10-28 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Bob Sneidar bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com wrote: I’m kind of surprised at these suggestions. Why not rather build a memory variable containing the lines that are not selected, then replace the field with the variable? That's what the function I posted does.

Dreaming up a benchmarking suite of stacks

2014-10-28 Thread Malte Brill
Hi all, inspired by a post by Geoff, I started thinking that it would be rather cool to have a suite of stacks that lets us benchmark the performance of the different engine versions. I started with a stack that benchmarks graphics rendering performance using different settings. Unfortunately

Re: Benchmarking 7.0 performance

2014-10-28 Thread Tim Selander
I don't know about benchmark on routines, but I have created a measly 10MB file -- customer database -- and saving changes to the file takes a full 10 seconds or more. That seems pretty slow to me. Duplicating the file in Finder takes a fraction of a second. Saving an edited 10MB .wav audio

Re: Benchmarking 7.0 performance

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
On 10/28/2014 02:28 PM, Tim Selander wrote: I don't know about benchmark on routines, but I have created a measly 10MB file -- customer database -- and saving changes to the file takes a full 10 seconds or more. That seems pretty slow to me. Duplicating the file in Finder takes a fraction of

Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
HyperCard . . . Ta dum, ta dum, ta dum. Thanks, Tim Selander for the idea. I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. Votes . . . Richmond.

Re: setting a behavior with out using an ID

2014-10-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Coming in late on this (at a conference for 3 days) but I have a couple of virtual property handlers that address some of these issues. The robustID getProp returns the kind of string that behavior references need. getProp robustID a virtual property -- getting the

Re: 64-bit App Store requirement

2014-10-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
The idea that the same UI will work well on a little 5 phone screen and a 42 monitor is crazy. If Apple does this I will seriously consider moving to Linux. It used to be that Apple made stoves that you could just turn on and cook with, but increasingly they are making stoves that choose your

Re: Open with 6.7 vs. 7.0

2014-10-28 Thread Rick Harrison
Hi Tim, If you select just one file with Get Info, tell it to use 6.7 and then select the “Change All” it will stick for all files. I think when you tried to select a folder full of files “Get Info” became confused. I had no such difficulties here using Yosemite. Cheers, Rick On Oct 27,

Re: Open with 6.7 vs. 7.0

2014-10-28 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Rick Harrison harri...@all-auctions.com wrote: If you select just one file with Get Info, tell it to use 6.7 and then select the “Change All” it will stick for all files. This works for you? I've tried it many times for 5.5.4, and it hasn't worked yet--tends

Re: Benchmarking 7.0 performance

2014-10-28 Thread Tim Selander
Actually, I thought about an autosave. Tried an idler handler -- when 30 seconds of idle time accumulates, I figured that would indicate non-use, and I could execute a save without disrupting work flow. However, I couldn't make it work. Put it in the stack script but the idle handler never

Re: Misreported corruption between versions fixed

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: It turns out that the very feature Phil Jimmieson requested,... has already been implemented Ah, a nice example of the benefits of spending a little time to measure twice and cut once. Sure seems to be a whole heap more

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. With timers it wouldn't be hard to write for those who want it (personally I prefer having control over

Re: 64-bit App Store requirement

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter M. Brigham wrote: The idea that the same UI will work well on a little 5 phone screen and a 42 monitor is crazy. Agreed, which is why I don't think anyone would do that. You can currently run Android apps in Chrome, and there's a side project to allow that in Ubuntu. Like Apple's

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Mike Kerner
I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. MaxV posted a nice script for that in the forums recently: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9t=21913 --

Re: 7.0 corrupted two stacks!

2014-10-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On a side note, I have a patient documentation and management system too (the original name I had for it was ptData). I have tried to run it in later versions of LC and it was a no-go, so I have stuck with 5.5 -- I know, I'm living in the dark ages but I simply can't afford to have things not

Re: Open with 6.7 vs. 7.0

2014-10-28 Thread Timothy Miller
On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:03 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: This works for you? I've tried it many times for 5.5.4, and it hasn't worked yet--tends not to even leave *that* file changed. (It works for other applications; just of livecode. And of course, it doesn't solve Adobe's

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Mike, lcStackbrowser has versioning, although I prefer to call them checkpoints in case anyone thinks it's a full vcs. For each stack, you can define when versions should be created: at timed intervals, every time the stack is saved, or on request. You can optionally supply a comment for each

Naive Unicode question # 107

2014-10-28 Thread Graham Samuel
If I had a very large keyboard capable of typing a wide range of Unicode characters (characters not on the keyboard of my normal computer), could I type them directly into an LC script? Would I need to be running LC7? How would the display of the script look - on a Mac, on a PC? I know a few

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
On 28/10/14 16:18, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. With timers it wouldn't be hard to write for those who want it

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Oct 26, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Jacques Hausser wrote: Le 26 oct. 2014 à 03:27, Kay C Lan a écrit : Again, I FULLY SUPPORT Richard's recommendation that if anyone notices any errors or even believes there should be better examples, Notes, Tips or inclusions in the

Re: how to disturb newbies

2014-10-28 Thread larry
Hi Peter, Just about the sanest thing I've read on here. I hope it happens. Larry One possible solution would be to build into the the native LC dictionary a userNotes feature, allowing the user to add comments or examples saved locally for her/his own reference, and within that feature

Re: Naive Unicode question # 107

2014-10-28 Thread Devin Asay
On Oct 28, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: If I had a very large keyboard capable of typing a wide range of Unicode characters (characters not on the keyboard of my normal computer), could I type them directly into an LC script? Would I need to be running LC7? How

Export Snapshot

2014-10-28 Thread Peter Haworth
I'm noticing that if I export a snapshot from a group as PNG, the resulting image has a black background, not the background of the group. Small sample size, just 2 groups so far, but why is that happening? Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com Home of lcStackBrowser

SV: Dreaming up a benchmarking suite of stacks

2014-10-28 Thread Mats Wilstrand
Hi Malte. I can help with this as I think it would be really useful for deciding on engine versions to use in production apps. Do you or others have an overview on which areas should be tested and how results would be presented? Maybe the mothership have some stuff hidden away that they could

image source and 7.0

2014-10-28 Thread Jim Lambert
In 7.0 build 10018, I find that setting the imagesource of a field’s character to an image in the stack works. But setting the imagesource to the URL of a remote image does not display the image. Anyone else seeing this anomaly? Jim Lambert ___

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
On 28/10/14 16:53, Richard Gaskin wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. MaxV posted a nice script for that in the forums recently:

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread larry
Amen, Richmond!! - Original Message - From: Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: Re: Autosave ??? On 28/10/14 16:53, Richard Gaskin wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Mike Kerner
Yes, but until it does... On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 2:17 PM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: Amen, Richmond!! - Original Message - From: Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:08 PM Subject:

Re: Naive Unicode question # 107

2014-10-28 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks Devin That’s as cool as I hoped it would be! Magic indeed. Graham On 28 Oct 2014, at 18:56, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: On Oct 28, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: If I had a very large keyboard capable of typing a wide range of Unicode

Yosemite Mobile Support prefs flaw

2014-10-28 Thread Lars Brehmer
Does anyone know if there is a solution or workaround for this one? Just got bit by this. Thought I’d throw out the warning just in case. I installed OS X Yosemite yesterday to give it a go. I fired up LC today and tried to create an app build (iOS) only to discover that the process failed.

Re: Export Snapshot

2014-10-28 Thread Eric Corbett
Hi Peter, Try resetting the templateImage before the export. - eric On Oct 28, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: I'm noticing that if I export a snapshot from a group as PNG, the resulting image has a black background, not the background of the group. Small sample

Re: Yosemite Mobile Support prefs flaw

2014-10-28 Thread Gerry
Fixed in 6.6.4 or 6.6.5. Gerry On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 at 9:46 am, Lars Brehmer larsbreh...@mac.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is a solution or workaround for this one? Just got bit by this. Thought I'd throw out the warning just in case. I installed OS X Yosemite yesterday to give it

Re: Benchmarking 7.0 performance

2014-10-28 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Tim Selander selan...@tkf.att.ne.jp wrote: saving changes to the file takes a full 10 seconds or more. How long does it take in LC 6.x ? When you say 'measly 10MB file - customer database. Are you saying the file is a db file like mySQL or SQLite, or is it

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: I mainly deal with LiveCode learners, and as such it would be nice if such things as AutoSave worked straight out of the box without having to add things on. And that is why Richard pointed out that LC, every single

Re: Dreaming up a benchmarking suite of stacks

2014-10-28 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Malte Brill revolut...@derbrill.de wrote: Would anyone of you be willing to participate in setting up such a testsuite I hope Peter Haworth reads this and does something for SQLite Whilst I'm sure I could mangle something together that could cover the bare