Re: learning resources for kids

On 24/11/15 23:47, Monte Goulding wrote: Aha! Cyril's stuff is gold and I remember stumbling over this page once before. Richmond where can I find your stuff? Sent from my iPhone "Unfortunately" you'll need a Facebook account to get at my stuff:

Re: learning resources for kids

I don't think he's spoilt rotten but then again I'm biased ;-) He doesn't have a FB account. Our kids aren't allowed to get one until they are 13 which is FB policy. I wanted something game focussed because code.org and the other apps he has been using are game focussed so I didn't want to

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

> Alejandro wrote: > Remember, again, Livecode vector graphics only use integers (1,2,3,4,5...) > for displaying graphics strokes (borders). This limitation IS an > insurmountable barrier to import and display faithfully many professional > illustrations created or exported to SVG format. I

Re: learning resources for kids

Todd: FYI: I guess I’m too old for this game, but it isn’t apparent to me how to play it. I clicked around, probably needed to pay more attention to help files. BTW: on Apple: OSX 10.11.1, the dropdown menu won’t quit the app. I had to force quit it. Best, Bill > On Nov 22, 2015, at 3:28 AM,

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

> Alejandro wrote: > Accurate rendering of strokes with different weights requires > special techniques to get the desired effect: > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ Hi Alejandro, this is, once again, not a problem of integers or floating points. Of

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

I recommend that book for anyone who wants to be serious about using SQLite. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Goofy Q #99: set a customProperty

Richmond, check out custom property sets. http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/15257-grouping-custom-properties-in-a-custompropertyset They are pretty handy. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 24/11/15 04:55, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > >>

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

Hi Hermann, Accurate rendering of strokes with different weights requires special techniques to get the desired effect: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ Alejandro -- View this message in context:

One Rect For All specificaiton

I want to kick off a discussion on target rects for design work. We may have a small team of animators and illustrators start work on some projects that would eventually find their way into a mobile app. For these "modules" I would lock it to landscape. For "Agile animation development" (=

Re: learning resources for kids

On 24/11/15 23:45, Monte Goulding wrote: Thanks Devin I suspect anything that isn't game focussed won't be very exciting for him at the moment. Perhaps in a couple of years. Cheers Monte Well, in my part of the world a child who is only interested in programming insofar as they can

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

Hi Paul, have a look at this pull-request from Mark Waddingham https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/3089 So I guess SVG import is coming, though not the full specifictions. But that should meet most needs. Kind regards Bernd Paul Hibbert-4 wrote > +1 > > Paul > >> On Nov 24, 2015, at

Re: learning resources for kids

Thanks Devin I suspect anything that isn't game focussed won't be very exciting for him at the moment. Perhaps in a couple of years. Cheers Monte Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Nov 2015, at 4:00 am, Devin Asay wrote: > > >> On Nov 22, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Monte Goulding

Re: learning resources for kids

Hi Monte, Monte Goulding-2 wrote > Has anyone got any thoughts on LiveCode University for a 9 year old? Please, check Richmond stacks (created for young learners of his own Programming Lessons for Summer School Camp) and Livecode lessons by Cyril Pruszko for his classes in Eleanor Roosevelt

[OT] Network load analysis

One of my clients needs someone to dig around in his network and find out why he's getting load spikes. Does anyone here know how to do that stuff, or can recommend someone who does? Thanks -- Paul -- White Feather Software www.whitefeather.com ___

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

On 24/11/15 22:02, BNig wrote: Hi Paul, have a look at this pull-request from Mark Waddingham https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/3089 So I guess SVG import is coming, though not the full specifictions. But that should meet most needs. Kind regards Bernd In the short-term, at

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > In the short-term, at least, Alejandro's SVG stuff looks > far better than the LiveCode 8 SVG widget. > Not least because it works with earlier versions of Livecode! I disagree... Ian's stack SVGL is great and is an excellent alternative but there is no replacement

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Agreed on all counts, especially since SQLite works with databases in > memory. I tend to keep database connections open for as little time as I > can get away with, and if I have to lock resources I also lock as few

iPad Pro icons and launch file

Hi All, Is there anybody who knows how to include an icon of 167 x 167 and a launch file of 2048 x 2732 for the iPad Pro ? In the standalone Application Setting (LC 7.1.rc3), it seems there is no room to add these new files. Anybody has an idea to solve that problem? Thanks Alain Vezina

Re: learning resources for kids

Aha! Cyril's stuff is gold and I remember stumbling over this page once before. Richmond where can I find your stuff? Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Nov 2015, at 7:51 am, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Hi Monte, > > > Monte Goulding-2 wrote >> Has anyone got any thoughts

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Dr. Hawkins wrote: Doesn't a :memory: database get deleted by live code when closed. I would assume that any memory structure goes away when the process using it is completed. And as I discovered playing around with sqlite, multiple potential users can be a *real* problem. If a second

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Agreed on all counts, especially since SQLite works with databases in memory. I tend to keep database connections open for as little time as I can get away with, and if I have to lock resources I also lock as few as possible in a multiuser situation. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

ASK dialog box

Hi All, I’ve include an ASK command in a new app. It was my understanding (though I don’t see this in the dictionary) that “Cancel” is placed in the “it” variable when the user selects “Cancel." However, the “it” variable seems to be empty… which is the same way “it” appears when no

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

Hello: When I try to group four object in one card, the program crashh! (OS X Capitan v10.11.1) Un saludo. Joseba ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: ASK dialog box

Hi Randy, > Am 24.11.2015 um 18:44 schrieb Randy Hengst : > > Hi All, > > I’ve include an ASK command in a new app. > > It was my understanding (though I don’t see this in the dictionary) that > “Cancel” is placed in the “it” variable when the user selects “Cancel." >

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

I may not know much (and I, oddly enough, am more aware of how little I know than you), but, despite the growls and groans, know that LiveCode 8 when we get there, eventually (and let's hope, paradoxically, that that is a long and lumpy road), will be a KILLER, and, like that other Killer,

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

+1 Paul > On Nov 24, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: > > I may not know much (and I, oddly enough, am more aware of > how little I know than you), but, despite the growls and groans, know > that LiveCode 8 when we get there, eventually (and let's hope,

Re: learning resources for kids

> On Nov 22, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > > Great Todd. I’ll check it out. > > BTW I found the Game Academies and LiveCode University. They used to be in my > account but now they are under the LiveCode > Learning Resources menu. Has > anyone got any thoughts

Re: Components not an IDE?

David Bovill wrote: I think we have an issue with the way we think of LiveCode and in particular the IDE. We picture it as a CMS or an opinionated IDE. How about thinking of it like a minimal core engine (or set of engines), and installable components that can provide authoring and editing

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

Geoff Canyon wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: *Native string performance* The performance of native string operations has been vastly improved, with many achieving similar speeds to those in 6.7. This is definitely improved. I had already been running tests using list

Re: Components not an IDE?

Mothership - are there any chats - or docs about how the componetisation of the IDE is being imagined? I know it's been coming for a few years - but it may be well on the backburner - a community initiative may fill the gap. Richard below I am actually suggesting using npm as is - not simply

Re: Components not an IDE?

David Bovill wrote: Richard below I am actually suggesting using npm as is - not simply implementing a library in LiveCode. That way any node developer could get up and running using LiveCode with a single "npm install livecode" call. The Livecode package would be described in package.json and

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Hi Klaus, You seem to have received several responses that don't address your parameters of a local SQLite database on desktop or mobile so I'll limit my reply to a desktop application using SQLite on a local disk with a single user, no network connections, no multi user situations. With that in

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Hi all, thanks for your suggestions so far! > Am 24.11.2015 um 18:54 schrieb Peter Haworth : > > Hi Klaus, > You seem to have received several responses that don't address your > parameters of a local SQLite database on desktop or mobile so I'll limit my > reply to a desktop

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Hi Bob, > Am 24.11.2015 um 16:48 schrieb Bob Sneidar : > > IMHO always best to close after you are done. What if your computer crashes? > What if the network goes down? Closing the connection ensures everything is > tidied up. thank you for your oponion, good

RE: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

> IMHO always best to close after you are done. What if your > computer crashes? What if the network goes down? Closing the > connection ensures everything is tidied up. I agree with Bob, with any database. Also, sharing a local database among multiple clients is sort of asking for it too.

Nice text adventure game to learn SQL for beginners

I've found a nice text adventure game to learn SQL for beginners. Have a look at www.sql-island.de Would be great to have something like that for our kids to learn livecode. Best Günter ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: [ANN] SVGL 2015 rev02

Hi Richmond, [quote]Unfortunately with your "SVGL_plus_Gradients_ALPHA1_Inkscape_SVG.livecode" the only SVG file that could be opened was "Smartphone.svg" and the results were "artistic" - see the right-hand thumbnail[/quote] Yes, this is expected. I stopped working in SVGL plus Gradients until

Re: [OT] Network load analysis

On 11/24/2015 01:22 PM, Paul Foraker wrote: One of my clients needs someone to dig around in his network and find out why he's getting load spikes. Does anyone here know how to do that stuff, or can recommend someone who does? If you need something beyond what JMeter can do, you might want to

Re: [ANN] SVGL 2015 rev02

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=25612=134881#p134881 You will see that I also tried to open the 4 SVG files in the folder with your "SVGL_plus_Gradients_ALPHA1_Inkscape_SVG.livecode", and only managed it with the smartPhone image with odd results. Best, Richmond.

Re: Components not an IDE?

Yes, simplicity and immediate utility out of the box is how I'd see it - but what's in the box? I'd suggest a minimal read / write environment - something that gets us back to the original ideal if the web. Now what if getting the tools was as simple as browsing to a web page? I think literate

SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

Hi friends, see subject, any PROs or CONs to keep a db connection to a local SQLite database (deskton and mobile) open during a session or better close and reopen every time you access the db? Any opinions and hints appreciated! Thanks in advance! Best Klaus -- Klaus Major

HTML5 export and Widgets

Just searched for this but no luck - I seem to remember that (no-dependent) widgets are able to be exported to HTML5 in the latest builds? Or did I dream it. In my tests they are not exported - or am I missing something like adding them to the files list in the standalone builder?

Re: HTML5 export and Widgets

On 24/11/2015 11:14, David Bovill wrote: Just searched for this but no luck - I seem to remember that (no-dependent) widgets are able to be exported to HTML5 in the latest builds? Or did I dream it. In my tests they are not exported - or am I missing something like adding them to the files list

Release 8.0 DP 10

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 10. Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before testing them. *Release contents* *Native string performance* The performance of native string operations has been vastly

Re: HTML5 export and Widgets

On 24/11/2015 11:29, David Bovill wrote: I've a question about HTML5 export and how this is intended to fit in with the other pieces of LiveCode and a modern web environment - so far it has only really been presented in the context of standalone Javascript apps and I'd like to know more about

Re: HTML5 export and Widgets

I'm interested in particular how to integrate LiveCode with Javascript and in particular the NodeJS community. The benefit is to be able to use any of the npm modules out there, or other Javascript libraries and not have to rewrite these in LiveScript. It seems that HTML5 export is not the way to

Re: HTML5 export and Widgets

Great - I will test and give feedback. I've a question about HTML5 export and how this is intended to fit in with the other pieces of LiveCode and a modern web environment - so far it has only really been presented in the context of standalone Javascript apps and I'd like to know more about how I

Re: HTML5 export and Widgets

On 24/11/2015 12:03, David Bovill wrote: I'm interested in particular how to integrate LiveCode with Javascript and in particular the NodeJS community. The benefit is to be able to use any of the npm modules out there, or other Javascript libraries and not have to rewrite these in LiveScript.

Re: Components not an IDE?

I have no objection to the overall concept, but I'd suggest one thing: with many development environments, getting stated involves many steps. One of the great things about LC is that you download an installer, hit install, open the IDE, and start developing. Any modification to the IDE should try

Components not an IDE?

I think we have an issue with the way we think of LiveCode and in particular the IDE. We picture it as a CMS or an opinionated IDE. How about thinking of it like a minimal core engine (or set of engines), and installable components that can provide authoring and editing capabilities if needed?

Re: Carcassonne

There might be a clever way to use mouseEnter and mouseLeave, but at the least you could use mouseMove and then check the pointer location against available spots to take appropriate action. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Richmond wrote: > I am playing around with

Re: Handy LiveCode Keyboard Shortcut Cards

I think the problem is that with a custom menu, the OS shortcuts do not work, so you need to emulate them. It's not a hijacking, it's more like getting a derailed train back on the tracks. Bob S On Nov 23, 2015, at 17:11 , Richard Gaskin

Re: Components not an IDE?

I'm a Livecoder precicely because I didn't want to get involved in high level programming like C variants or java. I don't know what CMS is. I'm not entirely sure of what an "opinionated IDE" is. I am absolutely sure I do not know what NPM or Express is. Bob S On Nov 24, 2015, at 04:58 ,

Re: SQLite, keep connection open or close every time?

IMHO always best to close after you are done. What if your computer crashes? What if the network goes down? Closing the connection ensures everything is tidied up. Bob S > On Nov 24, 2015, at 07:25 , Klaus major-k wrote: > > Hi friends, > > see subject, any PROs or CONs

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: > *Native string performance* > The performance of native string operations has been vastly improved, with > many achieving similar speeds to those in 6.7. > This is definitely improved. I had already been running tests