Re: Players in HTML5 - ETA for Full Functionality?

2016-02-28 Thread [-hh]
> BR wrote: > This could work for me also. I think that we are talking about > Javascript interactions ... It's all said, but not yet by all ... ;-) "Es ist schon alles gesagt, nur noch nicht von allen." (Karl Valentin) ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Cursor changes to a hand in the ide

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Wieder
On 02/28/2016 08:08 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: OK, thanks, just changed it. Curious that they are cut off for you, as I am running linux and I can see them fine. Actually about an inch of blank space after each caption. I just filed a bug on this. It's only for LC8. LC7 and below are fine.

Re: Cursor changes to a hand in the ide

2016-02-28 Thread Jim Byrnes
On 02/28/2016 09:51 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: On 02/28/2016 07:20 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: Finally had time to give this a try and it is exactly what I was trying to accomplish. I am still learning how to work with the ide. Once I had the group set up, at first I couldn't figure out how to make

Re: Cursor changes to a hand in the ide

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Wieder
On 02/28/2016 07:20 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: Finally had time to give this a try and it is exactly what I was trying to accomplish. I am still learning how to work with the ide. Once I had the group set up, at first I couldn't figure out how to make any changes to it, but finally figured it out.

Re: Cursor changes to a hand in the ide

2016-02-28 Thread Jim Byrnes
On 02/25/2016 05:33 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: On 02/25/2016 02:42 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote: The other environments I have used had a control that was essentially a box with a border around it. At the left end of the top border you could embed a label in the border itself. You could then drop other

Re: Possible enhancement

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Wieder
On 02/28/2016 08:07 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: At the moment, I need to tag my "end repeat"s as you do here; even better would be "end repeat looppyloop", so that mismatches would throw errors. I like that as well - it makes a complete set. And tagging the "end repeat"s that way is especially

Re: Possible enhancement

2016-02-28 Thread Mark Wieder
On 02/28/2016 10:34 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: I use a true/false flag which has to be checked at each control structure level. As far as I know, that's the only way, but maybe not... Yeah, I think setting/checking a semaphore is the workaround. But every time I have to use a semaphore I think

Re: LiveCode for Educators (was LiveCode for the Hobbyists)

2016-02-28 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/28/2016 9:07 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: The old RevOnline/User Samples was an attempt at this, but most people these days are used to using a browser to download files and resources. That has the added advantage of showing up in Google searches. Edinburgh really should set up a webpage on

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread stephen barncard
And of course the Apple 'App Store' for the desktop is highly over-rated and has benefits for the developer and end user if avoided. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami < bra...@hindu.org> wrote: > The "Hobbyist" using the community version cannot deploy on the App

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread Tore Nilsen
> 28. feb. 2016 kl. 19.11 skrev Robert Mann : > > Use open sourced for in house commercial application! whouaou!! > that does not really sound very open source.. kind of twisting the game in > way. This is where I think you get open source wrong. Open source does not mean non

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread Ludovic Thebault
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 11:32:45 -0700, Roger Guay wrote: > Excellent point! What would you think about an inexpensive LC license > for non-profits and free apps? I dream of that ! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread Roger Guay
Excellent point! What would you think about an inexpensive LC license for non-profits and free apps? Roger > On Feb 28, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami > wrote: > > Just to throw in two mangoes from Hawaii > > Matt.. there is also the unspoken "Apple Policy"

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
Just to throw in two mangoes from Hawaii Matt.. there is also the unspoken "Apple Policy" problem. The "Hobbyist" using the community version cannot deploy on the App Store. This kind of throws an rusty wrench into what would otherwise be "all good" overall picture. But we cannot put that on

Re: LiveCode for the Hobbyists

2016-02-28 Thread RM
The Community version is 100% fantastic for hobbyists as well as anyone else who isn't fussed about protecting their code. I use the Community version on a daily basis to develop software for my business, where code protection is not an issue; I also use a commercial version (4.5) to develop

Re: Possible enhancement

2016-02-28 Thread [-hh]
>> Peter H. wrote: >> The php break statement has a numeric argument that defines how many >> control structures to break out off I sometimes find myself in 3 or 4 >> nested repeat statements and need to get out of the whole structure if a >> particular condition is met in one of the inner

Re: Possible enhancement

2016-02-28 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > What I'd rather see, and I think Robert Calliau has suggested this before, > is the ability to have named loops. Then you could exit from a loop by > specifying its name. > Yes; this is how modern Fortran does it.

Re: Possible enhancement

2016-02-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
+1 -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 27, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > On 02/27/2016 12:53 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Worth an enhancement request? > > What I'd rather see, and I think Robert Calliau has suggested this before, is >

Request for Bids on Site Upgrade

2016-02-28 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
Aloha, LiveCoders: Anyone here who has experience with Boot Strap LC Server/RevIgniter Responsive Mobile Design Word Press. Please contact me off list to discuss working for us/your fees/time/ availability to help get www.himalayanacademy.com over to a mobile/responsive state. The HTML

Re: LiveCode for Educators (was LiveCode for the Hobbyists)

2016-02-28 Thread Peter M. Brigham
LC has long been plagued with a multiplicity of source sites for LC stacks/applications/resources. There needs to be a central repository for all these. The old RevOnline/User Samples was an attempt at this, but most people these days are used to using a browser to download files and resources.

Re: Min function

2016-02-28 Thread [-hh]
Nice comparison. In 8.0.0-dp15 I have here with the large example 2.13 - 4.45 - 2.90. **So case 1 wins. Clearly.** Interesting. And good to know. p.s. min and max work also on arrays containing only numbers. Has at about the speed of case 3. hh ___

Re: Min function

2016-02-28 Thread Terence Heaford
> On 28 Feb 2016, at 12:52, Thierry Douez wrote: > > ​Well, as I don't know your context, > I'm not sure if speed is really a problem here? Speed is not important for my immediate situation finding the max and min in a series of numbers to generate chart axes but as you

An open source mis-understanding!?

2016-02-28 Thread Robert Mann
In earlier days, (once upon a time!!) there were people who wrote stories. These stange "hobbits" used to buy pencils from their fellow at the local shop. One day, an even stranger fellows among these, told them, hey :: let's get the pencil-ware "open sourced". it'll be free for-ever!! For-ever

Re: Min function

2016-02-28 Thread Thierry Douez
2016-02-28 13:01 GMT+01:00 Terence Heaford : > Thanks, > > That is a good solution which will also apply to Max. > > I just thought that anything that can be rolled into the engine would be > faster and > usually every tick/millisecond that can be gained is worth having in

Re: Min function

2016-02-28 Thread Terence Heaford
Thanks, That is a good solution which will also apply to Max. I just thought that anything that can be rolled into the engine would be faster and usually every tick/millisecond that can be gained is worth having in an interpreted language. Thanks again Terry > On 28 Feb 2016, at 11:14,

Re: [ANN] rsIsValid(Validation functions) library extension for LC8 and a call for contributors

2016-02-28 Thread Roland Huettmann
Dear Steve I have been thinking about your offer, but it is not fully clear to me what to contribute as the field of validation is a huge field in itself. I assume that your Validation library would mainly target data validation? As i see it, data validation is usually done on various levels,

Re: LiveCode for Educators (was LiveCode for the Hobbyists)

2016-02-28 Thread Robert Mann
Hi all, I wrote a "summary" contribution in the orginal thread I laucched the debate on, to explain more clearly the psychological side that motivates the HOBBYIST Bear... some clever guys here seem to not incorportate that kind of elements in their thinking/writing. *We are humans, still!* And

Re: Players in HTML5 - ETA for Full Functionality?

2016-02-28 Thread Robert Mann
Thank you Dirk, we really have a very similar point of view (i went through on-rev support.. mobile launching support etc.. and quite a few, and yes, stopped at perpetual licence!) Please do re-read the following quotes with a different view than the "professional" viewpoint. Please do imagine

Re: Min function

2016-02-28 Thread Thierry Douez
What about this? return min( replaceText( myListOfNumbers, "\n",comma)) 2016-02-28 12:05 GMT+01:00 Terence Heaford : > > I thought Min may work with the itemDelimiter but apparently not. > > Is that something that would be useful? > > set the itemDelimiter to return > >

Min function

2016-02-28 Thread Terence Heaford
I thought Min may work with the itemDelimiter but apparently not. Is that something that would be useful? set the itemDelimiter to return return Min (myListOfNumbers) — based on return not comma All the best Terry ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Open Process, Interactive Shell on OS X

2016-02-28 Thread [-hh]
Each 'shell' opens it's own "terminal" session. You have to do your own housekeeping (stdin, stdout). Why don't you use (secure) sockets? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and