Changes in LiveCode Image Quality - A comparison

2014-04-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, on Mar 18, 2014 Kenji Kojima wrote: Please restore box filtering. It was very useful for making a mosaic image. I loved 6.5 of poor quality image too. After LiveCode 6.6, image quality normal and good looks exactly alike. Not so in previous versions. This stack shows a comparison

Re: playing an mp3 file

2014-04-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Björnke von Gierke wrote They'll need quicktime. Correct. In my computer, I installed the small and non obtrusive Quicktime Alternative: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quicktime_alternative.htm but if you have plenty of computer memory, disk space, processor power and internet velocity,

[OT] PhET Interactive Simulations

2014-04-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I would like to run many of these wonderful simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new but they are locking up (crashing?) and each time, I have to terminate Java in Lubuntu and Firefox falls in a awful recursion after visiting *.jnlp webpages... :( Please report if you

[Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Just added this enhancement request: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12279 Every announcement of a new LiveCode version includes this message: WARNING: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before testing them. RunRev could add the following

Re: file checksums

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
How difficult could be to create a custom file (using a stack as basis) that opens only within a custom player? This custom file could provide to the custom player an encrypted checksum. Could this actually be more secure? Al -- View this message in context:

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Then, a plug-in stack would do. Does LiveCode includes the Engine version in each saved stack? http://docs.runrev.com/Function/version http://docs.runrev.com/Property/stackFileVersion If this is true, then LiveCode could provide a warning when developers open a stack created with a different

Re: Reference Material Discussion Application Architecture Strategies

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Does exists a tutorial explaining How To implement MVC using LiveCode? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller Al -- View this message in context:

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote How about something like this: on saveStackRequest put (the short name of this stack the version) into NOM put NOM into fld NOM set the name of this stack to NOM pass saveStackRequest end saveStackRequest Certainly works for

Re: LiveCode Server Turned To Molasses

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Peter W A Wood wrote One thing to check is if the machine has lots of zombie LiveCode processes just in case LiveCode is not terminating correctly. This is exactly what I noticed here, but I could not create a recipe to catch this bug... Al -- View this message in context:

Re: Using Profiles

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
What properties could we change using profiles? Could we change all properties of each object inside a group? (like changing geometry for different resolutions and stacks orientations) Could we change the points, ink and fillgradient of a graphic? (like frames of an animation) Al -- View

Re: Fun with 7.0

2014-04-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Sudden and complete destruction is deeply embedded in the collective mind of Japanese people, post Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their Pop culture reflect this fear... Remember Godzilla? Fukushima Nuclear accident just remembers them of the reality of these fears. :o So, yes this a recurrent theme

Re: file checksums

2014-04-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Maybe MD5 and SHA-1 are more useful for files available in many servers. What are the chances of hacking many servers at once? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/file-checksums-tp4678556p4678560.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7-dp-2

2014-04-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Michael McCreary wrote: 12010 - Windows engine hangs after multiple stack redraws. Ah, this could explains these engine hangs, described in this message: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-April/200987.html -- View this message in context:

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7-dp-2

2014-04-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
About the warning of using backups while testing Developer Previews and Release Candidates, RunRev could add the following functionality to the File menu in the IDE: Open and Backup... This single menu option will: 1) create a zipped or gzipped file of the stack and 2) open the stack The name

Re: The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers

2014-04-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Just read this today: some students complained that the course material was too challenging, especially with a shaky internet connection. http://www.ecampusnews.com/curriculum/one-shocking-fact-flipped-learning-matters/3/ Wait and see: Shaky Internet connection will top the list of student

Re: Fun with 7.0

2014-04-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Dar Scott wrote My daughter created this: on mouseUp set the label of button ロケットの 打ち上げ to 自爆スイッチ put クローン作成プロセスを完成できました。 into field Status end mouseUp Anyway, it is that easy. Except for learning Japanese; that is the hard part. (She studied a couple semesters in Japan, but she

NEW Amazing revBrowserCef in LiveCode 6.7 (dp1)

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
YOUR BROWSER SCORES 452 OUT OF 555 POINTS Interesting enough, Google Chrome 34 scores 503 of 555. Effectively, this modern browser component allows to open webM and static webP images (not animated webP, yet) within our stacks. webP images: https://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery3/1_webp_a.webp

Re: play video within a stack

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Larry, larry wrote Is there a way to link to a YouTube video, but play the video within my stack without having to embed the video? yes, you could use the revbrowser: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-April/200977.html Have a nice week! Al -- View this message in

Re: NEW Amazing revBrowserCef in LiveCode 6.7 (dp1)

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Martin, Martin Koob wrote I got 380/555 using webkit on Mac OS X 10.8.5. It shows WebP as not supported. Chromium Embedded Framework is available for Mac OS X: http://www.magpcss.net/cef_downloads/ Are you using revBrowserOpenCef for this test? Al -- View this message in context:

Visual Effects on LiveCode 7 (dp2)

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, I have been testing all the visual effects in LiveCode 7 dp2 and after playing a series of effects, LiveCode hangs. You can use this stack in LiveCode format (not *.mc) from: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/demoMC27.livecode If your OS or LiveCode version have problems

Re: NEW Amazing revBrowserCef in LiveCode 6.7 (dp1)

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Mark Wieder wrote: Sadly, there is still no revbrowser on linux. Chromium Embedded Framework is available for Linux, too: http://www.magpcss.net/cef_downloads/ Let's keep the hope! :) Al -- View this message in context:

Image quality changes image size

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Could you please verify this very subtle image display bug? 1) Look for a 32 pixel image. You could download a 32 pixel PNG or JPG icon like: https://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=32pxprice=free 2) Import this 32 pixel image in a new stack and resize this really small image as big as

Re: listserv integration in forum

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
If you ask me, all forum messages should be reposted as new threads to the mail list... :D Why not creating a stack that do this? A stack that presents both the forums and mail lists, side by side and allows to rate the interest of the topics. A stack like this is way above my own experience

7 historical decisions that continue to pain programmers

2014-04-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
http://www.itworld.com/slideshow/143194/ouch-7-historical-decisions-continue-pain-programmers-408245 1) Unix hides dot files 2) JavaScript uses + for string concatenation 3) Microsoft chooses backslash as path delimiter 4) Python uses indentation to denote blocks 5) Tony Hoare invents the null

Re: Vertical Menubar stack

2014-04-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Many Thanks for sharing your stacks! :D Are you going to expand these palettes to allow developers include custom tools (using front or back script) and insert custom controls (like groups)? Al -- View this message in context:

Re: Problem naming groups with integers

2014-04-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Dar Scott, Dar Scott wrote Yeah, in LiveCode values that even look like numbers (that is, are numerals, strings) or should be numbers (the result of arithmetic) are all treated like numbers and like strings. (It is possible to tell the result of arithmetic from a string, but

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting enough, animated webP supports 8 bit transparency (like PNG) and lossy compression like JPEG: http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/chrome-32-beta-animated-webp-images-and.html Al -- View this message in context:

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Yes, Klaus. and according to Google, it's just 1500 lines of code (probably less than 1k or 2k additional to the engine) https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/faq#why_should_i_use_animated_webp -- View this message in context:

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
In this webpage, we could find the latest versions of Google's webP encoder, decoder, etc, etc, etc... https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/download Latest version is libwebp-0.4.0-linux-x86-32.tar.gz https://webp.googlecode.com/files/libwebp-0.4.0-linux-x86-32.tar.gz -- View this

Re: Horizontal revTools stack

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
In which versions of LiveCode this palette runs? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Horizontal-revTools-stack-tp4678390p4678405.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
There is a Windows plugin for GIMP: http://registry.gimp.org/taxonomy/term/1294 and you already posted how to compile the GIMP plug-in in Ubuntu. According to this webpage, there are many bitmap editors that supports webP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP Picozu Web Image editor Acorn

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote [snip] It would be marvellous if Livecode was not restricted to JPG, PNG, BMP and a few other fairly obscure and outdated image formats (PBM anyone?) [snip] Actually, I use PBM and PNM in this Interface to Potrace:

Re: digital signage / ticker tape

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jose, Yesterday, April 17 2014, Richard Gaskin posted this link in another thread: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=76t=19248 The Raspberry Pi is helping young people all over the world understand that computing isn't some rarefied special thing other people make and we merely use,

Re: digital signage / ticker tape

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
J. Landman Gay wrote There are two basic ways to do this: 1. Put the text into a field and move the field. The move command should do this efficiently, or you can use animation engine. When the right edge of the field goes off the left edge of the stack, reposition it with its left edge

LiveCode User Guide

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Today, I started transcribing and formatting a spanish translation of LiveCode User Guide, revision 19 (2010.11.09) You could find this PDF user guide within the Documentation folder within your LiveCode installation. (inside a folder named pdf) Although I have recorded the translation

Re: webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12242 Many Thanks! :D by the way: In addition a new browser component based on CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework) has been added. This new browser allows for a consistent appearance across all platforms with a modern, well

Re: Need help with making a polygon look totally flat

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jonathan, I am not a Mac or iOS user. Could you post a screenshot of the non flat polygon? Maybe, we could check if this appears on Windows, Linux and Android, too. Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context:

Re: LiveCode 7 codepoint question

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Dar Scott wrote [snip] put numToCodepoint( 0x30C8 ) into kto put numToCodepoint( 0x30C9 ) into kdo put numToCodepoint( 0x3099 ) into kVoiceMark put numToCodepoint( 0xFF9E ) into kHalfVoiceMark put kto kVoiceMark into kdoAlt1 put length(kdoAlt1) into kdoAlt1N put kto

Re: LiveCode 7 codepoint question

2014-04-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Dar Scott wrote I just quickly added a Japanese keyboard option to my OS X keyboard menu. I selected to Katakana keyboard and typed in DO in a LiveCode field. It was one codepoint and one character. I don’t know how to type the voicing mark separately. Then, looks like Ubuntu is the only

Re: The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers

2014-04-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richard Gaskin wrote: Richard Gaskin wrote I recently corresponded with Dr. Robert Horn, whose book Mapping Hypertext was one of my favorites back when it was first published in '89. The problems designers were facing back then were very new, and Horn's richly-illustrated book covered

Re: The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers

2014-04-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Jeff Reynolds wrote: Jeff Reynolds-3 wrote this is all so true. I have this issue in educational media publishers as they all want everything on the web but i still get constant feedback from teachers that they like to have a cdrom in their hand to base their curriculum on rather than a web

Re: The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers

2014-04-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Paul Dupuis wrote I recently made a number of inquires in and around the greater Boston (MA, US) area for any classes that are teaching LiveCode at any of the area colleges or universities. Sadly, in the greater Boston area, one of the places with more colleges and universities per square mile

webP, VP8, Skia and LiveCode

2014-04-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
on Oct 04, 2010, Richmmond wrote: http://code.google.com/speed/webp/download.html Is this just Google trying to extend its imperialistic influence even further, or is this s serious competitor up against PNG and GIF? Is RunRev/LiveCode going to be able to import and export WebP in a future

The Hammer Principle - The right tool for the job

2014-04-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
In this webpage, there is an open place for LiveCode: http://hammerprinciple.com/therighttool We all talk about using the right tool for the job in the context of programming items. But which job? And what's the right tool for it? I want your help in determining the answer for this. All

Re: The Hammer Principle - The right tool for the job

2014-04-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote Well, I just sent the chap this to his e-mail (Contact at bottom of page): This is my Hammer of choice: http://livecode.com/download/ Please include it in your list. Best, Richmond Mathewson B.A. (Dunelm), M.A. (SIUC), M.Sc. (Abertay). Great! Many thanks. :) Al

The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers

2014-04-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
The Missing Link between LiveCode and Teachers is Hypermedia Learning. Recently, I was consulting EBSCO database: http://search.ebscohost.com/ for articles and publications about Hypermedia. Surprisingly, most of these articles have been written from 1988 to 1995 and uses the Macintosh and

Re: LiveCode 7.0 input Japanese text on Ubuntu

2014-04-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Kenji Kojima wrote Did anybody try to input Japanese text into Linux version LiveCode7.0.0(dp2)? [snip] Do not work either in Lubuntu 13.10, using Japanese-Anthy. Works fine in other applications. Al -- View this message in context:

Re: 7.0 dp 2 still not much cop on Linux

2014-04-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmmond, Warren Samples wrote On 04/10/2014 12:18 PM, Richmond wrote: The problem I pointed out in DP1 is still there with the dictionary: Not possible to type into the search field of the Dictionary. UbuntuStudio 14.04 I don't see this problem on my system: Lubuntu 13.10 -- View

Re: Dramatic slowdown while resizing images by script

2014-04-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
On Friday 11-04-2014, Mark Waddingham wrote: Thanks for the report. I can confirm the slow-down - this is due to the changes to image filtering we made in 6.6. We need to revise that slightly I think as 'normal' now does some filtering on all platforms where as before it was a box filter on Mac

Re: The Revenge of Buffer Overflows

2014-04-10 Thread Alejandro Tejada
And finally: http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/heartbleed-programmer/ Programmer Robin Seggelmann says he wrote the code for the part of OpenSSL that led to Heartbleed. But it was an accident. He submitted the code to the OpenSSL project and other members reviewed it. Seggelmann later added

Re: Dramatic slowdown while resizing images by script

2014-04-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Kenji Kojima wrote Thanks Alejandro This is a technical note I have developed. http://kenjikojima.com/splitMerge/techNote1.html The project “Split/Merge AudioVisual” is here. http://kenjikojima.com/splitMerge/ If I cannot use the old image filter, I have to give up. Your audiovisual

The Revenge of Buffer Overflows

2014-04-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
A single line of code: memcpy(bp, pl, payload); produced a data breach of unexpected consequences... http://gizmodo.com/how-heartbleed-works-the-code-behind-the-internets-se-1561341209/all -- View this message in context:

Re: The Revenge of Buffer Overflows

2014-04-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richard Gaskin wrote Scott Raney's opinion on buffer overflows: lt;https://www.mail-archive.com/ metacard@.runrev /msg02659.htmlgt; Many thanks for posting this message from Scott Raney. From this message, I found the Top 25 software errors: http://www.sans.org/top25-software-errors/ And

Dramatic slowdown while resizing images by script

2014-04-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Please, review this new bug report: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12148 Add your comments and demonstration stacks to this report. Created attachment 4113 [details] Infinite Zoom 2014.livecode (Stack with images that zoom in or zoom out on mousedown) 1. Download the zipped

Re: of possible Android interest

2014-02-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting enough, just wondering if you know the answer: How could they offer such low prices? a) No manufacturer warranty (or just 1 month) b) Using sub-standard (or discarded) electronic components c) Dumping tactics from manufacturers d) All previous choices e) None of previous choices f)

Re: One step beyond

2014-02-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Really nice! :-D Could you add a prize, besides the blinking Jackpot image? For example, use a visual effect to display a random message: http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a10-001643.htm Al -- View this message in context:

A complete and general index of handlers, commands and functions

2014-01-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I have been looking (without success) in mail list's archives, forums and within my own stack's archives a LiveCode's implementation of Fast Fourier Transform. A FFT function was not found among math library's functions of joneslib stack:

Re: Any super-simple way to texture a sphere?

2014-01-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
This is a very useful collection of image processing source code! http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~pk/research/matlabfns/ For example: http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~pk/research/matlabfns/Misc/noiseonf.m noiseonf.m generates noise images with specified amplitude spectra. One can create pleasing cloud

Re: Any super-simple way to texture a sphere?

2014-01-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Geoff, After using PhotoRoom, written by Chris Bodell, I believe that you could create all images on the fly, by script, within your own program. :D http://ftp.runrev.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10t=9490 https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=303263e8a35c7594sc=documentsuc=1id=303263E8A35C7594%21112#

Re: Using live Code in English primary Schools

2014-01-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
And this: http://livecode.com/community/teaching-with-livecode/schools/ http://www.runrev.com/downloads/StandardGradeProgrammingLiveCode.zip http://www.runrev.com/downloads/Intermediate2ProgrammingLiveCode.zip http://www.runrev.com/downloads/HigherProgrammingLiveCode.zip Have a nice week! Al

Re: Go to card [with effects] is slow on Android

2014-01-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Roger Eller wrote [snip] I didn't mention that my buttons are Option groups (acting as buttons), so I replaced the hilite part with: send mouseDown to group Option1 -- only changes which option in a cluster is selected Overall, it feels a bit faster than before, but still laggy compared to

Re: Go to card [with effects] is slow on Android

2014-01-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Roger, Roger Eller wrote [snip] I opened demoMC27_no_sounds.livecode in LC 6.5.2 RC1 and added a preOpenStack containing set the fullscreenmode of this stack to ExactFit, then I clicked Test. It opened fine on my tablet [snip] Speed was ok for a demo, but for an interactive app like

Testing stacks in LiveCode 6.5.x

2014-01-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, How many of you are testing stacks from your archives in LiveCode 6.5.x? I have a lot of stacks in my backups (published by all of you) and have found that some issues raised and demostrated in previous LiveCode versions have simply vanished in the most recent version. For example:

fullScreenMode causes clipped fonts on Ubuntu Linux

2014-01-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
This Zip file (1.12 MB) contains a Folder with One Stack and Two PNG images showing bug. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode_Clipped_Text_in_FullScreenMode.zip 1) Open the attached stack Learn_Hiragana.livecode 2) Click the checkbox button Full Screen (at the right side of

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote [snip] It would be perfectly possible to do all the stuff that is listed there using Open Source and/or Free software on an Open Source operating system today on some fairly tatty second-hand computer, and that has to be good. Here's a list of software which

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Ah, yes. I forgot something. This kind of event would be possible with the collaboration of local entities that promote the use of technology in education. In every country, you will find private, public and ngo dedicated precisely to achieve these goals. Al -- View this message in

Re: Using live Code in English primary Schools

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Check this website: PGCPS (Prince Georges County Public Schools) website regarding the use of LC to create Games https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/livecode/home This recopilation website by Sean Shao: http://erhs.shaosean.tk/ And there are two more websites that I have bookmarked in another

Re: Go to card [with effects] is slow on Android

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Roger, Some time ago, I made this APK for Android of the first MetaCard's demo. It includes a demo of all transition effects. You could install it on your Android tablet and share your results: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/Demo.apk You can download the stack in LiveCode

Re: Using live Code in English primary Schools

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Look at the stack posted in the first message of this thread: http://ftp.runrev.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7t=18112sid=72aa865d15e05e6c679b1e35c77f8015 http://ftp.runrev.com/forums/download/file.php?id=2835sid=72aa865d15e05e6c679b1e35c77f8015 From this page: http://tlittle72.tripod.com/info.html

RE: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
John Dixon wrote I asked if they could set some time aside so that I could show them what the x-talk languages and 'liveCode' were all about and how they could excite the children into learning something about computing by actually building little programs instead of learning how to write

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting... :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries I think that Scots are capable to innovate because they were (still are?) not raised to be blind followers. Intelligent thinkers go to great lengths to demonstrate the validity of their ideas. Even moving to

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote [snip] About 9 years ago I took my agent-led interface for Livecode to a Primary school in Fife to trial the prototype with Primary teachers. The only reason any turned up (after all, it was outside working hours) was because the headmistress (and wonderful woman

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, if RunRev decided to promote among students an Award for Excellence in the creation of multimedia projects using LiveCode (like ISTE's Multimedia Mania...) would be easier to find LiveCode's evangelists. http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/ http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/mm_docs/mm_judge_rubric2.html

Re: OT and no excuse

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Roger Eller wrote Mark, I think this phenomenon can be easily explained. [snip] Dennis Ritchie now have his own meme, but where is Donald Knuth's... :D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-and-no-excuse-tp4674980p4674987.html Sent from the

Re: Tracing Stack (was: the points of graphic)

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bernd, Excellent work! :D Did you have code to select and trace each part of an image? For example, trace this image: http://www.clker.com/cliparts/c/a/6/c/11970950252088228801johnny_automatic_leaf_silhouette.svg.hi.png (from this page: http://www.clker.com/clipart-13748.html) Just one

Re: OT and no excuse

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Jerry Jensen wrote Dennis Ritchie now have his own meme, but where is Donald Knuth's... :D http://techno-backstop.com Do you believe in coincidences? :D http://techno-backstop.com/ http://www.cgarena.com/gallery/3d/description/fullimages/YOda_900.jpg Al -- View this message in context:

Re: RELEASE LiveCode 6.5.2 RC1

2014-01-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Wonderful! :D 11675 - Application freezes when importing certain PBM image files (All Unix formats now works! Just a small glitch with PBM easily to fix) 11673 - Setting the fillRule of a polygon graphic stops it rendering Now, SVGL works as expected. Test by yourself!

Re: ColorAtScreenLoc Function

2014-01-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Mark Schonewille-3 wrote [snip] Unfortunately, it seems impossible to export snapshots smaller than 32x32 pixels. Adding 31 pixels to the height and width of the first pixel makes a square of 32x32 pixels and that works. Interesting, because in LiveCode 6.5.1, importing a

Re: Tracing Stack (was: the points of graphic)

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Michael, Your Tracing stack shows a really clever use of the mouseColor. :o Works great under Lubuntu Linux Excellent idea and presentation! :D An enhancement could be adding more undos and redos (with custom properties stored in a button or the polygon) and offer some easy way to add a

Re: [OT] MIA

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
My deepest and most heartfelt condolences, Monte! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-MIA-tp4674853p4674861.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: [OT] Qupzilla web browser

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Just installed it in Lubuntu. Certainly, looks fine, but crashed while testing some webpages that load the SWF plugin... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Qupzilla-web-browser-tp4674858p4674863.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing

Re: Matrix Recoded

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi, I just downloaded the Mac/Pc demo from http://newsletters.livecode.com/october/issue158/newsletter2.php Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Matrix-Recoded-tp4674862p4674866.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

[OT] Google Chrome Is The New C Runtime

2014-01-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I found really insightful, RunRev's decision of using Skia, the 2D rendering engine of Chrome. (https://code.google.com/p/skia/) for LiveCode. Hopefully, we will see more of Skia unique features in future Livecode's releases.

Re: Errors detected in Open Source projects

2014-01-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Most surprising is finding in this list the most trusted and widely used open source projects: Apache server, Google Chromium, Mozilla Firefox... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Errors-detected-in-Open-Source-projects-tp4674758p4674809.html

Re: the points of graphic

2014-01-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi jvb, Take a look at this stack and use code that you find useful: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/regularPolygon_Tool_v2.zip Screenshot of the stack: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode_regularPolygonToolv2.jpg Have a nice weekend! :-) Al -- View this

Playing audioclips hangs LiveCode under Linux

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I just filed this bug in the Quality Center: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11680 Playing audioclips hangs LiveCode under Linux The report include a zipped Folder with one stack and four audioclips (aiff, au, mp3, wav)

Re: Any work around for no SFTP in LC?

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jim, Could you test if this method works for you? In the origin: 1) Send the name, length (in bytes) and sha-1 and md5 digest of the file 2) Grab a chunk of your file 3) encrypt this chunk 4) send via normal ftp along chunk's sha-1 and md5 digest In the destination: 5) verify chunk's sha-1

Re: Mouse Color not Working

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Your mouseColor test stack works fine under LiveCode 6.5.1 on Lubuntu Linux. I just made a small change: 1) Add a vector graphic (for example, a circle) on the card and set the opaque of this vector graphic to true 2) Change card script to: on mouseDown put the mouseColor

Errors detected in Open Source projects

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Found in the website: http://blog.thameera.com/ Viva64 develops PVS-Studio, which is a static code analyzer for C/C++/C++11. But their popularity has come from the fact that they run this software on quite a few major open source projects around the internet and post the results. They hit the

Re: Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
william humphrey-2 wrote I reported a bug about six months ago with imported images. [snip] Mark Waddingham already noticed: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11673 About bitmap images, I noticed that animated Gif could be resized :D and the Dictionary needs update:

Re: [OT] boasting

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Congratulations, Richmond! :D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-boasting-tp4674723p4674729.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Error importing PBM and PGM image

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I just filed this bug in the Quality Center: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11675 Error importing PBM and PGM image The report include a zipped Folder with one stack and three images (pbm, pgm, pnm)

Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Seems like there is a bug in LiveCode 6.5.1 with the property antialiased for vector graphics. When SVGL set the antialiased of every created polygon graphic, this graphic stays empty even when the same script have set their fill. The only way in which these graphics could show their

Re: Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
The property fillRule [evenodd - nonzero - empty] is somehow related to this bug. After importing some graphics using EpsImport v05C http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05C.zip noticed that I could set or unset the antialiased properties in imported graphics, without

Re: Subscription Issues - Lists.Runrev vs Runrev.Nabble

2014-01-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ender, Look here: http://support.nabble.com/email-address-td7589005.html From this webpage: If you are saying you did tell Nabble you wanted to use a different address on your forum, then make sure you have found the confirmation email that Nabble sends to the new address and that you

Re: numToChar with socking great numbers

2014-01-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, This is the character you posted: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F600/index.htm and this is the unusual character: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F4A9/index.htm -- View this message in context:

Re: First MetaCard Demo running in Android

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, The Stack is only 600px by 450px. Your Screen (Nexus 5) is 1920px by 1080px so it should take a bit more of a quarter of your screen. When I restore my Android setup, I will test the new scale property for stacks. Many Thanks for testing this APK! :D Al -- View this message in

Re: Visual Effect Zoom Open and Zoom Close

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Many Thanks Klaus for answering! :D Klaus major-k wrote ...but where in your scripts is Zoom Open or closed? I couldn't find it. Sounds worked. put visual effect the selectedText of field Effect Name the label of button Speed into cmd ## more strings added to CMD ## ... ## CMD will

Re: Figuring out the correct height / width of scrollbars under Linux

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Jan Schenkel wrote [snip] If you ever find a way to extract gnome-control-center information on Linux via shell calls, make sure to let me know as I'd love to find the theme colors data :-) Could this help? http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gnome-control-center.1.html Al --

First MetaCard Demo running in Android

2014-01-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Some time ago, I made this APK for Android and I want to ask you to install and run on your Android tablet and share your results: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/Demo.apk This was the first MetaCard's demo. You can download the stack in LiveCode format from:

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