Re: Plain text library stacks

2015-04-23 Thread Devin Asay
I’m curious—can these plain text stacks be used by LC Server just like a regular stack as a library? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-04-02 Thread Devin Asay
”—of Mac OS X to the defaultFolder entry in the LC dictionary. You may also find that helpful.) Regards, Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-30 Thread Devin Asay
in behavior, which broke this capability in 6.7.x Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: v8 and Widgets

2015-03-24 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Problems with movies in latest LiveCode versions

2015-03-21 Thread Devin Asay
. The latter thing is what stopped working in 6.7 and later. I haven’t seen the fix come through yet, although I admit I have yet to download and test the latest 6.7.4 and 7.0.4 RC releases. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University https://livecode.com/store/education

Re: Interfacing with web services - advice needed

2015-03-16 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Managing Sizes - Images in Mobile (was Mobile Template)

2015-03-12 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Fast-tracking LiveCode for beginners

2015-03-10 Thread Devin Asay
give a pretty thorough overview of LiveCode. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University https://livecode.com/store/education/ ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Re: Rank Beginner Reference Materials

2015-02-27 Thread Devin Asay
, but those were for HC. What would be a great resource to put in front of someone, today, to get them going in LC? May I humbly suggest having a look at livecode.byu.edu. There is also LiveCode University: https://livecode.com/store/training/livecode-university/. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code

Re: QT and LC 5.5.5; Which LC should I update to?

2015-02-26 Thread Devin Asay
. Charles, I’d go with the latest stable version of 6.7, since it has been more fully extricated from its dependence on QT. If you need unicode support go with 7.0.x My $.02. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: [Datagrid] How to change an objects owner from a Datagrid to a Card

2015-02-26 Thread Devin Asay
in the Project Browser? It would allow you to see all of the internal components without ungrouping it. You should also be able to see the errant Next button and drag it out of the DG group. HTH Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: Unicode/keyDown

2015-02-18 Thread Devin Asay
but keyDown should happen no matter what keyboard is in use, shouldn't it? Uh-oh. I hope this bug is not back… http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3537 Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Unicode/keyDown

2015-02-18 Thread Devin Asay
in 6.6.2. To my knowledge the bug was never fixed prior to 7.x. I know that users were still reporting it in 5.5, for example. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Control Shift Graphic Bug Possible Cause

2015-01-29 Thread Devin Asay
search on my name I get No Bugs Found. Did you search on your email address? That’s how I always find mine. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Control Shift Graphic Bug Possible Cause

2015-01-28 Thread Devin Asay
, the window redrew correctly. Anyone having this graphic bug give that a try next t time it rears it’s ugly head. Bob, What’s the bug number? It sounds similar to this one that I filed a few weeks ago: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13883 Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital

Re: Unicode

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Asay
the text through an intermediary text field. LC 7 really is a wonder in terms of how seamless it has made using Unicode in the interface. It came with the slight cost of making text I/O a bit more complicated. devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: Unicode

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Asay
, but you still have to textEncode/textDecode the text as you’re outputting/inputting it. put textEncode(the text of fld “russStuff”,”utf8”) into tRussTxt # prep for DB put textDecode(tRussFldFromDB,”utf8”) into fld “russStuff” # display text from DB HTH Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital

Re: Unicode

2015-01-27 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: It would be great if there were a stack property we could set that would specify what format outputted text would be. The default could be “native”; i.e., the native encoding for the platform, but then we could set

Re: Unicode

2015-01-26 Thread Devin Asay
., the native encoding for the platform, but then we could set it to things like “utf8” or “utf16” or “ISO”. It would essentially do the textEncode/decode for us. Is this an idea that appeals to folks here? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: Record Audio in OS X and Windows

2015-01-20 Thread Devin Asay
-related bugs fixed in recent releases, so it may be that you’re experiencing one of those. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Project Browser... BAAAAD!

2015-01-17 Thread Devin Asay
didn’t inadvertently move the missing group inside another group? (Of course, this is going back to the original question, not the Mystery of the Saved Stack.) Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: Script to Generate Concurrent Times

2015-01-14 Thread Devin Asay
the date command returns the date/time the specified timezone. At least it works on the on-rev servers. HTH Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: [OT] I'm going to go live in a cave

2015-01-13 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

2014-12-31 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

2014-12-29 Thread Devin Asay
to those listed. Regards Peter On 30 Dec 2014, at 07:44, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: Seems to be a comma separated list of the languages you’ve done. Not sure how long the page takes to update. Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

2014-12-29 Thread Devin Asay
Just discovered that. On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: The circles are clickable. Richard also Tweeted. On Dec 29, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Sure enough, it’s there now. Bottom center of the chart, showing four users who

Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

2014-12-29 Thread Devin Asay
Odd that there are five tweets mentioned but the count on the chart is only 4. I see Richard, Mike, myself, Colin and Peter. On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Mike Bonner bonnm...@gmail.com wrote: I'm there too On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Just

Re: Code 2014 - Vote for LiveCode

2014-12-29 Thread Devin Asay
2014, at 08:24, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Odd that there are five tweets mentioned but the count on the chart is only 4. I see Richard, Mike, myself, Colin and Peter. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: I Hate the New Color Picker

2014-12-08 Thread Devin Asay
in LC 6.7.1 (rc2) but NOT in LC 6.6.5 nor in 6.7. Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: BBEdit Language Module for LiveCode

2014-12-03 Thread Devin Asay
or Swami, do you know if it’s possible to add folding for repeat loops and if-then structures? It would sure be nice to collapse log, nested if-thens to get a sense of the whole handler or script flow. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: shared group loses buttons scripts when changing cards

2014-11-24 Thread Devin Asay
even on that card. It's kind of like there's a noSave on the group, so that all changes go poof! when leaving the card. I see. That sounds like either the card or the stack has cantModify set to true. What she said. D Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: Play stop not working in LiveCode 7

2014-11-21 Thread Devin Asay
. (This is a misleading error message that has been corrected in the latest RC of 6.7.) If you open the stack in 7 and do Save As… then choose to save it as “Legacy Stack 5.5, it should open fine in earlier versions. HTH Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http

Re: LC Server on DreamHost?

2014-11-21 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Re; Unicode menu and script characters changing unexpectedly

2014-11-21 Thread Devin Asay
. That explains a lot. I suppose everyone else here already knows that you have to do a ‘Save As…’ to get the new format - but just in case… And don’t forget this setting in Preferences Files and Memory: /_/ Preserve stack file version on stacks saved in legacy format. DNA Devin Asay Office

Re: Play stop not working in LiveCode 7

2014-11-20 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: BBEdit Language Module for LiveCode

2014-11-18 Thread Devin Asay
is... and be pleasantly surprised that it's something they really like. So after the confusion, is there now a separate github account set up for the BBEdit-LiveCode language module? I’m looking for it but can’t find it. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http

Re: sound recording 6.7 and 7.0

2014-11-12 Thread Devin Asay
everything is ok recording sound is a main key of my app so for me it is a big problem any idea ? It works for me on Mavericks with LC 6.7.1. I wonder if it is a Yosemite problem? Does QuickTime still come installed with Yosemite? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham

Re: ANN: MasterLibrary

2014-11-06 Thread Devin Asay
On Nov 6, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Mike Doub miked...@gmail.com wrote: Version 5 is now available. It checks to see if a stack is password protected and if so, it ignore it. You beat me to it, I see. :) Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: ANN: MasterLibrary

2014-11-06 Thread Devin Asay
if end if HTH Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: Possible bug in LC6.7 - maybe one for Mark Schonewille?

2014-10-31 Thread Devin Asay
it to [myProjectPrefix]_editionType and now the universe is happy again. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Naive Unicode question # 107

2014-10-28 Thread Devin Asay
and it just works. You can even use Unicode in variable names and object names, and it just works. Magic. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Can anybody play a midi file on LiveCode 7?

2014-10-24 Thread Devin Asay
the hood, QuickTime is at 7.7.3, which is what LiveCode sees. Ah. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Now I’m confused. I thought LiveCode 7 didn’t use QT at all any more, but instead a custom player object that uses AVFoundation. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 133, Issue 15

2014-10-09 Thread Devin Asay
that it is NOT thisBernd :) if thisBernd is not thatBernd then focus on the effective Bernd else focus on nothing end if D Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: getting a section cross-platform without utf

2014-09-26 Thread Devin Asay
. . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 Richard, You can use htmlText. Have you tried: set the htmltext of fld 1 to psect;/p” Works for me here on 5.5.4. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use

Constraining window dimensions proportionally while resizing

2014-09-23 Thread Devin Asay
and constrain it proportionally? I feel like I may be missing something really obvious. It wouldn’t be the first time. Thanks, Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: HyperCard Basics

2014-09-18 Thread Devin Asay
On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:03 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps . . . if I can find the time, I'll make a merry little list of all the keyboard shortcuts. Here’s my list of LC keyboard shortcuts. Tell me if I’m missing anything, and I’ll add it. Devin Devin Asay Office

Re: HyperCard Basics

2014-09-18 Thread Devin Asay
anything, and I’ll add it. http://livecode.byu.edu/helps/shortcuts.php Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: [ANN] modified Table Field 0_2_9

2014-09-17 Thread Devin Asay
, and this does almost everything needed for tabular data. Thanks for this. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: [ANN] modified Table Field 0_2_9

2014-09-17 Thread Devin Asay
to hide columns. Is that something you have in mind? Or perhaps it already does it, but I just didn’t notice. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: WindowShape

2014-09-12 Thread Devin Asay
slepy...you want to give me your bank account numbers... Fortunately I was able to disengage and decided to try it on LC 7.0, where it does nothing. My meager fortune has been retained, but you should probably tell RR about the failure anyway. Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities

Re: Orientation Support Mobile

2014-09-08 Thread Devin Asay
and the orientationChanged message should really be called orientationAboutToChange. Or preOrientationChange to maintain consistency with the open messages, openCard-preOpenCard, etc. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: Should dispatch be extended for timers?

2014-08-29 Thread Devin Asay
always a little apprehension and confusion over whether the variable names in quotes in 'send [command param,param]' will be parsed properly. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: Why doesn't menupick work

2014-08-21 Thread Devin Asay
in the list of names in the combo box? 2. Use 'the short name' property to get just the name of the card (or whatever object you’re referring to), without getting the object type information. HTH Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: Two quick questions:

2014-08-20 Thread Devin Asay
that info using specialFolderPath(“engine”), as you can now on iOS. HTH Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: Two quick questions:

2014-08-20 Thread Devin Asay
On Aug 20, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Devin Asay devina...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 19, 2014, at 11:47 PM, Paul D. DeRocco pdero...@ix.netcom.com wrote: 1) What's the simplest way to test if running under the LC IDE versus as a standalone? 2) For a Mac standalone, how do I get the full path

the effective me?

2014-08-06 Thread Devin Asay
discussion a few months back about referring to parent behaviors, and one of the tongue-in-cheek(?) suggestions was 'the effective me'. But how could one refer to the button holding the behavior script? 'the real me'? Struggling with who I really am, Devin, just me Devin Asay Office of Digital

Re: the effective me?

2014-08-06 Thread Devin Asay
On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:09 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: On 8/6/2014, 2:56 PM, Devin Asay wrote: Struggling with who I really am, It was this me and it's in there. I thought it was silly at the time, and yet, it's does describe it correctly and no one could think

Re: the effective me?

2014-08-06 Thread Devin Asay
] me: Ah! Finally, the world makes sense again. :) Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Add a control to a group

2014-08-01 Thread Devin Asay
thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay

Re: Add a control to a group

2014-08-01 Thread Devin Asay
Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/468 Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 8/2/2014 00:27, Devin Asay wrote: On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi

Re: One day left

2014-07-31 Thread Devin Asay
take a few seconds to put through each. Nothing like the last minute! We should have the results in by 5 or 10 past I would think. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can code Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities

Key shortcuts in popup menus?

2014-07-31 Thread Devin Asay
Can popup menus have keyboard shortcuts in them. My experimentation says no. I hope I'm wrong. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: One day left

2014-07-30 Thread Devin Asay
according to one of Kevin's emails. That's what I was thinking too. Almost to 75% of the total now. Time to dig deep, folks! Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Richmond buys an iMac G5

2014-06-19 Thread Devin Asay
support had to be dropped in LC 6.7 in order to do the Cocoa conversion. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Wikipedia UUID

2014-06-02 Thread Devin Asay
...@fourthworld.com wrote: Anyone here have time to add LiveCode to the Implementations section?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier# Implementations Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.6.2-rc-4

2014-05-29 Thread Devin Asay
seem squished. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhse1089855uzyr/ProjBrowserAnomalies.png Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.6.2-rc-4

2014-05-29 Thread Devin Asay
Mike, It sounds like the same bug that Trevor reported earlier in the thread. Devin Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Mike Kerner mikeker...@roadrunner.com wrote: Anyone else seeing that the line number area in the script editor is too narrow? I can only see up to 99.

Re: Handler is being ignored: Why?

2014-05-23 Thread Devin Asay
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Re: Making the content of LC Server Scripts Safe

2014-05-22 Thread Devin Asay
before logging in to the MySQL server. It may be overkill and one extra step, but most hackers go for the low-hanging fruit. I figure this makes it harder, so the bad guys will just move on to other targets. My $.02. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http

Re: Image cache question

2014-05-22 Thread Devin Asay
monitoring this nowadays? Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: UPDATE: Make stack close itself

2014-05-21 Thread Devin Asay
are you running? Jacque and Bob, I've noticed that sometimes if I'm using library stacks the stack can't be removed from memory. Could that be the case here? Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: Writing to Mum in Glagolitic script

2014-05-21 Thread Devin Asay
announced last week. LC 7 I think will be a huge step forward for those of us who use Unicode. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Image cache question

2014-05-21 Thread Devin Asay
form. Phil, Ben, Do you mean all you have to do is set the filename property of the image to empty, then set it to the external file reference again? The dictionary ought to be updated, or a note added, to alert users on how to do this. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University

Re: Writing to Mum in Glagolitic script

2014-05-21 Thread Devin Asay
On May 21, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/05/14 18:19, Devin Asay wrote: Have you tried out the prerelease of LiveCode 7? I'm really curious how your projects will work with it. My understanding is that all of the arcane, language-specific glyph

Re: setProp handlers

2014-05-20 Thread Devin Asay
and Kay. That confirms what I had suspected. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

setProp handlers

2014-05-19 Thread Devin Asay
Shouldn't a setProp handler be triggered if you set the custom property in the property inspector rather than in a script? It doesn't seem to be doing that for me. LC 6.6.2 RC 3. The dictionary doesn't have anything to say about this issue. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode

Re: Fade effect for a Field

2014-05-16 Thread Devin Asay
this: fadeInMsg Useful information here. send fadeOutMsg to me in 1000 milliseconds Easy, neat, and non-blocking. HTH Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-16 Thread Devin Asay
On May 16, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Dave Kilroy d...@applicationinsight.com wrote: I don't know whether the Menu Builder falls into the 'IDE oddity' category but it sure it a liability! Dave, Anything specific, or do you just find it confusing in general? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-16 Thread Devin Asay
. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-16 Thread Devin Asay
it is to get the geometry manager to adjust the layout to what you want on resizeStack. So the problem may be more one of robustness and scalability than outright bugginess. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
Thanks for the responses folks. Keep them coming, and I'll post a summary. Here's another one of mine: Names of blendLevel inks: Whaaa? What do those things even mean? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
On May 15, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Devin Asay wrote: Thanks for the responses folks. Keep them coming, and I'll post a summary. It may be helpful if you'd post your summary to the IDE Contributors Forum: http://forums.runrev.com/viewforum.php?f

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
the object? Or are you referring to another locked property? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
in the answer to this question as well. My understanding is that the IDE is not yet part of the GitHub… thingy, but will be soon. Richard? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
this is an area that's just gonna require a body to go through a tutorial. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: cumbersome pt and rect operations

2014-05-15 Thread Devin Asay
could try a 0 value for the time. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
the card and return. Why not make this settable with a property? Closely related: Why are lock size and lock location controlled by a single property? Anyone else? Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Grouping objects

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
On May 14, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: On May 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Closely related: Why are lock size and lock location controlled by a single property? Good question. The good news is that it is now possible to group

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
On May 14, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: On May 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Closely related: Why are lock size and lock location controlled by a single property? Good question. The good news is that it is now possible to group

Re: Grouping objects

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
and not position is to group the image. Good tip, I hadn't thought of using a group to do that. Still, it adds complexity to something that shouldn't be that hard, and it confuses new users. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com

Re: Dropbox File Path via Shell Or Similar?

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
was working on a Dropbox library, but my weak mind can't come up with a name. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
be that when a stack window is closed it is also removed from memory. I realize there are good and valid reasons for the current behavior, but it is confusing and offputting for new users. Experienced users can easily change the behavior. Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http

Re: IDE oddities (was Re: Error Messages Are Evil)

2014-05-14 Thread Devin Asay
the user interface more accessible to new users. I think we could do the same for the LiveCode interface. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Quick query about where to look of resolution issues

2014-05-12 Thread Devin Asay
, and as I said, it's much, much easier than it was before v. 6.5. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: SUMMARY Re: LiveCode Books

2014-05-05 Thread Devin Asay
On May 5, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Dar Scott d...@swcp.com wrote: I noted these: RunRev Ltd. LiveCode User Guide Mark Schonewille Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner Scott McDonald Coding Nine LiveCode Games Colin Holgate LiveCode Mobile Development Edward D. Lavieri Jr.

Re: Fun with 7.0

2014-04-22 Thread Devin Asay
languages, and some insert cursor weirdnesses. See e.g., bugs http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12177, http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11986 and http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12064. I've been following Dar's posts with interest. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital

Re: 6.6.1 no bueno

2014-04-16 Thread Devin Asay
as long as a combo box is not the first object you create in a new session. Except that I was seeing the same problem with any kind of menu-style button. It's worth reporting. I'll be glad to do it, since I have a recipe. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: 6.6.1 no bueno

2014-04-14 Thread Devin Asay
. Mac-only bug, maybe? When I double click the combo box to show the prop inspector the cursor changes to watch, but nothing happens. When I add another control type, it all starts working just like you said. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University

Re: 6.6.1 no bueno

2014-04-14 Thread Devin Asay
. Is this what you're seeing, Bob? And what you're not seeing, Mark? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: SQLite, Unicode LC

2014-04-09 Thread Devin Asay
that and it fixed the problem, database looks fine now. The user note credits Devin Assay and Dave Cragg for the solution so thanks to those folks. Yep, that's the way to do it for now. Once LC 7 hits the streets it will be slightly different (and simpler.) Devin Devin Asay Learn to code

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