Re: Searching for a word when it's more than one word

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ink of things . . . Unless anyone's code can cope with "Ruyton of the Eleven Towns" it won't stand up: we could even go further and call this the "Ruyton of the Eleven Towns Test". More muffled background noises. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 1:29 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-liv

Re: Searching for a word when it's more than one word

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That's because you lot tend to use a silver teaspoon while I tend to use a great big shovel: https://www.dropbox.com/s/00t8oftb1ydm8ni/Text%20analyzer%20X.livecode.zip?dl=0 Richmond. On 1/9/2018 1:29 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 12:05, Richmond Mathewson via use

Re: Searching for a word when it's more than one word

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Obviously, when considering names of places such as Colchester, Rochester and Chester one has to search for the longer names first and exclude them from later searches. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 12:59 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 06:48, Stephen MacLean via use

Re: Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Not much help forthcoming around these parts: so: Diddit masen: *on mouseUp** ** put the selectedChunk into CHK** ** put word 4 of CHK into NUMERO** ** delete char NUMERO of fld "ff"** **end mouseUp* muffled rude noises. Richmond. _

Re: Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
(just in case it seems obscure) is how to delete the char just before the insertion point without having to touch the delete key on my keyboard. Richmond. On 31/8/2018 9:30 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If you want to delete the last characters by script, why not something like: delete

Re: Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-08-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ary for the exact expressions returned by the selectedChunk function., Richmond. On 8/31/2018 1:57 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Digging further . . . I found out that the problem appearas: 1. NOT to be with LiveCode. 2. NOT to be with MacOS. Because using a font other than my one wo

Re: Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-08-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Digging further . . . I found out that the problem appearas: 1. NOT to be with LiveCode. 2. NOT to be with MacOS. Because using a font other than my one works well. So? What hidden aspects of my Devawriter.ttf font are gumming up the works? Richmond. On 31/8/2018 6:44 pm, Richmond

Re: Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-08-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
is deleted). On 31/8/2018 6:44 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Normally, if one were typing into a textField and made a mistake one would hit the back delete key and the mistake would vanish. How does one do this "programmatically"? Here's the (admittedly odd scenario): Unicode be

Deleting a char inside a textField via code

2018-08-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
t results in another useless square. Richmond. ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
here is the language warning, some viewers and Letters of the Alphabet may be offended by the following content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzAABMozs0 "offended" No; it was far too childish and ill-informed to offend me. Richmond. Martin Martin -- Sent from: http

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Who nose, and who chars? As long as one's life is field with joy, nothing matters. Richmond. On 26/8/2018 9:44 am, Kee Nethery via use-livecode wrote: I’ll just switch to using my nose. :-) Kee Nethery On Aug 25, 2018, at 10:06 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I swear one

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
The thread is entitled "Silly weekend" . . . And it is a fairly weak end, But Tits Fun. Richmond. On 25/8/2018 10:40 pm, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: I’m with Matthias on this. Some abbreviations are their own thing, and you don’t want to reminisce over where the short ve

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
OK, Randolph . . . Richmond. On 25/8/2018 10:38 pm, Randy Hengst via use-livecode wrote: Interesting. I don’t pronounce them as words. They are character and location. Just like I don’t pronounce Dr. as durrr. I say doctor. be well, randy www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com On Aug 25, 2018

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I tend to name variables in Scots or Bulgarian, mainly because calling a field "field" (whichever way you pronounce it) throws a "bluey" with LiveCode (and I have no way of knowing LiveCode's internal pronunciation of these terms). Richmond. On 25/8/2018 10:27 pm, Ma

Re: [OT]Silly weekend LC poll

2018-08-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
h "filled" Rhimes with "feeled" Do you spell "rhyme" with a "y" or an "i" ? Richmond. On 25/8/2018 10:07 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I wonder how people pronounce two common LC abbreviations. In print you never notice but in real lif

Re: Macintosh bloat

2018-08-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I'm talking about LC 8.1.10 which gives me the choice of building a 32-bit Mac app or a 64-bit app ('experimental'): currently, at least, I am ONLY building a 32-bit build for Mac. Richmond. On 19/8/2018 8:33 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: If I remember right, LC now always builds

Re: Macintosh bloat

2018-08-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
rating system has to "chew its way through" is essential, well, so be it, but if it is stuff my program will not use then that's a load of cr*p. Richmond. On 19/8/2018 7:48 pm, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: i dunno if this is still an ssue..but in previous versions. the standal

Re: Macintosh bloat

2018-08-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
32-bit Mac. Richmond. On 19/8/2018 12:15 pm, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, In the standalone settings, are you building for both 32-bit and 64-bit? Peter On Aug 19, 2018, at 1:48 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I ran off a series of standalones

Macintosh bloat

2018-08-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Jobs' ego, the fact that Macintosh computers are hugely expensive and so on]? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http

Re: Not many people know this.

2018-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
of field "f2". So . . . The *BIG QUESTION* is how to retain one's "cocktail" of fonts when taking some text from one field into another one. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url t

Re: Not many people know this.

2018-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
put the number of chars in fld "ff" into NF** ** set the textFont of char NF of fld "ff" to "MonsterMash"** **set the textFont of char (NF+1) of fld "ff" to "BoringGuff"** **end mouseUp* * **Richmond.* _

Re: Not many people know this.

2018-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
In fact, one can "fine tune" this operation to have this sort of effect: put the number of chars in fld "ff" into NF if char NF of fld "ff" = "a" then set the textFont of char NF of fld "ff" to "MonsterMash" else set the textF

Not many people know this.

2018-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
No: I know that that will not make many of you run out into the road madly waving your underpants over your heads shouting "Ra, Ra, Rasputin!", but, notwithstanding . . . it excites me no end. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lis

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ts time being nasty to "mental blurps" when it should be doing all it can to encourage them. Luckily most "little mental blurps" weather the storms of disapproval and those who would fit them into rigid categories and grow up into . . . err . . . LiveCode programmers among

Re: Why I insist on my pupils writing properly formed English letters.

2018-08-15 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
It would, indeed seem to be the operating system as everything works 100% on Linux. Richmond. On 14.08.2018 23:51, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Mocked by an operating system, no less. If I set the font of my field to ANY font other than the one where a glyph in position hex 978 exists

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Cripes: Mark: is it thee or me who is getting long in the tooth? :) When I want "to appeal" I get on my Flasher's Mac and stand around on wet streets on Friday night; as we all do. "Would you like to come up to my place and see my LiveCode?" Richmond. On 15/8/2018 7:11

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
of contentment. Richmond. On 15/8/2018 2:53 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Oh dear, I wasn't trying to prove anything and I didn't really have you in mind...it's a story I tell often because my mother was so convinced that the old stereotypes were still valid and that I was a lost

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
d the back of the goal while other boys managed to score 3 goals because I wasn't there. Love, Richmond. On 15/8/2018 12:04 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 8/14/18 11:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: That's why I'm saving up for a Petticoat 5 A brief divers

Re: Why I insist on my pupils writing properly formed English letters.

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
alone. On 14/8/2018 9:50 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Because some people who did not take handwriting very seriously, called the Marwari, started getting their letter 'D' wrong to the extent that it eventually began to be treated as a different letter by Indian Colonial Language experts at the end

Why I insist on my pupils writing properly formed English letters.

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
being able to cope with post Unicode 10; but as the Marwari 'D' was in place at least as early as Unicode 7 I'm not convinced about that. All this on Macintosh 10.7.5. In about 10 minutes will transport everything over to Linux and see what goes

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
6 x 7 On 14/8/2018 7:30 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 08/14/2018 07:38 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: How long do we have? Bob S On Aug 14, 2018, at 06:23 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: So long, and thanks for all the fish. 8.5 x 11

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
m so cute even without a computer . . . That's why I'm saving up for a Petticoat 5: https://youtu.be/2dEmWvVfEts Bet you all want one too. Richmond. On 14/8/2018 5:39 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: If only Apple could be more like Dell, huh? Bob S On Aug 14, 2018, at 06:33

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ment a stiff cup of strong black coffee and a blast of music by Thomas Arne** **are already soothing my troubled breast.** ** **Richmond.* ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and man

Re: Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ot;ongoing situation" in Bulgaria . . . I suspected the woman would not understand the problem because she is a paralegal! So long, and thanks for all the fish. I'll just stick with Xubuntu and Mac OS. Richmond. On 14/8/2018 3:13 pm, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: I tried b

Fun with Windows 10

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ng to show the menubar and the Tools to no avail. On dismissing the Start Center one is left with NOTHING. Firing up LC 9 shows the squashed-caterpillar-green '9' splash screen followed by NOTHING. Obviously this won't do . . . Richmond. ___ use-liveco

Re: stack rect with decorations?

2018-08-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Just download and install the community version of 7.1.4 and you'll have a working Dictionary. Richmond. On 14/8/2018 5:57 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: My dictionary doesn't work and I don't see what I need in the See Also for the online dicts, so maybe someone here remembers

Re: Text rendering of Unicode text in LC

2018-08-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
wonder why there has to be anything between LiveCode and your web representation. - I, also, don't understand the necessity for Adobe Spark. But I'm one of those people who like to keep things simple. This: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriterpro.html contains NOTHING more than simple

Re: Re [OT] Snakey Problem

2018-08-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
n Linux boxes in my school Richmond. On 13/8/2018 6:57 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-08-13 17:34, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 08/13/2018 02:21 AM, Peter W A Wood via use-livecode wrote: Like it or not (and mainly NOT), I have to offer Python to kids this

Re: [OT] Snakey Problem

2018-08-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ugh Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism (if you really want to consider those 3 religious traditions as separate from each other). Nag Pachami is a Hindu festival: possibly the only religious tradition that has retained that to the present day. Richmond. On 13/8/2018 6:23 pm, Bob Sneidar via us

Re: [OT] Snakey Problem

2018-08-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That sounds marvellous, in theory, but for legal reasons the computers in my school do not have internet access. Richmond. On 13/8/2018 5:57 pm, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Richmond, One of my colleagues who teaches Python uses a cloud-based service called PythonAnywhere. The basic

[OT] Snakey Problem

2018-08-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
n": i.e. a one-stop install. Frankly, Python, by using this module system seems to defeat itself to a certain extent: or, maybe I'm just spoilt by LiveCode. This question is very timely as Wednesday is Nag Panchami: the day of snakes! Richmond.

Re: Anyone using Older LC versions?

2018-08-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
e for later versions is justified. Richmond. On 12/8/2018 1:16 pm, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Howdy Folks, I am preparing to roll out some addon updates. Therefore, I wanted to check which LC versions I need to support! What's the oldest version that YOU would need? Or if you know some

Re: HTML to text in field

2018-08-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Hmm . . . On 9/8/2018 4:21 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Thanks Richmond, I will mess about with your suggestions. It's always much appreciated when someone takes the time to suggest a complete handler. But …. I want more! * **Just as long as I can call you Oliver Twist

Re: HTML to text in field

2018-08-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Possibly as it was lifted verbatim from "elsewhere'. :/ Although it works the way it is in LC 8.1.10. Richmond. On 9/8/2018 4:31 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: >put (URL ("file:" & it),"UTF8") int

Re: HTML to text in field

2018-08-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
word 1 of CHEESE else put word 1 of CHEESE after line LYNE of fld "SLF1" delete word 1 of CHEESE end if end repeat end mouseUp where fld "SLF1" is a scrolling list field. Admittedly it makes a pig's breakfast out of everything els

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

2018-08-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Runtime Revolution 1.1.1. At the risk of sounding extremely corny, after 2 sweaty years with Toolbook, RunRev was almost like returning home. From what I have seen recently, ToolBook seems to have "degenerated" from a "proper" programming IDE into some sort of "PowerPoint

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

2018-08-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
How "multi" is SuperCard? Richmond. On 6/8/2018 6:47 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Except for Supercard. Bob S On Aug 5, 2018, at 13:40 , Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: LiveCode is multiplatform and this single fact set it apart from all previous x-talk

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

2018-08-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
cintosh and most Linux distros. Richmond. On 5/8/2018 11:46 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-08-05 21:49, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Who said LiveCode lost sight of that? Oh, it was me. Lost sight of what? Mark. ___

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

2018-08-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Who said LiveCode lost sight of that? Oh, it was me. Richmond. On 5/8/2018 10:16 pm, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: "Programming could be much much easier most of the time. This unnecessary difficulty wastes the effort of professional programmers, but worse, prevents many p

Re: drawing a Barcode without a Barcode font

2018-07-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I was extremely lucky to spend 3 days as the guest of Dr Agnes and Dr Jackson He at their home in Long Island about 10 weeks ago: http://spie.org/profile/Duanfeng.He-10918?SSO=1 Jackson is best described as the "Barcode King". Richmond. On 26/7/2018 11:32 pm, Mike Kerner via us

Re: Property inspector / custom properties - how can i resize the value field

2018-07-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That is a really silly problem which meant that I had to set 12 custom props 4 times before I worked out how to do something that should be rather more intuitive. Richmond. On 17/7/2018 5:51 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: You may be referring to the issue when setting the value

Re: Property inspector / custom properties - how can i resize the value field

2018-07-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Having worked with LiveCode 8 extensively now I can say that the Property palette is far far more awkward to use thatn the LiveCode 7 one, and I wish there were an easy way to revert to that property palette. Richmond. On 17/7/2018 1:59 pm, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Bob: >

Re: Docker

2018-07-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
It is possible that, in the night, you were in some sort of fugue state, hopped into your car and changed the radio stations . . . . . . similar to when get out of bed in the morning and find LiveCode stacks that I didn't make littering my desktop. ;-) Richmond. On 12/7/2018 6:19 pm, Bob

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Well, aren't I glad I don't run an American business. 8-) I just run an EFL school that is not dependent on computers connected to the interweb and do funny things with Sanskrit. Richmond. On 12/7/2018 3:54 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: > On Jul 11, 2

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"it's no longer safe to use" I wonder how many people actually believe that? Richmond. On 11/7/2018 11:43 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob S wrote: >> On Jul 10, 2018, at 21:18 , Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> Beyond that, given Apple's OS strategy whi

Re: Docker

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I'd far rather make a list with a glass of wine in my hand rather than a mouthful of whines. Richmond. On 11/7/2018 9:39 pm, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote: Someone needs to make a list.. How soon can one start to whine, or obfuscate, or speak of cheese. But I'm not sure how it would

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Just don't shoot me until after I've brushed my hair (and changed my underpants). [and before the comments roll: I buy new underpants about twice a year: no 1911 long-johns for me.] Richmond. On 11/7/2018 6:06 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: And may I point out that the Colt 1911

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
eason to get hold of something new is if that new thing will allow you to a vast number of things that the thing it is set to replace is unable to do. Richmond. On 11/7/2018 5:36 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Obsolete is a strong word. There are different levels. I had a friend who f

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.1 RC-1

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh, yeah? Next you'll be telling me that all your Quarks are charmed! Richmond. On 11/7/2018 2:15 pm, FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: > ...bartender says "we don't serve tachyons in here" > > A tachyon walks into a bar... I don't ha

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
There's 2 good bits of advice. Thanks. Richmond. On 11/7/2018 7:18 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: > 1. I use LiveCode, mainly, on a Macintosh computer that cannot be > upgraded above 10.7.5 > > 2. I have no money to buy a newer machine. FWIW I've foun

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
These iMacs are super as far as they go. But with LiveCode 9 they don't go. -- There was a time when standalones for Macintosh pumped out of LiveCode running on Linux would not behave themselves on Macintosh: it would help me greatly if someone could let me know if that is still the ca

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC

2018-07-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"elucidation" might be too posh a word for a few simple facts: 1. I use LiveCode, mainly, on a Macintosh computer that cannot be upgraded above 10.7.5 2. I have no money to buy a newer machine. Richmond. On 10/7/2018 10:06 pm, Douglas Ruisaard via use-livecode wrote: Sorry i

Re: doMenu

2018-07-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks Tore, This is alright if one knows what the actual handler sparked by the menu item is. on mouseUp set the style of the templateGraphic to polygon create graphic "zzz" set the points of grc "zzz" to fld "PTZ" end mouseUp Richmond. On 10/7/2018

Boiling over with excitement . . .

2018-07-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
: *set the points of grc "zzz" to fld "scl"* and your polygon graphic will  "magically" manifest itself 'right there' on the stack. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

doMenu

2018-07-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Is it possible to send a *doMenu* command to a menu item several levels down? Such as *Object/New Control/Radio Button* ? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Boiling over with excitement . . .

2018-07-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
: *set the points of grc "zzz" to fld "scl"* and your polygon graphic will  "magically" manifest itself 'right there' on the stack. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: [Bug 19998] The non-appearance of Polygon graphics in LC 8.1.4 and above

2018-07-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
It would be LOVELY if there were to be a version 8.1.11 just to fix this problem for those of us confined to systems that cannot work with LC 9. Richmond. On 9/7/2018 9:05 pm, bugzilla-dae...@meg.on-rev.com wrote: Panos Merakos <mailto:panos.mera...@livecode.com> changed bug 19998

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

2018-06-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Marvellous. Thank you very much indeed! Richmond. On 30/6/2018 3:26 am, hh via use-livecode wrote: A simple hexagonal grid creating stack: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?p=168657#p168657 You choose the number of rows and columns and, for "scaling", the horizon

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

2018-06-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Come to think of things, I ran off a load of tessellating hexagons in Turtle Graphics about 2 weeks ago using fekking code blocks. Richmond. On 29/6/2018 8:53 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: I cannot for the life of me work out why it is relatively easy to tessellate hexagons in BBC BASIC

Re: Array Column Subset Revisited

2018-06-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That's funny; I thought the "intersect" command was for finding out if objects overlapped each other. Richmond. On 29/6/2018 9:39 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Have you tried the "intersect" command? On 6/28/18 4:44 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

2018-06-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
-09d6-e137cdae5605=1=Master Richmond. On 29/6/2018 2:05 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Not sure whether you really want to know or not ;-) Richmond puts his finger on it really. Most of the properties of a graphic polygon don’t relate to geometric features of the polygon itself

Re: Grabbing a widget

2018-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
All that does is show me how much LC centre . . . . Richmond. On 27/6/2018 9:55 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Am 27.06.2018 um 20:30 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode : Hi Richmond, Am 27.06.2018 um 20:24 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode : Indeed

Re: Grabbing a widget

2018-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Indeed: but that is not what I, and subsequently, Klaus, found. If an SVG widget contains this script: on mouseDown grab me end mouseDown in Edit mode, whether the mouse is down or up the widget moves with the mouse and cannot be released. Richmond. On 27/6/2018 9:04 pm, hh via use

Re: Grabbing a widget

2018-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Well, somewhere down the line the author of the SVG widget forget something: That an imported SVG is supposed to behave exactly like any other imported image. Richmond. On 27/6/2018 8:45 pm, hh via use-livecode wrote: A widget is not an ordinary control. It is the widget that has

Grabbing a widget

2018-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
uot;h5",5) then set the loc of widget "h5" to the loc of widget "h1" else set the loc of widget "h5" to 99,364 end if end mouseUp which is nothing spectacular. HOWEVER in Edit mode widget "h5" moves around with the

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

2018-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
onal shape that encloses my hexagonal earth that's vertices are not completely congruent with that hexagon. I'm messing around with hexagons right now, and will post some of my thoughts in the Forum. Richmond. On 27/6/2018 1:42 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for all the

Re: Tessellated hexagonal grid?

2018-06-25 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
uot; a bit like this: *if intersect(img "firstHEX",img "secondHEX",5) then* Richmond. On 25.06.2018 12:46, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Quite a few old school (and a few newer) games use a tessellated hexagonal grid. Remember Railway Rivals, anyone? I just starte

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Well that is a pain in the bum! I suppose I should go through an intermediate stage using a plain-vanilla text editor. Richmond. On 24/6/2018 8:19 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: It happens when a colorized handler is copied directly from the script editor and pasted into a list

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Richmond. why does your code paste that way? I don't know: looks terrible! Over "here" on ThunderBird e-mail client on MacOS 10.7.5 that code was pasted DIRECTLY from the LiveCode scriptEditor . . . Richmond. ___ use-livecode ma

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Strike that last remark. BUT: that script expects one to press the CONTROL key on the Mac rather than the COMMAND key one usually uses to PASTE, so how that can be achieved on a Windows or a Linux machine I just don't know. Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:39 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Oh

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh: and just to make things even odder than usual, it only works when the fild "ff1" does NOT have focus (i.e. the cursor is NOT in the field). Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:38 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: However, I, at least, am experiencing great joy just at present as this: oncont

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
LiveCode 8.1.10 Your mileage may vary: but it's sure worth a try! Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:07 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Thank you for this. However, it appears my problem is not with converting the clipboard from styled text to plain text, but with the "pasteKey" m

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Indeed: over "here" on MacOS 10.7.5 Livecode 8.1.10 the pasteKey command seems to be non-functional. Richmond. On 23/6/2018 11:07 pm, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Thank you for this. However, it appears my problem is not with converting the clipboard from styled text to

Re: Stripping styling from the clipboard...

2018-06-23 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Hey, Wow, it's the Richmond school of shovels and primitive stuff at its worst. If I have a field that conatins some styled text (let's call it "ff1"), and I want to shift it with its styling removed into another field (let's call it "ff2") then this does the trick in a

Re: unicode & umlauts

2018-06-21 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Eigenart des Deutschen, lange Wörter wider Willen bilden zu können, beliebter als sich so manch ein Brite oder #Amerikaner eingestehen möchte. Everything was preserved. I performed the same exercise from LibreOffice with no problems. Richmond. On 20.06.2018 23:36, Eric A. Engle via use

Re: The Cat ate my mouse

2018-06-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks. Richmond. On 16/6/2018 10:47 pm, dunbarxx via use-livecode wrote: Richmond. Say you have a field 1 with text in it. on mouseUp select after char 12 of fld 1 put the number of words of char 1 to (word 2 of the selectedChunk)of fld 1 into numWords select before word numWords

The Cat ate my mouse

2018-06-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
the insertion point has been positioned. 3 glasses of dry white wine fantasy in best alcoholic pseudocode following: on rawKeyUp RUP if RUP = 65470 then select after word 1 of field "TEKST" select the word before the selected delete else pass rawKeyUp end if

scancodes

2018-06-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
, and that there are comparatively straightforward ways to ensure this without accessing the scancodes. Notwithstanding . . . Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Cheese

2018-06-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Please ignore the previous post: something to do with too much . . . Richmond. On 6/6/2018 4:16 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: saadfs ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Cheese

2018-06-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
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Re: Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks: very useful information. Richmond. On 5/6/2018 10:08 pm, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: if u open up a lc standalone exe in a hex editor or even notepad++ you can totally read the code contained. at least it used to be the case before v9 (haven't looked) maybe your text editor

Differences between Commercial and Community versions of LiveCode

2018-06-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
standalone generated with the Community version cannot be reverse-engineered in such a way that its original code can be read? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and mana

Re: THOUGHT: the [effective] [working] screenLoc

2018-06-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
sself some baffies! Richmond. On 5/6/2018 12:14 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: " Windows taskbar can be resize to take up half the primary screen by the user (we have NOT had any one do that - YET)" Which reminds me of 3 variants of Murphy's law :- Nothing can be made foolproof

Re: Message when moving windows

2018-06-05 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
on moveStack LR, UD put "You moved me!" end moveStack Richmond. On 5.06.2018 10:12, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hi, Is there a message sent in LiveCode when the user moves an LC window around using the titlebar? I want to set a preference setting when this happe

Re: Text with accented characters

2018-06-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
like this: set the unicodeText of field "fiddlyDo" to the unicodeText of WHATHAVEYER. Richmond. On 4.06.2018 02:31, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote: I am importing some text where certain characters do not look right. When I test their charToNum values I get, for example, 2

Looking at LiveCode askew.

2018-06-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
out that LiveCode is far, far better as a programming language to learn first compared with Visual BASIC. This DOES look good: https://www.kidscode.sg/product/get-up-and-running-with-livecode-basic/ Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thank you, Lagi, for your advice. On 31/5/2018 5:43 pm, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, I think peter was hinting at the same thing as me in the Forum. Crowdfunding campaigns of much more expensive products and aims come with token "We love to help but don't have

Re: Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I do have a support level below the purchase price! The purchase price is $50, but donations of $25 will get a copy of the program. Richmond. On 31/5/2018 7:04 am, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hey Richmond, Looks good! You should have a support level somewhere below the purchase

Devawriter Pro: Fund Raiser Goes Live!

2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Be there, or be square: https://igg.me/at/devawriter Love, Richmond. ___ 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/mailman

Re: LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

2018-05-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh, I've got a vast number of HyperCard stacks lolling around on the hard drive of a G5 iMac (that runs 'Classic'); I'm not completely sure why? Richmonf. On 30/5/2018 7:54 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 05/30/2018 07:55 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I am amazed

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