Re: Awful quiet around here

2017-11-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Well, I for one, make a point of having a 30 minute walk every day, reading at least 50 pages, and doing about 50% of our cooking come what may. Richmond. On 14/11/17 8:12 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: The silence was deafening. I was forced to relax in my recliner and read

Re: Awful quiet around here

2017-11-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
. . . . Richmond. On 14/11/17 1:49 pm, Heather Laine via use-livecode wrote: Just checking if the list is functioning correctly. Seems impossible you all stopped talking at once... If you receive this message, ignore it. Otherwise, do let me know :) Best Heather Heather Laine Customer Services Manager

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I have a feeling the name should be one word, probably in camel format, so that has to be vectorSomethingOrOther shartened, presumably, to vSOO Richmond. On 7/11/17 5:31 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: +1 for vector something or other. Bob S On Nov 6, 2017, at 15:35 , Stephen

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I'm not sure how the word "canvas" conjures up ideas of interactivity. Interactive words: Playground Kitchen Chalkboard Tray Not, frankly, that any of the above would do. I'm still pushing svgImage although vImage (as in Vector + Image) might not be bad. Richmond. On 11/5/1

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
svgImage shortened to svgImg Richmond. On 11/5/17 5:46 pm, Dave Kilroy via use-livecode wrote: Hmm tricky this naming business isn’t it! My take on this is that it would be better to have a modifier for an existing control name rather than baptise a new control name to join what we already

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Frame Richmond. On 11/5/17 1:59 am, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode wrote: for me "Picture" is a bit confusing. We have "Image" for bitmaps, "Graphic" for vector graphics of a certain type and now we might have "Picture" for all kinds of element

Re: The coming of SVG

2017-11-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ust back from a wonderful 3 day break hill-walking with my wife, [anyone thinking of an inexpensive hill-walking trip in some stunning scenery (Bulgarian mountains) contact me] and slightly "murh" as it is the end of a holiday, and I find the news about the new SVG thang in my in-bo

Re: The Shrinking size of animated gif

2017-10-31 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
he process. Richmond. On 10/31/17 4:54 am, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Hi All, Could you verify if always that we convert an animaated gif in a series of png images the resulting images are always smaller than the original animated gif? Here is the recipe: 1) Create a new stack

Re: Relative Paths in Property Inspector

2017-10-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6=30074 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: LiveCode Windows Applications on Ubuntu

2017-10-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Yes, they did; silly *ankers (as in "bankers"). Richmond. On 10/26/17 5:39 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: They clicked the link, didn't they? I Told them! DON'T CLICK THE LINK!!! Bob S On Oct 25, 2017, at 21:24 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lis

Re: LiveCode Windows Applications on Ubuntu

2017-10-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
, and if you don't find running LiveCode standalones built for Windows with WINE exotic enough try running them with ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/), but remember to whip round to the local apothecary for a large jar of headache pills first. Richmond. On 10/26/17 3:40 am, Richard Gaskin via use

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

2017-10-20 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
. Now, wehter Supercard or Metacard plagiarised is not for me to say: and while the lawyers may, I don't really care: that was NOT the thrust of my post. Richmond. On 10/20/17 9:51 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Actually, RunRev BOUGHT Metacard didn't they? So they owned it, which is why

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

2017-10-20 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
a this has tae be in Sudron, as that leid is in ma hairns, but insnae in ma hairt. Richmond. On 10/20/17 9:20 pm, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Hi All, Being English my second language, frequently I have to read again (and reread some time after) many of the messages that I post i

Re: Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

2017-10-20 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Kevin Miller didn't spend hours agonising over nonsense like this and just got on with the job, whether on drugs at the time or not. Richmond. On 10/20/17 12:42 am, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: I wasn't aware that there was objections and controversies when it comes to this everything has

Re: OT Toxoplasmosis (was : Send "rawKeyUp")

2017-10-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
anything at all. Richmond. On 10/17/17 12:34 pm, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00037/full <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00037/full> It has been a long standing slow burner in the schizophrenia lite

Re: Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
My experience is that adolescents have considerably less foibles than adults; merely that adolescents are honest enough to admit them openingly. However, what I meant was labelling a program with "don't do this" would produce the opposite with adolescents. Richmond. On 10/16/17 8:

Re: Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That's OK in theory until you start thinking about adolescents . . . Richmond. On 10/16/17 8:00 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I have a great solution, which is simple, elegant and effective. Tell the end user, "Don't do that!" :-) Bob S On Oct 15, 2017, at 09:31

Re: In GRAB control

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
If you try that "code snippet" I think you will get terribly stuck: that's a question. Richmond. On 10/15/17 8:04 pm, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: richmond, are you asking a question or giving us code snippet to use? On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Richmond Mathewson via us

In GRAB control

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ot;LEFT" else put "RIGHT" end if if TOP2 < TOP1 then put "UP" else put "DOWN" end if end Grab Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I suppose an enhancement request for the rather obvious: rawKeyStillDown & keyStillDown might not be a bad idea. Richmond. On 10/15/17 6:44 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I see. You threw me off with the use of "I" which implied this was a merely personal problem. Carry on. -

Re: Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
And how, pray tell, would one have "stuff" in a LiveCode standalone to tell the OSes to which LiveCode deploys to alter their key repeat rates? Richmond. On 10/15/17 6:16 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: And here I was, looking for a post card. What I was plannin

Re: Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"out" end rawKeyDown on rawKeyUp RUP set the of this card to "in" end rawKeyUp I hope this is of some use to more people than just myself. Richmond. On 10/15/17 12:56 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: I'm suffering from "sticky finger syndrome" and cannot get my f

Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
rawKeyDown answers on a postcard, employees of the "Richmond Fan Club" are not eligible for prizes, giveaways or gratuitous insults. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: Rotating widgets

2017-10-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
But one cannot make an SVG image "twice as long, with half of it transparent": belive me I have tried that already. Richmond. On 10/14/17 9:44 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 10/14/2017 11:30 AM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: You would probably be better

Rotating widgets

2017-10-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
et around which rotation can take place. 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: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-3

2017-10-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That was suspiciously quick. Richmond. On 10/5/17 6:35 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.7 RC-3. Getting the Release === You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode

Re: [OT] Alternative to Inkscape

2017-10-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
At this point I can be really bitchy and ask why LiveCode is so daft as to have top-down numbers on the stack: sure slowed things down for my kids working with LiveCode in the Summer. Richmond. On 10/5/17 6:08 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I suppose, but consider that we learned

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Knowledge is not the only thing one can hold opinions about: anything subjective such as ethics or aesthetics . . . Richmond. On 10/4/17 8:45 pm, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Except people will always want what they want. As I understand it, that drives disagreements far more than

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Well, in that case I sincerely hope we never know everything. Although, how, without our finite brains/minds we would manage that escapes me entirely. Richmond. On 10/4/17 8:10 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: To which I will add as a side note, once we know everything

[OT] Alternative to Inkscape

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
https://sk1project.net/ Maturing nicely. 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

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
was a bit too honest for the poor boy to cope with as he has been brought up as a naive realist. Richmond. On 10/4/17 2:42 am, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Ralph wrote: This is possible because all current consumer OSs have the same problems outlined in the article. Deep truth, but... Are yo

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"magical unicorns crapped the world into existence." But they did: where have you been recently? Just as LiveCode 8.1.6 just spontaneously appeared without Homo Africanus (HyperCard), Home Erectus (Metacard) and a lot of subsequent depilation. Richmond. On 10/3/17 10:06 pm, Bob S

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

2017-10-04 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"because dead programmers don't write good code." More to the point, Astronauts (c.f. end-users) usually don't know how to write code at all. Richmond. On 10/3/17 9:59 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: No, I am sure we put men on the moon. But we d

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-18 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Indeed: And I'm always teaching others BY making mistakes! Richmond. On 9/19/17 2:04 am, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Awesome! I'm always teaching others to make mistakes! Bob S On Sep 18, 2017, at 16:00 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: E

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-18 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Wow: Bill . . . you have put your point so very well: that should be engraved on stone and tattooed onto every teacher's head! Thanks so much. Richmond. On 9/18/17 7:07 pm, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: Folks: Because livecode is so relevant for education, I suppose

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-17 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thank you, Alejandro, All my upper-intermediate pupils will be going through this article in class this week. Richmond. On 9/17/17 6:37 am, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Read the interview: https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

2017-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
My response to this will consist of interleaved comments as the matter it addresses goes far further than the "question" about auto-completion. Oh, and Please check out the pictures, they are groovy! Richmond. On 9/14/17 6:29 pm, ** Clarence P Martin ** via use-livecode wrote: I am

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

2017-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
sure that when I prepare my coding classes for next Summer I may leverage autocompletion quite extensively. Richmond. On 9/14/17 9:12 am, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: While it’s all a little disheartening that some people’s first response to your work is please turn it off I have

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

2017-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Indeed . . . And as an anti-Autocomplete person I'm looking forward to further instances of 8.1.7 until Autocomplete becomes optional in 8.2. Richmond. On 9/14/17 2:31 am, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Not to all the devs who worked on it. :-) Bob S On Sep 13, 2017, at 10:57

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 168, Issue 25

2017-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
The word "shameful" is a bit out of place here, but I do agree about time-limited licenses. Richmond. On 9/14/17 12:49 am, JosebaTELUR via use-livecode wrote: Hello: The news would be good if the shameful yearly licenses were eliminated. Please eliminate those annual licenses

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

2017-09-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Personally I don't want Script Editor Autocomplete at all: I'd rather stand or fall by my own light, so the ability to turn this off is a MUST as far as I am concerned. Richmond. On 9/13/17 11:41 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 9/13/17 1:34 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

2017-09-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks for that. Richmond. On 9/13/17 9:08 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: @Richmond Not at all. The autocomplete feature (and thus the CommunityPlus edition) is something new, which might cause regressions. So, until 8.2 goes GM, people that want to use a *stable* build

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

2017-09-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oddly enough the difference between the Macintosh Community version and the Linux 64-bit Community version is vast. Macintosh Community version: 1.03 GB Linux 64-bit Community version: 277 MB Why does this make me think that the Linux version may be missing things? Richmond

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

2017-09-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Does that mean that LC 8.1.7 was, essentially, a meaningless blip on the radar? Richmond. On 9/13/17 8:01 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1. Getting the Release === You can get

Re: Getting saucy

2017-09-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I did that sort of thing about 3-4 years ago in a rather feeble attempt to build a Livecode version to run on Linux PPC . . . Most open source efforts supply a folder with the build files inside it rather than forcing people down the slightly recherché route of git-hub. Richmond. On 9/10/17

Getting saucy

2017-09-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
of Livecode? 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: Vector graphics, again

2017-09-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6=29737 a picture is worth a thousand words. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences

Re: Vector graphics, again

2017-09-08 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Not really . . . . What Richmond wants to do is as follows: Generate vector graphics from groups of images and/or fields in Livecode in such a way thst they can be handled exactly in the same way as the SVG widget (which Richmond is in love with). R. On 08/09/17 00:25, hh via use-livecode

Vector graphics, again

2017-09-07 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
n Livecode that is not an SVG widget. Is there a way in which one can generate an image from a group and import it as a vector graphic and/or export it in a vector format, and/or make it into an SVG widget? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list us

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

2017-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Possibly several steps back might be better than total stagnation. As I have demonstrated by my article in "Hello World" I'm not always averse to backward steps if they serve some purpose. Richmond. On 9/5/17 10:18 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Well, that would take

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Here's a really dangerous, radical thought . . . as the Dictionary DOES WORK for LC 7.1.4 with Linux would it not be possible to port that for LC 9? Richmond. On 9/5/17 9:25 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, There are 2 different issues: 1. The dictionary on Linux

Re: [OT] Hello World

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Here is the publisher's domain: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/ And teachers right across the world are merrily downloading that PDF without getting their knickers in a twist. Richmond. On 9/5/17 9:03 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: >> On Sep 1

Re: Bu**ered by Bug reporter

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
, and the only way to sort this out is by sending a KILL signal to Livecode; far from satisfactory (quite apart from the NON dictionary). Bug 20334 Richmond. On 9/5/17 8:12 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: I updated my version of the Waterfox web-browser on my Mac today and it kindly lost all my

Re: [OT] Hello World

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
OK, Bob, and all others who find it creepy when I use my full name: I didn't! My FULL NAME is John Richmond Mathewson. The only people who call me 'John' are my family and the children I teach. I have used my second name since 1988 for all professional activities [mainly because I

Re: [OT] Hello World

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
One of the many reasons I am extremely reluctant to go back to the Over-regulated "Untied" Kingdom. Richmond. On 9/5/17 7:52 pm, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: Don't talk to strangers, always look before you cross, don't click the link, don't drive down the railway t

Bu**ered by Bug reporter

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I updated my version of the Waterfox web-browser on my Mac today and it kindly lost all my passwords. Clicking on "Forgot Password" on http://quality.livecode.com/ is useless as it does NOT allow me to get a new password. Richmond. ___ us

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ver my sour responses, LiveCode still "rocks the socks" off all the also-rans. Richmond. On 9/5/17 6:21 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: I believe a lot of users will be excited by this release (including myself), since several known long-standing issues are addressed. Jus

Re: [OT] Hello World

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I don't WHAT is wrong . . . I open links on my Mac (2007 iMac running Lion), I open links on my DELL Optiplex 745 (? 2007 ? running Xubuntu 16.04 LTS) and am still here to tell the tale. And "we got used to seeing that signature in all your posts" if you haven't got used to seeing

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Exciting. Why am I excited every time there is a new LiveCode release? Because there is always something new to fiddle around with! Lovely! Richmond. On 9/5/17 5:45 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.7 RC

Re: customPropertyless

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks Mark and Klaus both! Richmond. On 9/5/17 5:03 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 05.09.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: I have a button called "XXX" and it has 3 customProperties;

customPropertyless

2017-09-05 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
=" & (theCC ofme) intofld "propps" endmouseEnter But this does NOT: onmouseEnter putthe customProperties of meintofld "propps" endmouseEnter this is a Pain-In-the-Bum for objects that have an unknown number of customProps . . . Richmond. _

Re: mouseUp in a field

2017-09-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thank you very much! On 9/3/17 8:56 pm, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: textLock of the field has to be set to true in order to get the field recognize a mouseUp. Tore 3. sep. 2017 kl. 19:43 skrev Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: I am able

mouseUp in a field

2017-09-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I am able to run a *mouseDown* script when I click on a field, but seem unable to run a mouseUp script . . . is this to be expected? And if so / if not, can someone tell me how to run a *mouseUp* script when clicking on a fieild with FOCUSABLE, and FOCUS BORDER disabled? Richmond

Re: [OT] Hello World

2017-09-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
71 Richmond. On 9/2/17 10:39 am, Mark Schonewille via use-livecode wrote: Which page? Kind regards, Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com https://www.facebook.com/marksch Buy the most extensive book on the LiveCode language: http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com Op 02-Sep-17 om

Re: Missing things in the holidays

2017-09-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thank you very much, Thierry. Richmond. On 9/2/17 9:52 am, Thierry Douez via use-livecode wrote: Here is the reason: On Aug 31, 2017, at 3:42 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Hi all, Since the week beginning 21st August 2017, LiveCo

Missing things in the holidays

2017-09-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I did: Came back and found a second version of the 'stable' 8.1.6 . . . But could not find out why, what and so on . . . Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

[OT] Hello World

2017-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Page 71 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rpi-magazines/issues/full_pdfs/000/000/004/original/HelloWorld03.pdf?1504167546 Richmond Mathewson. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: [off]macbook model

2017-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
art saving right away for its replacement. This IS the voice of personal experience speaking: having just saved a serviceable laptop from the trash BECAUSE it has 2 standard USB ports. Tim Cook needs a lot of people to shout "Universal System Bus" at him! Richmond. On 9/1/17 5:52 pm,

Re: answer with...

2017-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Ha, Ha! I didn't know that either until I had a "mad" idea and tried it. Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:54 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 16.08.2017 um 21:32 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: This works: on m

Re: answer with...

2017-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=29638#p157100 Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:07 pm, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi I have a blank... I need to use a prompt in the form of answer "Your choice" with "John" or "Mary" or "Cancel" the probl

Re: answer with...

2017-08-16 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
This works: onmouseUp answer"your Choice" withfld "CHOIX" endmouseUp if fld "CHOIX" is a listField Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:07 pm, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi I have a blank... I need to use a prompt in the form of answer "Your choice" with &

Re: lockscreen?

2017-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks both: sorted out a lot of my nonsense. Richmond. On 8/15/17 3:30 pm, hh via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: If I lock the screen (so these automations don't show up) will that speed things up? lock screen; lock messages ___ use-livecode

lockscreen?

2017-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
are despatched to images that function as buttons. This makes for an extremely pretty user feedback situation, but also means that things tend to be s . . . l . . . o . . . w . . . If I lock the screen (so these automations don't show up) will that speed things up? Richmond

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

2017-08-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I don't know whether to laugh or cry; the latest "TERenist" is flooding the Forum with links to the Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities! Richmond. On 8/12/17 10:50 pm, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: I guess we can use the "foe" feature to hide the

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

2017-08-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Someone left the back door off the latch: bestdocs DilNeva and so it goes; and if everyone is "off" for their weekend it will keep going until we really are flooded. R. On 8/12/17 4:38 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: The Forums are filling up quickly with a whole lot of nons

on-rev servers

2017-08-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Are they dead, down, being maintained or otherwise as certainly unable to get here: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

2017-08-12 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
The Forums are filling up quickly with a whole lot of nonsense about cars in Russian (althought, oddly enough it seems to be coming from the Ukraine). Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Wow, Roger! You have "out devil's advocated me". Hope you have a great weekend. Richmond. On 8/11/17 8:38 pm, Roger Eller via use-livecode wrote: On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On 2017-08-11

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 8/11/17 8:18 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 18:54, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Now putting a LiveCode standalone onto an iPad that does thing that Apple doesn't like isn't always the same thing as putting things onto an iPad that is unsafe. I've

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
always the same thing as putting things onto an iPad that is unsafe. I'm absolutely sure that an awful lot of the creative potential of tablets is being lost because of unnecessary restrictions. On 8/11/17 6:44 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 16:44, Richmond Mathewson via

Ink pullDown menu

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I can have a pullDown menu with this sort of script: put the fontNames into me how can I do the smae sort of thing for Ink? e.g. (pseudocode): put the inkNames into me Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

[OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
t. Currently trying to get my ASUS Intel Tablet which runs Android to do a few things I want it to, but Google [wouldn't Douglas Adams have a fit of the dry boak?] do want me to do with it. Richmond. On 8/11/17 5:35 pm, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: If we could have our own LC App Store

Re: Drag Queen

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks Both, Klaus and Mark. Richmond. On 8/11/17 2:00 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 12:43, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I am in trouble because I cannot work out why this is not working: on scrollbarDrag NVAL put "NVAL,0,0" into KAR

Drag Queen

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I am in trouble because I cannot work out why this is not working: on scrollbarDrag NVAL put "NVAL,0,0" into KARRAY["color"] put 50 into KARRAY["opacity"] set the coloroverlay of img "BB" to KARRAY end scrollbarDrag Richmond.

Re: JPNG

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 8/11/17 11:13 am, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 09:29, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: In theory that sounds both impressive and useful . . . But, what, apart from your stack can read the format/compression method properly. I think Hermann's suggestion

Re: JPNG

2017-08-11 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
a JPNG image? And, if, so; what will read it? AND this: "This may even result in a larger data size than the original when decompressing." doesn't bode well. Richmond. On 8/11/17 2:56 am, hh via use-livecode wrote: JPNG (named using JPEG and PNG) is not an image format but a compress

Re: App Rejected: IPv6 network?

2017-08-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
. I wonder why they should object. Certainly I know that a very clever BBC computer emulator that was made for iPad was rejected because it downloaded other files (BBC computer program files). Richmond. Dan wrote: "The app, on launch, downloads a file (a compressed stack) from my

Re: Leslie Nielsen

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
That's marvellous . . . as far as it goes: click at the loc of btn "BASH" with altKey The only "snag" is that that calls BOTH of the scripts in btn "BASH" ( mouseDown & mouseUp ) and I really only want to 'get' mouseUp Richmond. On 8/8/17 6:44 pm, Mark

Leslie Nielsen

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I can send a command to a button like this: send "mouseUp" to btn "BASH" BUT I want to fake having the altKey pressed as well: pseudocode send "mouseUp" with altkey(down) to btn "BASH" can it be done? and if so, how? Richmond.

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
When once walking in Wales I observed a Welshman having a vowel-movement behind a bush . . . The noises he was uttering during this procedure were 100% vowels. Richmond. On 8/8/17 5:34 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: If the Welsh are so averse to vowels, they ought to call themselves

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Oh, very witty, very witty indeed, but, my pretty, my pretty . . . you'd fail the expletive-deleted exam! Richmond. On 8/8/17 3:56 pm, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: blandy-minded? On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
TThank you very much. Richmond. On 8/8/17 1:57 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Type in the msg box: "set the loc of the mousestack to the screenloc" -- BUT DO NOT PRESS ENTER Then place your mouse over the script editor window, and now press E

Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Somehow I did something and my scriptEditor window got stuck with its grab-bar off the top of my monitor window so there is no way I can either move it or resize it. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: SORT by length

2017-08-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
t char of line KOUNT of fld "CL" delete the last char of line KOUNT of fld "CL" add 1 to KOUNT end repeat end mouseUp Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsu

Re: SORT by length

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
** ***put**rSortByLength **into**fld "CL"* ** ***--* ** ***put**1 **into**KOUNT* ** ***repeat**until line KOUNT **of**fld "CL" is empty* ** ***deletethe**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"* ** ***deletethe**last char **of**line KOUNT **of**fld "CL"*

Re: SORT by length

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks: that looks remarkably simple. I suppose the "trick" is knowing which word to look up in the Dictionary ;-) Richmond. On 8/8/17 1:29 am, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode wrote: From the dictionary entry for “sort”: If you don't specify a direction, the sort is asce

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
rted words. I think they are the only two words where W is a vowel. Of course, Scrabble considers zloty, qadi, and qwerty to be words. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Also a Welsh word, NOT an English one. Rich

SORT by length

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order so the longest comes first . . . doing this: sort lines of fld "myGuff" by length(each) sorts the words, but the shortest one comes first... Richmond. ___ use-liveco

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Also a Welsh word, NOT an English one. Richmond. On 8/7/17 11:24 pm, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode wrote: And the musical instrument the crwth. On Aug 7, 2017, at 1:08 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: And the obscure word "cwm" u

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017-08-07 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
2017, at 3:28 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > I think you have an error in your code samples. Your vowel set should be > > "aeiouandsometimesy" > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Richmo

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