Re: Field highlited

It is really very easy to do this sort of thing: set the hilitecolor of fld "f1" to red Best, Richmond. On 14.07.23 23:39, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 7/14/23 11:14 AM, Mark Smith via use-livecode wrote: BTW, is there a way of determining the default highlight colour? The

Re: Field highlited

I just did this: on mouseLeave    put the selectedText of fld "f1" into fld "f2" end mouseLeave you can then do whatever you want with your button on the basis of the contents of fld "f2" Best, Richmond. On 13.07.23 20:20, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Correction: on openField

Re: The Backdrop's Purpose In Life

Note that the LC backdrop with LC 9.6.3 community works just fine with MacOS Ventura. Kisses, Richmond. On 27.05.23 6:58, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Hello all, Note that the LC backdrop does not work on MacOS Ventura. Cheers, Panos On Fri, 26 May 2023, 22:23 J. Landman Gay via

Re: Android and USB footswitch

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Optical-Computer-Keyboard-Fortnite-Transcription/dp/B08QZ4H31C/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2WJV976H8HKK1=usb+foot+pedal=1685090338=USb+foot+pedal%2Caps%2C107=8-4 On 25.05.23 18:22, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi friends, I'm still an active musician (bass guitar) and

Re: Default cursor

Is that a fact? Surely when someone offers help it seems churlish to set conditions. On 7.05.23 2:08, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 5/6/23 4:51 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: AND, there (on the forums) I have found a way to get things to do what you want. Please reply here

Re: Default cursor

AND, there (on the forums) I have found a way to get things to do what you want. On 7.05.23 0:05, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I'm working on a stack that needs a default cursor. Sometimes it sets the cursor to none, but after that I can't get it back. Could someone verify? Do

Re: Default cursor

Sorry, Jacque: taking this across to the forums as want pictures and whatnot. Love, Richmond. On 7.05.23 0:05, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I'm working on a stack that needs a default cursor. Sometimes it sets the cursor to none, but after that I can't get it back. Could someone

Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

No: that article is about Yoginathaswami: another monk at that monastery. Richmond. On 28.12.22 23:33, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode wrote: I still have the first copy of MacUser magazine, and right there was an ad titled "Monks with Macs" and swami was right there. I'm searching for that

Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

I am sad to hear that Brahmanathaswami has disbodied: I hope that he will either merge with the Brahmajyoti or enjoy a full life in the Vaikuntha-lokas. He was a wonderful fellow who, although I only ever met him virtually: once, memorably with my younger son via Skype from London, was a model

Re: Script Compiler

I am beginning to worry, as over here in Bulgaria, on 2 November it was 28 degrees centigrade at 3pm; far from normal - summer has just not ended yet - I begin to wonder if it ever will. Richmond. On 2.11.22 19:51, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: Or in my case 5 o'clock somewhere Ralph

Re: Control or right click to show popup menu

Why does this make me have a funny feeling you are still using a one-button mouse on a Macintosh? Certainly, I would stick with on mouseDown  MN   if MN is 3 then . . . Best, Richmond. On 1.10.22 11:17, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: Hi, I want to control or right click on a line

Re: System Time Zone

. Am 14.09.2022 um 17:21 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode : That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' produces a format that includes the GMT offset. So when I write this in the messageBox:  put the internet date I get: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:19:18 +0300 and, obviously, from the +0300

Re: System Time Zone

poster does not want to have the offset, but the time zone country/city and he already had a solution with apple script. I provided a solution just with the shell function. Am 14.09.2022 um 17:21 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode : That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' produces

Re: System Time Zone

script. I provided a solution just with the shell function. Am 14.09.2022 um 17:21 schrieb Richmond via use-livecode : That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' produces a format that includes the GMT offset. So when I write this in the messageBox: put the internet date I get: Wed

Re: System Time Zone

not dead easy from the perspective of iCalendar syntax. Zones are defined by text strings. I will need a lookup table for that. Bob S On Sep 14, 2022, at 08:21 , Richmond via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' pr

Re: System Time Zone

That seems a bit unnecessary as 'internet date' produces a format that includes the GMT offset. So when I write this in the messageBox:  put the internet date I get: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:19:18 +0300 and, obviously, from the +0300 it is dead easy to work out my system time zone. Love,

Re: macOS Ventura (13.x.x)...

That is a complete misunderstanding of the elevator theory of evolution: this was a theory propagated by some of the people who misread Darwin (I don't mean Hobbesian individualists like Huxley and Dawkins) to say that evolution is a linear and ever-upwards process. On 11.07.22 18:31, Bob

Re: M1 Macs and LC 9.6.8 RCs and 10.0.0 RCs

In the standalone builder you have always separated Linux 32-bit and 64-bit builds, and the same with Windows: could you alter the MacOS standalones so we end up with one INTEL 64-bit standalone, and one ARM standalone, rather than a awkward sandwich? Best, Richmond. On 20.06.22 17:50, Mark

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 10.0.0 DP-4

Certainly not round these parts: the IDE "we know and love" is still in place. Best, Richmond. On 1.06.22 17:35, Heather Laine via use-livecode wrote: I think you are probably referring to the special prototype dp-4 with the single window IDE in testing. This is not as yet "in the wild".

Re: Movie text tracks

Here's a thought: Dig out an old mac that runs, say, MacOS 10.6 or 10.7 and then follow this: https://synchrimedia.blogspot.com/2016/02/extracting-qt-text-tracks-from-movies.html Best, Richmond. On 17.05.22 20:28, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I’m resurrecting some QuickTime

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Great Behinds Stink Alike.  :) On 16.05.22 21:19, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Hi. Can you get the number of lines of the whole blob, if lines are pertinent, divide that number by 3, and search from there? Another words, if you had 1000 lines, divide by 3 and search from line 333 to

Re: Divide Large Data Blob?

Well one of the things you could do is this: slightly pseudo 1 put the number of chars in MyDATA into MyNUM 2 put MyNUM / 3 into SLICER 3 put chars 1-SLICER of MyDATA into firstTHIRD 4 put chars SLICER-(SLICER * 2) into secondTHIRD 5 put chars (SLICER * 2)-(SLICER*3) into thirdTHIRD at which

Re: Anybody tried to import data to Quicken for Mac?

Awkward: Whackypedia says: "Different (and incompatible) versions of Quicken run on Windows and Macintosh systems." and "the absence of a common cross-platform file format" so getting data "into Quicken" could mean several things. "newer versions of Quicken for Mac use an SQLite database"

Re: OSS installer for Linux?

https://archive.org/download/live-code-community-linux-x64/LiveCodeCommunityInstaller-9_6_3-Linux.x64 On 8.04.22 17:58, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, Does anyone still have the Community installer for LiveCode 9.6.3 Linux? I have a colleague I’m trying to show LC to, but he’s

Re: Widget properties

Here's my 25p's worth: Ever since widgets 'appeared' I have thought of them as second class citizens insofar as: 1. They are 'bits of stuff' where experts (the LiveCode team and so on) have done the heavy lifting for those of us who haven't got the skill, motivation or time to work out how

Re: Counting Syllables

orithm ,or are they comparing the words to a database table that has all the dictionary information? Thanks, Rick On Mar 20, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Well, syllables are language dependent, so let's suppose for the moment that you are ONLY working with English, the, presumably, you c

Re: Counting Syllables

Well, syllables are language dependent, so let's suppose for the moment that you are ONLY working with English, the, presumably, you can set up vowels as item-delimiters: although you might get a bit mixed up with words sucj as 'beautiful' which, while having 5 vowels only has 3 syllables.

Re: Hey Lurkers: Anyone still using LC 6.7? (Regulars too)

What do you mean when you write "I'm still supporting LC 6.7"? On 10.03.22 20:25, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: To plan addon development for the next few years, I would like to know if some people still need LC 6.7. If you're a Lurker, that's OK! If shy: offlist is fine. (Regulars

Re: What version of Ubuntu does LiveCode (9.6.6) support?

Here's a few observations: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=20=36784 Best, Richmond. On 10.03.22 17:29, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote: Just read the release notes (for 9.6.6, but also for 10.0.0.dp2) which say LiveCode supports the following Linux distributions, on

Re: Install LC on Chromebook

'Normally' . . . On Xubuntu I download the appropriate Linux installer for the machine (my school sports a motley mixture of 32 and 64 bit machines), and then select 'properties' with a right-click: that allows me to set the executable bit WITHOUT getting all hot and sweaty using the terminal.

Re: Sharing a desktop app, or with beta testers

The security issue is because the user probably just did a double-click on the thing. a right-click will allow them to run the app. On 26.01.22 21:29, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: Folks: Sorry for this question which probably has been answered many times, but …. I’m trying not to

Re: Reviving CD-ROM material [was: Re: Livecode and interactive video]

I have a good dozen CD-ROMs which my boys got a lot of mileage out of when we stayed in the UAE. The first thing to do is to extract all the media - and this can be a right-pain-in-the-bum as quite a lot of these CDs were authored using MacroMedia products where the media are embedded in a

Re: Someone has a copy of the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC MacOS Classic machines?

Old and mouldy: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qslejp8mq5tuges/revolution.sit?dl=0 On 15.01.22 20:15, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Hey Folks, I’m in the mood to build some hobby toys for old classic macs, just to amuse myself. Anyone here has a copy of the last version of Runtime

Re: Someone has a copy of the last version of LiveCode to support PowerPC MacOS Classic machines?

The best bet is to go to the Wayback machine and look at RunRev websites there, and I di know that RunRev2 can be downloaded. Best, Richmond. On 15.01.22 20:15, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote: Hey Folks, I’m in the mood to build some hobby toys for old classic macs, just to amuse

Re: scripted Show tooltip not a thing?

https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36647=211966#p211966 On 14.01.22 13:10, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: Thanks all. I scripted as if the delay was the duration the tooltip is displayed. Duh! Of course the delay is hover delay before the tooltip shows! I knew that, and

Search & Replace

I am trying to locate the Search & Replace dialog inwith the LC IDE but seem unable to . . . Best, Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: How to extract whole text from a PDF file with the PDF

The consequences are endless. On 12.12.21 21:33, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Stam Kapetanakis wrote: > i presume the pdf widget in pro is the opensource xpdfReader but > don’t know for sure. If it is that would be problematic, as the open source edition of xpdfReader is licensed

Re: Control of Text Fields.

vecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36444 <https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36444> Cheers, Roger On Nov 7, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 07/11/2021 11:36, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: No hard feelings. See what I have got up to over on the Fo

Clicking around . . .

Well . . . this is a sort of side-effect at my fooling around with calculators: If I have a field on a card that has the lockText set to true and I click outwith the stack that lockText is set to false . . . I feel this should NOT happen: Probably because if I click outside a LibreOffice

Re: Control of Text Fields.

No hard feelings. See what I have got up to over on the Forums, and https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36444 PLEASE, feel free to pull the thing to bits. Love, Richmond. On 7.11.21 13:20, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 07/11/2021 09:01, Richmond via use-livecode wrote

Re: Control of Text Fields.

ly been effectively abandoned. I have a sackload of kids writing that has just arrived via Viber that has to be addressed: after which I'll have a look at my "half cock job" and see if I can tweak it. Richmond. On 7.11.21 2:44, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 06/11/202

Re: Control of Text Fields.

My competing version is now "up": https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36444=210241#p210241 Richmond. On 5.11.21 23:08, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: On 05/11/2021 20:18, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Alex, I did not see that and it is not in my mailbox. Would you

Re: Control of Text Fields.

is found in Mac Good Grapher which is bundled with the Mac. The Good Grapher Calculator has back and forward buttons and a Delete button that operate exactly as the keyboard ones Thanks for playing with this, Roger On Nov 5, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Pissed around

Re: Control of Text Fields.

Pissed around a bit: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36444 Love, Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard keys do!! IOW, I want to emulate the delete key and the back and forward keys. Roger On

Re: Control of Text Fields.

Why do you need to emulate them? Will you NOT have access to a physical keyboard? Here's the script of a stupid button to DELETE one number in a calculator read-out: Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do exactly the same thing that the keyboard

Re: Control of Text Fields.

I am sorry for that misunderstanding: I had a fairly fixed idea of what constituted a calculator in my head, and what you seem to want with your back, forward and delete keys seems more "word-processory". Richmond. On 5.11.21 15:59, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: I want them to do

Re: Lemniscate Polygon

https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36429 Richmond. On 3.11.21 9:29, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Hi Roger, On 2021-11-02 22:27, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Dear List, Bernd has produced an absolutely beautiful animation using a Lemniskate polygon that was

Re: Lemniscate Polygon

Hmm: didn't like putA * cos(t) / (1 + sin(t)^2) intoX at all. Mainly because A had not been defined . . . OK: all hunky-dory with  put 200 into A Richmond On 3.11.21 9:29, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Hi Roger, On 2021-11-02 22:27, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Dear

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

META Making Easy To Abandon Mainly Eaten Towards the Afternoon Richmond. On 2.11.21 20:28, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode wrote: I think this needs to be a contest… MarkW wrote: From a Boingboing user comment... META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable Jeff

Forums taking the weekend off

The Forums seem to have "gone west" about 10 minutes ago. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Mudslinging and consequences - a change to our policy

I fell off my chair laughing. What a lovely post. Richmond. On 28.10.21 13:34, KOOB via use-livecode wrote: Hi Here is what I do Rotate your keyboard 90 degrees Press the 8 key Rotate yours monitor 90 degrees Repeat It took me forever to figure that out. Martin Koob Sent from my iPad On

Re: Mudslinging and consequences - a change to our policy

I very much doubt whether anyone round these parts has ever doubted the integrity of the people who work for LC Ltd. But that should not blind one in other respects. There have been consequences of the recent decision to drop support for an Open Source version of LiveCode: some seemingly

Re: AW: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

my Survey Monkey requests and checked out my SM account. No indication of opting out ever. On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 at 11:47, Richmond via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I have a feeling that the whole thing was a chimaera that disappeared almost as soon as it was mooted. Ce

Re: AW: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

I have a feeling that the whole thing was a chimaera that disappeared almost as soon as it was mooted. Certainly, without any indications to the opposite from LC centre I feel that is the way we should behave. Richmond. On 27.10.21 12:58, Tiemo via use-livecode wrote: I didn't received any

Re: [OT] Multiple macOS recommendation sought

That involves quite a capital outlay, and as long as you can justify that in terms of business and remuneration, super. I am not so set up, either business wise or in any other way. What I DO know is that the "Mac world" post MacOS 9 seems to fracture along several lines: PPC (probably not

Re: Number of items

Not as obvious as it seems as with MacOS you can reset many function keys, for some odd reason you cannot assign another key to do the "fN" thing. On 26.10.21 17:10, Sean Cole via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: Not unless you have a fN key to start with. Obvs :D

Re: Number of items

Not unless you have a fN key to start with. On 26.10.21 15:59, Sean Cole via use-livecode wrote: Apparently, you can get to it with fn-E as well. On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 13:57, Sean Cole wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 01:52, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>

Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

I have no great desire to bully any company, but I do feel that a company that has banged on for donkey's ages about caring about its installed base should behave itself a bit better. I have paid quite a bit of money in my own way and my own time into LiveCode, and don't really begrudge that.

Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

An awful lot of people have "kept their lives under Bushels" because they are afraid of getting the several extremely childish and foul-mouthed messages I have got from you-know-who. Richmond. On 25.10.21 17:13, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: On 25 Oct 2021, at 14:54, Richmo

Re: Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2021, at 09:47, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: I am revisiting Sean Cole's posting as some valuable feedback seems to have got mixed up with some ridiculous claims: 1. "my opinion counts for nothing here" Well, Yes, there is a slight feeling re that as

Re: OT: Priorities (was: Re: Stack with the same name loop)

No, coulda, woulda and shoulda are, probably a waste of time, but learning from history might not be a waste of time. Richmond. On 24.10.21 15:19, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote: I don't see much benefit in coulda, woulda, shoulda. Tcl was so prominent it was actually listed in the

Re: OT: Priorities (was: Re: Stack with the same name loop)

What seems to come out of your interesting historical observations is that HyperCard went "wrong" when people had to start paying for it. There is obviously a lesson for today here. Interestingly enough WINE (open source) and CodeWeavers (prop.) seem to manage to co-exist and help each other

Mud slinging versus genuine criticism

I am revisiting Sean Cole's posting as some valuable feedback seems to have got mixed up with some ridiculous claims: 1. "my opinion counts for nothing here"  Well, Yes, there is a slight feeling re that as there has been vrry little direct feedback from LiveCode central. 2. "purchasing a

Re: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

It does seem odd that those of us who may have unsubscribed to online surveys get sent mail shots to say we are going to get sent one: so some wires have got crossed somewhere. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

I honestly do not remember if I unsubscribed or not. I am often sent this type of survey re education (ESL and programming) and have come, personally, to regard them as an utter waste of time. Asking people to choose a number on a scale (1 - 10, 1-5, or whatever) only results in nebulous

Re: New MacBook Pro Display Notch

I should have thought the simplest way round this problem was to work on the assumption that from now on ALL Apple displays will have a notch and "cut one's stack" to accommodate that. Of course this is only relevant to people who want to annoy end-users by providing full-screen window apps.

Re: IDE crashing on Windows 10

The notes for LC 9.6.5 RC 1 indicate NO support for Windows 11 whatsoever, as it also indicates no support for any Linux versions since 2016, but is very nearly uptodate re Macintosh. https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_6_5/LiveCodeNotes-9_6_5_rc_1.pdf On 18.10.21 12:39, Richmond

Re: IDE crashing on Windows 10

Last time I looked LC were testing their versions on some fairly old versions of Linux, so this leads me to wonder which versions of Windows they are testing on. Certainly doing almost ALL of their development work on Macintosh [even though I much prefer Macintosh to Windows] does seem a bit

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

Sorry, I am carrying this over to the Forums as I have a pictorial mind. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=36367 Richmond. On 16.10.21 23:04, Richmond wrote: Also, this presupposes that your 'arbitrary polygon' is exactly that, while LiveCode starts a 'polygon graphic' as a line,

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

Also, this presupposes that your 'arbitrary polygon' is exactly that, while LiveCode starts a 'polygon graphic' as a line, and it is quite possible to end up with something that does NOT involve an enclosed territory. On 16.10.21 23:00, Richmond wrote: I'm a lazy slob, and because of that I

Re: Shaping an image to fit in a polygon

I'm a lazy slob, and because of that I would just do this sort of thing outwith LiveCode, with, say, GIMP. If you could explain your rationale behind trying to go "the long way round" in LiveCode I might be both more sympathetic and more helpful. Best, Richmond. On 16.10.21 22:17, David

Re: Is the Forum down?

Quite a lot of contributors are distracted elsewhere . . . Richmond. On 13.09.21 16:43, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Seen almost nothing for days. Craig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features?

It does look exciting, but, as usual, the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I am sure, initially at least, there will be a few bits of nutshell left in there for us to jag our teeth on: but that's to be expected, and our job is to report back any nutty bits to LiveCode centre. My

Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

Dreamweaver, RevMedia . . . absolutely no need to do any thinking whatsoever . . . it has all happened before. On 5.09.21 10:42, Terry Judd via use-livecode wrote: Not sure how this would work - but what if only licensed versions of LC could produce and run distributable/shareable stacks while

Re: Licensing model change

Of course LiveCode are prefectly entitled to go the way they want to. What is a very great pity is that they are no longer making existing Community versions available for download. Richmond. On 31.08.21 19:16, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: I just read and watched Kevin's announcement

Hard case

This sort of thing does not seem to be working: case (XITEM contains "@") Richmond ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Annoying double parens, brackets and quotes

That feature is a real pain-in-the-bum when teaching. On 3.08.21 г. 4:13, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Could someone please tell me how to turn off the double parens, brackets and quotes in the script editor? IOW when I type ( , I don’t want ( ). Thanks very much!! Roger

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.3 RC-2

This is wonderful: thanks to LiveCode central for sorting out a real "Howler"! Richmond. On 23.07.21 22:18, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for the update Trevor On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 21:53 Trevor DeVore via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On Fri, Jul 23,

That didn't hurt much . . .

No, not the dentist (although, mind you, I have visited the dentist 12 times in the last 3 months), but just lobbed a small donation to LiveCode Community from my PayPal account . . . Why don't you do that as well? ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

Oddly enough, trying to make standalones from a stack called "करिय" worked perfectly well. Richmond. On 16.06.21 8:18, Richmond wrote: Richmond On 15.06.21 22:03, Keith Martin via use-livecode wrote: OT: Fortunately (in a sense) when I got a frozen shoulder four years ago I had surgery

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

All I can do, unfortunately, is confirm this: I built a stack called "Ünterweg" (sorry, people, my German consists of half a dozen street signs) and attempted to build a standalone macOS 11.5 beta 2 and got the guff about an ad-hoc signature failure and some interesting nonsense about

Re: building standalone FAILS with German Umlaute in app name

Dunno . . . I had peri-arthritis in my right shoulder about 2 years ago and had to have 2 very painful injections of non-cortico-steroids there, right into the inflamed capsule. Did the trick. I have never had any problems with my umlauts. :) Richmond On 15.06.21 21:29, doc hawk via

Re: 3-way slider control

Sorry: went a bit bonkers: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=35903 Richmond. On 25.05.21 20:23, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Ah yes, I knew that but had forgotten it. Thank you, Klaus! Roger On May 25, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2

Why need there be such a long-winded discussion anent download time? Surely we are all not so impatient a 90 minute or so wait is not that significant to move from a Release Candidate to a Stable version? Richmond. On 22.05.21 19:04, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: It was Thursday,

Re: LC puts stuff in the trash upon quit!

On which operating system is this? I have not noticed it on MacOS or Xubuntu Linux. Richmond. On 15.05.21 16:46, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: I have noticed this oddity for a long time. No other program that I own does this. Why is LC so dirty? Rick

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

Writing as someone who has had the extremely dubious honour of being banned more than once . . . How does it go? To err is human, to forgive is divine. And if there is anyone on this use-list who has not rubbed someone up the wrong way at least once I would be very surprised. Live, Love,

Re: How do you handle 32/64 bit Windows standalones?

I provide both: here have a look: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2vgc1ei088hdqay/AAC8ac27eZuiI_BsWFlFQQjYa?dl=0 Richmond. On 6.04.21 12:36, Tiemo via use-livecode wrote: Hello, When creating a Windows standalone, are you still creating the 32Bit standalone or only anymore 64 Bit Versions of

Re: autohilite FUBAR?

I can confirm that this does not happen on Mac OS 11 with LC 9.6.1 Richmond On 3.04.21 6:30, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Not so for me on Mac OS Big Sur and LC 9.6 Roger On Apr 2, 2021, at 2:52 PM, chipsm themartinz.com via use-livecode wrote: I tested this and it is true. As you

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

I despair . . . how could one lower oneself to two fingers of 'whiskey'? Just now I am enjoying a glass of whisky (without the offending 'e'). Richmond. On 27.03.21 20:29, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Roger Guay wrote: On Mar 26, 2021, at 5:35 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: What are

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Maybe I'm missing something, but what would be the advantage of using stack runner over a standalone? Richmond. On 27.03.21 19:27, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Could be, but that requires you to be an Apple Developer. Too much hassle! A LiveCodeLight from RunRev that runs stacks

Re: Multiple Displays and Screenrect

put the screenrects with an 's' Best, Richmond. On 18.03.21 23:28, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: Can someone please tell me how to get the screenRect of multiple monitor setup? Thanks, Roger ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-3

e: I just downloaded and tested on my MBP16(2019), single screen, MacOS 11.2.2, and also in parallels Win10(v1909) and had no issues. BTW, visual effects work a dream and even macOS CoreImage effects work great. Super. Hope to see more (HTML5, hint, hint) soon. Sean On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 at 18:28, Richmo

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-3

I have just downloaded Indy 9.6.2 RC-3, done the licensing "dance" and fired it up without any problems at all: macOS 11.3 Beta 3, 2018 Mac Mini, 3 monitors. I suspect you have some background process (i.e. something set to run at startup) that is clogging up the works. Best, Richmond. On

Re: Printing borked for LC Linux?

I'd like to address your comments bit-by-bit, so firgive me for interleaving them in your post. On 14.03.21 22:16, JeeJeeStudio via use-livecode wrote: I understand, for me no issue. But for a novice, or an elderly someone with very minor knowledge about computers that is already an obstacle.

Re: LC, Mac Mail & Rules

Tough to let you know my results if none of us have your script . . . Best, Richmond. On 24.02.21 5:19, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: I have a script in my LC server that composes an email and sends it to my Mac Mail Inbox. I have set up a rule that says if the subject is “Something

Re: [OT] Poll: What does it mean for 1 rect to be 'within' a certain distance of another rect?

Sorry: I have moved over here: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=35407 as I believe a picture is worth a thousand words: Richmond. On 16.02.21 1:13, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I think the natural definition would be distance between the respective boundaries; i.e.,

Re: [OT] Poll: What does it mean for 1 rect to be 'within' a certain distance of another rect?

I would go for the distance between edges, although I can see the Mathematical wobbly bits you are going to have to jump through. Richmond. On 16.02.21 0:53, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: This is an Off Topic informal poll of sorts, but related to LiveCode as I am writing a LiveCode

Re: LC Roadmap

I don't want any headaches, but as I develop on Macintosh and Linux B4X is no good. On 14.02.21 17:29, e.beugelaar--- via use-livecode wrote: https://www.b4x.com if u dont want headaches. Get Outlook for Android From: use-livecode on

Re: LC Roadmap

I've said something to that effect earlier, at which point I was jumped all over. So, because I don't want to be jumped all over again, and because saying the 'roadmap' needs to be updated will have no effect (didn't the last 3 times), I'm NOT stating what I think. Love. kisses, and other

Re: No visual effects on Big Sur?

No joy over here: LC 9.6.2 RC 2 / macOS 11.3 Beta 1 But this does work this way: LC 8.2.0 DP 2 / macOS 11.3 Beta 1 So the problem may not lie with macOS. On 7.02.21 15:42, Håkan Liljegren via use-livecode wrote: That is strange. As it worked for you Sean, what machine are you on? But, as we

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