Actually Lingua Franca was a pidgin developed by slavers and pirates to
communicate.
English is not a pidgin, as it is the end result of a creolisation between
Anglo-Saxon and Norman French.
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, 16:45 Craig Newman via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> “...
, and just beat GB.
>
> England was #1 until 1916, when guess who took over.
>
> Craig
>
> > On Nov 17, 2023, at 2:21 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > The English think so. After all: Wales, Scotland, N Ireland,
The English think so. After all: Wales, Scotland, N Ireland, do appear to
constitute an Empire if you look at them from isolationist, Brexitland.
Ask Boris Johnson: if you stand behind him at waist height you'll recieve
an answer in suitably rumbling Churchillian terms.
On Fri, 17 Nov 2023,
I think that matchText is what you are looking for.
I have a proof stack which I shall upload to the forums, as obviously
this is not possible here:
https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=38698
Best, Richmond Mathewson.
On 30.10.23 19:17, David Glasgow via use-livecode wrote:
Hi
Oddly enough a matchChunk expression with "with you$" pulls out all the
'with you' stuff and excludes this sort of thing: 'with youthful
naivety' . . . which is marvellous
But a matchChunk expression with "with u$" catches nothing!
On 30.10.23 20:11, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote:
Have
OK: well I had a bash with a set like this:
with unlimited cheese
with you
with u
with udders clagged with glaur
with youthful naivety
and your filter grabbed all of them. :(
I tried this:
with"with [you, u,]*"
and got the same.
On reading in the dictionary I found this:
filtertVar
Thank you very much.
Best, Richmond.
On 25.10.23 17:15, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote:
This code is MIT license, so freely usable. It does rely on code from HQ, but
should be usable on either the open source or commercial versions.
Brian Milby
br...@milby7.com
On Oct 25, 2023, at 4
I should be grateful if you could explain the licensing on your work.
Best, Richmond.
On 25.10.23 3:44, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote:
Well, it sure took me a while to get around to this. I guess better late
than never though. Not sure where the best place to put it, so I just
added
I have successfully run a build of my 'Devawriter Pro' built with LC 9.6.3
Open Source on an early beta of MacOS 14.
My DWPro builds contain NONE of the inclusions.
Your mileage may vary.
Best, Richmond.
On Fri, 29 Sept 2023, 15:13 Geoff Canyon via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.
pple's non-backwardly-compatible thing':
Worst], Richmond.
On 29.09.23 5:51, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
Ok, I guess I’ve been out to Lunch. A review of the list revealed that V9.6.10
works. Downloaded it and indeed it does work. Is that the whole story? Will the
older Community version
As I use computers running Linux and MacOS, my Macs are set up so the
roles of the CMD and CTRL keys are reversed.
It will be interesting to see if it affects these alternate key commands
with the IDE.
On Tue, 19 Sept 2023, 23:42 Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode, <
As far as I know image data cannot be pasted into LC.
I just tried pasting a banal image of a cat from an Ecosia search into a
stack directly, and into an image, to no avail.
Best, Richmond.
On 30.08.23 19:35, David Epstein via use-livecode wrote:
From a web browser, or from programs like
Humph . . . importing documents at images and then knitting them
together . . . be aware that you will lose one the most valuable things
about a PDF document: the embedded text layer.
Richmond.
On 25.08.23 16:39, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote:
Hmmm.
Rereading, did you want to be able
Well, I am a keysDown 'fan', so why not just explain what your problem
is . . .
Richmond Mathewson
On 19.08.23 21:32, FRED MOYER via use-livecode wrote:
It’s been a long time since I’ve used this list. I’m puzzled -- it says I can
search the archives for this list at
http
This has recently been explored across on the forums where I managed to
expose my full level of ignorance on the subject.
Best, Richmond.
On Tue, 15 Aug 2023, 07:59 Tore Nilsen via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> JsonImport will make an array of your JSON data
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 highli
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 wro
When I download an app onto my Mac Mini, on opening it for the first time
it often asks me for permission to access the desktop/document/whatever
folder.
I assume that code to make an app ask for permissions to be granted has to
be entered somewhere ['preOpenStack' ???] by the developer.
On Fri,
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
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
an produce English like that, or certainly
since the death of Samuel Johnson.
Yours, aye, Richmond Mathewson.
On Thu, 11 May 2023, 21:52 Craig Newman via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Thank you all.
>
> I will stick with the Mac client.
>
> The reason I l
I use Betterbird, an improved split off from Thunderbird.
On Thu, 11 May 2023, 20:37 Phil Davis via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Thunderbird for me as well, for all the reasons Jacque stated.
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> On 5/11/23 10:27 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
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
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
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
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
of non-sectarianism that filled me with awe. OmTat
Sat, SivaKatir, Brahmanatha Swami.
Jaya Siva, Jaya Mahadeva.
Richmond.
On 25.12.22 19:00, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:
Dear LiveCoders,
Many of you here remember Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami (some of you met him as
Sannyasin
Being all Christmassy, will prob have a bash with your latest build on the
27th.
Best, Richmond.
On Sat, 24 Dec 2022, 13:24 Simon Knight via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> Thank you for your offer.
>
> I've conducted some more
Try 'without messages'.
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
> I have a script that modifies line by line the color
> and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up
> to 500 lines long.
> I am using "lock screen" to speed up
You will have your own reasons for wanting to move to Big Sur and not up to
MacOS 13.
But, from my own experience after Catalina my experience with MacOS was
distinctly off-colour unti I hit MacOS 13, which, once you overlook the way
they mucked up the System Settings thing, does feel a whole lot
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
I have been using 9.6.3 and 8.1.10 through all the beta versions of Mac OS
13, and there was a minor blip 3 betas back, and I sent a report about it
to Apple.
Since then, as far as I can tell, both of those versions work like a charm.
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022, 21:03 Roger Guay via use-livecode, <
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
https://use-livecode.runrev.narkive.com/PhNgjt9Q/time-problems-with-daylight-saving
On 14.09.22 19:01, Richmond wrote:
From an offset from GMT it is easy enough with this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/World_Time_Zones_Map.png
to run up a listField with timezones
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
I am simply trying to present a solution that works:
1. 100% in LiveCode.
2. 100% cross-platform.
Richmond.
On 14.09.22 18:38, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
The original poster does not want to have the offset, but the time zone
country/city and he already had a solution with apple
Ah: sorry, I had no idea (having come late to the party) that you were
wanting to interact
with iCal.
That does look like a bit of a headache:
https://icalendar.org/iCalendar-RFC-5545/3-2-19-time-zone-identifier.html
Richmond.
On 14.09.22 18:35, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
It's
, Richmond.
On 14.09.22 18:09, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
Does your app has preferences the user can enter? Why not allow him to enter
also the sudo password?
You could then use that to execute the following shell command:
put shell("echo | sudo -S /usr/sbin/systemsetup -gettim
Well, in Scots it's "alumeenium", which just sounds like a Scot suffered
from bad spelling.
On Tue, 6 Sept 2022, 23:54 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Excerpt from WordOrigins.org:
>
> In 1808, British chemist Humphry Davy postulated the existence of a
>
For what it's worth, ever since my Master's thesis with LiveCode/RunRev, I
have always set up buttons with fonts the way I want them on whatever
platform, imported snapshots of those buttons, and used those images as
buttons.
No stress, No mess!
On Fri, 2 Sept 2022, 18:00 Bob Sneidar via
Personally, My 'take' on LiveCode is that, generally, it is ideal for
boutique programming, for specific free-standing applications.
It is also excellent for teaching children programming concepts in a
relatively digestable way without dumbing programming down in the way
block-coding efforts such
It would be good were there full documentation for LCB, and, preferably
with some sort of thematic search so, unlike the LiveCode dictionary one
did not have to flounder around so much working out what to search for.
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022, 18:00 Mike Kerner via use-livecode, <
Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Like how did our stomaches evolve without a circulatory system, and without a
circulatory system, how did we develop stomaches?
Bob S
On Jul 10, 2022, at 23:53 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
wrote:
Running RevMedia 4 on Xubuntu 22.04 serves as a reminder
Well there go my plans for early adoption.
I do feel that the 'new OS a year' model means that ALL the versions are
unfinished.
I could say the same about LiveCode versions.
Running RevMedia 4 on Xubuntu 22.04 serves as a reminder of some of the
niggles relating to the elevator theory of human
Indeed, but 'both' results in an app package containing 2 'slices', rather
than 2 distinct apps.
On Mon, 20 Jun 2022, 21:56 Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Richmond wrote:
>
> > In the standalone builder you have always separate
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
revising "settled" science, and well we should,
> but
> > what I object to is being told that what academia is now telling us is
> the
> > new absolute, and I am expected to just accept that.
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 17, 2022, a
From what I know (my wife is a senior academic at a university) references
to Wikipedia pages are academic suicide, fail, go straight to jail, do not
pass GO, do not collect 200 smackers, and you get the picture.
On Fri, 17 Jun 2022, 11:47 David V Glasgow via use-livecode, <
Well, obviously not.
I hope LC will release a public beta shortly.
Listen to feedback.
Allow the new IDE not to be 'the' IDE, but one of 2 possible choices.
On Thu, 2 Jun 2022, 00:12 Mike Kerner via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Then my bad, I presumed that the DP4
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 &q
A better bet is LibreOffice as cheap jacks like me can see no obvious
reason for paying for something when a functional equivalent exists for
free.
On Wed, 25 May 2022, 20:53 Hakan--- via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Yes, you need to use something to create the PDF
Seem sensible, after all end-users should be able ti change their minds.
On Mon, 23 May 2022, 21:23 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I found one thing I think is a bug, and I'd like to report it, but I want
> to see if anyone else thinks this may be the
If that is over your head, use my method, which you can find over on the
forums.
All 'pure' LiveCode.
Best, Richmond.
On Wed, 18 May 2022, 18:26 William de Smet via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> Incredible to see what HH did.
> That i
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
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
point you can perform you search inwith secondTHIRD.
Unless you want to recombine all those bits having performed some sort
of operation on secondThird
lines 3 and 5 are a waste of time.
Best, Richmond.
Best Richmond.
On 16.05.22 20:46, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote:
I have a large
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"
an
>
>
> > On 12 Apr 2022, at 19:24, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > he wrote:
> > Cannot say anything to this issue, but must confuse the list or I will
> > lose my good reputation otherwise.
> >
>
Ah cud spak , an, aiblins it micht be mensefu, anent ither leids, but Ah
jalouse that fowk widnae thole war jalouse qhat Ah wis ettlin an speiran
eftir.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022, 20:52 Klaus major-k via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> some time ago I "feature
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
ey are quite different beasts to buttons,
fields, images and so on.
Best, Richmond.
On 7.04.22 9:24, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
Thank you for your reply, Monte. Comments inline:
Monte Goulding wrote:
>> On 7 Apr 2022, at 11:25 am, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> Can you hel
/05/29/syllables/
<https://mholtzscher.github.io/2018/05/29/syllables/>
On Mar 20, 2022, at 12:51 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode
wrote:
Hi Richmond,
Yes, English. Sorry I forgot to be specific, I thought it was implied.
Yes, I have been counting vowels, but there appear to be
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.
Aha. Thick types like me need things to be made explicit.
Richmond.
On Thu, 10 Mar 2022, 20:51 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> I believe he means that utilities he creates will still function when used
> with 6.7, but wouldn't if he employs
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
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 32
.
After that, it's just the same as on other desktop platforms: mind you,
select "me only" as the other 2 seem to play "silly buggers."
Best, Richmond.
On 17.02.22 8:51, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 2/16/22 21:40, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
Has
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
it.
> >
> > It's the least I can do. If I am to embrace the excitingly bold spirit
> of the Berne Convention, I'm obliged to not only enjoy its fruits but to
> also honor its responsibilities.
> >
> > It is not for me to assume control of any other creator's work.
> >
> >
the least I can do. If I am to embrace the excitingly bold spirit
> of the Berne Convention, I'm obliged to not only enjoy its fruits but to
> also honor its responsibilities.
>
> It is not for me to assume control of any other creator's work.
>
> In honoring copyright, I'm creating
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
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
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
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
Aye, well, I stand corrected.
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 23:07 Klaus major-k via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> > Am 12.01.2022 um 20:11 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
> >
&g
Everyone has misunderstood my Q over here on the use-list.
Luckily Bernd, over in the Fora understood my Q perfectly, and because of
his help I was able to do what I wanted.
Best, Richmond.
On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 21:06 Klaus major-k via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I am trying to locate the Search & Replace dialog inwith the LC IDE
but seem unable to . . .
Best, Richmond.
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 12:29 jbv via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Klaus,
>
> Yes it works, thank you for the tip.
> Oddly I forgot about the "movestack" message, probably because it
> doesn't appear in the list of available
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
It's a new one to me as well.
Richmond.
On 10.11.21 16:28, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote:
"focusedObject" - wow, who knew ? :-)
So it's been helpful for me.
(Some day I really will read the dictionary thoroughly).
Alex.
On 10/11/2021 03:38, Roger Guay via use-livecode wr
document, a GIMP
document or a TextEdit document
(the 3 apps I use most often apart from LiveCode)
that click does NOT affect those documents at all.
Richmond.
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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
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
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.
On 5.11.21 20:37, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
Very good, Richmond. It’s impressive how quickly you piss around! And, it’s
close but no cigar . The arrow keys on the keyboard move the ibeam in a field
w/o highlighting any text. And, the Delete key deletes the char in front
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
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
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
Surely the script depends on what you want those buttons to do.
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 03:41 Roger Guay via use-livecode, <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Alex. Sorry I didn’t make myself clear. I’m building a calculator
> stack with forward and back arrow buttons and a Delete
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
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
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
The Forums seem to have "gone west" about 10 minutes ago.
Richmond.
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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
h computing curricula
( and, by extension, those of other countries), and I do hope, that after
some of the "dust" has settled . . .
Richmond.
On 28.10.21 13:20, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode wrote:
Thank heavens this policy change has finally come. Baseless accusations
can end up affe
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
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
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
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.
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 <
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