Re: Property Palette

2019-04-02 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
20701 Richmond. On 2.04.19 20:54, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: On 4/2/2019 1:43 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: The bug has been reported several time by several people, and "we" have been reassured that it is being dealt with . . . What is the bug number? I'd li

Re: Property Palette

2019-04-02 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
The bug has been reported several time by several people, and "we" have been reassured that it is being dealt with . . . Not, frankly, that reassurances from LiveCode central have ever given me much comfort, as a bird in the hand is worth loads of reassurances in the bushes. Ric

Property Palette

2019-04-02 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Oof: still coming up as squashed, squished or what-have-you in 9.0.4 RC-2: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32385&p=178345#p178345 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to s

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-2

2019-03-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
That was a record "sort out", and a very good one at that. Thanks. Richmond. On 29.03.19 17:22, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.4 RC-2. Getting the Release === You can get the

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-1

2019-03-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Wow! LC 9.0.4 RC-1 got me so worked up I even called it "LC 9.0.4 RC-4". Love you lot at LiveCode central! Richmond. On 29.03.19 г. 13:38 ч., Richmond wrote: On the other hand, I think I'll just christian LC 9.0.4 RC-4 "Millennium" after it froze 3 times in a ro

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-1

2019-03-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
On the other hand, I think I'll just christian LC 9.0.4 RC-4 "Millennium" after it froze 3 times in a row on Xubuntu 10.04 34-bit. Best of luck getting back on track (as I'm sure you will) with LC 9.0.4 RC-2. Richmond. On 29.03.19 г. 11:27 ч., Richmond wrote: Wow! Af

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.4 RC-1

2019-03-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Wow! After all the negative flack yesterday about 9.0.4 RC-1 I had decided to install it on none of my machines. Now I've changed my mind. I hope I don't regret that. Richmond. On 29.03.19 г. 10:41 ч., hh via use-livecode wrote: Thanks for closing all these (hidden) memory le

Re: LC application running on lab computers

2019-03-28 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I don't know much about Windows . . . but, on Macintosh machines and PCs running Linux there is often a folder called "Shared" or somesuch alongside all the user directories: might this not be the place to write a pref file that is going to be shared by all users? Richmond. On 2

Re: Apple Video Foundation (AVF) and .mpg files

2019-03-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
This: on mouseUp    get the metadata of object ID 1003    put it into fld "f1" end mouseUp and this: on mouseUp    get the metadata of videoClip "centaur_1.mpg"    put it into fld "f1" end mouseUp don't work. Richmond. On 27.03.19 0:37, Richmond wrote: Lo

Re: Apple Video Foundation (AVF) and .mpg files

2019-03-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Inspector for either clip. LiveCode 7.1.4 will open a proeprty inspector for both of these clips but offers no helpful information. The $60,000 question has to be: can LiveCode read a file's metadata? Richmonds-Mac-mini:~ richmond$ mdls /Users/richmond/Desktop/videoFormats/centaur_1.mpg

Re: Apple Video Foundation (AVF) and .mpg files

2019-03-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I suppose if you open an .mpg file as a TEXT file it should contain standard markers as to whether it is encoded as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. Useful samples here: http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/video/clips/ Richmond. On 26.03.19 22:32, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: Livecode 9.x.x uses

Re: ANN: Script Editor Refactoring Support

2019-03-22 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
That presumably means that people can clone that and fiddle about with it themselves there rather than just on their desktops. OR: it could mean that the intention is, eventually, to integrate this into the LC IDE as a permanent feature. Richmond. On 22.03.19 г. 9:09 ч., hh via use-livecode

Re: LC 9 and Externals

2019-03-19 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
We have been waiting a long time to be able to do anything reliably with sound and video in Linux . . . Richmond. On 19.03.19 13:29, Dan Soneson via use-livecode wrote: This brings up a rather pressing question. In the release notes for every version of LC9, one of the few known issues listed

Re: Ineffective lazy screenRect

2019-03-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Yes, there is a valuable lesson: reel in one's impulsive nature, and don't panic. Richmond. On 13.03.19 22:59, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 3/13/19 12:10 PM, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Had that happened initially I would not have started this thread. I think

Re: Ineffective lazy screenRect

2019-03-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Having written that,and having reopened LC 9.0.3 it behaved "as it should" and reported my screen height as 1080. Had that happened initially I would not have started this thread. Richmond. On 13.03.19 21:07, Richmond wrote: 0,23,1920,1034 On 13.03.19 21:06, Brian Milby via us

Re: Ineffective lazy screenRect

2019-03-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
0,23,1920,1034 On 13.03.19 21:06, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: What is reported with just screenRect? Thanks, Brian On Mar 13, 2019, 3:05 PM -0400, Richmond via use-livecode , wrote: What is not working is that 1034 is the number given regardless of whether the words *effective* and

Re: Ineffective lazy screenRect

2019-03-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
What is not working is that 1034 is the number given regardless of whether the words *effective* and *working* are used or not. Richmond. On 13.03.19 21:02, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: > when I put > > *put the working screenRect * > > into t

Ineffective lazy screenRect

2019-03-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
ect* just throws an error, and *put the effective working screenRect* also gives me *0,23,1920,1034* which is not very useful at all. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubsc

Re: scriptEditor windows

2019-03-06 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
You have made me feel both stupid and happy simultaneously. Thanks. Richmond. On 6.03.19 13:59, AndyP via use-livecode wrote: Like this? <http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/file/t120776/2019-03-06_12-57-34.png> - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just de

scriptEditor windows

2019-03-06 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
could set things so that each object script automatically opened in its own window. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefere

Re: SVG icons in buttons

2019-02-27 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Thanks for the quick response. As requested: Bug 21860 Richmond. On 27.02.19 17:44, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2019-02-27 15:56, Richmond via use-livecode wrote: Sort of . . . http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32266&p=177101#p177101 Hmmm - that is

Re: SVG icons in buttons

2019-02-27 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Sort of . . . http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32266&p=177101#p177101 Richmond. On 27.02.19 9:54, AndyP via use-livecode wrote: SVGs can also now be Imported As Control > Image svg is now included as an image file type. - Andy Piddock My software never has bu

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.3 RC-1

2019-02-22 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
This is lovely on macOS 10.14.4 beta 3, but I am a bit cheesed-off that the dictionary over on Linux STILL pops up in one's default browser *occluding* the IDE. Richmond. On 21.02.19 16:00, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the re

Re: Old Rev stack feature / view ...where is it in LC 8

2019-02-20 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
download a more current Community version or pay for a new licence. Richmond. On 20.02.19 21:21, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I see it in both 8.1.10 and 9.0.2, second item from the top. On 2/20/19 9:54 AM, Glen Bojsza via use-livecode wrote: I found the problem...in my Indy Version

Re: Livecode with Window 7

2019-02-20 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
. Richmond. On 20.02.19 19:09, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: I don't have an answer for the general problem, but the "as sheet" option is OSX only. Windows doesn't support that. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.

macOS 10.14.4 beta and LiveCode

2019-02-11 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
ems, as do 9.0.1 and 9.0.2. 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: Android SDK

2019-02-10 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thank you; that did the trick. Richmond. On Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 12:55 AM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Richmond wrote: > > because LiveCode seems unable to "see" my User/library folder. > > A simple way that you (and Li

Android SDK

2019-02-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I have just installed Android studio on my Mac Mini and seem unable to link my LiveCode 9.0.0 installation to the SDK because LiveCode seems unable to "see" my User/library folder. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list us

Re: Trying to get Camera Control. Community Plus License

2019-01-27 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I've just been fiddling around with the "Video Capture.rev" stack from LC 4.5 with no joy in LC 8.1.10. Richmond. On 27.01.19 17:02, hh via use-livecode wrote: Find some info here: https://livecode.com/products/livecode-platform/pricing/ From the 9.0.2-dict entry to came

Re: Should I forget HC? Honestly?

2019-01-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Yes, I have "done", and in so doing I asked myself some pretty warped questions, of which the signal one was, "What on earth am I doing this for when the LiveCode IDE can be simplified sufficiently to exclude all developments post version 7 anyway?" Richmond. On 26.01.

Re: Should I forget HC? Honestly?

2019-01-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
veCode (that's about 3 times as long as my exposure to HyperCard), HyperCard looked pathetic; and, with the vision of hindsight it is; while when it was "the thang" it was revolutionary. Richmond. On 26.01.19 9:22, Ingar Roggen via use-livecode wrote: Hi, all of you! Twice I have as

Re: Us and them? [was Re: Livecode Dictionary]

2019-01-23 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
believe skills learnt there are more basic and portable to other languages; but I am not so narrow minded to see that many of the "them" features have their place and use in the great scheme of things. This is why my "prayer" is that the good folks at LiveCode central o

Re: Us and them? [was Re: Livecode Dictionary]

2019-01-23 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
quot;2000" written on the back of it! Oddly enough it runs LC 9.0 under Xubuntu 18.04 without a backward glance. Richmond. However, having played around with it when I bought it, 12 years ago, with Windows XP, that was glacially slow back then On 23.01.19 г. 1:06 ч., Curry Kenworthy v

Re: Us and them? [was Re: Livecode Dictionary]

2019-01-21 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
, the Dictionary inwith LiveCode to regain its previous functionality so we can help each other just that wee bit more. Richmond. On 21.01.19 0:22, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Many developers do not trust Microsoft, and neither do I. Things may be fine right now, but it is the futu

Re: Livecode Dictionary

2019-01-19 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Some of those user entries were extremely useful. It would be good if user entries could be restored to the dictionary once again. Richmond. On 19.01.19 9:49, Simon Knight via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I have just read about two “issues” and both would be resolved or at least helped

Re: Crunchy chestnuts again, again, again

2019-01-16 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Aha: at last I have discovered the truth: you are actually Theresa May cunningly pretending to be a computer programmer. This message must be taken in context and understood to be in no way intended to be offensive to Theresa May. :) Richmond. On 16.01.19 17:57, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode

Re: Crunchy chestnuts again, again, again

2019-01-14 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
What is your "objection" to the forum? I find it better than the Use-List as one can attach stuff. On Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 1:41 AM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I don't use that forum so I cannot. > > Bob S > > > >

Crunchy chestnuts again, again, again

2019-01-14 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Indeed: Please signal your opinion: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31971 Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription prefere

Re: How to remove emoji's from unicode string

2019-01-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Cop a look at this: *http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32030* On 13.01.19 22:17, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode wrote: Hi All, The recent conversations on using offset() with Unicode strings was very enlightening, thanks to all that took part!. I have data stored in UTF8mb4. I

Re: How to remove emoji's from unicode string

2019-01-13 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Well . . . as the emojis are stored in a Unicode range (Hex 1F600 - 1F64F) https://www.unicode.org/charts/ I'd "just" strip out any characters inwith that range. On 13.01.19 22:17, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode wrote: Hi All, The recent conversations on using offset() with Unicode strings

Re: Video-Fun2

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
"What you see is an LC-image object" Um, well, unfortunately NOT on my Mac Mini running WaterFox on MacOS 10.14.2 https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ Nor, for that matter on safari Technology Preview Release 72 Richmond. On 1.01.19 20:01, hh via use-livecode wrote: Video-Fun2

Re: Video-Fun2

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Developer funds are hard to get hold of: my Devawriter Kickstarter "thing" I ran last year is a shining example. If, however, you were to promote an automated bottom-washer that played Donald Trump's "March on Moscow" you'd get so much money you would know what

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
PRESUMABLY because there was NOT an object being DRAGGED. *Ru Paul* and All! I don't want to DRAG an object: all I want to do is drag the mouse into the object. On 1.01.19 19:48, Richmond wrote: With the left mouse button depressed I dragged into the graphic "h3" that contai

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
With the left mouse button depressed I dragged into the graphic "h3" that contained this script: ondragEnter     setthebackgroundColorofmetogreen enddragEnter and *NOTHING* happened. On 1.01.19 19:20, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You may need to look at LiveCode's drag events since tha

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Well, of course, one can mess around with "is within", except that my poisonous mind starts worrying about hexagons when LiveCode seems better at understanding rectangles. Richmond. On 1.01.19 19:20, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You may need to look at LiveCode's drag ev

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Now there's a thought! Thanks. Richmond. On 1.01.19 19:20, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You may need to look at LiveCode's drag events since that is the mouse action you are trying to address, namely dragging from one hexagon to another. See the dictionary for events like

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2019-01-01 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
oundColorofmetowhite endmouseLeave Dragging one's mouse while it is "down" from "h1" to H2" does not turn "h2" yellow! *THIS* is the functionality I am looking for. Richmond. On 29.12.18 18:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:

Roadmap

2018-12-31 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
https://livecode.com/resources/roadmap/ Last Updated on September 24, 2018 Tut, tut. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2018-12-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Ah, Yes . . . Thanks so much. Richmond. On 29.12.18 18:52, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: MouseDown is a message, not a function. You need:  if the mouse is down then    set the...etc. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http

Re: MouseDown on Enter

2018-12-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
This does *NOT* work: on mouseEnter    if mouseDown then   set the backgroundColor of me to red    else   set the backgroundColor of me to green    end if end mouseEnter on mouseLeave    set the backgroundColor of me to white end mouseLeave which is a "right pox" Ric

MouseDown on Enter

2018-12-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
good . . . BUT, Richmond wants more . . . I want to get different results from a simple mouseEnter and a mouseEnter while the left-click button is down. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Versions 7.1.1 and 8.1.3 no long working properly

2018-12-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Yesterday I woke my Mac mini running 10.14.2 from sleep and got nothing but 'snow' on the monitor. Turning off all 'sleep' settings solved the problem. Richmond. On Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 5:53 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > C

Re: Versions 7.1.1 and 8.1.3 no long working properly

2018-12-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I found 7.1.4 crashes on macOS 10.14 Not good. Richmond. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 12:41 AM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Good to see you here, Jim. > > James Hurley wrote: > > I have found the url for downloading commercial

Position the Label/Name of a Button

2018-12-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
label in the bottom right-hand corner is, especially as that can easily be faked by using an image as a button. Richmond. On 4.12.18 г. 22:01 ч., Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: See: http://wiki.hindu.org/screenshots/button-label-center.png Syntax set the icon

Re: Can We Position the Label/Name of a Button

2018-12-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Well, that'll push your button name/label right or left, but ti won't allow you to place it in all the places where you can position an icon. Richmond. On 4.12.18 г. 22:34 ч., Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Swami Am 04.12.2018 um 21:01 schrieb Sannyasin Brahmanathaswa

Re: Can We Position the Label/Name of a Button

2018-12-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Well, you can fiddle around with topMargin and bottomMargin, but that also affects icon positions. Richmond. On 4.12.18 г. 22:01 ч., Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: See: http://wiki.hindu.org/screenshots/button-label-center.png Syntax set the iconGravity of button

Re: OT-Reading Old Quicken Files

2018-12-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
se the account to which you want to import the QIF file." I wonder if you have tried File → Import → QIF, that might be all that is required. Best, Richmond. On 4.12.18 г. 21:14 ч., William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: Folks: I’m just curious if anybody has tried to use Livecode to r

Re: LC-apps for HC

2018-12-03 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Did exactly that a couple of years ago . . . . No takers at the time. Richmond. On 3.12.18 г. 3:55 ч., Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Ingar Roggen: > ...why not elaborate it to the tool, the app needed to make HC easily > portable to LC and thereby accessible "to the

Server Down?

2018-11-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
The Livecode server seems to be offline at the moment (9.37 Edinburgh time), or at least inaccessible here in Bulgaria. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: [ANN] Release 9.0.2 RC-2

2018-11-26 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Congratulations! Looking forward to having a "poke" in depth when I get home after work. Richmond. On 26.11.18 г. 13:38 ч., panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.2 RC-2. Getting t

Re: put the openStacks

2018-11-11 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Um, that kicking might prove mutual; or even, dare I say it, into a free-for-all melee among quite a few people. Richmond. On 11.11.18 г. 0:38 ч., J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Well you wouldn't be our Richmond if you weren't occasionally silly, but I'd be glad to kic

Re: put the openStacks

2018-11-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
    Well the mouseUp did trigger AFTER I pulled a mouseUp from "higher up the tree"; and, Thanks, Jacque, I do deserve to be kicked for that one. All "rather" silly really. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31740#p173118 Richmond. On 10.11.18 г. 23:04 ч.

Re: How to find offsets in Unicode Text fast

2018-11-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
c the /d/ sound is represented by the letter d. Richmond. On 10.11.18 г. 21:30 ч., Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: This is faster -- under some circumstances, much faster! Any idea why textEncoding suddenly fixes everything? On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:13 AM Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode

put the openStacks

2018-11-10 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
ing *on mouseUp put the openStacks into fld "STAX" end mouseUp* the thing does not work. Any bright ideas about where I'm going wrong? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to sub

Re: pdftk issue solved

2018-10-18 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
, one must read the small print. Richmond. On 18.10.18 г. 18:00 ч., Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: For those interested, I was having a problem creating an fdf file from a fillable pdf form, or even exporting the data using pdftk server. I think I figured out why! In order to create fillable

Re: setProp question

2018-10-16 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I don't know. BUT, you can open up the properties palette and manually delete custom props. I'm sorry, I know that's a bit of a pain in the bum Richmond. On 16.10.18 г. 10:49 ч., Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: Is there any way to intercept setProp messages for proper

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Decentralizing control from any form of monopoly has always got to be good. However, the monopolists have probably got the internet so firmly "by the prawns" I wonder if the man's plan will work. Richmond. On 29.09.2018 19:38, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: https://www.

Re: how to know 2 monitors are in use?

2018-09-28 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
to HITE   put (((VH2-VH1)/2)+VH1) into HITE2   put " screen centre at" && WIDD & "," && HITE after line VDUZ of fld "VIDZ"   put " screen centre at" && WIDD2 & "," && HITE2 after line VDUZ of fld

Re: how to know 2 monitors are in use?

2018-09-28 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
ne of the ways round this would be to change 0,0,1600,900 to 1,1,1600,900 and live with the "tragedy" that everything would be one pixel "out of whack". Richmond. On 26.09.2018 17:37, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Or you could use the recent line intersect func

Intersecting Lines: straight ones

2018-09-25 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Here: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31565 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/mai

Re: (browser) focus hocus pocus broke us

2018-09-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On my silly phone now as in bed. Wonder if you couldn't use a splash screen substack with a spinner? Will try this tomorrow, although am uncertain re substacks in the HTML5 standalone. On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:44 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote

Re: Intersect Function

2018-09-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
It is, and INTERSECT with them is just a distraction. Probably time (shock, horror) to do some Mathematics. On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:36 PM Jerry Jensen via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I think he mentioned curved “lines”. That is a whole other kettle of fish. > .Jerry >

Re: Intersect Function

2018-09-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
One could have a line consisting of a graphic object (rectangle) with a width of one. ? On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 10:17 PM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > @Richmond. > > You (and the author) overlooked that we have, since 1.

Re: Intersect Function

2018-09-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
e, such as an object's rectangle, the pointIntersect function does not return a reliable result." This is NOT mine, so I can take no credit for it. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit thi

Re: Forums misbehaving

2018-09-18 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I had this on a 32-bit Xubuntu 18.04 install with Firefox. Richmond. On 18.09.2018 19:46, dunbarxx via use-livecode wrote: Never seen this. Richmond, are you on a computer or a portable device? Craig -- Sent from: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html

Forums misbehaving

2018-09-18 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I tried to post a reply to one thread 4 times: each time, after I hit "Submit" I was returned to the Login screen. Richmond ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and m

Re: Windows 10 and Me.

2018-09-16 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Ah; there's a thought. Can you tell me where I would find that Prefs file? Richmond. On 16.09.2018 15:57, AndyP via use-livecode wrote: Did you remove all the preference file first before trying to install the other versions? The original install by the boy may have resulted in a corr

Windows 10 and Me.

2018-09-14 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Not, sadly, a peon of praise for Microsoft's "latest and greatest". Nor is it the start of a saucy porn novel. So, a boy running LEGAL Windows 10 (this IS unusual in Bulgaria) tried to install LiveCode 8.1.10 on his machine. He got bogged down, so I went round to his house and tried the follo

Re: Natural Programming

2018-09-13 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
When I went to study in America I had to set up a phone line: and when I went to the phone office I asked the guy there, "Do you have STD?" [ 'STD' Standard Trunk Dialling ] Luckily he was an English teacher so merely corrected my grammar. Richmond. On 13/9/2018 10:08 pm,

Re: Natural Programming

2018-09-11 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
When I went to the USA in 1993 I had to set up a phone and did not understand the way things were done so enquired at the phone office of the guy there, "Do you have STD?" [STD: Standard Trunk Dialling] Richmond. On 11.09.2018 22:36, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: On Sep 11

Re: Being stupid for a change

2018-09-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Certainly feels like that from time to time. Richmond. On 9/9/2018 11:56 pm, Jim Lambert via use-livecode wrote: Richmond, you’re not stupid, just ‘clude’-less. ;) Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Let's go mental

2018-09-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
kely to work out that when the IDE throws an error code supposedly about something the fault is actually somewhere else. This needs sorting out. Richmond. On 9/9/2018 8:36 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Yes, Let's: after all it is the anniversary of the "triumph" of Communism in

Let's go mental

2018-09-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
mouseUp which has stood me in good stead for the better part of 25 years (pace HyperCard). So; when the thing threw a "bluey": executing at 8:34:32 PM TypeHandler: error in statement ObjectAR.png Linego next HintmouseUp I felt both

Re: Bluetooth again (was Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 180, Issue 17)

2018-09-09 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
If one belives Apple's propaganda that they take up 10% of the personal computer market that still excludes 90%: "more than half" might qualify as an understatement. Richmond. On 9/9/2018 2:53 pm, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: Nice to know, but this seems to leave mor

Re: Being stupid for a change

2018-09-08 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks, Klaus, and Mark, I've had a long week and am feeling fairly Cluded to be honest. Richmond. On 8/9/2018 8:00 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond Am 08.09.2018 um 18:54 schrieb richmond via use-livecode : Erm . . . What's wrong with this? *if char 1 of

Being stupid for a change

2018-09-08 Thread richmond via use-livecode
Erm . . . What's wrong with this? *if char 1 of POYNTS is included in "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" then* Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: This is disturbing!

2018-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
ly that: empty space. While in string variables empty spaces are text. The problem might arrise because LiveCode seems not to differentiate (on the surface at least) between numerical variable and string variables. Richmond. On 6/9/2018 10:47 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Yes, but i

Re: This is disturbing!

2018-09-06 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I wonder is the reason "6" and "6." are treated as the same is because "6." is read as "6.0"? Late to the party, I know . . . Richmond. On 6/9/2018 10:34 pm, Jim Lambert via use-livecode wrote: Did anyone know that "6. " is equal to "

Re: ANN: LC Documentation Cache Cleaner

2018-09-02 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
How fantastically useful. Thanks. Richmond. On 2/9/2018 9:21 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Posted a utility stack to livecodeshare: When first launched, the LiveCode IDE will build a documentation cache for the current version. When you upgrade to a new version, a new cache folder

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
East or West, home is a comfy LiveCode stack . . . Well; here's my third version, which does better than the first 2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3yocmqzwhwu4ta/Text%20analyzer%20X.livecode.zip?dl=0 Richmond. On 1/9/2018 6:39 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: There is a town in

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
We're all in a state at the moment with this one. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 7:24 pm, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode wrote: Thankfully, in my case, I do know what at least the state is:) On Sep 1, 2018, at 11:55 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/01/2018 08:39 AM, J. Landma

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Is West, Texas in West Texas? Richmond. On 1/9/2018 6:55 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/01/2018 08:39 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: There is a town in Texas called West, made infamous a few years ago by a giant explosion. I don't think you can make assump

Re: [OT] Accommodation in Edinburgh

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
. Richmond. * On 1/9/2018 6:54 pm, FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode wrote: We are (finally!) taking a week's holiday north of the border and want to visit Edinburgh 10-15 September. Any hotel recommendations? Does not have to be in the city centre!

Re: Chunked Off

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
I suspect that is EXACTLY what I am looking for. Thank you very much indeed. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 6:54 pm, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: On 09/01/2018 06:22 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I've got a text, in a field ("xText"), that contains the phrase

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
s wife and now lives with them as well. Assumptions are sometimes difficult to avoid. Although my younger son did actually dislocate his knee jumping to conclusions . . . This was mainly because he was trying to skip a difficult bit . . . But I digress. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 6:39 pm, J.

Chunked Off

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Towns." into CHK if matchChunk(exText,CHK) then delete CHK from exTEXT end if end mouseDown the coloured line throws a "big, bad, bluey". 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: Searching for a word when it's more than one word

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 1/9/2018 2:50 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 13:15, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I've already shovelled Ruyton of the Eleven Towns quite effectively: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7r7u0c2m9ny3eb/Text%20analyzer%20X.livecode.zip?dl=0 No token

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
put empty into CHUNNK of fld "zText" end if *end mouseDown** ** **Richmond.* On 1/9/2018 2:25 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 13:15, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I've already shovelled Ruyton of the Eleven Towns quite effectively: https://www.dropb

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 1/9/2018 2:25 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 13:15, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I've already shovelled Ruyton of the Eleven Towns quite effectively: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7r7u0c2m9ny3eb/Text%20analyzer%20X.livecode.zip?dl=0 No token

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

2018-09-01 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
e and Me to get out and get some fresh air before we ruin our weekends. Richmond. On 1/9/2018 2:05 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2018-09-01 12:50, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Yup: indeed: fairly coarse. However, see my next posting re "Ruyton of the El

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