Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

On 05/05/2016 04:55 PM, Warren Samples wrote: I'm running openSUSE Leap 42.1 here and finding that Livecode 8 will not launch. The installer worked properly. Launching LiveCode displays the splashscreen followed either by a rapid crash (IDE itself never displays) or a permanent hang at the

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

On 05/04/2016 09:12 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0, the first stable release of LiveCode 8. I'm running openSUSE Leap 42.1 here and finding that Livecode 8 will not launch. The installer worked properly. Launching

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Hi Andrew, We did indeed consider if the screenshots should be updated. Here is a bug report: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16610 which led to the changes that need to be made being detailed in GitHub issues:

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 , project browser

The old application browser may work for you It has moved Plugins revApplicationOverview For some of us.. The first thing we do on downloading any recent version of LC is to set this plug-in to open on start up. BR On 5/4/16, 12:22 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Andrew Meit"

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 , project browser

Andrew, Perhaps it is good to know that an official request for accessibility features was made almost 8 years ago: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7286 The last note from RunRev staff about this issue dates back to 2014. Kind regards, Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com

[ANN] Release 8.0.0 , project browser

Please, please anyone know how to hack the colors used in the project browser tree? 1. I can barely read the white on blue, needs to be dark grey/black bkgnd 2. all the light grey text needs to be darker or black 3. the eye is hideous, dark grey/black please 4. I can barely see the lock when

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

On 5/4/2016 12:06 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > At this point v6 and v7 have joined v5 and v4 and all other earlier > versions, having reached sustainable end-of-life, still available for > download but no longer maintained. Richard just pointed out another excellent value of LiveCode (at least to

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Congratulations. Richmond. On 4.05.2016 17:12, Peter TB Brett wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0, the first stable release of LiveCode 8. Read more about LiveCode 8 here: https://livecode.com/introducing-livecode-8/ Getting the Release

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

James Hale wrote: > Hmm, does this mean that LC6 and LC7 are now eol. (Apart from bug > fixes or will these also cease)? Yep, just as they've been telling us for nearly a year, once v8.0 is released the massive technical and financial burden of maintaining three separate versions

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Announcement is out in a different thread, too. On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Paul Dupuis wrote: > On 5/4/2016 11:11 AM, James Hale wrote: > > Hmm, does this mean that LC6 and LC7 are now eol. (Apart from bug fixes > or will these also cease)? > > > > I am pretty sure

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

I see now that the lc user guide was shoehorned into the dictionary without considering if the screenshots should be updated…and yes the formal LC user guide has a toc. > On May 4, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Andrew Meit wrote: > > Really, wow….the guide….r > > Using many

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

LC Team, Congratulations on the release of LC 8.0 - a significant achievement. Bravo. Thanks, Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

On 5/4/2016 11:11 AM, James Hale wrote: > Hmm, does this mean that LC6 and LC7 are now eol. (Apart from bug fixes or > will these also cease)? > I am pretty sure that is exactly what this means. LC 6.7.11 and LC 7.1.4 are the last maintenance releases in those versions. LiveCode has stated on

[ANN] Release 8.0.0

Really, wow….the guide….r Using many screenshots of the old dictionary within the new dictionary/guide! Using a screenshot of an ancient marketing model: Revolution 3.0 for the forums! There is no toc to navigate the guide, sometime pretty basic for a guide. Is the screenshots current for the

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

jameshale wrote: > Looking at the pricing page on the website you need to scroll to > the bottom to see the open source version. > Really there should be three columns, GPL (or Community), Indy, > Business > With the features and benefits (and omissions) also listed to include > GPL (or

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Hmm, does this mean that LC6 and LC7 are now eol. (Apart from bug fixes or will these also cease)? James ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Great news! Congrats to the team, well done. But as Colombo would say, there's just one more thing. Looking at the pricing page on the website you need to scroll to the bottom to see the open source version. Really there should be three columns, GPL (or Community), Indy, Business With the

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Sorry, but I still can not use this for production work. This bug is STILL preventing use in my work environment. [Bug 17374] Database errors appear each time LC 8.0.0 is opened in Win7-x64 in Fusion https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54789013/LC_errors/8.0.0-GM1-error.png Roger Eller

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

On 04/05/2016 15:28, Bob Sneidar wrote: They were just waiting for me to finally pay for an indy license. Thank you for subscribing -- it'll help us continue to make LiveCode better for all our users! Peter -- Dr Peter Brett

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

They were just waiting for me to finally pay for an indy license. Bob S On May 4, 2016, at 06:49 , Dave Kilroy > wrote: Very well done all of you :D And what a day to do it on! (the force strong with those people in Edinburgh)

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

Very well done all of you :D And what a day to do it on! (the force strong with those people in Edinburgh) Dave - "The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time." Peter M. Brigham -- View this message in context:

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0

WOOT! WOOT! On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0, the first stable > release of LiveCode 8. > > Read more about LiveCode 8 here: >

[ANN] Release 8.0.0

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0, the first stable release of LiveCode 8. Read more about LiveCode 8 here: https://livecode.com/introducing-livecode-8/ Getting the Release === You can get the release at

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

On 13/04/2016 20:36, Jim Lambert wrote: Here’s an issue I’m seeing with LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X that I have not seen previously. When I launch LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X I get the 'You downloaded this application from the Internet…' security dialog. Usually you just click OK and never see that

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

I'm not experiencing that, at least on 10.10.5 On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Jim Lambert wrote: > Here’s an issue I’m seeing with LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X that I have not seen > previously. > > When I launch LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X I get the 'You downloaded this > application

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

Here’s an issue I’m seeing with LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X that I have not seen previously. When I launch LC 8.0.0 RC 1 on OS X I get the 'You downloaded this application from the Internet…' security dialog. Usually you just click OK and never see that dialog again. At least that was the case with

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

On 13/04/2016 05:40, Mark Wieder wrote: The good news: I no longer am seeing a CEF segfault after closing the dictionary and IDE. My guess is that we are no longer using the CEF browser for the dictionary. We are, in fact, still using the CEF-based browser widget for the dictionary.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

> On Apr 12, 2016, at 9:40 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > > In addition, if you have Toolbar text enabled and Toolbar icons disabled, the > "Dictionary" text becomes overwritten with after clicking it. That’s the icons showing through, there’s a bug report for it already.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

This is identical to my experience with RC1 on Xubuntu 15.10 64 bit. Richmond. On 13.04.2016 00:23, G.W.Gaich wrote: These are my first experiences with LC 8 and Linux: LiveCode 8.0 (rc1) Linux community 64 bit Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit Try to open the Dictionary. First click on the

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

On 04/12/2016 02:36 PM, panagiotis merakos wrote: PS: Mark Wieder uses a Mint Cinnamon 64 bit, so Mark, if you watch this thread, please add your input :) On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:23 AM, G.W.Gaich wrote: These are my first experiences with LC 8 and Linux: LiveCode 8.0

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

Hi Panos, you can download the VM at https://cloud.gaich.de:4/owncloud/index.php/s/CVQBX4MclZCRUfZ It's compressed with 7Zip, the user in Linux Mint is test and the password is testtest Am 13.04.2016 um 00:31 schrieb G.W.Gaich: Hi Panos, thank you for your reply. I will file a bug

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

Hi Panos, thank you for your reply. I will file a bug report tomorrow. Just installed a fresh VM Linux Mint 17.3 (VirtualBox). Did only install LC 8 (rc1) and have a similar behavior. The dictionary window is an empty rectangle without tabs. Same message box when I try to exit LiveCode. Have

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

Hi Günter, We have a Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit VM in the office, which was used to test the Dictionary functionality before releasing LiveCode 8 RC-1. I did not experience any of these problems. I suggest you file a bug report (http://quality.livecode.com/) so as we investigate this

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1 (Linux)

These are my first experiences with LC 8 and Linux: LiveCode 8.0 (rc1) Linux community 64 bit Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit Try to open the Dictionary. First click on the dictionary icon: Nothing happens Second click: A window opens with 2 tabs (API and Guide) but the window is empty.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

Sending bug reports 'again' for Windows and Android issues which still persist. I'm sure it's fine for iOS and Mac though. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0 RC 1. >

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

This looks exciting. On 12.04.2016 20:07, Peter TB Brett wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0 RC 1. Xubuntu 15.10 64 bit. 1. Documentation is STILL a "dead duck": Bug 16848 2. Livecode UI elements not appearing in the Application browser: Bug

[ANN] Release 8.0.0 RC 1

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0 RC 1. Getting the Release === You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ or via the automatic updater. Release Contents LiveCode 8 has a host of exciting new

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Well; "burger', "cog" or something else? Personally a start might be to have the "cog" (if that's what we are going to have) with a lot more contrast against its background, or even "Heaven forfend" in a different colour. Richmond. On 23.02.2016 20:18, J. Landman Gay wrote: On February 23,

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

On February 23, 2016 5:21:55 AM RM wrote: I notice that in Firefox and Thunderbird they use an odd, 3 horizontal lines sort of icon: neither worse nor better than the revTools cog . . . That's a standard icon on Android at least, and it represents a list, usually

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

On 23.02.2016 13:08, Ali Lloyd wrote: The tools palette settings menu pops up when you click the 'cog' icon at the top right of the tools palette. Um . . . I wonder if that is as intuitive as your interface developers think it is? All sections are set to visible, and if you take a look at

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

The tools palette settings menu pops up when you click the 'cog' icon at the top right of the tools palette. On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:59 AM RM wrote: > > > On 22.02.2016 22:38, Ali Lloyd wrote: > > Do you have widgets ticked in the show controls submenu of the

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

On 22.02.2016 22:38, Ali Lloyd wrote: Do you have widgets ticked in the show controls submenu of the tools palette settings? Where would I find the "submenu of the tools palette setting" ? I have searched throughout and cannot locate that. Richmond.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Peter: Thanks! No big rush. Bill > On Feb 22, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > On 22/02/2016 18:37, William Prothero wrote: >> Peter: > >> I got a notice that Monte’s externals come with Indy licenses now. Is >> there a link where we can download them? BTW,

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

>>> LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 15 ... and 45 bug fixes! Why only 45? I see 53 here (without the duplicates): http://quality.livecode.com/buglist.cgi?list_id=51971_format=advanced=1456178232-f63548a008c88a1a2a1dc62212585e14_milestone=8.0.0-dp-15 Panos -- On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Peter TB Brett

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

On 22/02/2016 18:37, William Prothero wrote: Peter: I got a notice that Monte’s externals come with Indy licenses now. Is there a link where we can download them? BTW, congrats on DP15! The widgets are going to be a game changer for LC as will the incorporation of Monte’s externals as

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

> Peter B. wrote: > Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of > LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 15 ... and 45 bug fixes! What a british understatement for a preview, that's more a release candidate (we are still in dot-dot state). Especially the HTML5 part. I'm testing since three hours: =

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Do you have widgets ticked in the show controls submenu of the tools palette settings? On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:48 PM RM wrote: > > > On 22.02.2016 21:40, RM wrote: > > Well; there's a funny thing . . . when I started up LiveCode 8.0 DP 15 > > it offered to upgrade

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

On 22.02.2016 21:40, RM wrote: Well; there's a funny thing . . . when I started up LiveCode 8.0 DP 15 it offered to upgrade me to LiveCode 7.1.2 RC 3. I see that on Linux 64 bit the Dictionary still "isn't" but as that is projected to be sorted out for the first Release candidate I'm not

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Well; there's a funny thing . . . when I started up LiveCode 8.0 DP 15 it offered to upgrade me to LiveCode 7.1.2 RC 3. I see that on Linux 64 bit the Dictionary still "isn't" but as that is projected to be sorted out for the first Release candidate I'm not fussed. What IS worrying is that

Re: [ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Peter: I got a notice that Monte’s externals come with Indy licenses now. Is there a link where we can download them? BTW, congrats on DP15! The widgets are going to be a game changer for LC as will the incorporation of Monte’s externals as widgets. Bill William Prothero, Ph.D. University of

[ANN] Release 8.0.0 DP 15

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0.0 DP 15. Developer Preview Release = Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before testing them. *IMPORTANT*: It is especially vital that you back up your