Re: Autosave

2015-08-20 Thread Richmond
On 19/08/15 23:03, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: Why does this script NOT work in a small stack? on mouseUp palette stack AUTOSAVE put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN put TSTAKN into fld TSTAKN save

Re: Autosave

2015-08-20 Thread Mike Bonner
around, but I'd be avoiding the slashes. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/08/15 23:03, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: Why does this script NOT work in a small stack? on mouseUp palette stack AUTOSAVE put the short name

Re: Autosave

2015-08-20 Thread Mike Bonner
richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/08/15 23:03, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: Why does this script NOT work in a small stack? on mouseUp palette stack AUTOSAVE put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN

Re: Autosave

2015-08-20 Thread JB
On Aug 20, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: save stack HEX rotate as Granny goes gay doesn't work either. -- Richard Gaskin Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Autosave

2015-08-19 Thread Richmond
Why does this script NOT work in a small stack? on mouseUp palette stack AUTOSAVE put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN put TSTAKN into fld TSTAKN save the topstack as TSTAKN end mouseUp Richmond

Re: Autosave

2015-08-19 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: Why does this script NOT work in a small stack? on mouseUp palette stack AUTOSAVE put the short name of the topStack into TSTAK put TSTAK /the time / the date into TSTAKN put TSTAKN into fld TSTAKN save the topstack as TSTAKN end mouseUp Does

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-29 Thread Richmond
On 29/10/14 07:16, Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: I mainly deal with LiveCode learners, and as such it would be nice if such things as AutoSave worked straight out of the box without having to add things on. And that is why

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-29 Thread Tim Selander
I didn't know about this -- works great! Just what I needed. But why is Rinaldi's save so much faster than LiveCode itself?? Odd... And, hmm, LC7.0 just crashed on me a few minutes after activating SmartSave... conincidence? Tim Selander Tokyo, Japan On 10/28/14, 11:18 PM, Richard Gaskin

Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
HyperCard . . . Ta dum, ta dum, ta dum. Thanks, Tim Selander for the idea. I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. Votes . . . Richmond

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. With timers it wouldn't be hard to write for those who want it (personally I prefer having control over

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Mike Kerner
not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. With timers it wouldn't be hard to write for those who want it (personally I prefer having control over when my stuff is committed to disk, but that's just me

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. MaxV posted a nice script for that in the forums recently: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9t=21913 --

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Peter Haworth
with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
On 28/10/14 16:18, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: I wonder whether it might not be a bad idea ??? to have an optional autosave feature in LiveCode; it would certainly cut down on the rude words when funny things happen. With timers it wouldn't be hard to write for those who want

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Richmond
://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9t=21913 I am anti plug-ins and scripts for a very simple reason: I mainly deal with LiveCode learners, and as such it would be nice if such things as AutoSave worked straight out of the box without having to add things on. Richmond

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread larry
Amen, Richmond!! - Original Message - From: Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: Re: Autosave ??? On 28/10/14 16:53, Richard Gaskin wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Mike Kerner
: Re: Autosave ??? On 28/10/14 16:53, Richard Gaskin wrote: Mike Kerner wrote: I would like some sort of versioning, similar to what we had with that alternate script editor - so it would be the main project, and a version get updated. MaxV posted a nice script for that in the forums

Re: Autosave ???

2014-10-28 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: I mainly deal with LiveCode learners, and as such it would be nice if such things as AutoSave worked straight out of the box without having to add things on. And that is why Richard pointed out that LC, every single

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread Richmond
, there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. Now what I don't understand is how to have a script working away 'in the background' checking the time and autosaving every 2-3 minutes without

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 30.03.2013 at 16:46 Uhr -0500 J. Landman Gay apparently wrote: I just use their and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. When the user presses a key on their keyboard... Or don't use a pronoun at all: When the user presses

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread Richmond
On 03/31/2013 07:58 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: On 30.03.2013 at 16:46 Uhr -0500 J. Landman Gay apparently wrote: I just use their and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. When the user presses a key on their keyboard... Or

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/31/13 11:58 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote: On 30.03.2013 at 16:46 Uhr -0500 J. Landman Gay apparently wrote: I just use their and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. ... Actually, it is grammatically correct, at least

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: I just use their and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. In English, unlike the word her, the word his does not imply gender on its own when used for

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
On Mar 31, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: I just use their and ignore the plurality. It isn't grammatically correct, but it's pretty common and includes everybody. In English, unlike the word her,

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-31 Thread kee nethery
I know english language experts say I am wrong but I too tend to use they and their to be gender neutral. Kee On Mar 31, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Peter Bogdanoff bogdan...@me.com wrote: On Mar 31, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM, J. Landman Gay

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-30 Thread Richmond
to my text entry component Wobbly Word, there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. Now what I don't understand is how to have a script working away 'in the background' checking the time

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-30 Thread stephen barncard
-before-it 'Richmond-Scrubby-Cupboard' (well, round these parts that's what passes for an office) made, needless to say, entirely in Livecode. Obviously, central to my text entry component Wobbly Word, there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export

Autosave from field?

2013-03-24 Thread Richmond
; the up-and-coming-and-sweeping-all-office-suits-before-it 'Richmond-Scrubby-Cupboard' (well, round these parts that's what passes for an office) made, needless to say, entirely in Livecode. Obviously, central to my text entry component Wobbly Word, there will have to be a field, and any autosave

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-24 Thread Roger Eller
passes for an office) made, needless to say, entirely in Livecode. Obviously, central to my text entry component Wobbly Word, there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. Now what I

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-24 Thread Roger Eller
component Wobbly Word, there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. Now what I don't understand is how to have a script working away 'in the background' checking the time

Re: Autosave from field?

2013-03-24 Thread Peter Haworth
to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save and/or export and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. Now what I don't understand is how to have a script working away 'in the background' checking the time and autosaving every 2-3 minutes without it interfering

Re: Autosave

2011-02-23 Thread Colin Holgate
On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Warren Kuhl wrote: What would be the best way to implement this to have a timer running in the background and saving my document? You could say: on openstack dosave end openstack on dosave save this stack send dosave to me in 600 seconds end dosave