Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread paolo mazza
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Pete
I agree, learned how to avoid several gotchas! The book has a section on naming conventions for variables and that's been discussed several time on the list, but does anyone use naming conventions for their commands/functions? I'm thinking specifically of handlers that aren't local to the script

Free LiveCode eBook and The Scripter's Scrapbook

2011-04-20 Thread FlexibleLearning
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Oh heck yeah, especially if you use a scripting utility that allows you to sort handlers. For instance, all my commands and functions for opening, closing, and idling databases start with db. All my functions that take parameters and return a value start with get. The big thing is to use names

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Pete
Yep, I'm doing just about all those things. What I didn't do is use a naming convention that indicates where in the message path the called handler is. So if I call dbDoit from a control, where does dbDoit reside? In the control script, on the card/stack that the control is in, on the mainstack

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Both Remo and GLX2 have script editors that turn a called handler into a link you can click on and go to the command or function. U should give them a try. Remo is current. GLX2 is legacy and no longer supported. Remo uses a method of breakpoints that are evaluated at runtime and stored, but it

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Pete
Forgot about those tools. I did try a demo of Remo at one point, don;t remember why I didn't buy it. Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Both Remo and GLX2 have script editors that turn a called handler into a

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread René Micout
This is my system (some french words : sorry) : -- PRÉFIXES (types des objets) : -- ku = constante (unitaire) kt = constante (tableau) utiliser plutôt une custom property -- vg = variable globale [stack] vt = variable globale (tableau) [stack] vl = variable locale

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
I'm half French, so I'm only half sorry. ;-P Bob On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:03 PM, René Micout wrote: This is my system (some french words : sorry) : ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-20 Thread Pete
That's great Rene, thank you. Pete Molly's Revenge http://www.mollysrevenge.com On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:03 PM, René Micout rene.mic...@numericable.comwrote: This is my system (some french words : sorry) : -- PRÉFIXES (types des objets) : -- ku = constante (unitaire) kt =

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-19 Thread tbodine
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-16 Thread Scott McDonald
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-16 Thread René Micout
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-15 Thread Keith Clarke
Thanks for sharing, Scott - more useful grist to the mill for learning LiveCode. On 15 Apr 2011, at 05:59, Scott McDonald wrote: Hi, Just wanting you to know that there is an eBook (PDF format) titled LiveCode Tips. In it I have compiled a set of tips from my website into a convenient

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-15 Thread JosepM
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-15 Thread Jim Lambert
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-15 Thread Bob Sneidar
FYI I converted it to an eBook using Calibre, a shareware ePub converter, and then imported it into iTunes. I'll let you know how it looks. I am updating my iPad right now so I don't want to upset the Apple cart (so to speak). Bob On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:59 PM, Scott McDonald wrote: Hi,

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-15 Thread Roger Eller
On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Scott McDonald wrote: It's free and you can get it here: http://www.runrevplanet.com/free-downloads.html Nice eBook, and thanks! It looks good on Android 2.2 on the ViewSonic gTablet with Adobe Reader app. ~Roger ___

Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-14 Thread Scott McDonald
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Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-14 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Thanks! On Friday, April 15, 2011, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Scott McDonald wrote: It's free and you can get it here: http://www.runrevplanet.com/free-downloads.html Thanks. I put it onto my iPad too, it looks good in iBooks.

Re: Free LiveCode eBook

2011-04-14 Thread Anthony Howe
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