Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Richard: > It's what software testers call a test. ;) > It isolates the issue to the fewest lines of code > needed to demonstrate the issue. And it was a very good test! I loved it. Forewarned is forearmed, and LC has had quite a few traps to avoid. Glad this one is fixed in latest version.

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Waddingham wrote: > On 2017-06-15 16:26, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> Know of any trick for getting Ctrl-. to work for this in LC as it >> does in other xTalks? > > Wait until dp-7 appears: > >http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19479 Whoohoo! Thanks! One more gre

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Monte Goulding wrote: > On 15 Jun 2017, at 10:28 am, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> on mouseUp >> repeat >>answer "Hi" >> end repeat >> end mouseUp > > Lol… that I would abort in my head before it enters the script > editor ;-) It's what software testers call a test. ;) It isolates the issue

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-06-15 16:26, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Know of any trick for getting Ctrl-. to work for this in LC as it does in other xTalks? Wait until dp-7 appears: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19479 Warmest Regards, Mark. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ ht

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
A slightly better version: on mouseUp repeat answer "Hi" with "What The Hell Was I Thinking About?" end repeat end mouseUp Bob S > On Jun 14, 2017, at 22:39 , Monte Goulding via use-livecode > wrote: > >> on mouseUp >> repeat >> answer "Hi" >> end repeat >> end mouseUp

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-15 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Curry Kenworthy wrote: > Richard: > > > Any way to abort this?: > > on mouseUp > >repeat > > answer "Hi" > >end repeat > > end mouseUp > > There is a good chance of succeeding if you hold down Enter > continually to actuate the dialog OK while clicking rapidly > on the toolbar

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 15 Jun 2017, at 10:28 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > on mouseUp > repeat >answer "Hi" > end repeat > end mouseUp Lol… that I would abort in my head before it enters the script editor ;-) Cheers Monte ___ use-livecode ma

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Richard: > Any way to abort this?: > on mouseUp >repeat > answer "Hi" >end repeat > end mouseUp There is a good chance of succeeding if you hold down Enter continually to actuate the dialog OK while clicking rapidly on the toolbar Property Inspector icon. If the Inspector appears

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: On 06/14/2017 04:48 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: >> Aborting the script usually works for me when this happens. > > Yeah. I'd love it if that worked for me too. > Or do you have some special way of aborting the script? Any way to abort this?: on mouseUp repeat

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 06/14/2017 04:48 PM, Monte Goulding via use-livecode wrote: Aborting the script usually works for me when this happens. Yeah. I'd love it if that worked for me too. Or do you have some special way of aborting the script? Mine is "kill -9". -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 06/14/2017 04:43 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: The traditional xTalk solution for this is Cmd-./Ctrl-,. which safely exits to top with a notification the the script was aborted. I of course tried all the usual escape routes: ctl-., ctl-break, escape, setting the traceabort to

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
Aborting the script usually works for me when this happens. > On 15 Jun 2017, at 7:31 am, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > Did we ever figure out how to deal with the "can't with this > script while it is executing" problem? > > I've had to force-quit the IDE several times over the

Re: can't edit...while it is executing

2017-06-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: Did we ever figure out how to deal with the "can't with this script while it is executing" problem? I've had to force-quit the IDE several times over the last few days due to a script error. My own errors, but this halt-and-catch-fire mode prevents me from correcting them