Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: >> Richard G. wrote: >> On disk the Linux build of CEF takes up 135 MBs, and like any >> browser I would imagine it more than doubles RAM requirements >> for an app using it. > > I would even give a full Gigabyte of RAM if this could make the > browser widget work on linux ... I've

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Richard G. wrote: > On disk the Linux build of CEF takes up 135 MBs, and like any browser I > would imagine it more than doubles RAM requirements for an app using it. I would even give a full Gigabyte of RAM if this could make the browser widget work on linux ...

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Roger Eller wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind >> >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. ... >> It's great when you truly need an embedded web browser, but for

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Roger Eller via use-livecode
This is really the first mention I've seen of the resource requirements of certain widgets. Assuming that overhead is minimal just because it is so darn easy to add to a stack will be our downfall. :) ~Roger On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. > > Right, but only to a certain degree. > > LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the > javascript of a browser widget. > >

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Roger Eller via use-livecode
jonathandly...@gmail.com; hh <h...@hyperhh.de> > Subject: Re: AW: vertical text? > > Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :) > > I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way. > > > > Sent from my iPhone >

RE: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Paul Richards via use-livecode
Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode Sent: 12 April 2017 16:14 To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: jonathandly...@gmail.com; hh <h...@hyperhh.de> Subject: Re: AW: vertical t

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :) I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:37 AM, hh via use-livecode wrote: >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> This is also easy

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Jonathan L. wrote: > This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind > the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. Right, but only to a certain degree. LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the javascript of a browser widget. The very basic widget

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:02 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Tiemo, > > LC Script gives you only the possibility to have a

AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
Hi Tiemo, LC Script gives you only the possibility to have a rotated _image_ of "real" horizontal text. In LC Builder you have the possibility for rotating "real" horizontal text itself (use your font and size), not only a snapshot. Here is an easy example how to do that

AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Cc: AndyP <smudge.a...@googlemail.com> Betreff: Re: vertical text? Try This: Add a field named "Input" Add this script to the field on returnInField send "mouseUp" to button "Format" end returnInField Add a button named "Format" Add this sc

Re: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread AndyP via use-livecode
to the formattedHeight of fld "Input" set the leftMargin of fld "Input" to 2 set the rightMargin of fld "Input" to 2 set the topMargin of fld "Input" to 4 set the bottomMargin of fld "Input" to 4 set the textAlign of fld "In

AW: vertical text?

2017-04-11 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
proth...@earthlearningsolutions.org Betreff: Re: vertical text? Tiemo, I do this by creating a text field, putting the text into it, sizing it to just fit the text, capturing it to an image, rotating and placing the image of the text field, then deleting the source text field. Bill William Prother

Re: vertical text?

2017-04-11 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Is there any trick or tweak to create real vertical text (rotated text field > by -90deg)? > > Up to now, I workaround with an text img I rotated in

vertical text?

2017-04-11 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hello, Is there any trick or tweak to create real vertical text (rotated text field by -90deg)? Up to now, I workaround with an text img I rotated in photoshop. Thanks Tiemo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please