[OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20042738 a mini iPad . . . this looks like a case of neither one thing or the other; how on earth one will be able to type on the onscreen keyboard escapes me. Oh, Well, W.C.Fields forever. Richmond. ___

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread stephen barncard
thumbs, like a phone On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**technology-20042738http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20042738 a mini iPad . . . this looks like a case of neither one thing or the other; how on earth one will

how to build hierachical menues?

2012-10-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi, I wonder if there is a build in feature in LC to build hierarchical menus, or which approach would be state of the art. What I want to is something like a option menu button. After having opened it I choose an option from the pull down menu a second submenu opens in a window beside the

Re: how to build hierachical menues?

2012-10-24 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Tiemo, Just put tabs before the menu items that should be in a submenu. Like this: menu item submenu item submenu item menu item submenu item subsubmenu item subsubmenu item submenu item submenu item You can do this in

AW: how to build hierachical menues?

2012-10-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Hi Mark, as far as I know this feature, it is just an optical structure in one menu. Perhaps I didn't described it good enough. What I was looking for is a dynamical solution where I first see only the first level and after choosing one item of the first level, I get (a second window with) the sub

Re: AW: how to build hierachical menues?

2012-10-24 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Tiemo, A problem is that a normal option menu button won't display the submenus as expected. In those cases, I often create an option menu button (or a custom-made variant of it) and a popup button. For example, create one button with the following script: on mouseUp create btn

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Bernard Devlin
When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see myself using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7 HTC Android tablet. The 7 form-factor is like going back to the good old days of the Apple Newton. Only the

AW: AW: how to build hierachical menues?

2012-10-24 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Thanks for the idea! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2012 12:22 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: AW: how to build hierachical menues? Hi Tiemo,

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 01:22 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see myself using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too uncomfortable in my hand. I went for a 7 HTC Android tablet. The 7 form-factor is like going back to the

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Colin Holgate
iPads work very nicely with Bluetooth keyboards. Also, close to 100% of the time you're using an iPad you're not needing to enter text. If you need something that is all about text entry, then either use an external keyboard or use a computer. On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Richmond

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 03:10 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: iPads work very nicely with Bluetooth keyboards. Also, close to 100% of the time you're using an iPad you're not needing to enter text. If you need something that is all about text entry, then either use an external keyboard or use a computer.

livecode apps summary?

2012-10-24 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Hi, i am often asked which tool/language i use to create the apps and always i get a shrug of the shoulders if i tell the people about LiveCode. So i am preparing a website where i want to list all apps (iOS,Android and/or Desktop and/or Server), regardless if commercial or private, which

Video externals: XMediaPlayer API

2012-10-24 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi friends, here the complete API for the XMediaPlayer external, it is the same for the WMP and VLC version of the external. I added analogies to the QuickTime player object of Livecode where possible. I will post the API for the XVideoJoiner external tomorrow, there have been some changes

Re: livecode apps summary?

2012-10-24 Thread Matthias Rebbe
What i forgot. Please send me your info off-list to my address you can see below in the signature. Thanks. Matthias -- Matthias Rebbe matthias (at) rebbe.tk Tel +49.5741.31 Tel +49.160.5504462 -- Life is too short for boring code Am 24.10.2012 um 15:29 schrieb Matthias Rebbe

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: I, being a crafty type, have solved this problem; I have a tatty-old, second-hand Pentium IV in every place I am likely to spend any length of time, and have just revived my Macintosh Powerbook 180 for when I get really desperate and cannot control myself until I get to a

RE: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Over time this prompts some of us to ask, Why am I carrying a second Internet device with me when I already have my phone? Funny thing is that this question was asked back in the Palm Pilot days, and so was born the first smart phone. Post PC era is a marketing strategy to sell you on Apple's

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: But . . . Every inch an iPad which, if you think about it, is not strictly true: it's a shrunken iPad. 50% less calories than the regular iPad? On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Roger Eller
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.comwrote: On 10/24/2012 01:22 PM, Bernard Devlin wrote: When it came to choosing a tablet earlier this year, I could not see myself using something in the original iPad form-factor - it just felt too uncomfortable in my hand.

Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread Charles Szasz
I am using the following script to retrieve the labels of checked checkboxes on marked cards and put them in the field recommendations. The labels are custom properties (uMyLabel). The script works fine but I am getting five blank lines in recommendations field before the first checkbox label

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Mike Kerner
The thing that amazes me is that the iPod Touch (5th Gen) is only $30 less than the Mini. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God

Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread charles61
I am using the following script to retrieve the labels of checked checkboxes on marked cards and put them in the field recommendations. The labels are custom properties (uMyLabel). The script works fine but I am getting five blank lines in recommendations field before the first checkbox label is

Re: Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread Thierry Douez
2012/10/24 charles61 csz...@mac.com: I am using the following script to retrieve the labels of checked checkboxes on marked cards and put them in the field recommendations. The labels are custom properties (uMyLabel). The script works fine but I am getting five blank lines in recommendations

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
On 10/24/2012 06:09 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: , and have just revived my Macintosh Powerbook 180 for when I get really desperate and cannot control myself until I get to a stationary computer. *blink* Really? How in

[OT] Linux kernel 3.5 and VMWare

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
Well, it is useful for those of us running various Operating Systems at the same time :) http://frednotes.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/kernel-3-5-and-vmware/ 'tis a bu**er, me dears! Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Bernard Devlin
I have the most appalling handwriting. Longtime companions cannot read it. Even I sometimes cannot read my own handwriting. Yet, once I'd gone through the training process, the Newton can transcribe it to text with considerable accuracy. Perhaps the Newton was the first device to reverse

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dave McKee
You are suggesting that the Newton is a Reverse Entropy device ?? Sent from my iPhone On 2012-10-24, at 1:11 PM, Bernard Devlin bdrun...@gmail.com wrote: I have the most appalling handwriting. Longtime companions cannot read it. Even I sometimes cannot read my own handwriting. Yet, once I'd

[semi-OT] iPad emulator for Windows

2012-10-24 Thread Richmond
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33099-run-ios-apps-on-windows-with-ipad-emulator/ I wonder if one can try running Macintosh standalones on this thing to see whether they will function on real iPads? Depends on Adobe Air. 1. Running OK in VMWare Windows XP; accessed a Rutles

Re: Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread charles61
Hi Therry! I tried your script suggestion. It reported card 32 and button 38. When I checked this information, there were no checkbox buttons that have custom properties on this card. I went through my project and checked all of the some 700+ checkboxes and did not find any checkboxes that had

Re: Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 24/10/2012 21:26, charles61 wrote: I tried your script suggestion. It reported card 32 and button 38. When I checked this information, there were no checkbox buttons that have custom properties on this card. I went through my project and checked all of the some 700+ checkboxes and did not

Re: livecode apps summary?

2012-10-24 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 24/10/2012 14:29, Matthias Rebbe wrote: i am often asked which tool/language i use to create the apps and always i get a shrug of the shoulders if i tell the people about LiveCode. So i am preparing a website where i want to list all apps (iOS,Android and/or Desktop and/or Server),

Re: [OT] Apple shrinks

2012-10-24 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: Still going strong: no battery though. Wow. I'll try to remember next time I stumble across mine in the garage . . . -- Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___

Re: Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread Charles Szasz
Ben, Thanks for your generous script suggestions! I did not expect to hear from a LC expert as yourself! I tried both of your script suggestions that were in your previous email.They show the number of the card and the number of the checkbox that supposely had a blank custom property,

Re: Script problem

2012-10-24 Thread Charles Szasz
Ben, Thanks for your generous script suggestions! I did not expect to hear from a LC expert as yourself! I tried both of your script suggestions that were in your previous email.They show the number of the card and the number of the checkbox that supposely had a blank custom property,

revGoURL mailto bug ?

2012-10-24 Thread Bob Earp
I'm using revGoURL to send eMails to Apple Mail as follows; put mailto:?; lSubjectTxtlAddresseslBodyTxt into lMailMsg revGoURL lMailMsg It all works OK except that if I use an ampersand or a percentage sign % in lBodyTxt then revGoURL will not send lMailMsg to the mail client (Apple