Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 20 Sep 2017, at 12:05 pm, RunRevPlanet via use-livecode > wrote: > > * Can I respectfully suggest that, if it is not already, testing on a Windows > box and doing real work on a sizeable project (in terms of controls and code) > be > made part of the check

Re: = sign in script editor, Mac

2017-09-19 Thread dunbarx via use-livecode
Klaus. Huh? My "=" key works fine, and if I use shift-0 I get ")" Or is this an 8.x thing? Craig -- Sent from: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html ___ use-livecode mailing list

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2017-09-19 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 20 Sep 2017, at 1:24 am, James At The Hale via use-livecode > wrote: > > Will try. > Tomorrow I need to dig up a leaky water pipe so it may not happen 'til > Thursday. Fair enough.. leaky water pipes are definitely top priority ;-) Cheers Monte

Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread RunRevPlanet via use-livecode
Hi Monte, I do not expect full coverage of every scenario, but my setup and what I was doing is so far from the edge case that is is right in the middle. (OK, maybe 7000 lines is a lot, but it is not that far from the centre, as far as complex LiveCode applications go.) * Can I respectfully

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
Sorry - that was meant to go direct, not via the list. My deepest apologies. Alex On 19/09/2017 23:36, Alex Tweedly wrote: On 19/09/2017 18:46, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Accolades don't help me, I prefer Ruthless Critique (some of my brothers here have already

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2017-09-19 Thread JB via use-livecode
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Re: = sign in script editor, Mac

2017-09-19 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Craig, > Am 19.09.2017 um 21:27 schrieb dunbarx via use-livecode > : > > Klaus. > > Huh? > > My "=" key works fine, and if I use shift-0 I get ")" I use a german keyboard layout where SHIFT & 0 results in = This may differ from english layout. > Or is this

Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread Monte Goulding via use-livecode
> On 20 Sep 2017, at 7:41 am, RunRevPlanet via use-livecode > wrote: > > It troubles me that *any* release is made with an obvious "show stopper" bug. Hi Scott We release DPs to discover show stopper bugs. If you don’t want to be the one discovering them and

Re: Dash "Make DocSet" stack version 1.6. and non-Mac Dash readers

2017-09-19 Thread AndyP via use-livecode
See this thread for an install guide in Zeal for Windows http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=16=29745 - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. TinyIDE a Free alternative minimalist IDE

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Hi Swami, I love the imagery in this app :) Have you considered using the plist hack so your app can stay in sleep mode in the background? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2017, at 5:48 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > wrote: > > We are

Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread RunRevPlanet via use-livecode
@Jacqueline, > I meant say thank you for this last time, but got distracted. Tissues certainly help with the way I was feeling the other day. @Bob, DP? I understand the risks of using a DP. But when a release is made with an introduction that begins with: > We are pleased to announce the

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread Alex Tweedly via use-livecode
On 19/09/2017 18:46, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Accolades don't help me, I prefer Ruthless Critique (some of my brothers here have already issued scathing reviews good line :-) Picky about punctuation in "App News", 10Aug2017, it has button (right on iOS

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
I was in the app and went to the section where it profiled your community members with a browser widget, pulled from your website, I think. When I got out and got back in, I had to navigate to the same place. With Ralph's plist hack, on iOS, it will sleep rather than close. That way, when you

Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be any large project that would cover all bases, given the wide variety of uses we subject the engine to. That's why LC wrote the automated test engine, to cover as many features as possible. But that can't catch the manual actions that require a real user sitting

Re: LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1 Dropping Keystrokes in IDE

2017-09-19 Thread RunRevPlanet via use-livecode
Hi Monte, I am surprised that LiveCode does not have a single large project that can be loaded into the IDE for a spot control creation and script editing on a real machine platforms before releasing a DP. Editing text is a core feature of an IDE and leaving it to customers to discover find such

= sign in script editor, Mac

2017-09-19 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi friends, someone already noticed that on a Mac we cannot use the = sign on the numeric pad in the LC script editor? We have to use SHIFT & 0. Will file a bug report later. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de ___

Re: = sign in script editor, Mac

2017-09-19 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi all, > Am 19.09.2017 um 15:39 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode > : > > Hi friends, > > someone already noticed that on a Mac we cannot use the = sign on the > numeric pad in the LC script editor? We have to use SHIFT & 0. > > Will file a bug report

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-19 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
In my view, programming is different from, say: applying scientific reasoning to solve a problem. If we think of what "tools" are available to address a particular problem, the tools of a software language are prescribed, limited, and require specific knowledge of terminology and what can be

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I can't tell if the suggestion is a feature request or a suggestion to fix the Android issue. If the latter, the sleep mode thing isn't an option on Android, which always retains apps in RAM until it needs the memory. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive

Re: Jumping out of breakpoints and their propensity to multiply LC8.20dp1

2017-09-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yup that is what I was seeing. As I said, clearing all the breakpoints, by menu and in that pane has cleared things up for me. Are you saying you can get them to reappear?? Bob S > On Sep 18, 2017, at 18:14 , James At The Hale via use-livecode > wrote: > > I

Re: Behaviors

2017-09-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi Devin. That actually works a peach, thanks. I'm excited about going to behaviors, as I have a LOT of identical code in my app and this is going to streamling everything a great deal. Bob S > On Sep 18, 2017, at 16:23 , Devin Asay via use-livecode > wrote:

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2017-09-19 Thread James At The Hale via use-livecode
Monte wrote: > ...If you have a recipe can you post to this bug report: > http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20421 Will try. Tomorrow I need to dig up a leaky water pipe so it may not happen 'til Thursday. James ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-19 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Allow me to be the devil's advocate here. Most people want step by step instructions. From the perspective of teaching though, this is perhaps the worst injustice you can inflict upon their education. UNDERSTANDING is what they need, and step by step memorization of a process really does

Re: SivaSiva iOS App Approved - Android Issues/AcceleratedRendering issues

2017-09-19 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Jonathan I'm not sure exactly what this "stay in sleep mode" gets us… but yes, it's an interesting option. if we use this hack, would the audio continue to play when the user goes out ? Why are you recommending it? --- "imagery" Yes, with 400,000 still images on our in-house server and