So... previously I was free to do whatever I wanted and at some point I chose
Save As... if I wanted to keep my current version next to my new version.
Simple.
Now I no longer have the freedom to do whatever I want, as Apple forces me to
use their and exactly their workflow and nothing but
Pete,
This is the script of a build button of one of my plugins:
on mouseUp
save the topStack
put empty into gRevStackStatus[the short name of the topStack]
repeat for each line myStack in (the substacks of stack (the mainstack of the
topStack))
put empty into gRevStackStatus[myStack]
Igor,
Thanks for pointing this to our eyes ! Useful to know.
Kind regards,
Pierre
Le 29 mai 2012 à 02:14, Igor de Oliveira Couto a écrit :
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Understanding Old Save + Save As... x New Autosave Versions + Duplicate
Unfortunately no Photoshop, Pro Tools HD or Final Cut 7 for Linux. I hope
Digidesign doesn't try to go with the flow.
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Mark Schonewille
m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote:
So... previously I was free to do whatever I wanted and at some point I
chose Save
Hmmm,
All this seems to just confirm that we are old and set in our ways, not
that Apple is headed in the wrong direction.
It seems to remind me of the complaints about the introduction of automatic
chokes vs manual chokes; electronic ignition vs mechanical points; fuel
injection vs
Kay,
It is too early to decide whether Apple is heading in the right direction or
not. If Mac-veterans leave Apple, Apple is definitely doing something wrong,
even if it is good for their business.
Your statement that I'm old is appalling and offensive and makes me not want to
read the
Mark,
My apologies, I did not appreciate that old is an offensive term and will
try not use it from now on. The term is a sign of respect in my culture,
but mine is not necessarily the right culture and I should appreciate other
cultures can be 180 degrees out of phase to my own.
I merely tried
Maybe this doesn't affect *your* Save methodology, but it affects *mine*. The
Macintosh used to be about having several ways to accomplish a task, now we
are confronted with fewer choices, THEIR choices. That's my problem with
what's happening to the OS.
When I save an audio or video file, I
I have two linux machines (A and B)
on Linux machine A I have a Livecode application
on Linux machine B I :
- ssh -X machineA@192.168.15.6
- launch the Livecode application on machine A but gets displayed on
machine B
When you do this with any other linux applications everything works fine.
Kay, thank you very much for the correction:
On 29/05/2012, at 4:42 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
[...]
I don't know where you got the information about Versions taking up a lot
of storage space if you have a lot of backups, but my understanding its
the complete opposite. Like TimeMachine, Version
No. What tripped me up was
?livecode
put lc version is the version br
constant x = 4
put this web page shows the problem br
put here x = x br
on somehandler
put within a handler, x = x br
end somehandler
somehandler
put and finally x still = x br
?
Constants do not take effect
Thanks Igor, but you're talking about where constants can be declared; I
was talking about where they can be used.
I read the dictionary the same way you do, in the context of declaration
(constants can be declared within or outwith handlers, with different
context). And I agree with Mark
Forgive the naiveté (I have no formal development background) - and so maybe
there is a subtlety about the formal definition of constants in computer
science that I'm missing - but to have a mathematical constant available
outside of handlers, can we not choose from script variables, global
I know its a kludge but couldn't you do something like:
?livecode
constant x = 4
on somehandler
put within a handler, x = x br
end somehandler
on run-it
put lc version is the version br
put this web page shows the problem br
put here x = x br
somehandler
put and finally x
Hi Charles,
I was thinking about trying the approach you suggest but I wasn't convinced it
would run smoothly because my looping movie has 300 frames.
But now that I've read about your results I will try it, maybe removing some
frames of the movie before. You used the hidden cards method,
stephen barncard wrote:
Maybe this doesn't affect *your* Save methodology, but it affects *mine*. The
Macintosh used to be about having several ways to accomplish a task, now we
are confronted with fewer choices, THEIR choices. That's my problem with
what's happening to the OS.
When I save an
Stephen,
undoubtedly you are right, our methodologies are different. But that is not
what my comments are about, and clearly I have problems expressing myself -
which is understandable when you consider I only passed English because
49.5 was rounded up to 50% :-(
So in attempt not to offend
On May 25, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Matthias Rebbe wrote:
Hi,
Bob Sneidar already helped me out.
Regards,
Matthias
Am 25.05.2012 um 23:26 schrieb Matthias Rebbe:
Hi,
last year in summer Peter M. Brigham posted a download link to his library
textlib.rev. The download link is not
I seem to be having a different experience with Lion than many here. I too was
reluctant to change my way of scrolling, or to give up on using Rosetta apps,
and so had not yet upgraded to Lion. I usually grab OSX updates very early on
(as a piece of trivia, I was the first person anywhere,
On May 29, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:
Having got a little used to Lion I then felt better about trying out Mountain
Lion. My current setup is that I have 10.8 on my internal SSD, and still have
10.7.4 on the external SSD. I still need that because under 10.8 you can't
publish
On 5/29/12 2:22 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
I merely tried to use an analogy that people get set in their ways,
especially the longer they have been using something. I hope I haven't
offended any Hot Rodders, as that was not my intent either.
I'm an old hot-rodder. I kept my 17-year-old car until a
That was just a scam our parents conned us into. We all fell for it. Now they
AND our children are laughing at us! ;-)
Bob
On May 29, 2012, at 9:52 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I'm getting used to being old. Sort of. Now I'm waiting for respect for the
aged to kick in. :)
J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 5/29/12 2:22 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
I merely tried to use an analogy that people get set in their ways,
especially the longer they have been using something. I hope I haven't
offended any Hot Rodders, as that was not my intent either.
I'm an old hot-rodder. I kept my
I bought a new car recently. It has automatic transmission so it decides
when to shift gears. Except that there's a mode where I can use it like
manual transmission and control when the gear shifts happen. It also has
computer controlled traction control. But I can switch it off if I want to
Monte:
Thanks, yes I'm aware of those and aleady use them for a couple of things.
I was looking for a way to programmitically start the standalone build
process.
Mark:
Thanks, I think you solved my problem! Actually, your code looks familiar;
I think you may have sent it to me once before,
I am jumping into this late, so maybe this was answered, but Colin had
mentioned the new insane scroll direction. This is the Lion default, but you
can change it back to normal.
I am not near my Lion machine, but I believe the fix is in the trackPad/mouse
pane of system preferences, under
Anybody know anything about Bodega - http://appbodega.com/
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
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No but I bet Apple will buy them or shut them down. ;-)
Bob
On May 29, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
Anybody know anything about Bodega - http://appbodega.com/
Pete
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Hah! So the scroll direction DID change! That's been driving me crazy,
thinking I just wasn't remembering how things used to work. Glad there's a
way to put it back to the old way.
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:23 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
I am
Pete wrote:
Anybody know anything about Bodega - http://appbodega.com/
I haven't used them yet, but have been considering it. They got a very
good write-up at CultOfMac this month:
PS The setting is in the mouse Prefs, uncheck Move Contenet in the
direction of finger movement to get back to the old way.
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote:
Hah! So the scroll direction DID change! That's been
I use trackpad full time, and the new way feels fine. I think with a mouse
wheel it would be a little more confusing.
On May 29, 2012, at 2:23 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote:
I am not near my Lion machine, but I believe the fix is in the
trackPad/mouse pane of system preferences, under either
Richard Gaskin ambassador@... writes:
I haven't used them yet, but have been considering it. They got a very
good write-up at CultOfMac this month:
It does beg the question as to why a developer would bother placing apps in a
store that nobody knows exists...
--
Mark Wieder
I think I will give them a whirl, no setup fees and 7% per transaction,
plus a few minutes to set up the app.
I'd also like to pass on an interesting side effect of selling an app on
your own web site and through the Mac App Store. This applies to
situations where the version on your web site
Yes, I think the problme is with the mouse wheel. At the risk of being
accused of being to set in my ways, why did Apple change this? It made me
feel seasick!
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote:
I use trackpad
On 5/29/12 12:29 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
But I can switch it off if I want to
do things where I would rather it wasn't in control (don't ask!).
Exactly the point. That's what Apple should have done.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software
They made the change because it's more like moving the page with your finger on
the iPad/iPhone. You want the page to move up - you flick up, move down, flick
down. This is the exact opposite of the old scrollwheel way where you moved the
scrollbar thumb, not the contents. Also, once you get
I thought you'd get it!
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:15 PM, J. Landman Gay
jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote:
On 5/29/12 12:29 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
But I can switch it off if I want to
do things where I would rather it wasn't in control (don't ask!).
Yeah, I can certainly see that it would be more natural for gestures
and/or a trackpad. All I can say is it confused the heck out of me and I'm
happy now I'm back to the old way. I use a Kensington mouse on my Mac and
I thought for a while it wasn't compatible with Lion.
Pete
lcSQL Software
On 5/29/12 1:39 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Pete wrote:
Anybody know anything about Bodega - http://appbodega.com/
I haven't used them yet, but have been considering it. They got a
very good write-up at CultOfMac this month:
Oh dear. I assume that's in the Bodega TCs? I really hope that's not true
because I refuse to be told where I can and cannot sell my app. I will
check into this further.
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:31 PM, J. Landman Gay
jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote:
My two cents:
about the scrolling: first time I got a mac (in '88) I found the way scroll
arrows worked totally counter intuitive
about time machine: yes, it can be a plague. I recently thought of excluding
~/Library/Caches
in the Time machine options
and things are definitively better now. IMHO,
Peter Haworth wrote:
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:31 PM, J. Landman Gay
jacque at hyperactivesw.comwrote:
On 5/29/12 1:39 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I haven't used them yet, but have been considering it. They got a
very good write-up at CultOfMac this month:
Hi Richard,
Yes I realise it's Apple's doing that, not Bodega. I've emailed Bodega
about the issue but it doesn't seem true to me.
For example, Coda 2 is available on the Mac App Store. It's also available
on the Panic web site, either through the Mac App Store or directly from
Panic, with the
I think the article may have that wrong, you can sell your apps anywhere you
want, the MAS is just another outlet.
Quite a few developers seem to be switching to Mac App Store only policies (eg
Pixelmator) which is their choice, but ive not seen anywhere that is a
requirement unless its
I'm with Andrew. There's noting in the license agreement I agreed to that
prevents me from selling somewhere besides the AppStore. That may work for a
closed ecosystem like iOS, but Mac users would not put up with that (nor would
Mac developers...).
Tim
On May 29, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Andrew
I've got you beat on that Jacque, my 1988 stick Volvo station wagon is
still my favorite car, even though I inherited a 2005 Prius.
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:52 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote:
On 5/29/12 2:22 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
I merely tried to use an analogy that people
yeah otherwise Apple should be due for an anti-trust investigation soon.
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Tim Jones tolis...@me.com wrote:
I'm with Andrew. There's noting in the license agreement I agreed to that
prevents me from selling somewhere besides the AppStore. That may work for
a
On 5/29/12 4:46 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
I'm with Andrew. There's noting in the license agreement I agreed to
that prevents me from selling somewhere besides the AppStore. That
may work for a closed ecosystem like iOS, but Mac users would not put
up with that (nor would Mac developers...).
Phew, I was worried there for a while.
I'm gonna give Bodega a shot. I'll post some feedback.
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote:
On 5/29/12 4:46 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
I'm with Andrew. There's noting in
I've noticed some people complaining about Time Machine in this thread.
On 30/05/2012, at 6:01 AM, François Chaplais wrote:
[...]
about time machine: yes, it can be a plague.
[...]
I have to say, Time Machine has saved my skin twice already. First time, a
visiting cousin accidentally
Hi Igor,
I agree with you on this one. TM has saved me on more than one occasion.
Maybe I've just got used to using it and don't notice whatever the
problems are that others have referred to.
Pete
lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto
Stephen, Jacque,
You kids and your new toys!
My daily driver is an 1984 MB 300D - with 514,000 miles (830,000 k). Runs fine,
a joy to drive. Would not hesitate to take it again to Maine, or Florida, or
British Columbia, or Iowa or... any of the other places it's been.
I AM (proudly) old and I
you should check this out http://www.bunnews.net/biz/?page=2654216
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I for one am pleased that some developers still sell through their own sites as
well as MAS. I recently had a bad experience with Apple when I moved from the
UK to Canada, believe it or not I lost ALL licences for apps purchased through
MAS just because I updated my Apple ID to reflect my new
SIGH. Another compromised yahoo account. Change password please.
On May 29, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Michael Kann wrote:
you should check this out
http://www.bunnews.netz/biz/?page=2654216
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Hi All…
I have a script that is storing objects via their name in a custom property of
the card. I'm trying to delete one of the objects by checking if the object
name is 'among' the 'list' of items. This works fine. However I can delete the
name of the object from the list of objects in the
Probably something like this would work.
on mouseUp
put the buttonList of current card into tButtons
put the short name of last btn into tTargetButton
put lineoffset(tTargetButton,tButtons) into tOffset -- get the matching
line number in tButtons
if tOffset 0 then -- if there was a
On May 29, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto wrote:
I've noticed some people complaining about Time Machine in this thread.
[…]
Before the days of Time Machine, we used to have Retrospect in our office,
backing up to external drives. Let me assure you: recovering your lost work
was
John,
You can't edit the list of items in a custom property directly, but you can put
the list of items in the custom property into a variable, delete the item from
the variable then set the custom property back to the modified variable.
HTH
Paul
On 2012-05-29, at 7:14 PM, JOHN PATTEN wrote:
Ugh - these are all mine …
On May 29, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
… a life saver if you have nothing else, but I do have something else ...
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You could use this, something I saved along the way. I *think* it's from the
stdLib by Ken Ray and Richard Gaskin, but I've lost track.
on deleteCustomProperty tObjRef,tPropSet,tProp
-- not sure where this comes from, it's not mine
-- thanks to whoever !
put the custompropertyset of
Thanks Peter, Paul, and Mike!
I forgot about the lineOffset… :)
Cheers!
John Patten
SUSD
On May 29, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote:
You could use this, something I saved along the way. I *think* it's from the
stdLib by Ken Ray and Richard Gaskin, but I've lost track.
on
On 5/29/12 7:40 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
Hi Igor,
I agree with you on this one. TM has saved me on more than one occasion.
Maybe I've just got used to using it and don't notice whatever the
problems are that others have referred to.
I really like Time Machine too -- for backups. It's always
Tim wrote:
One tip - turn off Spotlight. I've found that the mdimport daemon spikes -
even on my Mac Pros - every time I save a file in LC or one of the NLE apps.
I mentioned this on another thread about Steven B's slow Lion (which he's
since fixed), but was informed by a 'wise' user that
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Paul Hibbert l...@pbh.on-rev.com wrote:
I for one am pleased that some developers still sell through their own
sites as well as MAS. I recently had a bad experience with Apple when I
moved from the UK to Canada, believe it or not I lost ALL licences for apps
I had a problem with MAS when I changed my id which is
my email address. I changed my email address and id
and then I could not update programs or access them
with my new id. I learned to correct the problem so you
can download updates for software bought with your old
id is to delete the
On 2012-05-29, at 9:48 PM, -=JB=- wrote:
I learned to correct the problem so you
can download updates for software bought with your old
id is to delete the program from your disk. Then start up
MacApp and you will be able to install the software you
have purchased on the old id without any
I'm puzzled by this reference to sqlite being slow, I think the second time
you've mentioned it. It's an in memory database and faster than probably
any other SQL implementation. It does indeed have many settings that
control cache, etc. As for industrial strenght (whatever that means),
there
I was able to use my current versions too. Sorry to hear about
the problems and I have no answer. Are you able to access
them from your old account in any way or is that closed and
you have no access. Were you required to transfer your MAS
account when you moved to Canada?
-=JB=-
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