server push to desktop client

2019-11-04 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
I need to make a desktop app (Mac only for now) that receives pushed data from a LC server. I've never done this - all the desktop <-> server interactions I've programmed have used the traditional client-server model. So I'm looking for approaches/tips/ideas from anyone who has experience with

Re: Managing maximized windows on MacOS

2019-11-04 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Thanks for that link hh... I had researched this a while back and actually looked at the source code. I knew about the modifier key, but didn't know about the double click. So, you can hold the option key down when hovering over the green dot to get the maximize "+" action. You can also double

Re: Managing maximized windows on MacOS

2019-11-04 Thread hh via use-livecode
Did you already see the new https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/mac-help/mchlp2469/mac Such "features" override LC settings (on MacOS 10.14/10.15). ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Managing maximized windows on MacOS

2019-11-04 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'd like to know this too. I'd love to see a way to better control maximizing a window. the windowBoundingRect is a little out of date. 1) It only applies to the primary monitor (any platform) and I am finding a lot more of our customers have multiple monitors these days (usually a laptop

Android mobile audio player

2019-11-04 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm unable to get the native player to work on Android, using scripts that did work previously. I'm streaming mp3 files from a server, and they work fine on desktop so I know the file is being sent. I've also tried opening a copy from Dropbox in three different audio players on Android and

Managing maximized windows on MacOS

2019-11-04 Thread Giovanni via use-livecode
Hi guys, from MacOS Mojave and on when you maximize a window (clicking on “+” button on windows main bar) the system maximize the window on the entire screen hiding all the system bars and moving the window on a different “virtual” space. Is there a way using LC to manage this window status?

Re: Learning from scratch - any recommendations? [with OT additions]

2019-11-04 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
I think that that has little to do with how people acquire other languages, but quite a lot to do with concepts of inclusiveness and tribalism. I doubt whether those Slovakians are consciously setting out to be rude, but: 1. They probably feel that it is easier to convey certain concepts to

Re: SSH and SCP in LiveCode

2019-11-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mike Felker wrote: I need SSH / SCP capability for LiveCode. Anyone know how to use this (either the old external or by any other means)? I do not thing TSNet will help in this case. As Charles noted, tsNet supports FTPS, which tunnels FTP over SSH. Personally, I find using the built-in

Re: Android Sleep

2019-11-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: I was testing in my app in Android. I kept getting "blank screens" Thinking "Oh No something is wrong!" ha, silly me! I has donea factory reset, and the default is to go to sleep in 30 secs! Sheesh, and here I was thinking in was the app. One assumes, for

Re: [ANN] This Week in LiveCode 200

2019-11-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Congrats and thank you on this 200th issue milestone. These weekly summaries have been a great way for serious LC users to keep up to date on engine changes and what's happening in the community. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Panos wrote: Hi all, Read about new developments in

Re: Learning from scratch - any recommendations? [with OT additions]

2019-11-04 Thread JJS via use-livecode
I agree on this Bob. Op 4-11-2019 om 16:54 schreef Bob Sneidar via use-livecode: I'll just throw this in the mix. I find in America that where once people spoke the language common to their immediate society (the people around them) now people seem to not care. We have 3 slovakian volleyball

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 200

2019-11-04 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #200 here: http://bit.ly/2PMpL8K This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and around

OT: The unix game

2019-11-04 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Posting from the Blockly listserv: I'm a computer scientist at Bell Labs (now part of Nokia). A few weeks ago we launched an online coding game to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Unix operating system, the very first version of which was built by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at

Re: Learning from scratch - any recommendations? [with OT additions]

2019-11-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I'll just throw this in the mix. I find in America that where once people spoke the language common to their immediate society (the people around them) now people seem to not care. We have 3 slovakian volleyball players at the beach who in spite of speaking perfectly good english, revert to