Re: Yertle the Turtle

2017-02-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Remember that Jim Hurley wrote a book: http://jamesphurley.com/RunRev/TurtlePhysicsText.doc and many stacks about Turtle Graphics: http://jamesphurley.com/Revolution.html Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

SVG To PNG v04

2017-02-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Jonathan, > If you get a chance, please check out version 3 of > the LC to JS stack. I loaded it up a few days ago. > In version 2, it took 230 milliseconds to get > the first 10,000 digits of pi from an LC field and > into a variable in Javascript. In version 3, it takes > 8 milliseconds.

SVG To PNG v04

2017-02-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Download a new version of this utility stack (Draft 04) In this version the svg file is converted to a png image and is copied automatically from the Widget Browser and pasted within the stack in a new png image. Requires LiveCode 8.1.3 or later. In next versions, I will include an

Re: Anyone doing a LiveCode Community Chat Bot? Wondering

2017-03-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Now that I remember, Scott McDonald also included a chatbot "Dr. Eliza" in his book about LiveCode games (page 71-77): http://livecodegamedeveloper.com/blog/2014-02-24/Coding-Nine-LiveCode-Games-Sample.pdf On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: >

Anyone doing a LiveCode Community Chat Bot? Wondering

2017-03-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Chatbots in LiveCode? Look at this site: https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/livecode/artificial-intelligence Check first student's examples. Download this LC compatible very old stack (adapted from a HyperCard stack) requires some easy fixes to run well in LC 8:

OT: javascript graphics fun

2017-02-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
This animation: https://www.dwitter.net/d/739 remembers me this Jim Hurley's stack: http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/577/Kaleidoscope-Deluxe On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 Mark Wieder wrote: > > https://www.dwitter.net/top > > ___ use-livecode mailing list

RSYNC still uses MD5 and...

2017-02-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
RSYNC would be a nice and useful addition to LiveCode engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync Could RSYNC be implemented fast enough using only LiveCode scripts? Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Linux 32bit?

2017-03-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, on Sun, 19 Mar 2017, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > This just echos what LiveCode have been doing > for a long, long time, and I get slammed every time > I mention it: They talk "the talk" about FOSS, 'Community' > and so on, and listen when it suits them, but don't when it doesn't. I

Linux 32bit?

2017-03-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Mark, on Sat 18, March 2017, Mark Wieder wrote: > That website makes FOSS look bad. > RR/LC's web presence keeps getting > dumbed down. Probably, this requirement only wants to create a link between new LiveCode users and the current LiveCode community and company. Mark, How many new

Linux 32bit?

2017-03-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
on Mon Mar 20 2017, William A. Prothero, Jr wrote: > Something that might draw in New users who want a ready made solution > are template stacks for various kinds of apps. Users would get a head start > on an app, then customize it for their own purposes. Perhaps this already exists, > as I

Changing a group visible boundaries by script

2017-03-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Many Thanks for sharing your code! :D This works great to fold and expand a group. -- Fold a group on mouseUp set the rect of grp 1 to the rect of graphic "NODESTART" of grp 1 set the hscroll of grp 1 to the hscroll of grp 1 -(the left of grp 1 - the left of grc "NODESTART" of grp

Changing a group visible boundaries by script

2017-03-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, How could I resize the visible boundary of a group (with many controls) to show only the rectangle of the clicked control? For example, in a new stack create 3 or 4 controls (buttons, fields, images or graphics) and group them. Using the pointer tool change the size of the visible

Using Right-Click Contextual menu in Linux

2017-04-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Could you check in your own Linux setup, if Right-Click contextual menu works fine in LiveCode IDE (version 8.1.3)? Thanks in advance! Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: New Features?

2017-04-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Dan, Dan Friedman wrote: > I want to request the ability to set the scaleFactor > of a object (specifically a group of objects). Could you test the resize script of this stack? http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=28042 After I finish some pending work, I plan to expand this script

Re: Using Right-Click Contextual menu in Linux

2017-04-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Many Thanks to all, for testing this feature in your own setup. Looks like I have to test this in other computers to learn if only my own setup have such problem. Livecode 8.1.3 (for Windows) have no problems at all with contextual menus... Al ___

LiveCode Android Demo

2017-04-10 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Where I could download an .APK that demonstrate (with user interaction) all LiveCode features available for Android Platform? For example, check this Interactive OpenCV Demo (for Win32 platforms) http://www.tsdconseil.fr/log/opencv/demo/index-en.html This interactive OpenCV demo allows

Color Conversion - RGB to HSV and back... (almost)

2017-04-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Download this GUI Stack for Scott Raney's Color Conversion Functions: RGB to HSV and HSV to RGB from this forum post: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=29127 Only for certain colors this is a lossy conversion: Once you convert some RGB colors to HSV, the function HSVtoRGB

Re: Download LC Community: trapped

2017-03-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
on Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Richard Gaskin wrote: > The value of an email address is only non-zero > when it's given freely. So have sign-up as an option, > rather than a requirement, and the problem > is very easily solved. Emails directions could be really useful to open a direct communication link

ouch: the beginning of the end

2017-03-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Bob, on Tue Mar 7 2017, Bob Sneidar wrote: > the PDF has to be set up to "read" the FDF file when it opens No, after using "flatten" in PDFTK, the FDF content is embedded into the PDF file. For this reason, all interactive fields are not editable anymore. Does anyone try this command in

Re: ouch: the beginning of the end

2017-03-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Using the free command line utility PDFTK, I could fill a pdf with interactive fields using just a text file formatted as a fdf document (that you could generate with LiveCode). Tested and works in Windows and Ubuntu Linux. Could you test if this works on MacOSX? pdftk.exe C:\PDFwithForms.pdf

SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-03-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
How difficult would be to guess a sha1 digest, if we repeat it many, many times? Just as Peter Brett wrote in a previous message: put sha1Digest(sha1Digest(sha1Digest(tData))) -- 3 times! Al ___ use-livecode mailing list

Image Manipulation by javascript/HTML5 using a widget

2017-03-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Using browser widget in LC 8.1.3, I could not open and run any webGL demo webpage, but according to the website html5test.org this browser widget is Chrome 47 and could run webGL, but not webGL2... :( Al On Tue, 28 Feb 2017, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > Thank you. There's a whole ton of javascript

ouch: the beginning of the end

2017-03-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
I have used LiveCode (then MetaCard) to write content in PDF templates, so I do not understand the requirement that file should have no changes. Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

SHA1 cracked .... What are the chances this will be addressed in LC?

2017-03-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Peter Brett wrote: > Hold your horses, Richard, I'm still waiting for the official > Mark Waddingham stamp of approval for making changes > to the LiveCode language! > There's a still a chance that it'll change a bit before it > actually makes its way into a release. This is real good news! :D

Re: Gradients with transparency?

2017-04-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Terry, Terry Judd wrote: > I want to overlay a graphic with a vertical gradient > that blends from transparent to white to give the effect > that the underlying content is fading out as you move > down the screen. I’m able to achieve this effect using a > black and white linear gradient in

Made with . . .

2017-08-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, Some years ago, Alex Tweedly recommended this book to learn C. I bought this for US$ 30 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Illustrating-C-Ansi-Iso-Version/dp/0521468213 More recently, another developer recommended this 2015 book:

XAML tools, viewers and converters

2017-07-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
I am testing different tools, viewers and converters before starting writing a script that would import Xaml files. Could you post which applications do you use to work with Xaml files? Although Inkscape could save svg as xaml, I found svg2xaml.exe more useful to convert svg files to Xaml:

Release 9.0.0 DP7 / SVG / The book of the film of the poem

2017-06-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Franz, I found a temporal solution for a limitation that you found in the SVG MultiColor widget. Looks like every vector path rendered in this SVG MultiColor widget could have a fill or a stroke, but not both. If a path have a fill color, the stroke is not rendered. The workaround for this

Re: Momentum Scrolling Script

2017-06-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
croll has less momentum? > > I have no idea why it would do that, but you can increase the momentum > overall by changing tRemainingDistance/15 to a lower divisor, like > tRemainingDistance/10. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 28, 2017, at 4:23 PM, Alejandro Teja

Momentum Scrolling Script

2017-06-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Really nice script, Jonathan! Thanks a lot for sharing. Previously Bernd and many LC Developers have published similar scripts. By the way, this script seems to works faster when users drags upward from Line 20 to Line 1 than dragging downwards from Line 1 to 20 Dragging upwards from Line 20

Release 9.0.0 DP7 / SVG / The book of the film of the poem

2017-07-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Frans, > Many thanks for your assistance! Glad to help! but SVG file format inherent problems will remain problematic for some time to come: "Allowing JavaScript within SVG sounds like a “Wouldn’t that be neat” idea that someone threw in without much thought about the security consequences.

Color Conversion - RGB to HSV and back... (almost)

2017-04-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Mike, Many thanks for posting a link to your compilation stack: Master Library. How many new LiveCode users are aware of this wonderful resource? Thanks again for posting this. Sorry for replying so late, but recently I am not feeling well. Food intoxication is my educated guess... :(

[OT] Today's Google Doodle/Theme

2017-04-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Funny enough, this doodle implements in javascript the swiping feature requested in another thread for Cards: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2017-April/236609.html I am waiting for Scott Rossi or Colin Holgate stack's that implement a scripted solution for this requested engine

Community Coding Standards, Naming Conventions, Best Practice in LiveCode Script for community contribution work

2017-04-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Recently, Bernd Niggeman posted a stack that displays LiveCode Dictionary content in a different way. Could Livecode Community Developers create a "Wizard" plugin that check scripts and suggest changes according to naming conventions? Notice that already exists a plugin created by Klaus Major

Re: Creating apps directly on mobile devices

2017-04-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
gt; for iOS, so maybe not an issue. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 29, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Before my Ubuntu Linux computer stopped working, > > I had created an Android A

Re: Matrix Multiplication bug and workaround

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Hermann, Hermann wrote: > This is not a bug, your script is wrong. > If TM is a,b,c,d,e,f then you have to d > put item 1 of pArgs into tMatrix[0,0] > put item 2 of pArgs into tMatrix[1,0] > put item 3 of pArgs into tMatrix[0,1] > put item 4 of pArgs into tMatrix[1,1] > this yields

Matrix Multiplication bug and workaround

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
After searching the Mail List archives, the Forum and LiveCode Quality Center for another report about this bug, I found nothing and have just send a new bug report: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20208 Al ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Matrix Multiplication bug and workaround

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
I noticed the announcement of your conference in Livecode website: https://livecode.com/global/hermann-hoch/ Have you checked Jim Hurley stacks? http://jamesphurley.com/Revolution.html Al > These were the first two minutes of my talk > at LC Global in Nov 2017.Now I can start after that, >

Matrix Multiplication bug and workaround

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Using LC 8.1.3, I just found a bug in the Matrix Multiply function. Could you check if this bug was fixed in more recent versions of LC? Follow this recipe to reproduce this bug: 1) Create a new stack with a button, a text field and a check box named "showbug" 2) paste these two lines into the

Looking for specific LiveCode Plugin

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Does exist a LiveCode plugin (compatible with LC6/7/8/9) that warns developers about current, fixed and regression bugs in their actual LiveCode version? Also this plugin could announce about new properties, new commands and new functions, even announce about new syntax for older

Points of Graphic Oval

2017-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
This works great: move image "word_1" to the effective points of grc "moveClue1" in 2 seconds Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Hackintosh

2017-08-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
In the country where I live, the first step to buy an Apple Computer is to built a Hackintosh. After they fall in love with Mac OS X and their hackintosh crash and burn really hard, their next step is to buy the real thing... This happens everytime without fail. In the same way, I suspect that

SVG powered images

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Hermann, I tried to apply your script, but just get an error. Surely, it's because I do follow correctly your instructions: > You could try to leave out the "liveCode.JStoLC" from the html. > Instead send the conversion 'delayed", 1 tick should be enough: local svgb="SVGBrowser1" send

Re: SVG powered images

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
My mistake, that previous message should read: I tried to apply your script, but just get an error. Surely, it's because I do NOT followed correctly your instructions On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi Hermann, > > I tried to apply your script,

SVG powered images

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
This mousedown script shows a rough preview of the SVG animation if you put it into the image: on mousedown put the id of me into tID repeat while the mouse is down send "processSVG tID" to widget "SVGBrowser1" end repeat end mousedown Al

[OT] Tom Pittman in Portland

2017-05-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Recently, I was reading the first 78 pages of Gary Kildall 1993 unpublished book's: "Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry" that you could download from this webpage:

PDF on Android

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Ralph, Take a look at this forum thread: "New approach for offline viewing PDF inside Android browser" http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=53=28518=152687 MaxV uses the javascript library named pdf.js for this purpose. Al ___ use-livecode

Using a hidden browser widget to create a perfectly scalable LC control

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
> What is the purpose of the existing SVG widget > if not to render SVGs? SVG widget does not render SVG. SVG widget uses the path data of SVG to draw a vector graphic. More surprising is learning that still today, does not exist a SVG render that fully cover the SVG specification... SVG renders

Using a hidden browser widget to create a perfectly scalable LC control

2017-05-10 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, On May 10, 2017, Hermann wrote: > This is essentially already done by Alejandro with SVGtoPNG, > see the Forum/RichMedia. Many Thanks for remember these stacks! :D They worked more as an experiment or a Proof-of-Concept. Jonathan's work in this area is the real deal. Immediately useful

Should we be thinking about WebP format?

2017-05-10 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, WebP and WebM support are requested since 2014: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12448 Check if we could use Jonathan's stack that displays Scalable SVG as imageData to display WebP as PNG images within LiveCode. Al ___

ANN: new team member

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Congratulations, Ali! :D Blessings and Good Wishes for all in your family! Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 82

2017-05-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
> 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 #82 here: https://goo.gl/8HNhau Looks like Skia Graphics Library dropped support for some features and LC9 will not show anymore these

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 82

2017-05-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Richmond wrote: > "the modern era" > Ah; such an awful pity that both Thee and Me > have more important things to do; > we could have such fun playing > "semantic squash". Ok, lets play! but check this webpage before starting: https://skia.org/user/api/skpaint This Skia feature named: Perlin

WannaCry [OT]

2017-05-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Mark Waddingan wrote: > the fact that there are probably not just billions > but trillions of lines of C/C++ code in the world > means that things are probably not going to change > much soon - the cost to rewrite all of that in a language > such as Rust would probably be larger than the entire >

SVG powered images

2017-05-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > Hey guys - I figured out a solution for that bug I had previously > written a hack for. I use the image.onload handler in the JavaScript > for this. It works consistently now. I just had to get my order of events > correct in the JavaScript. > So please check out

SVG widget?

2017-05-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Peter Thirkell wrote a widget that import SVG with multiple colors. Download this widget source code from this forum post: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=93=27811=147279#p147286 Could you compile and use it in your own LiveCode setup? Al

SVG widget?

2017-05-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
What happened to the multiple color SVG widget? http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=93=27811=147279#p147286 Al Scott Rossi wrote: > Maybe it’s more accurate to say “one single path definition” > because you aren’t limited to a single vector path. > You can create compound graphics from

Identical and similar blend modes

2017-05-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
After a quick test, these are my results looking for identical and similar blend modes but notice that these results could differ from your own results: 1) srcXor = BlendExclusion = BlendDifference 2) srcOr = addMax = addPin = BlendDodge = BlendLighten = blendScreen = BlendPlus 3) srcCopy =

SVG powered images

2017-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Jonathan, This stack opens up a lot of new possibilities. Many thanks again for sharing! :D http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/830/SVG-Powered-Images If we modify SVG file on the custom property mysvgdata Does images updates automatically? How could we load an animated svg and play it,

Running SpiderMonkey JavaScript shell

2017-06-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Recently, I have been looking at running Javascript libraries inside LiveCode (like bzip2 decompress) but instead of using RevBrowser or CEF Browser, have been taken a look at using SpiderMonkey JavaScript shell:

RIP Dan Shafer

2017-06-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
on Fri Jun 23 2017, Charles Szasz wrote: > Dan certainly was great promoter of Rev and > would be in a Rev hall of fame if there was one. Wholeheartedly Agree! Many Developers in this platform deserve a place in this Hall of Fame. My condolences for Dan Shafer's family. I hope that all his

Re: RIP Dan Shafer

2017-06-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
By the way, Who could volunteer to update Dan Shafer's Wikipedia page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Shafer Al On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > on Fri Jun 23 2017, Charles Szasz wrote: > > Dan certainly was great promoter of Rev and > >

Determining left or right movement in a mouseMove handler

2017-06-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Michael, This stack (and many other published stacks) have scripts for tracking mouseX and mouseY within a mousemove handler: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/newPentoolScript_v02.zip Al ___ use-livecode mailing list

Writing Extensions

2017-05-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Mark Waddinghan wrote: > At the end of the day I could go on at length here > (what do you know, language design and implementation > is probably my biggest computing interest ;) ); however, > I'll leave it as an 'interesting exercise for the reader' > to consider what becomes possible if we can >

send mouseup to control

2017-05-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Reading LiveCode Dictionary about the target and send, could not find an obvious way to get the name of a message sender without putting first this name in another container (a custom property, a field or a global variable). Why do I need to know which control send a message to another

English Like?

2017-05-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
on Thu May 18 2017, William Prothero wrote: > I think that comments by relative newbies, who don’t have > the same experience with LC are very important. > I’ve mentioned several times that some of the tutorials > and lessons can miss things that the author takes for > granted. I’m particularly

Writing Extensions

2017-05-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Now that we are talking about widgets and extensions, many thanks again Mark Wieder for updating Peter Thirkell multicolor svg widget. Just for curiosity, Could you write a blog entry about your process of updating this widget? Maybe others would find this useful to update their own widgets. If

news about the new Google Play policy

2017-05-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Singularity? Maybe yes, maybe no, but I am not going to say it was Aliens... :-) http://images.memes.com/meme/30936.jpg ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Android Touchscreen Malfunction

2017-05-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Recently, while testing a stack in an Android Phone, I found with surprise that mouseup and mousedown messages were triggered very fast (2 or 3 times in succession). After checking the phone screen, I noticed a small (almost unnoticeable) crack in the corner. How could we change our

Writing Extensions

2017-05-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Mark, Did you choose this task to measure how fast is LiveCode Builder? I want to know the answer too. How fast is LCB working with imagedata? How fast is LCB working with transform matrices? Al On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode at

Instantiaing Grouped Controls - Templates - Responsive

2017-06-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi, Check if you could find useful this script that uses a single graphic to calculate the new size of the rectangles from a group of controls (in this example, graphics) I am sure that it's possible to add scripts that constrain the size and position of some rectangles, before changing size or

Swiping between cards - metaphor end-of-the-road?

2017-04-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Check this script. This code would be a starting point for a script that implement this swiping card feature. Maybe I will try to code it myself when my headache ends. After we have 3 images (from previous, current and next card,) the script of top image (image of current card) just have

Swiping between cards - metaphor end-of-the-road?

2017-04-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richard, :D Richard Gaskin wrote: > Your headache won't end > until your RAM chips arrive. :)\ Thankfully, a small cup of coffee with half lemon reduced the headache to a minimum of discomfort. It's there, the headache is still there but in a second or third plane... :D > I like DIY

Creating apps directly on mobile devices

2017-04-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Before my Ubuntu Linux computer stopped working, I had created an Android APK with two buttons and a single field. The first button only opens any stack named "test.livecode" from Android's document folder. The second button script's is: on mouseup do field 1 end mouseup Could you run an iOS

Re: Creating apps directly on mobile devices

2017-04-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
for iOS, so maybe not an issue. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 29, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> > >> > Before my Ubuntu Linux computer stopped working, >&g

Android Stack Opener

2017-05-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Check these files that I am using to develop and test faster, much faster, any stack using a real Android devices (rooted), without the limitations of device emulation. 1) Stack Opener v3 (Android APK) Download from:

Placing a group on topleft of open stack

2017-05-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, In a recent forum thread: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=53=29207 there is a stack that lists all livecode stacks within a folder. The user just have to click the stack's name to open. Now, I am trying to add a group on topleft of every open stack (A group with 4 buttons to

English Like?

2017-05-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Or you could remember that the Rectangle of a control is a repetition of two coordinates: xyxy Left and Right are on X axis Top and Bottom are on Y axis. > on 05/24/2017 01:41 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > the sequence/direction is clockwise, if that helps. > So top -> left… doesn’t work. > Mark

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 83

2017-05-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
This Week in LiveCode Newsletter wrote: > Peter Brett has sadly left us for pastures new, > we wish him all the best in his new post and > he will of course be missed. Our thanks for > his sterling contribution to advancing LiveCode > over the last few years. I visited Peter's blog looking for

Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

2017-09-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, I was looking in the mail list archives, the name of Chipp Walters Stack that could import and display 3d models in *.obj format, but could not find it. Does anyone remembers the name of this stack or could point me to the mail list message where Chipp posted it? I remember that Scott

Re: Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

2017-09-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Colin, on Sunday Sep 24 2017, Colin Holgate wrote: > It may be a different one, but is it this?: > https://github.com/angerangel/LCR3D LCR3D is the work of Massimiliano Vessi (MaxV) Chipp Walters stack is a different one. In the 90's, there was a HyperCard stack that could open *.obj 3d

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Read the interview: https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology-now I think that he could be... much more angry if he learns about all memes that compare Mobile Phones users with zombies... Al ___

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Richmond wrote: > All my upper-intermediate pupils will be going > through this article in class this week. These talking emoji remembers me Microsoft's Agent Animated Characters Showcase project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6umxhkdKzSY If I remember well, the characters could be used by

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
I learned this again, a few weeks ago, in the forum: After many developers explained to a newbie the same concept in many different ways, this person said: Yes, I understand... but when this person tried to apply these concepts in a stack, we learned that these explanations were not clear enough.

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

2017-09-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
There are many critics about the dumbing down of education in many countries, but only in USA, critics could afford to publish and sell their ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Dumbing-Down-America-Nations-Brightest/dp/1618211668 Just imagine that in the country where I live, to get a paying work in

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2017-10-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > I am really sorry to have started this thread Where else could we learned about the messageMessages global property and messageHandled message (useful for logging and debugging Livecode apps? This mail list, like our own life, allows us to focus on our immediate projects or

60 years of the Space Age

2017-10-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Mark Wieder wrote: > I am really sorry to have started this thread Where else could we have learned about the messageMessages global property and messageHandled message (useful for logging and debugging Livecode apps? This mail list, like our own life, allows us to focus on our immediate

Re: 60 years of the Space Age

2017-10-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
And Gmail allowed to send my previous message without subject and no warnings... precisely in the day (October 4) where they announce that each of their products now have Artificial Intelligence Algorithms incorporated... :-o On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Alejandro Tejada

Re: [OT] Alternative to Inkscape

2017-10-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richard, Richard Gaskin wrote: > The difference with open source is that if it's really holding you back > you can rally the resources to get it done yourself right now, something > that would be impossible with any proprietary code base. In my humble opinion, after 12 years it has to be

[OT] Alternative to Inkscape

2017-10-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Ryan, I use Xara since many, many years ago. Their technical support is excellent and rarely (if ever) I had a problem with their application except a rare bug that I found, reported and they fixed. Recently, I am testing their online design application: https://cloud.ixara.com/ Everyone

Rotating widgets

2017-10-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, Effectively, SVG Icon widget grows and shrink when rotating, but Peter Thirkell SVG Multicolor widget does not. This Multicolor svg widget only clips it's content and stays the same size. Richmond, Have you installed SVG Multicolor widget? Download and install from this forum thread:

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm

2017-10-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi All, This forum message contains the final version of this stack. It includes a Color version of this algorithm. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=159173#p159173 Thanks again to Malte Brill, Richard Gaskin, Hermann Hoch, Mark Waddingham, Peter Reid, Ben Rubinstein, Bob Sneidar

Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

2017-10-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
After reading Mark Waddingham explanation, now i am using a sequential ordered array for this handler. Check this much shorter and faster version: on mouseUp put the millisecs into startTime set the cursor to busy put the alphadata of img "Image" into tAlphaData put the imagedata of

In GRAB control

2017-10-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, Tell me if this recipe works in your own setup: 1) Import an image 2) Create a small rectangle graphic with no fill (rectangles without fill is the default style) 3) Paste this script into the image: local tLocation, OriginalXposition, OriginalYposition on mouseDown put the

Atkinson dither algorithm

2017-10-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Bob, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I didn't post any code I don't think, but I will certainly > take some credit for having done so! ;-) In fact, you are not late! :-D Please, take a look at the script of Atkinson Dither 04 (Fastest Version) and make it faster. How would you do this? Making the

Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Bob, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Nowhere in the symptoms is any description > of mental disorder. In fact, it does affect the behavior of SOME people. Take a look: https://www.salon.com/2015/03/27/the_parasite_made_me_do_it_how_a_common_infection_could_manipulate_our_behavior_partner/ In this blog,

Send "rawKeyUp"

2017-10-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, Richmond wrote: > My experience is that adolescents have considerably > less foibles than adults; merely that adolescents are > honest enough to admit them openingly. > However, what I meant was labelling a program with > "don't do this" would produce the opposite > with

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm

2017-10-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Alex, This is Amazing! :-D Alex, your function saved another 34% in the running time of this handler! In retrospect, only now it seems very obvious that merging two functions could save more running time in this handler... but I just keep wondering: How far can we go merging functions to save

Vector graphics, again

2017-09-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, Download this really old stack: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/exportVector_v03.zip Open the stack exportVector_v03, erase all vector graphics and paste your vector graphics. Then, select from SVG, PDF or Adobe Ilustrator and click: Export Post in Google Drive or

Vector graphics, again

2017-09-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode
This second version works better because includes a transparent background rectangle that effectively corrects the border cropping problem from first version: On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi Richmond, > > I posted 2 files

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