Re: Object naming

Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate was my lawyer. One day I asked if I could call him Zanz. He said, “Nah. Just call me Dave!” Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: [ANN] Release 9.6.1 RC-1

LC Team, Thanks for this release. FYI. I noticed something I hadn’t seen before when installing earlier LC releases on OSX. I was unable to mount "LiveCodeBusiness-9_6_1_rc_1-Mac.dmg” because a LC resource was in use. Fix. Quit any open LCs first, then mount the dmg. Jim Lambert

Re: MP3 ID3 tag writer

Thank you for this, Matthias. Danke sehr. Jim Lambert > Matthias wrote: > > Re: MP3 ID3 tag writer > I just noticed, that the files are not available anymore. > > I've uploaded a zip archive of those files here > > https://dl.qck.nu/?dl=MarkSmith.zip > >

Re: reading QR-code on Mac from an imported image

Klaus, Would this help you? https://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Design Question

> The application's core is access to Earth data (that scientists used to > develop the theory of plate tectonics) and capturing and annotating plots > that can be incorporated into student writing. If the 'student writing' is created in some other program then wouldn't it be sufficient to

Re: Bug, feature, or just something I need to program around?

Hi Alex, > I don't follow you Jim. You wrote: > if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the > field and the key sequence above will move the cursor to the end > *without* selecting the characters. In Notes if you are in one note then select a different note and

Re: notarizing DMG fails - solved

> > Thank you Matthias! Your tools make my life SO much easier! You have > done a great service for this community. +100 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Bug, feature, or just something I need to program around?

> In a LC single line field (MacOS), the keys shift-cmd-rightarrow will > select from the current position to the end of the line, and add that to > the selection. > > BUT if I TAB into the field the cursor is initially at the start of the > field and the key sequence above will move the

Re: workaround for cut-off text in native scroller?

> Jacque wrote: > It's either the Flying Spaghetti Monster or fullscreenmode. ;) Flying Spaghetti Monster is what I call my code. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: 3-way slider control

go url "http://netrin.on-rev.com/misc/three_state_toggle.livecode; This stack contains a group which is a three-state toggle switch. The myState of the group contains its current state which is either "ON","OFF" or "MID" You can customize the states' colors by setting the color constants. See

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

I wrote: > Every time I click on a button in the IDE with the pointer tool in order to > select and, say, move it, I'd prefer if the mousedown/up scripts didn't fire > off because I'm editing the UI not running it. Nevermind. Those scripts are not firing when using the pointer tool. I'm

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

> Paul wrote: > > This is not a bug, but a feature. Our app contains a specialized network > drawing tool and we switch to the pointer tool to allow the user to > interact with drawn objects I'd respectfully suggest that is a fringe use case when compared to authoring in the LC IDE. Every

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

> Richard G. wrote: > > I raise my whiskey > to toast your whisky. Sláinte! JIm Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: autohilite FUBAR?

Richard, On Mac when I hold the mouse down on a LC button, I can move the cursor around within the button and the button remains hilited. As soon as the cursor exits the button the hilite disappears. To me this is the desired behavior one should see on all platforms. Jim Lambert

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

> Klaus wrote: > when the pointer tool is active, "mouseenter" and "mouseleave" > handlers are executed nevertheless!? > > I don't this this is correct behaviour! I agree. When the pointer tool is selected in the IDE one is supposedly in Editing Mode. To have code execute when you simply enter

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

Actually I'm not entirely crazy. Here is a MOV showing the anomalous behavior of mouse events executing even when the Pointer Tool is active. https://netrin.on-rev.com/videos/lc_select_issue.mov This is intermittent. I don't have a

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

Good suggestions. Thanks, all. Commenting out the answer command makes no difference. I quit LC and now cannot reproduce the behavior as it is intermittent. Next time it happens I'll try Scott's suggestions with the Tool Palette. Thanks, Jim Lambert

Re: Multidimensional array issue

This is a very interesting discussion of LC arrays. But back to the original post: > HENRY LOWE wrote: > > I am using multidimensional arrays to process data read from JSON files. > Some of the data in the JSON files can be represented in alternative forms in > files from different sources. >

Re: Did I dream this ?

They would be handy properties. But in the meantime try this behavior: getProp xLoc return item 1 of the loc of me end xLoc getProp yLoc return item 2 of the loc of me end yLoc After assigning the behavior to any object you

Re: LC Roadmap

> Andre wrote: > > LC is a small company regardless of how much we love them. They can't provide > solution to all our needs. It is not because they don't want to, they have > limited resources. We can't treat LC as we treat Apple or Microsoft. So true. I absolutely marvel at how much the

Apple App Store Agreement

FYI "Apple has agreed to a class action settlement that will allow apps developers to implement payment systems outside of the App Store and communicate directly with customers about them."

Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features?

> Matthias wrote: > > 'ein paar' means two or three or somewhere in the range. Ich kann Deutsch. Aber nur ein paar Wörter. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features?

> Jacque wrote: > > But while I agree completely with your definition, it got me concerned that > if I were to marry a very tall, large man, I would be a bigamist. A 24 carat post! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Sorting text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows (Re: Accumulating text is *VERY* slow in LC9 on Windows)

Cheddar, Edam and Swiss! Very daring references on this list. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Jim Lambert is not crazy!

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RE: On the subject of things with the same short name... ('identical' groups which behave differently)

> Jacque wrote: > And then there's "this me", which still tickles me. "This me" could be a quote from that Scottish author's tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. ;) Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Happy New Year!

A very Happy, Prosperous and Safe 2022 to all! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

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Re: Our survey - please don't discuss :)

> > never conciously I've tried that excuse but my wife never buys it. ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

> MarkW wrote: > From a Boingboing user comment... > > META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable LOL LOL LOL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Can I still change LC code?

Of course, you can start 'rolling your own' by cloning the IDE stacks then customizing those clones as you wish. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Browser Widget and Images

> > So accessing the URL of the image directly in the image object > puts the image there, which is a good first step. > > How is it stored however? > > If one looks at the image source it still shows the URL. > > I find I?m unable to paint on top of the image, probably > because that

Re: Problems with Filter?

Try: put "*THISISMYTEXTTOFIND*" into tTarget put “abcdefghijkTHISISMYTEXTTOFINDlmnopqrstuvwxyz” into tLargeTextString put tLargeTextString into pText filter pText with tTarget into tFilteredTextResult answer "tFilteredTextResult = " & tFilteredTextResult Or more simply: filter

RIP David Boggs

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Sublime Fields Behavior

I whipped up this behavior just for fun after seeing Ali use SublimeText to edit code. https://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/1015/sublime-fields This behavior creates fields similar to the fields in the SublimeText Code Editor.

Re: Livecode and interactive video

A quarter of a century ago, we called this Interactive Multimedia. It was usually delivered on a CD-ROM. Ask your parents! ;) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Widget properties

> After a day or two with BBC BASIC on a black screen teenagers will "do > anything for me" when they see the, supposedly, > old-fashioned LiveCode IDE and the ever-so-sexy WYSIWYG GUI. Using the ol' psychology on 'em. Wily! ___ use-livecode

Re: All Versions of LC crashing in Sonoma

> Bob wrote: > > So for those upgrading to Sonoma, 9.6.10 and 10 dp6 are now a rubicon of > sorts. There?s no going back. (I just needed to use the word Rubicon in a > sentence today.) Rubicon. Does that mean the rubes have been conned?  Jim Lambert

Re: nsScriptDatabase 1.1

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Re: nsScriptDatabase 1.1

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Re: Audio Control on Mobile?

> Dan wrote: > My client wants to make a music playing app. Need to replicate a music > player... so, we need to keep our [custom] transport in sync with the sound. > Stop, Start, Pause, Scrub, update current time and time remaining, etc. EASY > on desktop, can't seem to do this on mobile

Re: A web app launcher with responsive design

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Re: Sad news about Brahmanathaswami

So sorry. My condolences to his and our community. JimL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: ChatGPT

Even more interesting I issued the same chat request a few hours later and got an entirely different coding approach. It even helpfully put the code into formatted, copy-able blocks. (formatting not shown here.) ME: Write a calendar app in livecode CHATGPT: Here is an example of how you could

Re: ChatGPT

> On Dec 9, 2022, at 11:02 AM, Stephen Barncard wrote: > > OK, we are interested. What is the backstory? I just looked up ChatGPT > what did you have to do to get that response? Stephen, See the lines labelled ME? That's what I did. And that's all that I did. Try it yourself!

ChatGPT

This is interesting. ME: Write a calendar app in livecode CHATGPT: To create a calendar in LiveCode, you can use a combination of text fields, buttons, and other controls to create a user interface that allows users to select a date and view the calendar for that month. Here is an example of

Re: Training the AI to write better LiveCode

> Kevin wrote: > What is important is ensuring that LiveCode, which is supported already, is > not left behind and that you can generate LiveCode code at the same standard > as other languages. Exactly! > Rick wrote: > Just because something may be technologically > possible, doesn't mean we

Re: Training the AI to write better

Kevin, Thanks for the excellent analysis. > it was a brilliant idea to kick this theme off and let it develop > so creatively. Thanks Kevin and Heather ! And thanks to Ludovic also. He was the first to bring up ChatGPT on this list. Jim Lambert ___

Re: Cross-platform font comparison

Neville, Thank you very much for your deep analysis of fonts & LC & different OSes. Impressive amount of work! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re:Livecode Hosting

And I believe there's a substantial cloud-based LC product on the horizon. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [[ ANN ]] Release 9.6.9

Panos et al., Thanks for the 9.6.9 release. The team's great work is appreciated. Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: opencard and visual effect

> > you may have missed this in my last posting: Klaus, Indeed I did. JimL P.S. Another possibility you could also fake a transition. Then start your timer in the openCard handler of your destination card. In starting card: on fakeTransition lock screen import snapshot

Re: Latest video -- integration of AI into script editor

Stephen wrote: > we are providing an opt in to training feature where you can provide a thumbs > up or thumbs down to the code you have been supplied as well as give a > description on what was good or bad about it. And perhaps offer a way to accept code that we re-write so that it does work

Re: opencard and visual effect

> Problem for me ist to measure the time until the user hits a key after a > question > appears on the screen on the card. > And I start this on "opencard", so the VISUAL effect, what the user really > sees, > MUST have been terminated, but obviously "opencard" does not respect this. If the

RE: Should I upgrade to Xcode 15.0 or 15.1?

> Ralph wrote: > > Very Nice! This should be on the LC Lesson site. ++1 Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Thanks for all the fish

Mark, Thank you very much. Have a great 2024! Jim Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: We lost an Angel

Ralph, So sorry to hear of Margaret's passing. We remember her fondly. Please accept our condolences. Jim & Bonnie Lambert ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Livecode Demo of two way javascript communication?

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