Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Knowledge is not the only thing one can hold opinions about: anything subjective such as ethics or aesthetics . . . Richmond. On 10/4/17 8:45 pm, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Except people will always want what they want. As I understand it, that drives disagreements far more than the

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Well, in that case I sincerely hope we never know everything. Although, how, without our finite brains/minds we would manage that escapes me entirely. Richmond. On 10/4/17 8:10 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: To which I will add as a side note, once we know everything, there will be

[OT] Alternative to Inkscape

https://sk1project.net/ Maturing nicely. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Why do I have a feeling that once a system constructed by humans reaches a certain level of complexity those humans are unable to predict how it will behave in certain circumstances. We humans have, largely got ourself in trouble by starting to think we can explain everything, and I have a

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

"magical unicorns crapped the world into existence." But they did: where have you been recently? Just as LiveCode 8.1.6 just spontaneously appeared without Homo Africanus (HyperCard), Home Erectus (Metacard) and a lot of subsequent depilation. Richmond. On 10/3/17 10:06 pm, Bob Sneidar via

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

"because dead programmers don't write good code." More to the point, Astronauts (c.f. end-users) usually don't know how to write code at all. Richmond. On 10/3/17 9:59 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: No, I am sure we put men on the moon. But we didn't stay there and there are no

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

Indeed: And I'm always teaching others BY making mistakes! Richmond. On 9/19/17 2:04 am, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Awesome! I'm always teaching others to make mistakes! Bob S On Sep 18, 2017, at 16:00 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

Wow: Bill . . . you have put your point so very well: that should be engraved on stone and tattooed onto every teacher's head! Thanks so much. Richmond. On 9/18/17 7:07 pm, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: Folks: Because livecode is so relevant for education, I suppose this is a

Re: [OT] Alan Kay is angry

Thank you, Alejandro, All my upper-intermediate pupils will be going through this article in class this week. Richmond. On 9/17/17 6:37 am, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode wrote: Read the interview:

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

23:12 , Monte Goulding via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: While it’s all a little disheartening that some people’s first response to your work is please turn it off I have a PR that lets you do that here: https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1739<https://github.

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

a PR that lets you do that here: https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1739 <https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1739> On 14 Sep 2017, at 4:10 pm, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Personally I don't want Script Editor Autocom

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Does that mean that LC 8.1.7 was, essentially, a meaningless blip on the radar? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit th

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 168, Issue 25

The word "shameful" is a bit out of place here, but I do agree about time-limited licenses. Richmond. On 9/14/17 12:49 am, JosebaTELUR via use-livecode wrote: Hello: The news would be good if the shameful yearly licenses were eliminated. Please eliminate those annual licenses and return to

Re: Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

Personally I don't want Script Editor Autocomplete at all: I'd rather stand or fall by my own light, so the ability to turn this off is a MUST as far as I am concerned. Richmond. On 9/13/17 11:41 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 9/13/17 1:34 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

to deploy their apps can use 8.1.x. (In fact we will probably release 8.1.8 before the 8.1.x series is EOLed. Best, Panos -- PS: Every bug fix that goes into 8.1.x, will also be included in 8.2.x and 9.x On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livec

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

Oddly enough the difference between the Macintosh Community version and the Linux 64-bit Community version is vast. Macintosh Community version: 1.03 GB Linux 64-bit Community version: 277 MB Why does this make me think that the Linux version may be missing things? Richmond.

Re: [ANN] Release 8.2.0 DP-1

Does that mean that LC 8.1.7 was, essentially, a meaningless blip on the radar? Richmond. On 9/13/17 8:01 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.2.0 DP-1. Getting the Release === You can get the

Re: Getting saucy

about the "install" part though... I've just been running the result directly from where it is built since I'm repeatedly building different versions. I only install the packaged ones I download. On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lis

Getting saucy

Sometimes I download a folder containing the source code for an application and cd into it from the Terminal and do a ./compile make make install series of actions and the code is compiled and installed in my operating system. How does one download such a folder of an Open Source version of

Re: Vector graphics, again

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6=29737 a picture is worth a thousand words. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

maintainable and extensible. BTW the bug I was referring to (in LC 8), which describes a workaround is this one: http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16848 Workaround described in comment 81(!) and/or 96(!) On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

chmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: The Linux version of LiveCode is STILL NOT loading a dictionary. [ I see that that problem has been "solved" in LC 9 dp 8 by simply inactivating the Dictionary button on Linux. ] I have no problems with the dictionary in openSUSE (an unsuppor

Re: [OT] Hello World

Here is the publisher's domain: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/ And teachers right across the world are merrily downloading that PDF without getting their knickers in a twist. Richmond. On 9/5/17 9:03 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Bob Sneidar wrote: >> On Sep 1, 2017, at

Re: Bu**ered by Bug reporter

Well, as nobody bothered to tell me how to solve this I spent quite some time p*ssing around with a counter-intuitive thing until I worked out how to do it. Just found that clicking the button 'Dictionary' on the revMenuBar stack in LC 9 dp 8 on Xubuntu 16.04 LTS freezes the whole IDE, and the

Re: [OT] Hello World

a backup, so we recovered all the files but the ones since the last backup. Bob S On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:00 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I don't WHAT is wrong . . . I open links on my Mac (2007 iMac running Lion), I open links on m

Re: [OT] Hello World

nclined to do what we have always been taught to NEVER NEVER DO, and that is, click the link. Bob S On Sep 1, 2017, at 12:16 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Page 71 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rpi-magazines/ issues/full_pdfs/000/00

Bu**ered by Bug reporter

I updated my version of the Waterfox web-browser on my Mac today and it kindly lost all my passwords. Clicking on "Forgot Password" on http://quality.livecode.com/ is useless as it does NOT allow me to get a new password. Richmond. ___ use-livecode

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

indows Paint puts on clipboard 20321 No default value in the ask window if the text contains char 0 Best, Panos -- On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Exciting. Why am I excited every time there is a new LiveCode release?

Re: [OT] Hello World

eeing that signature in all your posts, we would be more inclined to do what we have always been taught to NEVER NEVER DO, and that is, click the link. Bob S On Sep 1, 2017, at 12:16 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Page 71 https://s3-e

Re: [ANN] Release 8.1.7 RC-1

Exciting. Why am I excited every time there is a new LiveCode release? Because there is always something new to fiddle around with! Lovely! Richmond. On 9/5/17 5:45 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote: Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.7

Re: customPropertyless

Thanks Mark and Klaus both! Richmond. On 9/5/17 5:03 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 05.09.2017 um 15:58 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: I have a button called "XXX" and it has 3 customProperties;

customPropertyless

I have a button called "XXX" and it has 3 customProperties; "AA", "BB" & "CC" and this works very well indeed: onmouseEnter put"AA=" & (theAA ofme) & cr & "BB=" & (theBB ofme) & cr & "CC=" & (theCC ofme) intofld "propps" endmouseEnter But this does NOT: onmouseEnter putthe

Re: mouseUp in a field

Thank you very much! On 9/3/17 8:56 pm, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: textLock of the field has to be set to true in order to get the field recognize a mouseUp. Tore 3. sep. 2017 kl. 19:43 skrev Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: I am able

mouseUp in a field

I am able to run a *mouseDown* script when I click on a field, but seem unable to run a mouseUp script . . . is this to be expected? And if so / if not, can someone tell me how to run a *mouseUp* script when clicking on a fieild with FOCUSABLE, and FOCUS BORDER disabled? Richmond.

Re: [OT] Hello World

71 Richmond. On 9/2/17 10:39 am, Mark Schonewille via use-livecode wrote: Which page? Kind regards, Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com https://www.facebook.com/marksch Buy the most extensive book on the LiveCode language: http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com Op 02-Sep-17 om

Re: Missing things in the holidays

STABLE), released on the 31st of August. Best regards, The LiveCode Team 2017-09-02 8:46 GMT+02:00 Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: I did: Came back and found a second version of the 'stable' 8.1.6 . . . But could not find out why, what and so on . .

Missing things in the holidays

I did: Came back and found a second version of the 'stable' 8.1.6 . . . But could not find out why, what and so on . . . Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

[OT] Hello World

Page 71 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rpi-magazines/issues/full_pdfs/000/000/004/original/HelloWorld03.pdf?1504167546 Richmond Mathewson. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: [off]macbook model

I would recommend that you buy the latest model of the MacBook so that you then have to go and spend lots more money on peripherals . . . Recently I took my MacBook Pro (cast-off of one of my sons) to Britain to visit my Mum and Dad, and the thing "developed" a self-assigned IP address, further

Re: answer with...

Ha, Ha! I didn't know that either until I had a "mad" idea and tried it. Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:54 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 16.08.2017 um 21:32 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: This works: on m

Re: answer with...

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7=29638#p157100 Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:07 pm, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi I have a blank... I need to use a prompt in the form of answer "Your choice" with "John" or "Mary" or "Cancel" the problem is that the number of options depends on the

Re: answer with...

This works: onmouseUp answer"your Choice" withfld "CHOIX" endmouseUp if fld "CHOIX" is a listField Richmond. On 8/16/17 10:07 pm, jbv via use-livecode wrote: Hi I have a blank... I need to use a prompt in the form of answer "Your choice" with "John" or "Mary" or "Cancel" the problem

Re: lockscreen?

Thanks both: sorted out a lot of my nonsense. Richmond. On 8/15/17 3:30 pm, hh via use-livecode wrote: Richmond wrote: If I lock the screen (so these automations don't show up) will that speed things up? lock screen; lock messages ___ use-livecode

lockscreen?

So . . . owing to some oddities of my Devawriter Pro I have set up a new interface that automatically converts encoded documents from it original to another format; but that is implemented as an automation of one of the manual interfaces; so a series (hundreds, thousands) of mouseUp signals are

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

I don't know whether to laugh or cry; the latest "TERenist" is flooding the Forum with links to the Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities! Richmond. On 8/12/17 10:50 pm, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: I guess we can use the "foe" feature to hide their posts (turns them into a

Re: Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

Someone left the back door off the latch: bestdocs DilNeva and so it goes; and if everyone is "off" for their weekend it will keep going until we really are flooded. R. On 8/12/17 4:38 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: The Forums are filling up quickly with a whole lot of nonsense about

on-rev servers

Are they dead, down, being maintained or otherwise as certainly unable to get here: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Forum: Waves of Russian Nonsense

The Forums are filling up quickly with a whole lot of nonsense about cars in Russian (althought, oddly enough it seems to be coming from the Ukraine). Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

19:22, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: So, I wonder why there is not a way of putting one's iPad app onot the web in a way (and I don't mean via Cydia) that will allow people to download it onto their tablets independently, as one can do on an Android device? There is - you build your app

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

On 8/11/17 8:18 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 18:54, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: Now putting a LiveCode standalone onto an iPad that does thing that Apple doesn't like isn't always the same thing as putting things onto an iPad that is unsafe. I've

Re: [OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

always the same thing as putting things onto an iPad that is unsafe. I'm absolutely sure that an awful lot of the creative potential of tablets is being lost because of unnecessary restrictions. On 8/11/17 6:44 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 16:44, Richmond Mathewson via

Ink pullDown menu

I can have a pullDown menu with this sort of script: put the fontNames into me how can I do the smae sort of thing for Ink? e.g. (pseudocode): put the inkNames into me Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

[OT] Draconian computer company policies, was: Mobile LC Apps Downloading Stacks After installation

I cannot quite see how people are prepared to go on buying Apple iPads when there are such draconian restrictions as to what one can run on them. While the Android "thing" may not be much better, at last one can side-load almost anything one wants. But, Like Richard Stallman, I suffer from

Re: Drag Queen

Thanks Both, Klaus and Mark. Richmond. On 8/11/17 2:00 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 12:43, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I am in trouble because I cannot work out why this is not working: on scrollbarDrag NVAL put "NVAL,0,0" into KAR

Drag Queen

I am in trouble because I cannot work out why this is not working: on scrollbarDrag NVAL put "NVAL,0,0" into KARRAY["color"] put 50 into KARRAY["opacity"] set the coloroverlay of img "BB" to KARRAY end scrollbarDrag Richmond. ___ use-livecode

Re: JPNG

On 8/11/17 11:13 am, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-11 09:29, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: In theory that sounds both impressive and useful . . . But, what, apart from your stack can read the format/compression method properly. I think Hermann's suggestion

Re: JPNG

In theory that sounds both impressive and useful . . . But, what, apart from your stack can read the format/compression method properly. Also, for the sake of argument: LiveCode can export images in the .PNG, .JPG, .GIF and the (horribly obscure ?) .PBM formats. Can your stack export a

Re: App Rejected: IPv6 network?

On 8/10/17 9:51 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Dan: this is "big news" -- I thought the downloading of LC binary stacks was definitely forbidden fruit inside Apple's Walled Garden Somehow the metaphor's are getting a bit mixed there. For starters if Tim Cook is

Re: Leslie Nielsen

Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-08-08 17:41, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I can send a command to a button like this: send "mouseUp" to btn "BASH" BUT I want to fake having the altKey pressed as well: pseudocode send "mouseUp" with alt

Leslie Nielsen

I can send a command to a button like this: send "mouseUp" to btn "BASH" BUT I want to fake having the altKey pressed as well: pseudocode send "mouseUp" with altkey(down) to btn "BASH" can it be done? and if so, how? Richmond. ___ use-livecode

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

the Wlsh. Bob S On Aug 7, 2017, at 15:17 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Also a Welsh word, NOT an English one. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

O NOT PRESS ENTER Then place your mouse over the script editor window, and now press Enter Hope this helps, Panos -- On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Somehow I did something and my scriptEditor window got stuck w

Re: Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

nter Hope this helps, Panos -- On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Somehow I did something and my scriptEditor window got stuck with its grab-bar off the top of my monitor window so there is no way I can either move it or resi

Script Editor Window being bl**dy-minded

Somehow I did something and my scriptEditor window got stuck with its grab-bar off the top of my monitor window so there is no way I can either move it or resize it. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: SORT by length

Sorry about the asterisks . . . That is what happens when one copy-pastes directly from the LiveCode scriptEditor into Thunderbird. on mouseUp put empty into rSortByLength put fld "CL" into tText repeat for each word tLine in tText put tLine&"," length of tLine after rSortByLength end

Re: SORT by length

rder • descending -sorts in descending order On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order so the longest comes first . . . doing this: sort

Re: SORT by length

nding. One of the following items: • ascending -sorts in ascending order • descending -sorts in descending order On Aug 7, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

rted words. I think they are the only two words where W is a vowel. Of course, Scrabble considers zloty, qadi, and qwerty to be words. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Also a Welsh word, NOT an English one. Rich

SORT by length

I have a listField containing a number of words which I want to order so the longest comes first . . . doing this: sort lines of fld "myGuff" by length(each) sorts the words, but the shortest one comes first... Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

Also a Welsh word, NOT an English one. Richmond. On 8/7/17 11:24 pm, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode wrote: And the musical instrument the crwth. On Aug 7, 2017, at 1:08 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: And the obscure word "cwm" uses w as a vowel.

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

2017, at 3:28 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > I think you have an error in your code samples. Your vowel set should be > > "aeiouandsometimesy" > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Richmo

Re: Recursive folder creation

Well, lazy types like me would just create the folder "2017" followed by the folder "birds". Richmond. On 8/7/17 8:57 pm, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Attempts to create a subfolder below a folder that does not exists fail. Where folder "nature" exists but folder "2017"

Re: Sorting out the sheep from the goats

intVar if tChar is among the items of "a,e,i,o,u" then -- its a vowel else -- its not a vowel. end if end repeat On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Yes, here's "Mr Sanskrit" asking what i

Sorting out the sheep from the goats

Yes, here's "Mr Sanskrit" asking what is probably a very goofy question indeed: I have a series of long strings of characters such as: LarrygubAndCheesemakemyfeetstink and I would like a happy little routine that could trot along each string and, for each character (and this is ONLY confined

Re: Find & Replace

Aha: even more ludicrous: 2 competing Find & Replace stacks. For F's sake get rid of the wonky one and make sure that ALL menus get to the one that works! R. On 8/7/17 4:38 pm, Richmond Mathewson wrote: This is ludicrous! A tiny, wee window that does not even have room in the menu buttons

Find & Replace

This is ludicrous! A tiny, wee window that does not even have room in the menu buttons for the text that, having searched does NOT replace. BUG 20244 Because this does not function this costs me about 60 minutes everytime I convert a DEMO into a fully-functional version, Richmond.

preOpenStack problem

So, in the most recent version of my Devawriter Pro I have a script in the preOpenStack section of the stackScript: on preOpenStack send "mouseUp" to btn "CHECKIT" end preOpenStack btn "CHECKIT" checks the end-user's computer's MAC address against a list of MAC addresses in a scrolling list

Re: Hackintosh

Well, if you are aware of that distinction you should be aware of the difference between a law made by a democratically elected body and a decree called a "law" made by a non-representative body such as an absolute monarch or an oligarchy. R. On 8/3/17 6:40 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode

Re: Hackintosh

Richmond. On Aug 2, 2017, at 13:07 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Apple's EULA may not actually be legal or legally enforcable in a large number of territories where this Use-List is read. Just seen Tim Cook "sucking the kneecaps&qu

Re: Made with . . .

If Waddingham is getting only chocolates it's time he changed his job. I hope that Kevin is also giving him flowers! Richmond. On 8/3/17 6:11 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Shouldn't you be getting the chocolates? ;-) Bob S On Aug 2, 2017, at 16:47 , Mark Waddingham via

Re: Mark in a kilt...

Still well worth a second salutation! R. On 8/3/17 1:18 pm, Keith Martin via use-livecode wrote: On 1 Aug 2017, at 7:53, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: I salute Kevin and Mark for their adoption of kilts. It's certainly not new! I remember when Runtime Revolution got its first

Re: Hackintosh

mond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: On 8/3/17 12:03 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: No, I don't think we have to respect Apple's policy at all. A similar view might ask whether the DevaWriter license terms need to be

Re: Hackintosh

ly a great deal harder when pedanticism kicks in!). I'm off to have another G! Warmest Regards, Mark. Sent from my iPhone On 2 Aug 2017, at 23:29, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: There are one or two people around here who probably don't know

Re: Made with . . .

ecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 02.08.2017 um 13:43 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: " remember that LC is made with LC, so everything in the IDE is a stack resp. scripted and can be modified!" recently claime

Re: Hackintosh

There are one or two people around here who probably don't know what a *devil's advocate* is . . . Off to polish my horns. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: Hackintosh

On 8/3/17 12:03 am, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Richmond Mathewson wrote: > No, I don't think we have to respect Apple's policy at all. A similar view might ask whether the DevaWriter license terms need to be respected, or LiveCode Ltd.'s, or Stephen King's, or the protections

Re: Hackintosh

"a fuzzy line" Sounds a bit like the Emperor's USA/Mexico wall. Richmond. On 8/2/17 11:00 pm, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote: On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Not to start a riot or anything, but I wasn't aware

Re: Mark in a kilt...

at 42 Celsius) - it was a lot more comfortable outside than shorts or trousers! (The black long sleeved shirt less so - but life's not perfect!) Warmest Regards, Mark. Sent from my iPhone On 2 Aug 2017, at 21:29, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>

Re: Hackintosh

No, I don't think we have to respect Apple's policy at all. But I do tend to agree that any discussion of anything that might rub Apple up the wrong way if it is to take place on this use-list should only be in relation to LiveCode. Oh, and, by the way: there are buckets of resources and

Re: Hackintosh

I have just started the riot: but, hey, you knew you could rely on me :) Kisses, Richmond. On 8/2/17 7:13 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Not to start a riot or anything, but I wasn't aware discussions could violate a copyright. Bob S On Aug 2, 2017, at 08:56 , Richard Gaskin via

Re: Hackintosh

Apple's EULA may not actually be legal or legally enforcable in a large number of territories where this Use-List is read. Just seen Tim Cook "sucking the kneecaps" of China's one-party state's leaders and blethering anent "adhering to the law" re VPNs. Nothing makes me despise anyone more

Re: Mark in a kilt...

On 8/2/17 5:56 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: a real Scottish clan. And what would a "real" Scottish clan be, forbye? Personally I wear a green kilt in "Hunting McIntosh" (invented in 1952) because my father's family are originally Scandinavian and my maternal Grandfather's name

Re: Mark in a kilt...

Would that be Emperor Trump's wall between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico (and Texas), or Emperor Hadrian's one between Newcastle and the Solway Firth, Emperor Antoninus' one between Glasgow and the Firth of Forth, or the one between command-line languages and

Made with . . .

" remember that LC is made with LC, so everything in the IDE is a stack resp. scripted and can be modified!" recently claimed by someone elsewhere [Hi, Klaus :) ] BUT: it that really true? Why do I have a funny feeling that a lot of the "heavy lifting" is done with C++ ? Richmond.

Re: Release 8.1.6

. On 8/1/17 11:39 am, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, Am 01.08.2017 um 10:25 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: Still making a "ham sandwich" of snapshot export: I have a group called "pp" right in th

Re: Release 8.1.6

Still making a "ham sandwich" of snapshot export: I have a group called "pp" right in the middle of a stack, but this: exportsnapshot from group"pp" toimg "Nova.png" as PNG give this: Message execution error: Error description: Chunk: no such object Not very good. Richmond.

Re: Mark in a kilt...

Indeed: never could stand suits and ties. I salute Kevin and Mark for their adoption of kilts. Richmond. On 8/1/17 2:48 am, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: Agreed. I'd feel much less self-conscious wearing a kilt and shirt than I would wearing a suit & tie :-) Alex. On 01/08/2017

Re: [OT] User testing

:-) Bob S On Jul 31, 2017, at 11:13 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: I've just been sent this in the email; don't know whether it's any good or not: http://info.usertesting.com/Complete-Guide.html?_medium=email_source=hacking-ui_campaign=em

[OT] User testing

I've just been sent this in the email; don't know whether it's any good or not:

Re: Doing user testing in a risk free way (Re: gitter)

I don't believe there is anything that is "risk free". HOWEVER, I am looking to set up programming classes throughout the year starting in October, at which point I should have both: 1. Kids with NO programming experience whatsover. 2. Kids with experience in either Visual BASIC and/or C++.

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