Re: slightly OT: how to search amazon?

2012-07-13 Thread Tim Jones
Chris - That's definitely against Amazon's rules of use unless you are displaying an item for sale on Amazon. Also, you do need to be an Amazon associate to use the info at all. Tim On Jul 12, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote: Hope no one minds if I ask this here. I'm having a hard

Re: OT: Tidbits from Jersey

2012-06-29 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Just remember What happened in the Oval Room, stays in the Oval Room ! Uhh, that only applies in Washington, DC. ;-) Tim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: Yet Another Sound Problem in iOS

2012-06-29 Thread Tim Jones
Could she have the Side Switch set to Mute and turned on? Tim On Jun 29, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Roger Guay wrote: OK, what the heck is going on now? My iOS app plays a sound in the simulator and my iPad 3 but not in my wife's (identical) iPad 3. Everything else works just fine in all three

Re: LiveCodeOnline [Was: Re: Rev Online]

2012-06-21 Thread Tim Jones
, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Tim Jones wrote: I don't mean to play Obvious Man here, but has anyone actually contacted Heather, et al and asked for it to be fixed? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Re: LiveCodeOnline [Was: Re: Rev Online]

2012-06-20 Thread Tim Jones
I don't mean to play Obvious Man here, but has anyone actually contacted Heather, et al and asked for it to be fixed? Tim On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richard- You are, I think, missing the point. The issue is more about announcing a new initiative, getting users

Re: Another Question About About Screens

2012-06-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 18, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Roger Guay wrote: my iOS app loads fairly quickly so I would like my Splash screen to stay up longer. Any way to do that? I see no harm and much benefit to an app that lets people get to work instantly. Rather than hamper the

Re: The Long Name peculiarities

2012-06-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 19, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Whoa! You can use a single letter as a function name?? I thought that was strictly verboten! I see once more I am mistaken. Yep - and you can use variables like AA, b1, ae, c, e3 - just like in Commodore BASIC ;-). Tim

Re: Another Question About About Screens

2012-06-18 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 18, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Roger Guay wrote: my iOS app loads fairly quickly so I would like my Splash screen to stay up longer. Any way to do that? Make your first stack card look the same as your provided load image and then time that before moving on to your app's first real window.

Re: Microsoft Tablet Event in LA Just Wrapped

2012-06-18 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Scott- Monday, June 18, 2012, 5:06:24 PM, you wrote: From touch to type, office to living room, from your screen to the big screen, you can see more, share more, and do more with Surface. http://www.surface.com Gotta love the fine

Re: Another Question About About Screens

2012-06-18 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Roger Guay wrote: Thanks, Tim. I found another way as well: Just put a wait function in the openStack script. That works as well. My thought was that you could do something further such as a small animation on the Splash card (a lens flare on your logo, for

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.05

2012-06-15 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:29 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Unless anyone's password is 12345 Hey, that's the same password as my luggage! (sorry, Mel, I couldn't resist) Tim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: An iMac Screen Problem ?..

2012-06-15 Thread Tim Jones
What an outstanding photo record! Thanks for sharing, Stephen! Tim On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:55 PM, stephen barncard wrote: third page with no light leak.. sorry for the goof. http://barncard.com/bookerT/proofs/PROOF%20SHEET-0003.jpg On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:54 PM, stephen barncard

Re: An iMac Screen Problem ?..

2012-06-15 Thread Tim Jones
Holy memory dump, Batman! Kilt's tape. That's something I've not thought of since the early 70's. We used Kilt's at the radio station I interned at in Savannah (back when being an intern meant learning the trade, not just getting coffee and cigs). Tim On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:54 PM, stephen

Re: iOS Standalone Question

2012-06-14 Thread Tim Jones
On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Roger Guay wrote: Hi folks, My first iOS app is going well. It works quite well on the simulator and my iPad. However the standalone has a standard Do Not icon . . . the circle with a diagonal bar. Any suggestions as to what that is about and how to remedy?

Re: Crashing documentation on Linux #2

2012-06-11 Thread Tim Jones
I got in at $9.40 at the end of the Scully days. Wish I'd not sold when it reached $24 ... but who would have though that it would got the heights t's at now? Tim On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: You

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-31 Thread Tim Jones
On May 30, 2012, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: 3 times I had tape backups fail me when I needed them most. I will never, no ever, no not ever use tape again. Bob I can feel your pain as we hear nightmare stories all the time, but I would be willing to bet a

Re: Upgrade to Lion - backups

2012-05-31 Thread Tim Jones
And ... what do you do if part of your failure instance includes a lack of network connectivity? No way back from that one. Just saying... Tim On May 31, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: OIC that makes sense then. I priced out some of these online backup systems like Carbonite, and by

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-31 Thread Tim Jones
On May 31, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: 2 weeks. ;-) Hey Bob, I didn't know that you were an engineer, too! Tim ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-29 Thread Tim Jones
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

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-29 Thread Tim Jones
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

Re: Outlet for Mac Apps

2012-05-29 Thread Tim Jones
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

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-29 Thread Tim Jones
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

Re: Upgrade to Lion

2012-05-29 Thread Tim Jones
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 ... ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Re: iOS Splash Screen masks display

2012-05-25 Thread Tim Jones
On May 23, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: I'm developing an iPad app which has an iOS splash screen (they all do), which AFAIK is there in order to show itself until the app is fully loaded. I am not sure how iOS knows that the load is complete, but anyway I seem to have a problem

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Tim Jones
On May 24, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: The middle ground was called webOS it had the following advantages on their developer program: * FREE Devices for Developers, just get in the line, you will get a free device or a huge discount. * No need to pay anything. * Best documentation

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Tim Jones
On May 24, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Speaking of Alligators, YOU will be shot if you aren't careful. That's shod… Nope - all 'em 'gators was barefoot. You'll have to find your own. - this is getting very sad... Tim ___

Re: can someone please try this test...

2012-05-23 Thread Tim Jones
On May 23, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: So this came up on another blog recently, where someone posted a youtube of when Pixar *accidentally* deleted Toy Story 2 from their computers by typing in the command to delete all files on the hard drive. Correct me if I am wrong, but

Re: can someone please try this test...

2012-05-23 Thread Tim Jones
Hmm - I use a Mac and it works here. Maybe you need to add it to ~/.bashrc instead of ~/.bash_profile in your case. According to Apple's docs: /etc/profile The systemwide initialization file, executed for login shells ~/.bash_profile The personal

Re: [OT] Saved by Dropbox Packrat

2012-05-23 Thread Tim Jones
On May 23, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: If you're not a Packrat user, your history is retained only for 30 days if I remember correctly. This is enough to save your life but I am really paranoid and the illusion of it being there forever appeals to me. Ooh, and I'm paranoid of any

New Sandboxing Docs have been posted

2012-05-20 Thread Tim Jones
Hi Folks, If you haven't received the note from Apple yet, new docs for sandboxing have been posted along with some new entitlements: https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/app-sandbox/ Tim ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: HP WebOS tablet

2012-05-18 Thread Tim Jones
Thanks for the tip, Mark. Mine is on the way (oh, and you get a free case for it). Tim On May 18, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Newegg now has refurbished 32GB HP WebOS 3.0 tablets for $209. Open source OS, you can install Android for a dual-boot system.

Re: [OT] Mac Beach Ball Party (or welcome to hell, here's your mac)

2012-05-14 Thread Tim Jones
I actually stopped using migration back around Tiger because of how painfully slow it was. I've found it quicker to reinstall my apps and just copy my documents over. All of my film and music stuff are on a SAS array, so they don't come into the process. Tim On May 14, 2012, at 11:49 AM,

Re: [OT] Mac Beach Ball Party (or welcome to hell, here's your mac)

2012-05-11 Thread Tim Jones
Uhhh - that sounds fishy. I run a stable of Lion-based (and a couple of ML-based tester) Mac Pro's with 4GB each and they run everything that I throw at them, so your memory expert sounds like he's trying to sell you more RAM (and that IS his job...). The only systems that I've bumped to 8GB

Re: [OT] Mac App Store (was Gatekeeper)

2012-05-10 Thread Tim Jones
Actually, you're limited to 5 installations as you can only authorize 5 machines to one MAS account at a time. MAS Hysteria, I think... Tim On May 10, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Because I can install it on all 250 Macs I have here at work after paying for it only once. That would

Re: [OT] Gatekeeper

2012-05-09 Thread Tim Jones
And don't forget Don't have a cow, Man!, or Cowabunga, or holy cow!. I believe it's a bovine plot to take over our time line (veiled reference to Heinlein's Number of the Beast). :-O Tim On May 9, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: By the way, whats' with all these cow web sites?

Re: [OT] Gatekeeper

2012-05-09 Thread Tim Jones
Someone that Orks cows. :-P On May 9, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Jerry Jensen wrote: And, what the heck is a coworker? On May 9, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Tim Jones wrote: And don't forget Don't have a cow, Man!, or Cowabunga, or holy cow!. I believe it's a bovine plot to take over our time line

Re: [ANN] - SQLiteAdmin Version 1.2.0 released

2012-05-09 Thread Tim Jones
Guilty until proven innocent. Because so many people simply set Automatically Open Safe Files in Safari, Apple had to take the extra step to protect the unknowledgeable from their own missteps. Tim On May 9, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I get that on a Mac all the time, the first

Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Jones
No, Bob, you've confused Ad Hominem with Homo Sapiens sub-species, Homo Ad Nauseum :-P . Tim On May 4, 2012, at 8:35 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Hey! Ad Hominem's are people too! ;=) Bob On May 3, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: And I don't want this to be an ad hominem on Mark or

Re: paying for bug fixes (was Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8)

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Jones
On May 4, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Dar Scott wrote: What would you hope for, look for, in bug fixes when you buy a product? In particular, if I put something into a storefront window and, in some fit of insanity, you bought one, what would you think is a reasonable bug-fix policy for your

Re: paying for bug fixes (was Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8)

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Jones
On May 4, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Dar Scott wrote: Thank you, Tim. This is very clear and attractive. I do have a question. If Product X is on version 8.8 and a customer is using 1.0.5 (released 11 years ago, just before 2.0.0) and finds a bug, do you fix the bug? That is, do you create

Re: paying for bug fixes (was Re: [ANN] Installer Maker Plugin 1.7.8)

2012-05-04 Thread Tim Jones
On May 4, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Dar Scott wrote: Hi, Bob! Would it meet the intent of what you are saying to essentially close the bugs-to-be-fixed list for a major release some period of time--say a month--after the release of the next major release? (With the caveats of may opt to do so

Re: Checking for an internet connectio

2012-04-29 Thread Tim Jones
Pete, It's a good idea to always check the error code returned from a shell command. The actual text may various from one OS update to another, so depending of the text returned can be a quick way to introduce an odd bug that works on one platform, but not on another. The man page will

Re: Checking for an internet connectio

2012-04-29 Thread Tim Jones
Urgh - autocorrect sux! The actual text may vary from one OS update to another Tim On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Tim Jones wrote: Pete, It's a good idea to always check the error code returned from a shell command. The actual text may various from one OS update to another, so

Re: [OT] Instructional Video

2012-04-27 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 27, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Richmond wrote: All the stuff I read on doing this seemed a bit difficult, so I designed my own method: 1. Use Livecode based standalone on a G3 iMac running Mac OS 10.4.11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3 2. Have a VGA to RCA converter connected to

Re: [OT] Instructional Video

2012-04-27 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Richmond wrote: On 04/27/2012 08:57 PM, Tim Jones wrote: I use Snapz Pro X on my existing system with a Blue Yeti mic. Of course, I edit in Final Cut Pro, but that's just to add splash. No cables, one machine, everything just works I wonder how many

Re: [OT] Instructional Video

2012-04-27 Thread Tim Jones
://www.lcsql.com The whole point (!) behind my 'odd' method is that it lets me use one machine for the screen capture and another for the stuff captured; this point seems to have been overlooked by both yourself and Tim Jones. I didn't miss that. I simply believe that since SPX runs

Re: Time-Stamping Demo programs #2

2012-04-25 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:16 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: I agree with the others though, I despise time limited apps because I never have 30 days to test them, I only have a day here and a day there and I spend half of it recapping what I learnt before. Maybe the proper solution is a number of uses,

Re: Get the members of a group

2012-04-25 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Michael Doub wrote: Can someone explain what is going on here? This works: Put the number of graphics of me into count repeat with i = count down to 1 if the short name of graphic i of me is not TreeBG then delete graphic i end if end

Re: Journalism

2012-04-23 Thread Tim Jones
Spam??? Someone's email account has been hacked? Otherwise, how is this apropos to LiveCode? On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: There are now over 60 universities in the UK offering BA honours degrees in journalism. ___ use-livecode

Re: Linux application crashes

2012-04-13 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 13, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Glen Bojsza wrote: So essentially, going through this cycle several times showed the memory to start increasing approximately .7% each cycle. (this is where there are 20 cards so 20 images) I increased the number of cards / images to 40 and the memory started to

Re: Linux application crashes

2012-04-12 Thread Tim Jones
Glen, I sincerely doubt that this is related to the version of Linux you are using. This sounds like a potential memory leak in your graphing functionality. Are you using native LiveCode or someone's plugin / stack? Tim On Apr 12, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Glen Bojsza wrote: Hello, I have

Re: Zipping Up an LC standalone program

2012-04-10 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi, Tar is a bad idea because it glues files together and doesn't compress. Tar was invented to allow gzip to compress multiple files. It is easier and faster to use the zip command line tool rather than to use both tar and gzip. Many

Re: Zipping Up an LC standalone program

2012-04-10 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Pete wrote: Hi Warren, It's the un-zipping at the other end that concerns me, not the zip on my machine. Sounds like the ability to handle tar files might require a Windows user to install some software. You might be surprised at just how many Windows users

Re: Zipping Up an LC standalone program

2012-04-10 Thread Tim Jones
for the platform, there's nothing else to do so it just seems like overkill. Pete On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Tim Jones tolis...@me.com wrote: On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Pete wrote: Hi Warren, It's the un-zipping at the other end that concerns me, not the zip on my machine. Sounds like

Re: iOS Keyboard options

2012-04-06 Thread Tim Jones
I can't answer for the other questions, but that little keyboard key is the hide me key and just closes the onscreen keyboard. It doesn't really have a keycode. Tim On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: In the latest LC iOS Release notes, the options for changing

Re: [OT] Justified boast?

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Richmond wrote: Real Studio is the only object-oriented, cross-platform software development tool that enables users at all levels to create powerful, stand-alone, native applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and the web.

Re: [OT] Justified boast?

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Richmond wrote: On 04/04/2012 06:53 PM, René Micout wrote: On the French site there is not the term only (le seul environnement)... Maybe the developers of Real BASIC know something about the differences between the Anglophone world and the Francophone world

Re: [OT] HyperNext Android Creator

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:21 AM, Richmond wrote: On 04/04/2012 08:55 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Richmond wrote: I've never quite made my mind up about HyperNext, and really wonder whether it is worth the investment of learning a new programming language. Still, it is FREE:

Re: [OT] HyperNext Android Creator

2012-04-04 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Richmond wrote: Interesting enough, he mentioned to me that he had had great problems to do with getting a Linux port of HyperNext off the ground, and stated: With hindsight I should have kept developing the Pascal version of HyperNext which seems most odd

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
Jacque, After you update to Lion, you can install Parallels 7 and then build a Snow Leopard VM. This is what I do on my personal Mac Pro (I also have Leopard and Tiger, as well as multiple Windows and Linux versions). Another option would be to buy a firewire external HD and install Lion onto

Re: OT: mails bouncing back?

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 3, 2012, at 7:19 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I've had domains caught up with sloppy blacklisting schemes myself. It's not a problem with RunRev, or their host, but with the lazy nature of a few blacklisting systems. Actually, in this case, it is their host. GoDaddy needs to tighten

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Dar Scott wrote: I have Parallels 6 for lots of Windows, but I thought it will only let me install OS X servers on a VM, not desktops. I put OS X desktops on a rash of partitions on a firewire drive. Does Parallels 7 and Lion get around any technical and

Re: OT: mails bouncing back?

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Blocking entire IP ranges is not a responsible way to blacklist, since it can - an inevitably does - affect legitimate users. It's simply lazy, a ham-fisted scorched-earth way to solve a problem that requires more surgical methods. In

Re: Iron Sky 04/04

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
But … be careful of the dark side of the 4s. (we're not really doing this, are we?) On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: Use the 4s, Mark. On Apr 3, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Looks like more going on 04/04 than Fourth World's anniversary...

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-03 Thread Tim Jones
Next purchase - Magic Track Pad! Tim On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 4/3/12 6:43 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Come on in, the waters fine. I did it. I am speaking to you from the Lion's den. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: OT: mails bouncing back?

2012-04-02 Thread Tim Jones
It appears that OnRev uses GoDaddy services as the secureserver.net servers belong to them. Because of GoDaddy's easy online setup, spammers / scammers are able to pop in, perform a hit-and-run with their mail broadcast, and the security team doesn't catch it and disable the account into it's

Re: Location of iOS 5.0 SDK

2012-04-02 Thread Tim Jones
On Apr 2, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: Mark, This will only work with LC 5.5 and above. LC 5.0.2 will only work with xCode with iOS 5.0 -- not 5.1 However, there is no reason that you can't build a 5.1 compatible app using LC5.0.2 and Xcode 4.2. Tim

Re: ANN: ScaleMatic

2012-03-29 Thread Tim Jones
Have you reported this to the RunRev support team? We can all commiserate with you here on the list, but only they can fix something's that's wrong… Tim On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Roger Guay wrote: I've tried everything suggested in the last list digest to upload stacks to RevOnLine to

Re: [OT] ACer A100 Tablet

2012-03-29 Thread Tim Jones
You can update your Android phone. I've updated my original Droid to the latest and greatest version with each new release. I'm staying away from ICS because it is an original Droid running at 800MHz. Tim On Mar 29, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Pete wrote: Thanks Mark. You justy answered another

Re: [OT] ACer A100 Tablet

2012-03-29 Thread Tim Jones
That's a good guess. If I waited for Verizon, I'd still be running 2.1… Tim On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Pete wrote: Thanks Roger and Tim, I'm not sure where I got that idea from. Maybe the cell phone providers don;t want you to upgarde so you're mor elikley to buy another phone? Pete

Re: [OT] ACer A100 Tablet

2012-03-29 Thread Tim Jones
It's the processor - a single chip running at 800MHz - even overclocked to 1GHz - really isn't enough for all of the new bling that is Ice Cream Sandwich. But, Cyanogen gives us a lot of coolness far beyond the stock vendor-supplied versions. Tim On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Bob Sneidar

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-26 Thread Tim Jones
Roger, Tom and all - Sorry that everyone took my comments so seriously. That's why I mentioned that they were Sci-Fi ideas. I was simply playing devil's advocate as my advisor did to me on many more than one occasion and poking a bit of fun at SETI. Personally, I believe that Earth is

Re: iOS Crash

2012-03-24 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 24, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William de Smet wrote: Hi Dan, iOS 5.1 needs Xcode 4.3. One issue with that, William - why do apps built with earlier Xcode versions work on my Gen 3 iPad running iOS 5.1? It may be Apple's claim for running the emulator and to access the new SDK API's, but

Re: ANN and OT: Calling All SETI Enthusiasts

2012-03-24 Thread Tim Jones
Ready to defend your thesis? Let me toss out two great Sci-Fi antithesis to your points below - How have we determined how long the relatively short duration of the radio stage of any societies is? How have we decided, even taking asynchronous development into account, that humans aren't the

Re: [OT] A couple of links about Gnome and usability

2012-03-23 Thread Tim Jones
All very good points, Peter. I am also an XFCE and OpenWindows (OLVWM in Linux speak) fan. One important distinction to keep in mind here - GNOME is not GTK as KDE is not QT. So long as developers keep that in mind when creating software, the desktop paradigm should not be a concern in

Re: Translation s'il vous plâit/por favor :-)

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
We've already got them, so here you go: Francais: Copiez le fichier mon_fichier à votre dossier Applications Espanol:Copie thefile a su carpeta Aplicaciones If others could vet these JUST TO BE SURE :-). Tim On Mar 22, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote: Hi

Re: Translation s'il vous plâit/por favor :-)

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 22, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Tim Jones wrote: We've already got them, so here you go: Francais: Copiez le fichier mon_fichier à votre dossier Applications Also may be: Copiez le fichier mon_fichier sur votre dossier Applications Tim

Re: Translation s'il vous plâit/por favor :-)

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
Pierre, would you mind explaining the tense differences between the three options: à votre sur votre dans votre It turns out that one of our products has the first two as the text for this exact message. Your option is a third variant and I'm now completely confused

Re: Translation s'il vous plâit/por favor :-)

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
the file on your desktop copiez le fichier dans votre dossier copy the file to (into) your folder mettez la montre à votre poignet put the watch on your wrist Hope this help Jacques Clavel 2012/3/22 Tim Jones tolis...@me.com Pierre, would you mind explaining the tense differences

Re: Translation s'il vous pl?it/por favor :-)

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
Josep - As with my French, would you mind clarifying the difference between Copie and Copiar? Thanks, Tim On Mar 22, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Josep M Yepes wrote: Hi, Better... Copiar XXX a su carpeta Aplicaciones Salut, Josep M El 22/03/2012, a las 21:30,

Re: Need an example of how to use try and catch

2012-03-22 Thread Tim Jones
Or - this can be applied to a night out clubbing - try put myBestPickupLine into myMouth catch theResponse If theResponse is not negative -- Oh yeah! set luckynight to true else put wittingComback into myMouth move body to new location finally if not

Re: New Xcode 4.3.1

2012-03-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: What language is this article in? Save As is dying. The Lion API establishes these changes. ?? Now because of these changes, the traditional Save As command no longer makes since. Since Uh oh, looks like somebody's koolaid

Re: New Xcode 4.3.1

2012-03-19 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:43 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 3/19/12 3:25 PM, Ken Ray wrote: This is actually a lot uglier when you try to Save as a file on a locked volume to another place - you get multiple steps and tirades of dialogs informing you why you can't save the original file (which

[OT] Running old PPC apps on Lion

2012-03-18 Thread Tim Jones
Hi Folks, In the other thread about Xcode and Lion, there's mention of the apps that no longer run in Lion. Good new - you can still install Rosetta and things return to normalcy for those of us with old app (Final Cut, Logic, AppleWorks, etc.). You will need to have the Snow Leopard install

Re: Apple iPad announcement evokes yawn

2012-03-08 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 7, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: Tim Jones wrote: I agree that the higher pixel density will provide for more comfortable reading, but it also means that we'll now need to add still another screen size to the three that we already must check for (iPhone, iPhone Retina

[WOT] Warning - long winded discussion - was Re: Apple iPad announcement evokes yawn

2012-03-08 Thread Tim Jones
. Consumers will then have even less free cash to spend on new technology. I think Apple did just enough. Bob On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Tim Jones wrote: This was about another overblown Apple launch event that was much ado about nothing. A lot of catch-up on things, but nothing truly

Re: [OT] New Wine in old skins.

2012-03-07 Thread Tim Jones
Simply put - no Windows license required; your app runs natively on the hosting platform (Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, etc.). On the other hand, there are a number of apps that don't run quite right. Tim On Mar 7, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Hi Richmond. What are the ups and downs to

Apple iPad announcement evokes yawn

2012-03-07 Thread Tim Jones
So, it's not the iPad 3, it's the New iPad. Seems to me that the only thing that has happened is that we (developers) now need to worry about 3 display sizes for our iOS apps. Does this mean that iPod / iPhone apps now get a 2x and a 3x button when running on the new iPad? I'm digging

Re: Apple iPad announcement evokes yawn

2012-03-07 Thread Tim Jones
for that. And, mind you, PDF is resolution independent. Le 7 mars 2012 à 22:43, Tim Jones a écrit : So, it's not the iPad 3, it's the New iPad. Seems to me that the only thing that has happened is that we (developers) now need to worry about 3 display sizes for our iOS apps. Does this mean

Re: Windows 8

2012-03-06 Thread Tim Jones
On Mar 6, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi, I just installed an app with an installer created by the Installer Maker Plugin and it seems to work fine. The app appears in the overview of colorized bricks, next to LiveCode. It looks like LiveCode apps won't work almost like

Re: Sound loops in iOS

2012-02-29 Thread Tim Jones
So that seems to be the question to ask - Do any of the RR folks know of a way to properly preload sounds for a sound channel to alleviate this delay? Tim On Feb 29, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: For those that are interested, RunRev Support has acknowledged that the 'looping'

Re: Sound loops in iOS

2012-02-29 Thread Tim Jones
Voila! Ask and ye shall receive (okay, so I'm getting boring with the cliches :-) ). Tim On Feb 29, 2012, at 9:38 AM, John Dixon wrote: Graham... I have found that to get around the 'ldelay' when using 'iphonePlaySoundOnChannel' in your stack for the first time is to play a short file

Re: iOs, xCode 4.3 Lion and LC 5.0.2

2012-02-28 Thread Tim Jones
Hi Malte, I haven't tested this with LiveCode, but it solves issues with other non-Apple dev environments: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/ This command points system resources to the correct header paths, command-line tools, etc. if you have the

Re: Casey flies to the Amazon

2012-02-28 Thread Tim Jones
Congrats on getting this done. Now, to quote ye olde bard - The proof is in the tasting of the pudding. Let's see where you end up in a month or so. I have heard the same thing about the success rates between the two stores. Tim On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:16 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: I read an

Re: Cheap Android Tablet

2012-02-24 Thread Tim Jones
Hi Al, If you're searching for one to test your apps on, I would recommend either the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet. Both are $200 and provide good performance and full Android support (except phone stuff). From an off-brand point of view, EvoMax offers their 10.2 for $139, but it's

Re: Mac drop file on standalone, process, and quit

2012-02-24 Thread Tim Jones
I'll have to say negative to both of your assertions. There are a very broad number of applications that do not fit the model of the MAS and Apple knows this. As long as there are software stores, integration consultants, and non-home user customers, there will always be a normal channel for

Re: Cheap Android Tablet

2012-02-24 Thread Tim Jones
On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Ken Corey wrote: On 24/02/2012 18:11, Tim Jones wrote: If you're searching for one to test your apps on, I would recommend either the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet. Both are $200 and provide good performance and full Android support (except phone stuff). From

Re: The Linux engine...

2012-02-23 Thread Tim Jones
Hmmm, SunOS and X11R4? Tim On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: You know what would be great? If someone wrote a graphics engine based entirely upon PDF! Yeah that would be the ticket! And then, you could print directly to PDF because everything would already be in the correct

Re: [ot] is it safe to upgrade to lion?

2012-02-22 Thread Tim Jones
I installed SuSE's PPC version on my White G4 and got 1280 x 1024, so it's not the video card, it's the lock that Apple put on it to make you buy a PowerBook (or Mac Book Pro). Tim On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: Bob, yep... I had to buy a macbook pro because of the

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Tim Jones
I use a Green / Gray 8x8 button to display on or off status where user choice is not considered. This has worked well for over 8 years and there's never a point of confusion on the user's end. Tim On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Pete wrote: I have a stack which is used to show information in

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