Re: Archaeology

2015-08-16 Thread Mark Waddingham
1. 'Transcript' . . . not anymore, BUT does the language-qua-language have a name that is distinct from the IDE? Well LiveCode is the umbrella... LiveCode IDE and LiveCode Script being what we use when it's not clear from context. 2. 12 classes of objects . . . well EPS seems to have gone

Re: Archaeology

2015-08-16 Thread Richmond
On 16/08/15 20:50, Mark Waddingham wrote: Thank you very much; useful answers. Richmond. 1. 'Transcript' . . . not anymore, BUT does the language-qua-language have a name that is distinct from the IDE? Well LiveCode is the umbrella... LiveCode IDE and LiveCode Script being what we use when

Archaeology

2015-08-16 Thread Richmond
So; just back from a computer-Free weekend in the villa; so read the Revolution 1.1.1. guidebook and coming up with several questions: 1. 'Transcript' . . . not anymore, BUT does the language-qua-language have a name that is distinct from the IDE? 2. 12 classes of objects . . . well EPS

Re: Archaeology

2015-08-16 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sunday, August 16, 2015, Mark Waddingham m...@livecode.com wrote: 2. 12 classes of objects . . . well EPS seems to have gone the way of all flesh . . EPS always relied on a display postscript system which was only ever available on some higher end Unix systems way back. But it sure

Re: Archaeology

2015-08-16 Thread Kay C Lan
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: 3. How come after 15 years with LiveCode I have NEVER heard of 'try/catch/throw' ? is this because they are pointless, or am I missing something extremely important? Because you're human and you don't sit down late