Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

On 03/27/2016 12:47 PM, RM wrote: Quite honestly I cannot see any obvious advantages using the MetaCard GUI rather than the LiveCode one: it looks a bit masochistic frankly. Yes, but the OP has her/his (I no longer remember) set on MC, so there you go. I supported MetaCard in my apps until

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

I tried to"upgrade" MetaCard 2.5 using Jacque's stack: http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/590/MetaCard-Setup-2-02 and LiveCode 7.1, and ended up with an odd, icon-less "thing" that didn't get any further than that. Quite honestly I cannot see any obvious advantages using the MetaCard GUI

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

MC runs fine on Windows 10, all versions that I use from v4.5 to v7 (except the MC properties palette under v7 can sometimes cause problems). Can't help you with Linux Hugh Senior (Old Guard) FLCo > Oddly enough I've just got MetaCard 2.5 running on Xubuntu 15.10 64 bit! > > Mind you, having

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

Oddly enough I've just got MetaCard 2.5 running on Xubuntu 15.10 64 bit! Mind you, having done that I'm packing it away and getting on with producing stuff for my school using LiveCode 7.1. Richmond. On 27.03.2016 02:21, Mark Talluto wrote: On Mar 26, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

> On Mar 26, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > If you're looking for older versions of the MetaCard engine, Mark Talluto > used to maintain an archive at his company's site, but I can't find the URL > for that now. Perhaps he can chime in with that,

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

I forgot one detail: Eric A. Engle wrote: > ...really hate the fact that new stacks and old stacks are > incompatible. As with all versions of MetaCard, stacks created with earlier version can be run in a more recent version. And as with all versions of MetaCard, an older engine won't be

Re: Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

Eric A. Engle wrote: > I wish to install metacard as I find the current UI bloated - it > often hangs even when given propercode, and really hate the fact > that new stacks and old stacks are incompatible. I am using ubuntu. > While I did find an engine and stacks, I do not know the sudo etc. >

Installing metacard on linux - cmd line or?

I wish to install metacard as I find the current UI bloated - it often hangs even when given propercode, and really hate the fact that new stacks and old stacks are incompatible. I am using ubuntu. While I did find an engine and stacks, I do not know the sudo etc. to try to install from a