Re: LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread hh via use-livecode
RaspberryPi has an own subforum http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=76 For Raspi special interfaces use (the fastest) LC 6.5.1 and the python libraries via shell. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Hi Bill, i just did some tests with a steppermotor and a Raspberry in Raspbian. It works but did not have time to explore further. The highest LC version now to use is 7.04 Maybe a new version will come but i don't think there is a hurry with it. Probably a small market for it. But it

LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Folks: I’m buying a birthday present for my 14 yr old grandson who likes to play computer games, does Lego Robotics, and is somewhat ADD. I’m thinking of buying him a Raspberry PI starter kit and an interface kit. These things run on javascript in processing and python, and other languages, but

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-13 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mike Kerner wrote: > Pi is interesting to me because of what I can, in theory, build with > it, but for the same reason so are many other things. Pi isn't going > to bring revenue to LC, IMHO, the way that some of those other tools > can... Not directly, at least not short-term. But as hh

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
People who are using a Raspi and try or even use LC on it may be inclined to try or use LC if they 'expand' to a tablet or desktop. And their own creations will work after no or small adjustments, WOW. This may cause (delayed) revenue to LC. > Mike K. wrote: > Pi is interesting to me because of

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-12 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Pi is interesting to me because of what I can, in theory, build with it, but for the same reason so are many other things. Pi isn't going to bring revenue to LC, IMHO, the way that some of those other tools can, but being able to brag about being the easy-to-use IDE for PI would be cool. On Sat,

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: > Richard. > > Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. > > Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). > > 1. >> RG wrote: >> The last RPi build was v704, which is generally good with one >> critical issue: a bug in the menu handling routine

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
jonathandlynch wrote: > Why is LC 7 slower than 6? There may be additional factors specific to the RPi build, but in general those differences were due to Unicode support and unoptimized refactoring related to that and other large-scale scopes of work. With v9 much of the earlier

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Why is LC 7 slower than 6? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2017, at 3:50 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > Richard. > > Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. > > Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). > > 1. >>

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread hh via use-livecode
Richard. Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). 1. > RG wrote: > The last RPi build was v704, which is generally good with one critical > issue: a bug in the menu handling routine causes a crash when clicking

LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
In another thread Mark Rauterkus wrote: > The other HUGE area where I think LiveCode could shine is with the > Raspberry Pi community. But, sadly, the mothership is not putting > support there for confidence to take root, IMHO. So, that remains > only a dream. An annual release for Pi would be