Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-24 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > --- serious programmers; tune out NOW! Richmond, my world is enriched with your "crusty but benign" narratives and your asking the questions that the rest of us are to afraid to

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-24 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Thanks for the reply; although, as I am not Bulgarian (as my Bulgarian wife of 25 years never stops reminding me: "If you were Bulgarian I never would have married you. This, of course, is a highly ambiguous statement which may be interpreted in a number of ways . . .) you don't need to stretch

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-24 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Interesting, although the Apple checkmark (option-v) returns empty. I really like that checkmark! Bob S > On Feb 24, 2017, at 08:47 , David V Glasgow via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thanks for that reminder. I had forgotten about mactoISO(). Field >

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-24 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
Thanks for that reminder. I had forgotten about mactoISO(). Field population isn’t from a custom property, but I have had oddities in another project which are probably exactly that. At least I can fix that! Cheers, David G > On 23 Feb 2017, at 12:31 am, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-24 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
I think you are correct, Richmond. Blagodarya vi mnogo (transliteration from vague memory, so apologies if mangled). Best wishes, David Glasgow > On 22 Feb 2017, at 2:04 pm, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Frankly I would just take a look at

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-22 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 2/22/17 7:15 AM, David V Glasgow via use-livecode wrote: I have a group displaying a number of single character fields which can be clicked on to populate other fields. Essentially a pick list. One of the options is the null set character ( the O with a line through it, U+2205). I have

Re: Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-22 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Frankly I would just take a look at the Unicode convention's guff: U+2205 is a sort of "O" with a slanted line through it: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2205/index.htm http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf If you stare at this PDF long enough you might get a free trip

Null symbol cross platform

2017-02-22 Thread David V Glasgow via use-livecode
Hello, folks. I already posted this, but no response. I have a bit more informations and new areas of confusion, so I thought I would try again. I have a group displaying a number of single character fields which can be clicked on to populate other fields. Essentially a pick list. One of