Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: >> Richard G. wrote: >> On disk the Linux build of CEF takes up 135 MBs, and like any >> browser I would imagine it more than doubles RAM requirements >> for an app using it. > > I would even give a full Gigabyte of RAM if this could make the > browser widget work on linux ... I've

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Richard G. wrote: > On disk the Linux build of CEF takes up 135 MBs, and like any browser I > would imagine it more than doubles RAM requirements for an app using it. I would even give a full Gigabyte of RAM if this could make the browser widget work on linux ...

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Roger Eller wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind >> >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. ... >> It's great when you truly need an embedded web browser, but for

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Roger Eller via use-livecode
This is really the first mention I've seen of the resource requirements of certain widgets. Assuming that overhead is minimal just because it is so darn easy to add to a stack will be our downfall. :) ~Roger On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. > > Right, but only to a certain degree. > > LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the > javascript of a browser widget. > >

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Roger Eller via use-livecode
jonathandly...@gmail.com; hh <h...@hyperhh.de> > Subject: Re: AW: vertical text? > > Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :) > > I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way. > > > > Sent from my iPhone >

RE: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Paul Richards via use-livecode
Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode Sent: 12 April 2017 16:14 To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: jonathandly...@gmail.com; hh <h...@hyperhh.de> Subject: Re: AW: vertical t

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :) I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:37 AM, hh via use-livecode wrote: >> Jonathan L. wrote: >> This is also easy

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Jonathan L. wrote: > This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind > the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. Right, but only to a certain degree. LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the javascript of a browser widget. The very basic widget

Re: AW: vertical text?

2017-04-12 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:02 AM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Tiemo, > > LC Script gives you only the possibility to have a