Details on how the Message Box behaves, which explains the seeming
anomaly and is perhaps just fun to know (esp. if you ever want to write
a drop-in Message Box replacement):
https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9=34903#p198108
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The message box is not a container. It’s a stack. A stack that tracks global
properties, global variables, pending messages and stacks in use actively. It
stands to reason then that it has to be either in the message path somehow. I’m
not sure how that affects things, but I have noticed while
> On 10 Nov 2020, at 11:14 pm, Craig newman via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> So then LC knows when the message box is about to be the target, and
> therefore acts differently than with any other container. The actual already
> executed command "put" is left stranded, unrequited, because the
t;
> Craig
>
> -Original Message-
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
> Of Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2020 12:04 PM
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> mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>
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d is girding itself to access it??
Odd.
Craig
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From: Craig newman [mailto:cr...@starfirelighting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:35 PM
To: 'How to use LiveCode'
Subject: RE: The Most Stupid Question Ever?
I am switching between the forum discussion about th
v.com] On Behalf
Of Roger Guay via use-livecode
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 3:55 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Roger Guay
Subject: Re: The Most Stupid Question Ever?
Weirder of Weider???
R
> On Nov 10, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
wr
Weirder of Weider???
R
> On Nov 10, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Wierder than you think.
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Subject: Re: The Most Stupid Question Ever?
I have seen this sort of thing before with the wait command. Very frustrating.
Apparently Livecode is not *strictly* single threaded.
Bob S
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I have seen this sort of thing before with the wait command. Very frustrating.
Apparently Livecode is not *strictly* single threaded.
Bob S
> On Nov 8, 2020, at 22:31 , Roger Guay via use-livec
I have seen this sort of thing before with the wait command. Very frustrating.
Apparently Livecode is not *strictly* single threaded.
Bob S
> On Nov 8, 2020, at 22:31 , Roger Guay via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Mark. You’re very kind! And very helpful. I do remember now how
>
Thank you, Mark. You’re very kind! And very helpful. I do remember now how one
needs to wait with messages.
Roger
> On Nov 8, 2020, at 9:05 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> On 11/8/20 8:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
>> On 11/8/20 6:57 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode
On 11/8/20 8:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
On 11/8/20 6:57 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
Please tell me why this doesn’t work:
...and that is, btw, hardly a stupid question.
You want stupid you'll have to get in line after me.
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On 11/8/20 6:57 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
Please tell me why this doesn’t work:
on mouseUp
put "start"
wait for 5 seconds
put "stop"
end mouseUp
“start” never appears in the message box and after 5 seconds, “stop” appears
The wait command is blocking
Please tell me why this doesn’t work:
on mouseUp
put "start"
wait for 5 seconds
put "stop"
end mouseUp
“start” never appears in the message box and after 5 seconds, “stop” appears
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