Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 07/28/2017 10:33 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: And again, those refinements to the mobile-specific items in the New Stack menu are a separate matter from settable dimensions for the Default size. In practice, new and old users alike will learn as soon as they start laying out

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Richmond Mathewson wrote: > On 7/28/17 7:01 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> Am I the only one who doesn't make all of his stacks the same size? :) > > No, you're not . . . > > *BUT*, imagine working for an employer who had fixated on a set size; > things would be a lot quicker if

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-07-28 20:12, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 7/28/17 12:35 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-07-28 19:33, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: That being said Ali has been looking at this - we don't want a repeat of the 8.1.6-RC-2 'balls-up' - and that

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Can we all have free T-shirts with "*the 8.1.6-RC-2 'balls-up'**" on them ? Love, Richmond. * On 7/28/17 9:12 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: On 7/28/17 12:35 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-07-28 19:33, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: That being said

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 7/28/17 12:35 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2017-07-28 19:33, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: That being said Ali has been looking at this - we don't want a repeat of the 8.1.6-RC-2 'balls-up' - and that was entirely down to a spelling error which *perhaps* would not

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
On 7/28/17 7:01 pm, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Am I the only one who doesn't make all of his stacks the same size? :) No, you're not . . . *BUT*, imagine working for an employer who had fixated on a set size; things would be a lot quicker if everytime one fired up LiveCode to

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-07-28 19:33, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: That being said Ali has been looking at this - we don't want a repeat of the 8.1.6-RC-2 'balls-up' - and that was entirely down to a spelling error which *perhaps* would not have happened had we had a more structured approach to

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-07-28 19:20, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: I haven't suggested we get rid of the device-oriented sizes, only questioning the utility of creating and maintaining a prefs setting for the Default size. Heh - well I perhaps got the wrong end of the stick of this thread then :)

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Waddingham wrote: > On 2017-07-28 18:01, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> But those seem pretty rare to me. On desktop my windows tend to be >> different sizes, and on mobile it's important that they be responsive >> to any screen size; in either case the specific dimensions at

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-07-28 18:01, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: But those seem pretty rare to me. On desktop my windows tend to be different sizes, and on mobile it's important that they be responsive to any screen size; in either case the specific dimensions at the moment of creation seem of

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Am I the only one who doesn't make all of his stacks the same size? :) I generally don't care what size they're created at. I resize them as I work by dragging the edges, as users do. In those cases where I need a fixed size, the specific dimensions are rarely discernible in advance,

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hallo Hermann, > Am 28.07.2017 um 17:18 schrieb hh via use-livecode > : > > Of course my "look-up" in the IDE: > > revIDENewMainstack max(,400),max(,400) > > is quick and dirty compared to the clever plugin-solution of Klaus: >

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 07/28/2017 02:50 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Is there a way to edit that menu PERMANENTLY so one can accommodate one's own sizes? not permanently, since this will be gone with every new version of LC. But why not create a plug-in? Nothing easier that that: Create a stack

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Default dimension is 400 (missing value) but if specified then 101 would be the smallest (if pHeight > 100 then...) > > On Jul 28, 2017 at 10:06 AM, (mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com)> wrote: > > > > Forget to remark: revIDENewMainstack 40,30 =

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread hh via use-livecode
Of course my "look-up" in the IDE: revIDENewMainstack max(,400),max(,400) is quick and dirty compared to the clever plugin-solution of Klaus: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2017-July/239883.html Sorry Klaus. I overlooked your post. I really write too much and read too

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread hh via use-livecode
Forget to remark: revIDENewMainstack 40,30 = revIDENewMainstack 400,400 because revIDENewMainstack yourWidth,yourHeight sets new width to the maximum of yourWidth and 400 sets new height to the maximum of yourHeight and 400 ___ use-livecode

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Richmond wrote: > From LiveCode 8.0 upwards when one wants a new stack one is given a > menu of choices for iPads, iPhones and so on. > Is there a way to edit that menu PERMANENTLY so one can accommodate > one's own sizes? Just type into the messageBox revIDENewMainstack , for example:

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2017-07-28 11:30, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote: From LiveCode 8.0 upwards when one wants a new stack one is given a menu of choices for iPads, iPhones and so on. Is there a way to edit that menu PERMANENTLY so one can accommodate one's own sizes? That is perhaps something we

Re: template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, > Am 28.07.2017 um 11:30 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > : > > From LiveCode 8.0 upwards when one wants a new stack one is given a menu > of choices for iPads, iPhones and so on. > > Is there a way to edit that menu PERMANENTLY so one >

template stacks

2017-07-28 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
From LiveCode 8.0 upwards when one wants a new stack one is given a menu of choices for iPads, iPhones and so on. Is there a way to edit that menu PERMANENTLY so one can accommodate one's own sizes? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list