Re: Script Editor CTD

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Hm. I'm also using a widget spinner. Anyone else? How do we know it keeps going when hidden? On 6/27/19 5:35 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: For those who have been encountering CutThroatDesparados while stepping through the script editor, For those who have been encountering

CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Lagi Pittas via use-livecode
Just in Case i'm the only one who doesn't have an official meaning of CTD. Can I ask, does it Mean Crash To Desktop? I searched the uselist and lo and behold the earliest use of it is by Bob, answered by Peter Brett - and Peter seemed to know what it means. So by a process of induction

Re: Script Editor CTD

2019-06-28 Thread hh via use-livecode
> JLG wrote: > Hm. I'm also using a widget spinner. Anyone else? How do we > know it keeps going when hidden? See the LCB code: The spinner widget updates every 0.3 seconds, whether visible or not. Instead of hiding you could delete it when done. ___

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 5:02 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: Crash To Desktop? Yes. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Script Editor CTD

2019-06-28 Thread Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode
Or you can create a custom version of the widget and change line 88 from being a constant to a parameter we can set and then we can make it slower or faster as we wish. Don't forget to change the refresh code in line 163. Sean Cole On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 10:52, hh via use-livecode <

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Is that different from a just plain crash? > On Jun 28, 2019, at 5:52 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 6/28/2019 5:02 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode wrote: >> Crash To Desktop? > Yes. > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list >

Re: Script Editor CTD

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Thanks. In that case I'm going back to an animated gif. I'm not sure the spinner is a problem though, since the crashes only happen while debugging. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 28, 2019 4:54:24 AM hh via

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I've not looked inside the OSX app bundle, but on Windows, the mainstack and its substacks are built into the EXE. What I am calling an "external" stack is a regular livecode stack, separate from the Windows EXE that is opened by a script in the built standalone (EXE). As in: open stack

Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread Glen Bojsza via use-livecode
Hello, Is there a way to us LC shell to do commands as administrator? thanks, Glen ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Too funny. While I'm not so fond of either management or Crash, I'm glad I started this thread. On the whole though, freah crashes are better than canned. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 28, 2019 11:16:31 AM Devin

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 6/28/19 10:21 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Too funny. While I'm not so fond of either management or Crash, I'm glad I started this thread. On the whole though, freah crashes are better than canned. Every crash is sacred. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread dunbarx--- via use-livecode
Hi. So much fun. Change the handler to this: local pointsListon mouseDown  show btn 1 at "200,200"  set the points of grc 1 to "0,0" & comma & the loc of btn 1  put the points of grc 1 into pointsList  trackButtonend mouseDown on trackButton  if the optionKey is down then exit to top -- exit

Re: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Do the same thing, but use a polygon and add points. > On Jun 28, 2019, at 12:21 PM, General 2018 via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi , > > Thanks , so nearly - I have a line that follows the object from the top left > corner. > > What I need is just like drawing with a pen , the object being

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 2:08 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Paul Dupuis wrote: > We have an app we're porting to LC9 (currently doing internal beta > builds under LC9.0.5rc1) that we're seeing some weirdness when > external stacks are opened by the standalone. > > This is happening under OSX.

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 12:48 PM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote: I don't know if this is related or not... I have seen the rectangle of the window off by a similar amount when it overlaps the LiveCode IDE toolbar. This is occurring in a a standalone, so I don't think the IDE toolbar is

Re: Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
There is a note on open process in the Dictionary that says that on OS X systems you can start an application but not a Unix process, so I suppose the LiveCode app intermediary must be needed. However, I have a vague memory of running a CLI program from open process, but I don't remember how. I

Re: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Double click to stop drawing? Rick > On Jun 28, 2019, at 4:16 PM, dunbarx--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Not sure how you want to stop drawing. Let me know how you decide that. > Craig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Tore Nilsen via use-livecode
What good have the crashes ever done to us? Tore Nilsen > 28. jun. 2019 kl. 19:40 skrev Mark Wieder via use-livecode > : > > On 6/28/19 10:21 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: >> Too funny. While I'm not so fond of either management or Crash, I'm glad I >> started this thread. >> On

Re: anyone still using altMobileResizer?

2019-06-28 Thread JJS via use-livecode
Thanks Matthias, will check it out in a few days, because it is getting really hot here you know. Tommorow i'll go to The Hague and sunday i will be probably lying in my swimming pool the whole day in the backyard. It's not so big but good enough (2x3mtr) :) Ciao! Jerry Op 27-6-2019 om

Re: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread dunbarxx via use-livecode
Bad formatting. Which is why I so like the forums. Anywa: local pointsList on mouseDown show btn 1 at "200,200" set the points of grc 1 to "0,0" & comma & the loc of btn 1 put the points of grc 1 & return into pointsList trackButton end mouseDown on trackButton if the optionKey is

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Oh that is interesting. Still, I can see one use case where separating them is a good thing. There have been times I made a change to one or two substacks, and only needed to replace the versions from the "Standalone" with the new one(s). Also, if a stack is a part of the EXE, aren't the read

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
I don't know if this is related or not... I have seen the rectangle of the window off by a similar amount when it overlaps the LiveCode IDE toolbar. > On Jun 28, 2019, at 9:54 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode > wrote: > > > Paul: > > > LiveCode thinks the mouse is about 30-40 pixels

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Paul Dupuis wrote: > We have an app we're porting to LC9 (currently doing internal beta > builds under LC9.0.5rc1) that we're seeing some weirdness when > external stacks are opened by the standalone. > > This is happening under OSX. We've not seen it (so far) under Windows, > but most of our

Re: Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 1:23 PM, Glen Bojsza via use-livecode wrote: Hello, Is there a way to us LC shell to do commands as administrator? thanks, Glen ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 6/28/19 10:35 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: I'm under the impression that in a standalone, ALL stacks besides the one in the executable are external stacks. That is, the Standalone Builder will copy any substacks to a folder as individual stacks. Even in a MacOS standalone, the

Re: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread dunbarx--- via use-livecode
A million ways to escape. One could substitute this for the optionKey the line: if the mouse  is down then...end if That assumes that the drawing is always done with the mouse held down. Not sure about that. And since "send in time" releases control to the machine constantly, one could add an

RE: Draw a line that follows an object

2019-06-28 Thread General 2018 via use-livecode
Hi , Thanks , so nearly - I have a line that follows the object from the top left corner. What I need is just like drawing with a pen , the object being the tip. Where the object moves a line is drawn and remains like ink. Regards Camm -Original Message- From: use-livecode

Re: Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Can't u do it your stack is run as administrator? and can't you force admin permissions using the UAC control in standalone settings? On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 2:54 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 6/28/2019 1:23 PM, Glen Bojsza via use-livecode wrote: >

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
Bob belabored, > I thought ALL developers knew what that meant! :-) Some of us just call it, “Damnit!” 9.5 is doing a *lot* of damniting . . . ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
On Jun 28, 2019, at 8:24 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: > > When the standalone opens the external stack (which could be in an older > stack file format), when the mouse is in the external stack window, LiveCode > thinks the mouse is about 30-40 pixels ABOVE where the mouse actual

Re: Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
dar delivered, > > There is a note on open process in the Dictionary that says that on OS X > systems you can start an application but not a Unix process, Tha’ts not right: From the message box, put shell("pwd") Yields /Applications/LiveCode Business 9.5.0 (dp 1).app (Under Catalna)

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode
Well, I wasn't expecting the Scripting, Edit, Save, Crash question. Hahaa! Nobody suspects the Scripting, Edit, Save, Crash question. Our chief weapon is SURPRISE...surprise and FEAR...fear and surprise Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY Our *three* weapons

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Paul Dupuis wrote: > Thank you for possible conforming, but this is not seen in the IDE. > Jut in the built Standalone. It is also very clear that LiveCode > thinks the mouse is 20-40 pixels towards the top of the window than > it actually is. > If I want to click on a button, I don't put the

Group misbehavior in 9.5

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
I can’t come up with a recipe for this one, either . . . When using the group editor and cutting a subgroup, it seems not to lose all of its information. I then paste back in, and it frequently becomes part of its prior owner, and sometimes part of another group. So if I edit group A, and

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
Dar delivered, > Only those who write code that crashes. ;-) Uhm, don’t all of us here use livecode? 4-5 times an hour for 9.5 at the moment . . . fortunately, I have an autosave every 30 seconds when not in the group editor . . . And I never did get 6 to stay up long enough to use (or to

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 8:04 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Jun 28, 2019, at 8:24 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: When the standalone opens the external stack (which could be in an older stack file format), when the mouse is in the external stack window, LiveCode thinks the mouse is

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I'm not sure it's the same thing but even on a single screen the app browser gets out of sync. If you right click on the right hand pane and select "refresh" it fixes itself. I see this frequently when editing groups. The same thing happens, but less frequently, on the left hand side, like

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 6/28/2019 6:47 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Also, if a stack is a part of the EXE, aren't the read only? In other words, you cannot save things like properties by saving the stack? Correct. But not a problem for our app as they are full desktop apps that read and write a

Re: anyone still using altMobileResizer?

2019-06-28 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
J jbied, > . It's not so big but good enough (2x3mtr) :) I sure hope that that’s the pool and not the yard . . . :) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Using shell as administrator on Windows 10

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Ah, I neglected to emphasize "open process" in contrast with "shell". > On Jun 28, 2019, at 6:30 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode > wrote: > > > dar delivered, >> >> There is a note on open process in the Dictionary that says that on OS X >> systems you can start an application but not a Unix

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Those are good reasons to separate the substacks from the mainstack. If you don't plan to save changes to them, leave them attached. They open faster that way, which is particularly noticeable on mobile. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software |

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I thought ALL developers knew what that meant! :-) Bob S > On Jun 28, 2019, at 02:02 , Lagi Pittas via use-livecode > wrote: > > Just in Case i'm the only one who doesn't have an official meaning of CTD. > > Can I ask, does it Mean Crash To Desktop? > > I searched the uselist and lo and

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread dsc--- via use-livecode
Ah. I looked it up. (Should have done that first.) A CTD is a crash without a dialog box explaining the crash or even indicating a crash. I have gotten that. Recently in 9.5.0 DP1, the IDE got a memory error, then the crash reporter got the same error, and then something else deeper got the

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Like I said, ALL developers. :-) Bob S > On Jun 28, 2019, at 08:06 , Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode > wrote: > > Only those who write code that crashes. ;-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
We have an app we're porting to LC9 (currently doing internal beta builds under LC9.0.5rc1) that we're seeing some weirdness when external stacks are opened by the standalone. This is happening under OSX. We've not seen it (so far) under Windows, but most of our initial QA testing is done

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Martin Koob via use-livecode
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode > wrote: > > Edit Script Save and Crash - it doesn't have as much crash in it as Crash > Script Edit and Crash. We do have some Crash, Edit script and Crash; Edit script, Crash, Save and Crash; Crash,

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hmmm... I'm under the impression that in a standalone, ALL stacks besides the one in the executable are external stacks. That is, the Standalone Builder will copy any substacks to a folder as individual stacks. Even in a MacOS standalone, the package that is the app can be opened and you will

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
Code To Die On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 07:52 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I thought ALL developers knew what that meant! :-) > > Bob S > > > > On Jun 28, 2019, at 02:02 , Lagi Pittas via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Just in

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
Only those who write code that crashes. ;-) > On Jun 28, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I thought ALL developers knew what that meant! :-) > > Bob S > > >> On Jun 28, 2019, at 02:02 , Lagi Pittas via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Just in Case i'm the only

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Dar: > Is that different from a just plain crash? Anyone trying to abstain from crash (e) could try the Edit Script Save and Crash - it doesn't have as much crash in it as Crash Script Edit and Crash. Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy Custom Software Development "Better Methods, Better

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode
As I grab my chest and stagger, I realize that I have been bumped up to management. > On Jun 28, 2019, at 9:09 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Like I said, ALL developers. :-) > > Bob S > > >> On Jun 28, 2019, at 08:06 , Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode >> wrote: >>

Re: LC905rc1 Standalone Weirdness with External Stacks

2019-06-28 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Paul: > LiveCode thinks the mouse is about 30-40 pixels ABOVE where > the mouse actual is. I've seen something similar with the mouse clicking at an offset. Can't recall the context at the moment, or whether any external stacks were involved - but I'll let you know when I remember! Best

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 6/28/19 8:30 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Edit Script Save and Crash - it doesn't have as much crash in it as Crash Script Edit and Crash. We do have some Crash, Edit script and

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 6/28/19 8:47 AM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode wrote: As I grab my chest and stagger, I realize that I have been bumped up to management. I'm not sure that's "up". -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Martin Koob via use-livecode
Regards, Martin Koob > On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:59 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 6/28/19 8:30 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote: >> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode >>> wrote: >>> >>> Edit Script Save and

Re: CTD meaning?

2019-06-28 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
>> On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:59 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> On 6/28/19 8:30 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote: >>> Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:17 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: Edit Script Save and Crash - it doesn't have