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Re: Most obscure HC question

Can you explicitly set the text of the card in an openCard handler? Craig Newman Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode > wrote: > > I fear that the HyperCard group in Yahoo may be lost. Please let me know if > that isn’t true. > > But between you

Re: Wrapping Text

Check out the “donttWrap” and “formattedWidth” properties. Craig > On Jul 22, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Terence Heaford via use-livecode > wrote: > > If you have a field with one long word that is wider than the field it does > not wrap, it truncates. > > Is there a solution to this? > > > Thanks

Re: Wrapping Text

is not the same as adding carriage returns in the necessary places. Craig > On Jul 22, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Check out the “donttWrap” and “formattedWidth” properties. > > Craig > >> On Jul 22, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Terence Heafor

Re: Wrapping Text

will set you straight. > On Jul 22, 2020, at 9:05 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Craig, > >> Am 22.07.2020 um 14:56 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode >> mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >> >> Hi. >> >> Sorr

RE: Plotting Equations that Bifurcate

Hi. Aren't the points of your two bifurcated lines comprised of the endpoint of the "main" line, a comma, and then a line containing two new items? In other words, if your main line has the points: 34,149 235,149 then one of the bifurcated lines might have points, say: 235,149 335,249 and the

RE: The Most Stupid Question Ever?

Not stupid. Wierder than you think. Substitute "field 1" for the message box. Works just fine, like it ought to. 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

RE: The Most Stupid Question Ever?

I am switching between the forum discussion about this and here. The plain old wait command, (without "with messages") works fine when the target field is on another stack. So it not the fact that the field is not "local". There is something about the message box itself, ostensibly just a stack, t

RE: The Most Stupid Question Ever?

"Send in time". Hmmm So the line "put start" is actually delayed until after the wait command, er, starts, and gets stuck there? And if one uses "wait with messages" that stuck command can worm its way out and back into play? So then LC knows when the message box is about to be the target, an

RE: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

Hi. I made an oval graphic and set the backGroundPattern to the ID of a random image I imported to the card. It filled the grc perfectly. Do you have a screenshot of what you are seeing? Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf

RE: filter

Klaus. I use "filter" here and there, mostly with regex or wildCards. But nothing works for me either,: Filter yourText with "[" Filter yourText where each contains "[" Not sure what is going on. Where is Thieery? Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun..

RE: Getting a real number from scientific notation

Klaus. Old fashioned way: Set the numberFormat to "0" Answer "4.21911E+11" + 0 Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Klaus major-k via use-livecode Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 3:48 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Klau

RE: Getting a real number from scientific notation

Nope. The "numberFormat" property is perfectly happy with quotes around its formatExpression. It is also perfectly happy without it. But I always use quotes for things like this. Craig -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Ro

RE: lock screen

Something else you might want to to know, though it may only be academic. LockScreen commands are queued. So if you lock the screen twice, you have to explicitly unlock twice in order to clear the locked state. It does not matter what happens in the flow of code in terms of screen locking, whe

RE: Smooth scrolling

On a Mac, I made a field with 25000 words or so. Certainly dragging the thumb is jerky. But dragging the thumb forces the field's scroll to track the thumbPos, as it relates to the number of lines and the total "pixel" travel available to that thumb. I don't see how a field could scroll smoothly

Re: sort container parameters

I thought I was pretty clever at using “do”, often going down several levels, evaluating the whole way before trying to execute a single “do” statement. Neither of the last lines seem to work: on mouseup put "A,C,T,B" into toSort put "ascending" into sortDir get "sort items of" && quote & t

Re: numberformat question

Check out this thread in the forum: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25132&p=130985&hilit=longadd#p130985 Craig > On Mar 21, 2021, at 7:34 AM, jbv via use-livecode > wrote: > > Paul, Sean,

Re: Set and get dgData and dgText delay

I have seen this here and there for years, and having nothing to do with dataGrids per se. A handler will fail to run, but will step through in the debugger without issue. This usually resolves, and I never know why. Craig > On Mar 24, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Pi Digital via use-livecode > wrote:

Re: mouseenter/mouseleave and pointer tool

Klaus. I have always seen this. It does seem a little odd,, though. You can always place something like this wherever you need to, but I know your question is “Why do I need to” on mouseEnter if the tool = "browse tool" then pass mouseEnter end mouseEnter Craig > On Mar 29, 2021, at 6:31

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

I have been following this thread with interest, and have no idea what anyone is talking about. I make and update standalones regularly on my Mac, and distribute them to many Windows and Mac desktop users in my company. All for “personal’ use. Somewhere in the middle of all this, I thought that

Re: New(?) Idea for Standalones

Roger. For about eight users in my business I distribute standalones for desktop only, both Mac and Windows versions. These are developed on a Mac. Simple to update and make, simple to give away, simple to use. That is the aspect of this thread that I do not understand, perhaps misreading that

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

Hi. Do you mean something like “replace “then put” with “then /“ & return & “put” in yourScript? > On Apr 3, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just wondering if there is a way of replacing using cr in the find/replace > panel of the script editor. For

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

Of course you have to extract the script first (it is a property) then work it, then reset the property/ Craig > On Apr 3, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just wondering if there is a way of replacing using cr in the find/replace > panel of the scri

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

I understand why this will not work directly from the Find/Replace in the SE. That function does not know how to repace a semiColon with an actual return char. But a button somewhere, or a plug-in if that is more convenient, with a very simple handler can. (Pseudo) get the script of the object

Re: Checking the Milliseconds

Hi. I rand this a few times on an iMac 3.2Ghz Intel I5 I got very consistent counts, averaging 2605, and most count deviating very little from that value Craig > On Apr 8, 2021, at 1:24 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 4/7/21 9:38 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: >> I he

Re: Find Replace in Script Editor with cr

Anyone remember Amthony Black? Craig > On Apr 7, 2021, at 9:27 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nice to hear from you > Sean > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 at 02:02, John Balgenorth via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> GO SCREW YOURSELF! >> >> JB >> >>> O

Re: Android splash and icon

Security stuff aside, the comedian Gary Gulman asserts that the phone is the least used app on his phone. Craig > On Apr 19, 2021, at 2:20 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > It's unlikely if the phone makes no calls, doesn't download any apps, and has > location, targeted ads,

Re: Complete Crash or Engine Hang: which is better?

Mark. Am I understanding that you can paste text from textEdit into a LC field, and that renders the field unusable? I see nothing like this. I rarely actually do that, though now and then use textEdit as a scratchpad to then load into a field. Is this actually something you see all the time?

Re: Implementing UNDO

Klaus. What are you doing here on the dark side?? Do you mean something like this, with a field and a button? in the card script: on textChanged set the currentText of this cd to fld 1 end textChanged on undoText get the currentText of this cd delete the last word of it set the text of f

Re: Message Sent when Closing Stack

Several are sent: “closeCard" “closeStack” “closeStackRequest” Crag > On Jun 10, 2021, at 12:59 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > We have gone around about this before, but I still cannot get this to work. I > need to know if there is a message sent when a user click

Re: Most streamlined method to get data

Hi. I s the value you want always in the last line? If so, that dollar sign is always in a place that can be referenced: set the itemDel to “$” put the last item of the last line of yourCommaInfestedData into eureka replace quote with empty in eureka Craig > On Jul 29, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Skip

Re: Most streamlined method to get data

Looking at this again, two seconds later, you may also want to; replace comma with empty in eureka Craig > On Jul 29, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Skip Kimpel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have a variable that contains: > > ,Name,,,Quantity,Total,,,Percent > > ,Dine In,,,189,"$4,812.71",,,57.

Re: Most streamlined method to get data

Ugh. I really do not like the format of the use-list. Anyway, don’t just replace comma with empty. Do it to the trailing commas only. This can be done in several ways. Craig > On Jul 29, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Skip Kimpel via use-livecode > wrote: > > I have a variable that contains: > > ,Name,

Re: Most streamlined method to get data

"Nice solution Colin!” Agreed. Have to get down with these fancy new gadgets. Craig > On Jul 29, 2021, at 10:22 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode > wrote: > > Nice solution Colin! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

Re: List fields question...

I had made a suggestion (Forum, “Message Watcher Enhancement”) that the message watcher have the ability to not only ignore certain messages, but to allow only certain messages. I am amazed this got no traction from anyone. It would also be terrific to only allow only those containing, say, the

Re: Hard case

You must not include quotes in the answer line. That will always simply return the string "xItem contains @“ But losing those quotes does indeed return “true”. Craig > On Aug 12, 2021, at 6:24 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > > put "@ " into xItem > > switch > > case (xItem

Re: Hard case

Hi. The parentheses around your case statement: case (xitem contains "@“) are fine, though unnecessary, unless you just like them for readability. I just wanted to point out that in the line: > answer "xItem contains @" The quotes are not merely superfluous, rather, they must not be there at

Re: Property inspector opening with wrong object

Hi. I have never seen this on my Mac. How do you open the inspector? By double-clicking a selected object when with the pointer tool? By selecting from the “Object” menu? Craig > On Aug 24, 2021, at 11:39 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode > wrote: > > Has anyone else experienced this? It

Re: Property inspector opening with wrong object

MouseOver? Perhaps, mouseChunk or mouseCharChunk? And you ask for the number of words from char 1 to word 4 of either of those functions? Craig > On Aug 25, 2021, at 12:48 PM, KOOB via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Neville > > I have started noticing this as well recently. I haven’t bothere

Re: setting the dragImage under LC 9.6.3

Hi. I have done this sort of thing for decades, starting with HC. But I used an invisible field to “carry” the line of interest, not an image. I do not know if this will help your issue. If you need a description of that let me know. Craig > On Aug 25, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-liv

Is the Forum down?

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Re: Is the Forum down?

27;s has several > entries. I responded to a few over the weekend. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On September 13, 2021 8:45:40 AM Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: >

Re: IDE line number doesn't update

I am on a Mac. Ever since the red dot issue was resolved a few versions ago I have seen none of these issues. I go back and forth from a handful of stacks to the SE without anything noticeable popping up to bother me. My longest single script anywhere is about 2000 lines. Craig > On Sep 22, 20

Re: Strange script error - pass openStack

Hi. You are getting the error message in the message box? If I make a new stack and place your handler in the card script, I will indeed get an error in the message box if I just invoke “openStack” directly. Of course, if I “send openStack to this card” all works fine. Placing a red dot shoul

Re: Strange closeStack behavior

Hi. Maybe just before the closeStackRequest line, ask for the topStack. Is it possible the mainStack is somehow in front? Craig > On Oct 1, 2021, at 6:22 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > Very strange. I have a substance belonging to a mainstack that has LOTS of >

Re: Stack with the same name loop

RE: the “purge/save/cancel” thing. I see this exactly twice whenever I build a standalone for a particular project. Even in a new session, if the first thing I do is build a standalone from the splash stack, I will twice get a dialog during the process asking me the three questions. I always “p

Re: Number of items

It is indeed a feature, and just requires remembering how LC (and HC before it, from the beginning) treat how items are counted. Craig > On Oct 25, 2021, at 11:06 AM, Pi Digital via use-livecode > wrote: > > It’s not a bug. It’s a feature. And a welcome one, too. We just have to > handle it

Re: Accessing array custom properties

Hi. An array variable is just a variable, it is not a property. You cannot “make” one into the other. So, basically, put the pArrayName[pElementName] of button “button” is just syntax that does not exist in the lexicon, for the above reason. Craig > On Oct 25, 2021, at 11:18 PM, Neville Smyt

Re: Mudslinging and consequences - a change to our policy

There are an infinite number of infinities, and many can be ordered in terms of their “size”. The problem is you need an infinite number of Alephs to talk about them all. The real question is can one talk about all those infinites in an Aleph null number of ticks? Craig > On Oct 28, 2021, at 1

Re: Message Tracer

Message Watcher? AHA. My one entry into the "bug” pollI was to complain about random crashes of LC itself now and then. Not likely to have that solved anytime soon. But I am tempted to categorizes as a bug a sorely missing feature of the message watcher: In the Forum "https://forums.livecode.

Re: Message Tracer/IDE Crash Recipes

Curry. It always happens in the IDE when I am working on my largest desktop project, an eight year old mainStack that contains six substacks. I work on that project only on my main office computer. Invariably I am fooling around between the SE and the mainStack. It has never happened when I am

Re: Message Tracer

Curry. Just crashed, Again, working in the IDE, SE open, fixing and enhancing. Saved fairly recently, so only a minor hassle. Craig > On Oct 29, 2021, at 12:28 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > Has anyone written something that will trace the flow of

Re: Message Tracer/IDE Crash Recipes

Curry. I never minimize the SE, if that is the required starting point of the bug. Craig > On Oct 29, 2021, at 10:48 PM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode > wrote: > > > Craig: > > > The project will run fine for months, in constant use, > > but then crash. Not reproducible as far as I can

Re: Count Up Timer?

Sheesh. This is just another great example why the Forum is so much better a venue than this list. It would take a lot of work to reformat the OP’s code example into something workable in the SE. Craig > On Nov 1, 2021, at 6:29 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > You want the conve

Re: Count Up Timer?

Mark. “... unless the person was born after 1 January 1970." Check out the thread “When was the big bang?” on the forum: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26619&p=138530&hilit=big+bang#p138530 Craig > On Nov 2, 2021, at 11:43 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 11

Re: Count Up Timer?

t; >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> On 11/2/21 8:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: >>>> Mark. >>>> >>>> “... unless the person was born after 1 January 1970." >>>> >>>> Check out the t

Re: Annoying pop-up message

Is this anything like the “Lipo” dialogs I get now every time I make a standalone? There is a thread on the Forum about this: https://forums.livecode.com/search.php?keywords=lipo Craig > On Nov 18, 2021, at 4:48 AM, matthias rebbe via use

Re: Annoying pop-up message

Or: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=35607&p=203599&hilit=lipo#p203599 Craig > On Nov 18, 2021, at 4:48 AM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > wrote: > > This can be caused by an installed prog

Re: variable window not applying changes

@Bernd. " double-click on the icon in the varialble line:” What icon? Do you mean the small box-with-arrow icon that appears when a multi-line variable is present in the lower list? @James. I am on a Mac, but have never had a change made in the external variable window (certainly a stack) th

Re: screen resolution and stack height

Hi. The 4:3 ratio, unless I completely do not understand any of this, is not pertinent to a desktop app. It was for viewing film and TV back in the day when there was much less flexibility in display screen technology. Much less. The monitors I see around me are all anything but 4:3. I have one

Fwd: screen resolution and stack height

Sloppy. My ratio is approx. 2:4 > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Craig Newman via use-livecode > Subject: Re: screen resolution and stack height > Date: December 2, 2021 at 9:24:41 AM EST > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: Craig Newman > Reply-To: How to use LiveCod

Fwd: screen resolution and stack height

Here is a neat article: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-4-3-aspect-ratio/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Craig Newman via use-livecode > Subject: Re: screen resolution and stack height > Date: December 2, 2021 at 9:24:41 AM EST > To: How to use LiveCode

Forum Down?

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Re: Forum Down?

Hmmm. Still cannot. Will wait a while and see… Craig > On Dec 9, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Craig, > >> Am 09.12.2021 um 16:11 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode >> : >> >> Could not connect as of last evenin

Re: Forum Down?

OK. All back to normal, Funny how annoyed I get when a modern miracle does not quite perform the way I want it to. Craig > On Dec 9, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Craig, > >> Am 09.12.2021 um 16:11 schrieb Craig Newman via use-liveco

Re: open socket on start up and can't close

ROBERT EPPICH? If you are the person I think you are, do you know that I still manage a dozen OS9 Macs on a network using Hypercard and Epsitalk? Do you have other posts on either the LiveCode forums or this use-list? I have never seen your name... Craig Newman > On Dec 15, 2021, at 2:26 PM,

Re: open socket on start up and can't close

Curry. "A few regulars - but many others who work/lurk! :)" I see that. Robert Eppich, back in the ’90’s, way before sockets, sold a product called “Epsitalk”. This was HC based, and essentially used the now deprecated “send message to program”. This was listed as a keyword, not a command, in

Re: open socket on start up and can't close

enues is the first thing I do in the morning. Craig > On Dec 16, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Curry. > > "A few regulars - but many others who work/lurk! :)" > > I see that. > > Robert Eppich, back in the ’90’s, way befo

Re: open socket on start up and can't close

Curry. Surely you are right. I just remember when HC was on the ropes, and wish that the LC Forum was so full of posts that I never have to do my actual job. I can just kibitz there all day long. It would mean that the world finally gets what LC offers. Craig > On Dec 16, 2021, at 11:16 AM, C

Re: Smile for Christmas.

I play a lot of scrabble. One of the most endearing short words (Scrabble is ALL about short words) in both the English and American lexicons is “CWM”, which is a forest hollow, is Welsh, and validates the old saw: “A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y and W”. Craig > On Dec 17, 2021, at 7:57 AM, H

Re: Smile for Christmas.

17, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode > wrote: > > Another super-useful and relevant scrabble word is EUOUAE, one of the > charmingly monikered 'vowel dumps'. Unfortunately not available in TWL so > only for UK scrabble play! > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021

Re: Smile for Christmas.

Welsh and Gaelic both translate the same. Heather. What is the difference? Is it a Scotland thing? Craig > On Dec 17, 2021, at 1:01 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Beth ydych chi'n ei olygu, fy ffrind? mae'r Gymraeg yn iaith hyfryd. Gyda >> dim ond y nifer cywir o lafariaid

Re: Open socket on start up and can't close

Robert. "I have epsiTalk under Livecode.” Whaaat?? How much do you want for it? I would love to be able to talk to other running LC machines with a skillset that I already have. When I first picked up LC, I immediately tested “send to program” (a command in LC, as it ought to be, not a keywor

Re: IDE behaviour MacOS

Hi. Do you mean sliders and scrollbars are missing from the tools palette? And an Answer dialog appears BEHIND a stack Cannot imagine any of this. I am on a Mac. What version OS? Craig > On Jan 4, 2022, at 12:35 PM, General 2018 via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi, > > On MacOS, If I cli

Re: OT: Wordle

Ali. Thanks. I am joining a support group to help me stop playing, and get back to Scrabble. But why limit the lexicon to so few words? Even TWL has over 8000 five-letter words, and SOWPODS many more. Craig > On Jan 7, 2022, at 10:37 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Very nice!

Re: OT: Wordle

Error, TWL has over 9000 five-letter words > On Jan 7, 2022, at 11:36 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ali. > > Thanks. > > I am joining a support group to help me stop playing, and get back to > Scrabble. > > But why limit the lexicon to so

Re: OT: Wordle

Ali. Smug as we Americans are, that is why we stick to our blinkered word list. There are just too many random strings of characters in CSW for our provincial taste. Craig > On Jan 7, 2022, at 11:36 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Ali. > > Thanks. &

Re: Lost the variables and errors panel in script editor

I use a second monitor rotated to a tall vertical to hold the SE. In going from LC to other places and back again, or whatever, the SE sometimes hasty be reset in terms of its rect and topLeft. This always works just fine. When you get the SE back in shape, note both those properties and reset

Re: Can I still change LC code?

Tom. There was a pretty long thread here about modifying those dialogs. They are just stacks, after all, but the IDE is protective of them. I think the upshot was that you can hack anything, but better to roll your own. These would be just stacks, after all, and you can start with a clean slate

Re: scripted Show tooltip not a thing?

You can do this. In a button script; on mouseenter set the tooltip of me to random(999) end mouseenter Now every time you move the cursor into that button, you get a new integer when you hover. Craig > On Jan 11, 2022, at 9:38 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi David, >

Re: Search & Replace

What Jacque said. If not on a Mac, it is in the “Edit” menu, “Find and Replace”. Craig > On Jan 12, 2022, at 11:44 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > If you're in the script editor you'll see different menus and cmd-F will > bring up the editor's Find which appears between the s

Re: Search & Replace

t;> Am 12.01.2022 um 20:00 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode >> mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >> >> What Jacque said. If not on a Mac, it is in the “Edit” menu, “Find and >> Replace”. > > I saw in the forum that Richmond is looking for the

Re: LC 9.6.6 oddities when showing/hiding text

Hi. Still annoyed at having to answer in the use-list as opposed to the Forum. I made a new stack with a button an a field. In the button script: on mouseUp hide fld 1 put "fld 1" into lFieldRef put “dissolve" into tEffect put "show "&lFieldRef&" with visual effect ""e&tEffect"e into tDo d

Re: Into the future

All. I am not sure I am following this thread correctly. Is the issue that some sort of certificate is now required for creating a standalone for desktop? Craig > On Feb 28, 2022, at 4:12 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode > wrote: > > Dealing with Apple certificates is the most onerous

Re: Paste no closeField

Hi. Why not use the “textChanged” message? That one would always fire if pasting text. Craig > On Mar 10, 2022, at 5:57 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > >> works with fields whose nam ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.ru

Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 222, Issue 8

I play Scrabble, not Boggle. Regardless of which dictionary people use, there are many more words of 8 - 10 characters than of 4 - 6 characters. Craig > On Mar 10, 2022, at 5:25 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode > wrote: > > > jacqui jawed, > > >> filter tHugeDict without regex pattern "[

Re: Paste no closeField

> that would be one way to do it. I clean up anything I drag or type into > fields, stripping all but printable ascii because OCR PDF files contain a lot > of crap that wreaks havoc with databases. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 11, 2022, at 05:56, Craig Newman via

Re: Windows 11 incompatible?

Hi. Do I understand that, on Windows, typing those keys males the frontmost window track the cursor??? Craig > On Mar 14, 2022, at 11:41 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Is there a Macintosh equivalent to that?? > > Bob S > > >> On Mar 13, 2022, at 14:56 , Colin Holgate via

Re: Windows 11 incompatible?

or Move in your language. > > >> On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:47 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> Do I understand that, on Windows, typing those keys makes the frontmost >> window track the cursor??? > > _

Re: destroystack/destroywindow not working?

I have seen this on Mac forever. I actually do not believe the “destroy” family of features does anything at all. Craig > On Mar 21, 2022, at 8:21 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all, > >> Am 21.03.2022 um 12:46 schrieb Klaus major-k via use-livecode >> : >> I have a stac

Re: Counting Syllables

I would think one would need a database that maps all words with the number of syllables in those words. I am sure some sort of algorithm would do a creditable job, but I bet it would not do a perfect job. For example, and embedded “eau” is usually one syllable, but a word such as “miaou” is two

Re: Counting Syllables

gt; Rick > >> “miaou” is two syllables > >> On Mar 21, 2022, at 10:56 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> I would think one would need a database that maps all words with the number >> of syllables in those words. I am sure some sor

Re: There is no TextEdit.app???

Bob. There is no way that the uppercase/lowercase difference in a character in a literal can have that sort of effect. Are you saying you can duplicate this??? Craig > On Mar 22, 2022, at 7:01 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode > wrote: > > Damn, I took a long time formatting that message so

Re: Counting Syllables

If you have a database at all, it would cost nothing much in speed to just use the whole thing all the time. Put the database into an array, of the form: “cat 1” "chicken 2” “elephant 3” ‘miaou 1" … The hard part is finding that database. It would take quite a while to build and finalize your ow

Re: Counting Syllables

wrote: > > Yes, that is where I’m at. An existing database would make things a lot > easier. > > Rick > >> On Mar 22, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> If you have a database at all, it would cost nothing much in speed to ju

Re: Counting Syllables

I am actually having trouble finding a dictionary “dump” that would provide a list of words along with a syllabic entry attached. If such a thing exists, we only need a dozen lines of code and ten minutes to create a database mapping each word to its syllable count. Anyone know of such a resour

Re: New user

Yes, welcome. Please know that there are two principal venues for LiveCode discussion. The other one (my personal favorite) is at: https://forums.livecode.com > On Mar 30, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 3/30/2022 9:50 AM, Guillaume Hédieu via use-livecode wro

Re: Confirm sort container order...

A way I have always used was developed back in the HC days. Assuming you have your list in the variable “yourList" sort lines of yourList by word 1 of each & word 2 of each & word 3 of each Nothing shows off the stable sort power of either HC or LC like that. Craig > On Mar 30, 2022, at 3:39

Re: Confirm sort container order...

I am assuming here that there are spaces separating the chars in your list. The use of “words” will also delimit if those are tase instead of spaces. But the method is worth exploring… Craig > On Mar 30, 2022, at 3:39 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > A B C > A A B > A B A > A A

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