Thanks to all who replied. With you help and some additional research
I came up with a solution.
Mac OS X bash shell only allows results from commands to be piped in
to another command, including sudo, not plain text. The solution is to
set a bash variable (pw=password) and echo the variable to pi
Is there a reason you cannot use the NOPASSWD option in sudo? Maybe this is
not how it works in OSX, but what you'd normally do is to edit /etc/sudoers
to allow this particular user to perform this particular command with the no
password option, and its done. If you do this, the command can be l
On 06/12/2010 12:08 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Is there a reason you cannot use the NOPASSWD option in sudo? Maybe this is
not how it works in OSX, but what you'd normally do is to edit /etc/sudoers
to allow this particular user to perform this particular command with the no
password option, an
Richard,
I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never
thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win
XP, building a standalone on a PC, zipping it and copying it over to a
Mac OS X Leopard machine. The standalone runs fine. Under which
circumst
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
I must have been lucky. If I zoom in a max,
my flag puts me just in front of my computer,
in the living room !
However, the flag doesn't tell me which way
I am facing . :>)
-Francis
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Richard,
I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never
thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win
XP, building a standalone on a PC, zipping it and copying it over to a
Mac OS X Leopard machine. Th
On 06/12/2010 12:30 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
I must have been lucky. If I zoom in a max,
my flag puts me just in front of my computer,
in the living room !
However, the flag doesn't tell me which way
I am facing . :>)
Considering Google seem to hav
Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
It's on my wall - love it !
I'm sure even Mendeleev would have loved it too !
But according to the rules, this means we can define
certain characteristics of character fonts that have
not yet been discovered .
:>)
-Francis
Peter,
That is a good suggestion if the application was not meant for mass
deployment. Otherwise each machine's sudoers file would have to be
edited accordingly, which would be a bummer for users that do not know
how to do so. And that is likely the majority of Mac users. I would
venture to say th
Hi Simon,
> The resize widget on the bottom right of my stack has a colour to it.
> It doesn't match the background of my stack. Is there any way to
> change this value? I've cobbled together a script to resize the stack
> by dragging an icon around but the result is less then snappy—it's
> down
Klaus, how would I target this resize widget? The closest thing I can
find in the dictionary is resizeControl which doesn't appear to be
what I thought it was.
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
>> The resize widget on the bottom right of my stack has a colour t
On the subject of creating *nix builds from windows I had a thought.
How difficult would it be to setup a virtualbox linux setup with a
simple script.. or even a rev app, that you feed a folder to, it will
copy it in to the linux virtual, set the execution bit zip it up, and
copy it back out into
Hi Simon,
> Klaus, how would I target this resize widget? The closest thing I can
> find in the dictionary is resizeControl which doesn't appear to be
> what I thought it was.
??? Sorry, don't know what you mean?
I "placed" that fully functional(!) widget from the "Object library" in my stack
r
No it does, but I have to say that Shao's external is one of the most
useful I've found so far. I wish there were more I could look at but
I'm having a hard time finding them all.
For instance, I'm DYING to have rounded corners on the bottom of my
stack but the only way to do this is with the "Me
Ok, I figured out what you're talking about. The Object Library is
something new to me since I last used MetaCard (never used RunRev
until a few weeks ago).
It works, but it's as sluggish as my two-liner code...the refresh rate
(even with lockscreen) is very noticeable.
drag grc "drag-handle"
se
Back from the dead (or very nearly):
Well:
I removed one of the hard disks in the G4 MDD from the cage that sits
over the heat sink; allowing me space to install an 80 mm 12 v fan
directly on top of the heat sink with those funny rubber doodahs to
keep it in place: power drawn from the HD cage s
Hi Simon,
> Ok, I figured out what you're talking about. The Object Library is
> something new to me since I last used MetaCard (never used RunRev
> until a few weeks ago).
>
> It works, but it's as sluggish as my two-liner code...the refresh rate
> (even with lockscreen) is very noticeable.
>
Has anyone ever successfully used a WDEF identifier? Is there a list
of available identifiers somewhere or do we still have to manually
look at the app resource and then set it in RunRev?
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I remember reading a suggestion on the list about creating a file with dummy
information to overwrite an existing file. This way the original file will be
zeroed out so there is nothing to undelete.
Unfortunately I can't find the email and was hoping that someone could clarify
how to do this.
On Jun 12, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> I remember reading a suggestion on the list about creating a file with dummy
> information to overwrite an existing file. This way the original file will be
> zeroed out so there is nothing to undelete.
>
> Unfortunately I can't find the email
Simon Lord wrote:
Ok, I figured out what you're talking about. The Object Library is
something new to me since I last used MetaCard (never used RunRev
until a few weeks ago).
It works, but it's as sluggish as my two-liner code...the refresh rate
(even with lockscreen) is very noticeable.
drag
Ok, huge difference. Thanks Jacque, that's another problem solved. :)
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:28 AM, J. Landman Gay
wrote:
> Simon Lord wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I figured out what you're talking about. The Object Library is
>> something new to me since I last used MetaCard (never used RunRev
>> un
Simon-
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 6:42:31 AM, you wrote:
> Has anyone ever successfully used a WDEF identifier? Is there a list
> of available identifiers somewhere or do we still have to manually
> look at the app resource and then set it in RunRev?
Boy, that takes me back a ways... what are you
I haven't heard the term WDEF in a while...I don't think runrev windows are
based on that.
MacOS X doesn't use Resource Forks anymore...
Runrev can read and write resources though, as long as Apple doesn't
disallow them entirely in the file system - it's a legacy thing.
As long as the forked fi
So I found a post suggesting that after setting the screenGamma to
force the PNGs to update by performing the following:
set text of img 1 to the text of img 1
Well, to quote a famous actor—"The goggles do nothing!".
What's the best way to successfully force the PNGs to render properly
after a s
I was trying to get my stack to use the same resource as itunes. When
I tried doing this in the past my stack would just disappear.
It's not critical, but I'm a little bummed about how few options there
are for stack decorations.
Ideally I want:
- Metal decorations
- *without* the thick border
Richmond - you might consider copying your old ZIP disks to someplace safer
as soon as possible - they seem to have some kind of 'disk rot' and can die
quickly in a few years. Remember zips are still 'floppy disks' with higher
density and the failed 'Bernoulli' technology. All of your old zips wi
Mark-
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 2:28:35 AM, you wrote:
> Richard,
> I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never
> thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win
> XP, building a standalone on a PC, zipping it and copying it over to a
> Mac OS X Leop
On 06/12/2010 08:07 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
Richmond - you might consider copying your old ZIP disks to someplace safer
as soon as possible - they seem to have some kind of 'disk rot' and can die
quickly in a few years.
Sounds like my brain . . . :)
I have a Performa 5xxx with a S
On 06/12/2010 09:21 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Mark-
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 2:28:35 AM, you wrote:
Richard,
I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never
thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win
XP, building a standalone on a PC, z
Mark-
...and I just did the same without zipping and it still runs.
Maybe Richard's having problems with a virtual Windows image?
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Saturday, June 12, 2010, 11:24:31 AM, you wrote:
> Outwith the font issue I have merrily made standalones for Windows
> from Mac for about 9 years.
The problem Richard was (is?) having is with the other direction:
creating an OSX standalone from a Windows machine. In particular, the
ex
I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not
stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how to
do this?
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On 12 June 2010 12:16, charles61 wrote:
>
> I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not
> stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how
> t
Otherwise I misread what you were asking. If you have an app and you load a
file, it's up to the programmer (you) to keep track of it in a variable or a
custom property. There is no "last file loaded" property.
On 12 June 2010 12:48, stephen barncard wrote:
> answer file "select file:";put it int
Stephen,
I typed your suggestion in the message box and I only got the select file
dialog box but not the name of the file that is already opened. Any other
suggestions? I went through the RevList archives and could not find an example
of getting the name of an open file!
Charles Szasz
csz...
Stephen,
I just saw your second e-mail reply. My plan is to put the name of the open
file in a variable but getting the name of the open file has been difficult.
How do you get the name of the open file?
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You are not communicating very well. It is still not clear what you want.
Do you want to place a suggested file name in an ask dialog entry field
instead, or have a the filename show up instead of the prompt of the ask
dialog?
Again, how would the dialog 'know' what the last filename was unless y
I'm not in front of a computer at the moment but I believe forcing the gamma to
update requires refreshing the card. I seem to recall the docs saying to lock
the screen, navigate to another card, and go back to the source card, but I
believe any action that causes the card to refresh will work.
What was the solution, a library object or the external?
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
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-Original Message-
From: Simon Lord
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:46:44
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: Opaque stack resizer
Ok, huge difference. Thanks Jacqu
Mark Schonewille wrote:
I've seen your posts on this subject several times now and I never
thought it was a real problem. I have now actually done a test on Win
XP, building a standalone on a PC, zipping it and copying it over to a
Mac OS X Leopard machine. The standalone runs fine. Under which
Hi List,
I have a question with the datagrid and the option menu.
How can I assign values to the option menu from a database when the stack is
open?
It's posible or affect the datagrid performance? where is the best place to
put the loading code?
Salut,
Josep
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Hello Richmond,
I tested to use all installed fonts on Ubuntu 10.04 with rev. No problem.
With
set the textfont of fld "/field/" to "/fontname/"
I can use all available fonts.
Only the function fontnames() does not return all the fonts.
But you can get a list of fontnames with
put shell("fc
Richard-
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 2:37:05 PM, you wrote:
> Zipping does work from Windows, which is what I'm doing now (with a note
> to the user that they have to unzip it; a drag, but I can't find a way
> around that.
I tried it without zipping and it worked that way, too.
1. Build mac standa
Mark Wieder wrote:
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 2:37:05 PM, you wrote:
Zipping does work from Windows, which is what I'm doing now (with a note
to the user that they have to unzip it; a drag, but I can't find a way
around that.
I tried it without zipping and it worked that way, too.
1. Build ma
Richard-
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 3:22:27 PM, you wrote:
> H... doesn't work here, and others on this list have tried and
> failed as well.
> What file system is on your USB?
...had to go check... I used the rev4.0 distibution drive I got at the
launch event... my Leopard machine says it's
Richard,
I just copied the standalone over the network. Zipped and unzipped,
both work. The hard drives of the PC I used are formatted as FAT32.
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Shao doesn't have a resize alternative in his external (btw, I really
like his external. It does a lot of things I need). If there is an
external out there I'd love to try it.
I ended up using my own button as a resizer but the trick, as pointed
out by Jacque, was to NOT continually poll for a m
OK. FYI Shao = her.
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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From: Simon Lord
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:19:11
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: Opaque stack resizer
Shao doesn't have a resize alternative in his external (btw, I really
Simon,
you might want to try "revChangeWindowSize" instead of setting the rect. I
have the impression that it is a bit smoother and maybe a tad faster then
setting the rect.
I have put this into a button, could be a graphic or image also
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on mousedown
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 5:16 AM, charles61 wrote:
>
> I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not
> stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how to
> do this?
Charles, at some stage in your scripts, the file was opened. At that
point, your
Simon,
I did this on a stack where i had set the blending of the button to noop,
making it invisble.
So I did not notice the lag when setting the button. That looks awful.
I did some fooling around with revChangeWindowSize, but not in a moving
button.
You might as well forget about the post.
Sor
The following script fragment works OK on Mac (and I believe on Win, but
cannot verify that right now)
put "2010,1,0,0,0,0,0" into t
convert t to system date
put t
but if I put this into an On-Rev script (i.e. an .irev scrip) it fails
(silently - even the on-rev client debugger doesn't see a
I guess I'm missing something here .
It seems that if I write a Rodeo app and it uses HTML5 local storage,
then there is a secuity issue because other Rodeo apps on the same
server might be able to access the user's data when stored locally on
his machine.
But today I generally write des
Hi Alex,
I got a crash with your script.
This shows the correct date from the system:
I think there is no 'system date' intentionally.
According to the docs:
*
*
* *
If the *useSystemDate* property is set to true or if you specify the system
date, the times returned by the *date* function ar
> I was trying to get my stack to use the same resource as itunes.
If I am not mistaken, iTunes uses a custom window..
> - Metal decorations
> - *without* the thick border (Shao's external takes core of that)
> - *keep* the bottom rounded corners (which Metal has, but which
Shao's external r
> The resize widget on the bottom right of my stack has a colour to
it. It doesn't match the background of my stack.
There is a system flag to have a transparent resizer but the redrawing
of the window content seems to mess up a little.. Would be nice for
Rev to handle this for us (just anoth
LOL. Guess who feels like an ass now!
Thanks for clearing that up. :)
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> OK. FYI Shao = her.
>
>
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Simon Lord
> Date: Sat, 12 Jun
Mark Schonewille wrote:
I just copied the standalone over the network. Zipped and unzipped,
both work. The hard drives of the PC I used are formatted as FAT32.
Interesting. Since so many others, including Rev tech support, couldn't
do this before, I wonder what accounts for the difference.
I read that API several times—now that you point it out I see it
there. Guess my brain just didn't want to believe it. This is
fantastic!
>> There also doesn't appear to be any options for controlling the thickness
>> or styling of the title bar.
> What do you mean?
http://www.marelina.com/mis
Ok, tried it and it definitely doesn't work—maybe we are not talking
about the same thing here.
If I run this:
ssSetWindowTexturedSquareCorners updateWindow, true
I get the metal skin without rounded corners. This is good. But the
rounded corners on the bottom are square. The reason I cannot
Sorry the external does not do it :-(
but you are looking for this http://shaosean.tk/images/ssToolbar.png
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> If there is a way to have rounded corners on the bottom with only a
single pixel border then I'd like to know how.
Custom window.. that is how iTunes does it.. If you look at Safari, it
is square corners as well..
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Definitely will buy that from you when you are ready.
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Shao Sean wrote:
> Sorry the external does not do it :-(
>
> but you are looking for this http://shaosean.tk/images/ssToolbar.png
> _
Well I guess I'll just wait to buy your next external which supports this... ;)
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Shao Sean wrote:
>> If there is a way to have rounded corners on the bottom with only a single
>> pixel border then I'd like to know how.
>
> Custom window.. that is how iTunes does i
Stephen,
I am sorry for the confusion. All I want to do to provide a save dialog when
the user makes a change to a saved file asking the user to save the file
after a change was made to the file. In my current script, I have a dialog
appear that asks if the user wants to save the file with untitl
so what we've all told you is all you need. Have you put it all together
yet?
On 12 June 2010 20:29, charles61 wrote:
>
> Stephen,
>
> I am sorry for the confusion. All I want to do to provide a save dialog
> when
> the user makes a change to a saved file asking the user to save the file
> after
Stephen,
I understand how to put the name in the variable and store it but I have not
been able to get the name of the current file to put in a variable. But I will
keep working on it. Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions!
Charles Szasz
csz...@mac.com
On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:30 P
Sarah,
The question is how do you get the name of the file that is opened from a
script to save in a variable. This is what I been unable to do.
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