Stop dave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfQX11aPmg
> On Jul 28, 2020, at 4:57 PM, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Dave’s not here. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtDAK7Umk7A > >> On Jul 27, 2020, at 10:24 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Consider a simplified problem statement: >> >> You have two objects of the same type in a container, and you want to tell >> them apart but had given them the same name. >> >> >> >> Too Many Daves >> by Dr. Seuss >> >> Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave >> Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave? >> Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do. >> You see, when she wants one and calls out, "Yoo-Hoo! >> Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get one. >> All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run! >> This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves' >> As you can imagine, with so many Daves. >> And often she wishes that, when they were born, >> She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn >> And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm. >> And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim. >> And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey. >> And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey. >> Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face. >> Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face. >> And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff. >> One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff. >> And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed. >> And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed. >> And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt >> And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt >> And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ... >> But she didn't do it. And now it's too late. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> >> >>> Alex Tweedly alex at tweedly.net >>> Mon Jul 27 15:47:12 EDT 2020 >>> Previous message (by thread): Object naming >>> Next message (by thread): Object naming >>> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >>> On 27/07/2020 16:33, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >>>> There are many ways to refer to things. The simplest is to use >>>> unambiguous names for things that matter. >>>> >>> Is there an unambiguous name in this case ? And if so, what is it :-) ? >>> A group "A" contains a rectangle "R", and a (sub)group "B". "B" also >>> contains a rectangle "R". (btw - "B" also may contain a subgroup "C", and >>> it too will have a rectangle "R", and ....). >>> There is an unambiguous name for the 'most nested' "R", but there doesn't >>> seem to be for the other "R"s. I had expected (or perhaps just hoped) that >>> using a long name would first try to find an exact match, and if that >>> failed it would then find the closest inexact match - but that sadly was >>> just a hope. >>> I could (and probably will) use IDs but that doesn't work for duplicating >>> the group - you need to either go in and adjust a script / custom property >>> OR have the group's script find the IDs. >>> Or - am I'm missing something ? >>> Alex. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode