Not to be Johnny Rain Cloud... What if handler "A" locks and it calls either hander "B" OR handler "C" to unlock?
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 10:48 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: J. Landman Gay Subject: Re: Lock screen challenge Thanks to both you and Craig. I couldn't think of any other way to do it either, but was hoping there was something other than brute force. Magic, maybe. It took LC's search/replace dialog a long time just to find all the instances, and actually editing them will be longer. But, it's just a one-off. Craig, I posted here because I more comfortable with it, and because more old-timers tend to be on the list. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On November 21, 2022 3:45:16 PM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I was also going to suggest just brute forcing it. Something like: > (code not complete or syntax checked) > > repeat with i=1 to the number of stacks > repeat with j = 1 to the number of cards in stack i > repeat with k= 1 to the number of controls of card j of stack i > put the script of control k of card j of stack i into tScript > -- look through the lines of tScript for "lock screen", note the > line number A, then search from there onward for "unlock screen" and > note the line number B > -- if line B begins with (after trimming spaces) "unlock screen > with" then > -- replace line B with "unlock screen with visual effect" > -- and replace line A with "lock screen for visual effect" > end repeat > end repeat > end repeat > > > On 11/21/2022 4:30 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: >> Jacque. >> >> Why aren’t you on the forum? >> >> Cant you just loop through each line in your handlers, and find the >> ones that contain “lock screen”, both with and without the visual effect >> thing. >> Search downstream until you find the “unlock” line, That gives you >> the start and finish lines for each handler. Then you can just >> replace the start and finish lines with the new ones. >> >> Am I missing this? >> >> Craig >> >>> On Nov 21, 2022, at 4:24 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for >>> "lock screen". A search with LC's Find utility says there are 723 >>> instances that may need to be changed. Right now they look like this: >>> >>> lock screen >>> -- do any number of things >>> unlock screen with <effect> >>> >>> These all need to be changed to: >>> >>> lock screen for visual effect >>> -- do any number of things >>> unlock screen with visual effect <effect> >>> >>> The challenge is that not all "lock screen" commands use a visual >>> effect, some are simple lock/unlock pairs. I need to automate this. >>> The visual effects are not all the same. Some handlers have multiple >>> instances of locking the screen with or without a visual effect. >>> >>> I'd use a regex if I could, but back references aren't supported (or >>> are they now?) I really don't want to do this manually. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
