Thanks Jacque, I plan to give this a whirl. This seems to have usefulness whether explicit vars are in force or not.
By the way, what are the shortcuts for commenting? I haven't come across them. Having stirred up a hornet's nest with this issue, I think I will refrain form starting another storm regarding code commenting :-) Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 10/19/12 6:11 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> Peter, >> You got it! Thanks for the script also (and Jacque). I have to admit I'm >> not entirely sure of all the benefits of it but I'm sure they'll come >> though when I give it a try. >> > > Mine is much simpler than the one Peter posted, he's added some stuff. > I've never had any trouble with commenting using the IDE shortcuts, for > example, so I don't have that in there. > > But I use the quotes and parentheses and scriptpaint parts all the time. > For example, you type this and find out it doesn't parse right: > > put the short name of cd i and cr after tList > > and realize you need to force evaulation by putting parentheses around > "the short name of cd i" -- so you hilite it and type Cmd-Shift-9 (or 0, > either one) and it's done. Same for quotes. > > More than anything I use the scriptpaint feature, which I admit wasn't my > own idea but I can't remember now where I got it. Instead of typing a > variable name, just point at it in some other part of the script and type > Cmd-Shift-space. In it goes. Works for a selection too; it will replace > your selection with the word you're pointing to. I have managed to teach my > left hand to hit all three keys at once without tearing any tendons. > > > -- > 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<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
