I actually think the way you do Peter, messages rising up from the bottom to the top, but for someone new referencing a flow chart (I believe someone on the list made one up one time and posted it) I felt it might be better to put it in those terms.
Bob On Dec 27, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > On Dec 27, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote: > >> Concerning the message path and objects, it also helps me to think about >> where the highest object (the stack script being the lowest and last to >> receive a message, barring back scripts) where shared code can be accessed >> by the objects on a card or background that needs them. That is where I will >> put the command or function. (Some will say this the other way around, but I >> am thinking about a flow chart working top to bottom as the message >> progresses.) > > Interesting. I mostly visualize it the opposite way, with the buttons & > fields on the lowest level and then the card, background, and stack scripts > higher and higher, with the engine at the top catching everything not handled > by scripts, and frontscripts before everything, and backscripts before the > engine, and behaviors inserted in there sort of on the side. Either that or I > see it as front to back, with buttons and fields in the front and the engine > at the back. I suppose if you think in terms of flowcharts going from top to > bottom makes sense, but somehow I got the other image in my mind at some > point. > > Funny how we get these images in our heads and often don't even think of > talking about them. For instance, I visualize the months of the year in a > counterclockwise circle, with summer at the top and fall to the left, > followed by winter then spring climbing up on the right towards summer again. > Why, I don't know. Probably dates back to age 3 or 4, I guess. My take on the > message path doesn't go back that far, however. :-) > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > pmb...@gmail.com > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
