Hi Ben, Yes it is fortuitous that the Livescript language has similarities to LiveCode. Who knows, maybe you innocent blunder and polite retreat may cause a few Livescripters to find out what the heck LiveCode is... and be pleasantly surprised that it's something they really like.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Ben Rubinstein <benr...@cogapp.com> wrote: > On 17/11/2014 06:50, Kay C Lan wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Ben Rubinstein <benr...@cogapp.com> >> wrote: >> >> Locally: I changed the file name to "LiveCode.plist" >>>> >>> >>> We've been through so many changes of language name that I didn't even >>> notice the name! >>> >>> I don't wish to rain on your parade but I think you are hijacking a >>> >> completely different project. >> >> Livescript is not and has never been related to LiveCode, Revolution, >> MetaCard, RunRev or HyperCard. >> >> Livescript is related to JavaScript: >> >> http://livescript.net/ >> > > Hi Kay, > > Thanks for pointing this out - Brahmanathaswami has been trying to tell me > the same thing, but I didn't understand until this morning. > > However, through the magic of scripting language similarity, it's all > good. The language is similar enough that simply installing it and applying > it to one of my script files worked well enough that I was motivated to fix > the most egregious non-working bits. Whereas if I'd not found anything > when I googled, I'd have probably given up and gone without. > > I've shamefacedly retracted my pull request to the original maintainer. > Brahmanathaswami is correcting the language references. Now it is/will be > a LiveCode CLM, whose Git history will correctly record it as being adapted > from a LiveScript CLM. Hurrah for modern collaboration tools. > > Thanks for helping break through my shell of ignorance, > > Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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