The menu builder has been a problem since runRev's beginnings... it would pay them to look at 'superCard', they have building menus 'down pat'...:-)
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:09:07 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stack Menu Mystery - Disappointing Documentation (Long, sorry) > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > And along with that we should probably have the Menu Builder > > automatically > > create File and Edit menus complete with the script commands that make > > them work. For instance Save will save the current stack, Copy will > > copy > > whatever is currently selected, etc. We can code it now, but with many > > different stacks/forms that do different things, having to code each > > menu, > > or create a global menuPick handler for *some* menu commands as I now > > do > > seems sketchy. > > Maybe. It's a tough call with a toolkit as flexible as LiveCode, since > it's used for such a wide range of different types of apps, each of > which may have any variety of data storage methods, undoable actions the > engine can't know about, etc. > > There's definitely a lot of room for improvement in terms of general > guidance, such as generalized engine-level support for multi-step Undo. > But Undo is a good example of the challenge, since it involves so many > different data types and actions that at best such a framework could > only provide a shelf onto which we'd still need to put boxes of our own > code to become a useful thing. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
