J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 10/9/18 1:16 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>> If the cantEdit is false but the mode is reported as 2, that sounds
>> like an engine bug.
>
> Probably not so much a bug as a design decision. The engine seems to
> enforce mode 2 if it thinks the stack is an IDE stack.
I don't believe that's an engine thing, likely an IDE thing.
And if the team is able to work on their stacks, there must be a way you
can work on yours.
> I'd like to see this convention removed, and have the engine check for
> a custom property or something similar. There are cases where a stack
> name does need to start with "rev", but even if it doesn't it is going
> to throw off new users. It's an artificial legacy limitation that
> doesn't have to exist.
Good call. A custom property seems much simpler for everyone.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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