On 11/19/04 8:30 PM, "Timothy Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Some people will love all the new features. Computer professionals, >>>> mostly, I'd guess. I'm kind of disappointed. Revolution is a Space >>>> Shuttle, and all I need is a hang glider. That's why HC was such a >>>> good thing for me in the first place. Why can't we have Revolution >>>> Lite, for morons like me? >> >> Tim >> My experience coming from Hypercard to Rev was completely the >> opposite. I was awed by how easy it was for someone who knew HC to >> begin creating new stacks in Rev. Within a day, I was happily >> creating new stacks and exploring how Rev worked. And perhaps that >> explains why my experience was different from yours--rather than try >> to convert my old stacks, I simply started by creating new ones. >> >> The only thing I had trouble getting my head around was how to >> create HC-like backgrounds for cards. And, of course, the IDE takes >> a little getting used to. >> >> In any event, you might find life easier if you started by creating >> new stacks instead of trying to convert old ones. Then, once you >> have the hang of it, you can try the conversions. Worth considering >> anyway. >> >> HTH >> >> Marian > > Hi Marian, > > I appreciate your attempts to cheer me up, but I don't think you > understand my situation. Imagine ten stacks. Imagine one background > in one of those stacks. 111 background fields, 64 background buttons. > The bg script and stack script are full. Imagine one bg button whose > script contains 27000 characters. Not every background, button or > stack is that extreme, of course, but you get the idea. > > No, I don't think I'll be re-writing from scratch. To be fair, I don't think Marian was suggesting rewriting your complex stack from scratch, but rather to start fresh with a new idea and a new stack and "explore". > I understood that some conversions would be necessary. I had no idea > that Revolution would be so "feature rich." That makes my job > somewhat more difficult. Personally, I'd prefer the basic hyperCard > feature set transoportable to OS X and Windows XP. If I could add > additional features, at need, with drop-in externals or something > like that -- that would be cool. I guess the developers had a > different business plan. True. But you have a very good suggestion - perhaps someone (RunRev or otherwise) will come up with a "wrapper" to Revolution which will do that. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
