Dan- Wednesday, June 22, 2005, 3:05:06 PM, you wrote:
DS> The way rev implements the OS X-specific stuff is right. On Windows, DS> it is just ignored. It doesn't break and the app still runs. Here's where I think you're off base on this, Dan. I'd like to see runrev spend their time fixing bugs and working on new enhancements rather than chasing after the latest new features in <enter name of OS here>. The "shell" command and being able to run AppleScript scripts are examples of being able to extend the language without relying on runrev to add more things to the engine. It's a winning situation for all if a) the runrev team doesn't have to go implementing new solutions every time a particular OS changes; b) developers don't have to wait around for runrev to implement new things; and c) there's an easy way to do these things from Transcript without needing to spawn non-cross-platform external libraries. Sometimes you need to get out of the sandbox (QuickTime, for example) and I don't think it should be the responsibility of the runrev team to keep extending the engine's capabilities. If runrev provides the hooks to allow us to do this then the onus is on us (got kind of a ring to it, doesn't it?) as developers to do what we need. I don't see this as interfering with your, or anyone else's, ability to code. If you need the capability, use it; otherwise just ignore it. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
