Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Michael Doub
Humm, I may have just found a bug on 6.0 rc 1. get the fontSizes of "Helvetica" if it is empty then answer "empty" else answer it end if This returns the list of sizes on my Mac, but empty on IOS on an iPad4. I am building the field output in an array using the new styl

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Devin Asay
Mike, The easiest way I know is to create a simple iOS app with a field. In the openCard script just 'put the fontnames into fld 1'. Then run the app in the simulator. If I understand correctly the simulator contains the same default fonts as the devices themselves; it doesn't just report what

Re: Effective htmltext

2013-03-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/13/13 5:36 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: On 14/03/2013, at 9:29 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote: get the effective htmlText of fld 1 Nice... for finding it you get the privilege of writing the docs bug report ;-) I knew there'd be a catch. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hy

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/13/13 5:37 PM, Michael Doub wrote: Scott, It sounds like you are implying that none of the existing livecode fonts are TrueType. I thought that Helvetica was a trueType font, but in my testing it does not seem to scale. Humm re-re-reading your message so I need to find out the name o

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
I got the impression you wanted to use/install custom fonts. Default fonts are no problem. iOS 5 default fonts: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4980 iOS 6 default fonts: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5484 Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 3/13/13 3:37 PM, "

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Michael Doub
Scott, It sounds like you are implying that none of the existing livecode fonts are TrueType. I thought that Helvetica was a trueType font, but in my testing it does not seem to scale. Humm re-re-reading your message so I need to find out the name of the base fonts in IOS and use one of

Re: Effective htmltext

2013-03-13 Thread Monte Goulding
On 14/03/2013, at 9:29 AM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote: > get the effective htmlText of fld 1 Nice... for finding it you get the privilege of writing the docs bug report ;-) -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! __

Effective htmltext

2013-03-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
I didn't know you could do this: get the effective htmlText of fld 1 You get everything, all the field settings and inherited fonts and sizes and colors and all. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
BTW, one thing you'll need to figure out is how iOS "sees" the name of your font. What I do is create a dummy development app for iOS, include the font in the build, install it, and then use the fontNames function in the dummy app to get a list of fonts and determine the name of the font as it app

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
I'm pretty sure you need to convert to TTF format (unless something has changed in iOS6). I use this site for online conversion: http://www.freefontconverter.com/ Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 3/13/13 3:04 PM, "Michael Doub" wrote: >Are there trueType fo

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Michael Doub
Are there trueType fonts supported on IOS? -= Mike On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote: > LiveCode scales fonts pretty well-- > set the textSize of field "theField" to 12 -- or whatever > > TrueType fonts can scale any size and still look good. > > Peter Bogdanoff > UCLA

Re: [ANN] The Scottish Dialect

2013-03-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/13/13 1:20 PM, Curt Ford wrote: If you're headed to Edinburgh in May, this may be the time to brush up on your accent & see if you can pass for a local.. Also: a big thanks to Jacque for her help with the registration scheme! You're quite welcome. As for the Scottish controversy, one onl

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/13/13 3:47 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: I was going through some stored files recently and came across a demo reel I put together in 2009 that showcases a bunch of UI work done from about 1998 to 2009 (when LiveCode was known as Revolution/MetaCard). The resolution is not great, but thought it mi

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Peter Bogdanoff
LiveCode scales fonts pretty well--     set the textSize of field "theField" to 12 -- or whatever TrueType fonts can scale any size and still look good. Peter Bogdanoff UCLA On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Michael Doub wrote: I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increa

Re: Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Richmond
On 03/13/2013 09:39 PM, Michael Doub wrote: I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increase and decrease the text in a field. The field contains text on different font sizes for Title, Heading and basic text. I am unsure how to work with fonts. Do I need to find a fo

Re: Scots & English.. [was the Scottish Dialect]

2013-03-13 Thread Richmond
On 03/13/2013 09:33 PM, Curt Ford wrote: Hang on, Richmond! No offense intended. No offense taken :) In retrospect I should have known better than to suggest that pronunciation alone can help you 'pass as a local.' I'll retract that bit. In fairness, Paul's material does mention that "the

Scaling Fonts

2013-03-13 Thread Michael Doub
I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increase and decrease the text in a field. The field contains text on different font sizes for Title, Heading and basic text. I am unsure how to work with fonts. Do I need to find a font that has a wide range of sizes or are ther

Scots & English.. [was the Scottish Dialect]

2013-03-13 Thread Curt Ford
Hang on, Richmond! No offense intended. In retrospect I should have known better than to suggest that pronunciation alone can help you 'pass as a local.' I'll retract that bit. In fairness, Paul's material does mention that "the Scots tongue has its origins in the Germanic language spoken by t

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Phil Davis
I sent the link to a client and told him if he ever wants to take a running jump off the edge with a UI makeover of his multi-app desktop system, we should hire this guy. ;-) Of course, hell would freeze over first, but it's a completely fun idea. Thanks Scott! Phil On 3/13/13 4:11 AM, Kla

Re: [ANN] The Scottish Dialect

2013-03-13 Thread Richmond
On 03/13/2013 08:20 PM, Curt Ford wrote: For several months I've had the pleasure of working with Paul Meier, a leading dialect coach and Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, to bring his materials from print & CD onto desktop computers; we've been using LiveCode, naturally. We'v

Washington DC User Group Meeting this Saturday

2013-03-13 Thread Trevor DeVore
There is a Washington DC LiveCode User Group meeting this Saturday at 2:00 pm. If you are interested in coming then please join our LinkedIn group and let everyone know. The meeting is at the National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland. You can find more info here: http://www.linkedi

[ANN] The Scottish Dialect

2013-03-13 Thread Curt Ford
For several months I've had the pleasure of working with Paul Meier, a leading dialect coach and Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas, to bring his materials from print & CD onto desktop computers; we've been using LiveCode, naturally. We've just released The Scottish Dialect, the 7

Re: [OT] Slugworth

2013-03-13 Thread Roger Eller
I have to agree with this. And furthermore, I must say that after seeing Scott's lost demo reel on YouTube, I would use ANY interface for the new IDE if Scott Rossi were contracted to design it. RunRev really should tap into his bucket-o-talent IMHO! ~Roger On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Rich

Re: [OT] Slugworth

2013-03-13 Thread Richmond
On 03/13/2013 06:14 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Richmond is right in one respect, the Mir episode shows the kind of difficult choice of approach that LiveCode is going to come up against. Canonical does seem to have the approach of make it and throw it over the wall, source code and all. The da

Re: [OT] Slugworth

2013-03-13 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Richmond is right in one respect, the Mir episode shows the kind of difficult choice of approach that LiveCode is going to come up against. Canonical does seem to have the approach of make it and throw it over the wall, source code and all. The danger is that the project gets forked by people who

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Scott, Am 13.03.2013 um 15:36 schrieb Scott Rossi : > Hi Klaus: > > A Flash version is here that could work: > http://tactilemedia.com/site_files/demos/reel/ yeah, great, thanks! :-) > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:11 AM

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi Klaus: A Flash version is here that could work: http://tactilemedia.com/site_files/demos/reel/ Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:11 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBNGit8xlhI > > "This video is not available i

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
Open the sidebar menu (click the icon at the top left that looks like 3 bars), scroll down to the bottom and select the "Desktop" option. The page layout will change and you should be able to view the video. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Mar 13, 2013, at 4

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Very nice! On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > I was going through some stored files recently and came across a demo reel > I > put together in 2009 that showcases a bunch of UI work done from about 1998 > to 2009 (when LiveCode was known as Revolution/MetaCard). The resoluti

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Roger Eller
YouTube says "The content owner has not made this video available for mobile." Sent from my Pipo M2 On Mar 13, 2013 4:47 AM, "Scott Rossi" wrote: > I was going through some stored files recently and came across a demo reel > I > put together in 2009 that showcases a bunch of UI work done from ab

Re: animationEngine 5.0.2 First code dump

2013-03-13 Thread René Micout
Le 13 mars 2013 à 07:55, Malte Brill a écrit : > Hi all, > > as promised, I am following runrevs lead and am going dual licensed with > animationEngine. As I traded leaving in the nasty german comments against a > 50 pound pledge (Yes Mats, they are still in there) There hasn't been much > c

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Scott, Am 13.03.2013 um 09:47 schrieb Scott Rossi : > I was going through some stored files recently and came across a demo reel I > put together in 2009 that showcases a bunch of UI work done from about 1998 > to 2009 (when LiveCode was known as Revolution/MetaCard). The resolution is > not

Re: Graphic text labels

2013-03-13 Thread Gerry Orkin
Yup. Many thanks! "set the topMargin of graphic "select country" to -10" works perfectly. Gerry On 13/03/2013, at 9:58 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Try adjusting the margins, specifically the topMargin. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.

Re: Graphic text labels

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
Try adjusting the margins, specifically the topMargin. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:51 AM, Gerry Orkin wrote: > Is there any way I can change the line height for a graphic's label? Whatever > font or size I use it's never vertically ce

Graphic text labels

2013-03-13 Thread Gerry Orkin
Is there any way I can change the line height for a graphic's label? Whatever font or size I use it's never vertically centred. Cheers Gerry ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Thierry Douez
2013/3/13 Scott Rossi very inspiring... could be a nice entry for Peter's 1001 blog. Thierry > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBNGit8xlhI > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > ___ use-livecode mailing list us

Re: [Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Keith Clarke
…thanks for sharing Scott. There are some brilliant examples of user-centric design here and I for one am inspired by the way you have bridged art & engineering to create engaging interfaces. Best, Keith.. On 13 Mar 2013, at 08:47, Scott Rossi wrote: > I was going through some stored files rec

[Shameless Post] Forgotten Reel

2013-03-13 Thread Scott Rossi
I was going through some stored files recently and came across a demo reel I put together in 2009 that showcases a bunch of UI work done from about 1998 to 2009 (when LiveCode was known as Revolution/MetaCard). The resolution is not great, but thought it might be of interest to see some of the Liv

Re: How to start a LiveCode stack without running scripts?

2013-03-13 Thread Phil Davis
One thing you can do is make your script check the environment before running: if the environment = "development" then -- don't run else -- run end if But a simpler way is to do what someone else already said: in the IDE, suppress messages before opening the stack.