Re: For List Members Only

2014-02-27 Thread Kay C Lan
Clearly this was from a non-List member. http://www.funnywebsite.com/funny-website/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/entertaining-cheese.jpg >From now on we should send List applicants to this store first. Anyone who can't last 3.75 hours should be given a serious XTalking to and sent on their way;-) __

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
Feel free to fix it! Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I'd like to see phrases go quickly, and slight pauses w

Re: Filling PDF Forms - Found word(s) list error in the Text body

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Just an update: You do NOT need Acrobat Pro for the forms to autofill! You DO need Acrobat Pro to create the FDF files in the first place. If you are tempted to try and use a CSV file (Acrobat Pro can after all Export to this format) don’t. The import ONLY works with FDF files. Bob On Feb 26,

Re: Support for Mac OSX 10.5

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
I wanted to upgrade a quad code Xeon Apple Server, but any attempt to do so results in “You can’t do that!” Bob On Feb 27, 2014, at 15:39 , Richard Gaskin wrote: > Re. my suggestion that it may be possible for older Macs to stay safe by > upgrading to OS X 10.6: > > Looks like I had more fa

Re: Support for Mac OSX 10.5

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Yeah Leo LaPorte is not thrilled with that whole deal either, and he recommends post production guys go with Adobe’s product. Feels like the fall of an empire. Bob On Feb 27, 2014, at 16:12 , stephen barncard wrote: > "like Lion and Mountain Lion, Mavericks doesn’t cost a thing. " > > It

Re: Finding available memory without shell, how to use hasMemory() - Found word(s) list error in the Text body

2014-02-27 Thread Andrew Kluthe
He's referring to system RAM here. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Gabriel, if you are saving to the boot volume and getting dow to 100MB, > this is a very serious matter. You should *never* go below 10 gigs on a > modern boot driveIf the volume is being used for a swap fil

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
I’d like to see phrases go quickly, and slight pauses where a comma is. It’s a little distracting having all the words come at the same speed. Bob On Feb 27, 2014, at 14:54 , Peter Haworth wrote: > OK, I couldn't resist! Some of it is pretty clumsy but it's a start. > > https://dl.dropboxus

Re: Finding available memory without shell, how to use hasMemory() - Found word(s) list error in the Text body

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
Gabriel, if you are saving to the boot volume and getting dow to 100MB, this is a very serious matter. You should *never* go below 10 gigs on a modern boot driveIf the volume is being used for a swap file, it’s not as serious but will affect performance. Just a heads up. Bob On Feb 26, 2014,

Re: For List Members Only

2014-02-27 Thread stephen barncard
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > "The world's oldest cheese has been found buried with Chinese mummies" ew *--* *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words* ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.

Re: AW: Support for Mac OSX 10.5

2014-02-27 Thread stephen barncard
"like Lion and Mountain Lion, Mavericks doesn’t cost a thing. " It costs a LOT if one can run 32 bit any more… more bricks on the shelf. Maybe Apple can shut up for a while now that they've forced everyone to 64 bit. It wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't tried to axe popular apps with completely n

For List Members Only

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Rossi
"The world's oldest cheese has been found buried with Chinese mummies" http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/27/5453826/worlds-oldest-cheese-buried-with- mummies-in-china Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design ___ use-livecode

Re: AW: Support for Mac OSX 10.5

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Re. my suggestion that it may be possible for older Macs to stay safe by upgrading to OS X 10.6: Looks like I had more faith in Apple than their decisions warrant, as they just knifed the baby, and 19% of Mac users along with it: Apple Retires Snow Leopard Support, Leaves 1 In 5 Macs In The

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Graham Samuel
Kay, thanks to you and everyone who replied. I see that your technique will isolate the issue, since I suppose logically it must be in my code. It's extraordinary though that the IDE just caves in in certain circumstances without any form of error report when the program is obviously running wil

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
Yes, everything you said matches what I've experienced. There have been other threads about it too. It may already have been reported as a bug Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
OK, I couldn't resist! Some of it is pretty clumsy but it's a start. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50196612/Spritzing.livecode Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE? - Found word(s) list error remove list in the Text body

2014-02-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
I will say though, that at times I have had syntax errors which compile fine but produce some kind of runtime error, and when the offending command is reached, the engine silently exits the handler and stepping terminates. I see this in the debugger because when I step through the code, it hits

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Graham Samuel wrote: > The first line of the function has a breakpoint in it, but as soon as > execution moves to the function, none of the breakpoints within it apply. > > As stated there is a syntax/logic error in the function. As Peter said put a hard breakpoin

Re: Scrolling speed of a data grid

2014-02-27 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > > This assumes of course it is reset each time you close LC. > > That's what happens on my machine: OS X 10.9.2, LC 6.5.2 New stack, new btn: on mouseUp set the repeatRate to 20 end mouseUp Press the btn and in the msg box 'put the r

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/27/14, 1:03 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: put myFunction(myParameter) into field "myField" The first line of the function has a breakpoint in it, but as soon as execution moves to the function, none of the breakpoints within it apply. It's as if I'd clicked on the 'step over' button in the IDE

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Graham Samuel
Pete, thanks for the quick reply. Neither of those things work for me. There is even odder stuff: if I put breakpoints in earlier code and click through that code to the point where the breakpoints stop working, then the 'strange' code is executed, although it doesn't stop at its own breakpoints

Re: Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
I've experienced this from time to time and it's very frustrating. Have you tried inserting a "breakpoint" command at the start of your function rather than a "red dot" breakpoint? I've sometimes found that the statement following the breakpoint is somehow syntactically incorrect in a way that is

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Thierry Douez
> That's pretty amazing Thierry. > It was easy to get my reading speed up to 400wpm. > > Pete It's because of your sqlitz-mind. You can't imagine with my regexitz one :) More seriously, I'm eager to see some real use of this... in Livecode!! Thierry >> http://learn2spritz.com/ -

Strange behavior of the IDE?

2014-02-27 Thread Graham Samuel
I'm trying to debug a sequence of code with some repeat loops and stuff in it. I'm using LC 6.5.2 on Apple Mavericks 10.9.1 - but I've just tested this on a far older version of LC (5.5.4) and I get the same problem: I have put a number of breakpoints in the code, and when I start executing it,

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
That's pretty amazing Thierry. It was easy to get my reading speed up to 400wpm. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Thierry Douez

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Pierre Sahores
Merci Thierry for sharing this link ! Le 27 févr. 2014 à 19:30, Thierry Douez a écrit : > Sleeves up designers :) > > http://learn2spritz.com/ > > > Thierry > > > Thierry Douez - http://sunny-tdz.com > Maker of sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmag

Re: [OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Klaus major-k
Bonsoir Thierry, Am 27.02.2014 um 19:30 schrieb Thierry Douez : > Sleeves up designers :) > > http://learn2spritz.com/ cool, I managed 400wpm, even in english :-) "Spritz" in german is the imperative to the verb "spritzen", which means "to squirt" or "to sputter" :-D > Thierry Best Klaus

Re: Blogging Policy Revision

2014-02-27 Thread Richmond
On 27/02/14 17:17, Heather Laine wrote: Dear List Members, I'd just like to give you good folks all a heads up. We've just started implementing a new policy of actively encouraging our entire team to post tech updates to our blog. This means that you should regularly find interesting new cont

[OT] stop scrolling text - Spritz

2014-02-27 Thread Thierry Douez
Sleeves up designers :) http://learn2spritz.com/ Thierry Thierry Douez - http://sunny-tdz.com Maker of sunnYperl - sunnYmidi - sunnYmage - sunnYpdf ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runr

Re: Near Text Search

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Devin Asay wrote: > Look in User Samples (revOnline) for my "Spelling Matching with > Soundex" stack. I think I classified it with tags "text" and > "algorithm". It's just a modification of the basic SoundEx algorithm > with a couple of my own modifications thrown in. Found it - thanks! -- Ric

Re: Near Text Search

2014-02-27 Thread Jim Lambert
BobS wrote: > That is kind of what I was doing, ... Does that mean I’m a genius? Instead of Levenshtein Distance, I think we need a Euclidean Distance formula to calculate that. ;) Whenever I run it on myself the result always approaches zero. JimL ___

Re: Near Text Search

2014-02-27 Thread Devin Asay
Look in User Samples (revOnline) for my "Spelling Matching with Soundex" stack. I think I classified it with tags "text" and "algorithm". It's just a modification of the basic SoundEx algorithm with a couple of my own modifications thrown in. Devin On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Richard Gaskin

Re: Blogging Policy Revision

2014-02-27 Thread Medard
Heather Laine wrote: > you might want to bookmark done! however, how about putting a RSS link, to read this in NetNewsWire, for instance... (-8 Médard ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, un

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Mats Wilstrand
Hi Mark! Turned out I had my List preferences set to only receive a digests! Changed that to receive a mail for each post now. So I hope next time I answer you, your message will be included! Thanks for guidance Mark! Mats http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-li

Re: Grouping controls within a group

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Haworth
Thanks Bjornke. I'm nervous about putting a group into and out of edit mode by script having had some bad experiences with it in the past. Seems like it puts the stack into a weird and wonderful state where the controls outside of the edited group no longer exist and any reference to a control tha

RE: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Mats Wilstrand
Thanks Paul, that's a useful tip! Can't seem to get it working on my Outlook 2010 though. Will investigate some more. Bets Mats > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Paul Hibbert > Sent: den 27 februari 2014 16:52 > To: How

Re: Wolfram language

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Trevor DeVore wrote: Good news - "Vector Shape Object" is one of the published Kickstart goals. The description is: "The new vector shape object will provide rich vector support, use of SVG and sub pixel drawing accuracy". As one of the items in "Queued", below the top three strands, I'm look

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Paul Hibbert
Hi Mats, Another useful tip (depending on your preferred email client), is to highlight the phrase/sentence/paragraph/etc. that you want to quote before hitting the Reply button, the highlighted text should be included in your reply (see below). I'm using Apple Mail, I've tried other software,

Re: Wolfram language

2014-02-27 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > For example, SVG is handled by Skia, so conceivably we could see SVG > import and export added to LC. And along with that, since SVG supports > Beziers, we'll hopefully see that too. > > Those types of additions to LiveCode are probably

RE: Blogging Policy Revision

2014-02-27 Thread Mats Wilstrand
Thanks Heather! That's a very good policy. Bookmarked. Best Mats > -Original Message- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf Of Heather Laine > Sent: den 27 februari 2014 16:18 > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Blogging Policy Revision > > De

Blogging Policy Revision

2014-02-27 Thread Heather Laine
Dear List Members, I'd just like to give you good folks all a heads up. We've just started implementing a new policy of actively encouraging our entire team to post tech updates to our blog. This means that you should regularly find interesting new content there, you might want to bookmark it o

Re: Wolfram language

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Gaskin
Jim Hurley wrote: > Could you, or any one, provide me with an example that shows how > to use the Skia library? Skia is a 2d library, used in LiveCode to replace the older internal subsystem used for drawing. The good news is that we don't have to do anything to use Skia: it's already there

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread wilstrand
Hi again Dave! Using the "Quote" function now! I'm like a child, will try to stop now. Dave Kilroy wrote > > Mats Wilstrand-2 wrote >> You all seem to have no problem getting the message you're >> answering included in your answer. > Hi Mats! I find it MUCH easier to post to the use list via >

Re: Scrolling speed of a data grid

2014-02-27 Thread Terence Heaford
Out of interest when I close down LiveCode and reopen it and in the message box type put the repeatRate, it always comes back at 1 not 50. Either the Language Guide is wrong and it is reset to 1 and not 50 or the default setting has been changed to 1 and not 50 and the Language Guide is incorrec

Re: Wolfram language

2014-02-27 Thread Jim Hurley
> > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:35:12 -0800 > From: Richard Gaskin > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Re: Wolfram language > Message-ID: <530e25d0.5030...@fourthworld.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Jim Hurley wrote: > >> And, Rich

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread wilstrand
Thanks Dave! I've joined the dark side. Life is looking so much brighter now. :) Best Mats -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Why-is-everybody-better-than-me-tp4676532p4676537.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Scrolling speed of a data grid

2014-02-27 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Terence Heaford wrote: > repeatRate is clearly working because if i raise it significantly > everything slows to a crawl but honestly > I can't notice much difference between 50 and 10 or 0 with my 1700 > records. > > Perhaps it's time to give this one up and put

Re: Grouping controls within a group

2014-02-27 Thread Björnke von Gierke
You can also use the "start / stop editing" command while locking the screen. Basic testing shows it that just messing with relayerGroupedControls doesn't help... Could be nice if that'd be possible. Until then, the following works: on mouseUp lock screen start editing group 1 group but

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Dave Kilroy
Mats Wilstrand-2 wrote > You all seem to have no problem getting the message you're > answering included in your answer. Hi Mats! I find it MUCH easier to post to the use list via http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html there are nice tools to manage quoting an

Re: Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Mats, (Almost?) all e-mail clients have an option to quote the message that is being answered. If you check this option in the preferences of your client, the previous message will be included automatically. Usually, you can also choose whether the previous message should be before (above

Why is everybody better than me?

2014-02-27 Thread Mats Wilstrand
When I get older I would very much like to learn how to post correctly to this list. You all seem to have no problem getting the message you're answering included in your answer. I do! I will consider all of you that are willing to share this secret with me to be kind persons. Kind regards Mats

Re: How To Say ?This Is Crap? In Different Cultures

2014-02-27 Thread Dave Cragg
On 27 Feb 2014, at 08:59, FlexibleLearning.com wrote: > Whilst working in the garden And how should we interpret that, Hugh? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: How To Say ?This Is Crap? In Different Cultures

2014-02-27 Thread FlexibleLearning.com
Whilst working in the garden I called to my wife "What time is it?" to which she yelled... "Lunch will be ready when I'm ready!" Marriage, huh? :-) Hugh Senior FLCo > -Original Message-> From: Bob Sneidar > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: How To Say ?This Is Crap? In Diffe