Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Dar- Monday, June 9, 2014, 7:01:55 PM, you wrote: > I tried 1<&2, but it had no impact on the command line (after I > put in ‘start /w’) and did not help shell(). OK - maybe we're talking about two different things. In your standalone app, try directing the output of shell() to stderr. I think t

Learning about server

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
I would like to learn about server. But, as Frodo would way, I don’t know the way. Dar Scott ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http:

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
I think I have some temporary workarounds. I can use ‘open process’ instead of ‘shell()’ to use the standalone as a command-line process. This is fine. In the command window I can use ‘start /w’ to use the standalone as a command-line process. This is a little embarrassing, but I can ship thi

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
Thanks, Mark! I tried 1<&2, but it had no impact on the command line (after I put in ‘start /w’) and did not help shell(). Do I need server? Dar On Jun 9, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Dar- > > Monday, June 9, 2014, 6:05:24 PM, you wrote: > >> Well, technically STDOUT does go to t

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
Oh. I forgot about launch applications and console applications on Windows. OK. So, I used ‘start /w’ on a command window and that works as expected. But shell() still has problems. If I set hideConsoleWindows to false, I see the output on the window that flashes up. But, whether true or fa

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
Dar- Monday, June 9, 2014, 6:05:24 PM, you wrote: > Well, technically STDOUT does go to the DOS window, but it is > after the next prompt. And (so far) a quick test with shell() is > not working. Yes, Microsoft has a rather strange definition of stdout. If you pipe the output to stderr instea

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
Well, technically STDOUT does go to the DOS window, but it is after the next prompt. And (so far) a quick test with shell() is not working. Dar On Jun 9, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Dar Scott wrote: > Thanks! > > I’m still using 6.6.1. I’ll upgrade! > > Dar > > > On Jun 9, 2014, at 4:07 PM,

Re: Flappy bird clone takes <= 9 hours in Swift

2014-06-09 Thread Wprothero
I wonder if it would be a good platform for developing Xtras. Bill On Jun 9, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Jerry Jensen [via Runtime Revolution] wrote: > On Jun 8, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Geoff Canyon <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Apparently it was 9 hours with some interruptions. If we're talking basic > >

Re: Flappy bird clone takes <= 9 hours in Swift

2014-06-09 Thread Jerry Jensen
On Jun 8, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote: > Apparently it was 9 hours with some interruptions. If we're talking basic > functionality -- fly the bird, flap the wings, move the pillars left and > count how many the user has passed, collision detection, start/end games > and high score track

Re: Flappy bird clone takes <= 9 hours in Swift

2014-06-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Ah, I forgot something really important: Like Video Players, all Games are greedy by nurture. They want/need all hardware resources available to perform better. Does LiveCode have this behavior? Could LiveCode grab all hardware resources available to perform better in a game? Al -- View this

Re: Flappy bird clone takes <= 9 hours in Swift

2014-06-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Scott McDonald from http://livecodegamedeveloper.com/index.html could provide the definitive answer, but your guess of 4 hours or more is accurate for an experienced LiveCode developer. Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Flappy-bird-clone-takes-9

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
Thanks! I’m still using 6.6.1. I’ll upgrade! Dar On Jun 9, 2014, at 4:07 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Dar Scott wrote: > > > I can run my LiveCode standalone application on the command-line on > > OS X and writing to STDOUT goes to the terminal window. > > > > But on Windows 7 I don’t see

Re: nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dar Scott wrote: > I can run my LiveCode standalone application on the command-line on > OS X and writing to STDOUT goes to the terminal window. > > But on Windows 7 I don’t see STDOUT in the DOS prompt window. Which version are you using? This bug was marked as Fixed for 6.6.2, the current sta

nothing from STDOUT for LiveCode CLI on Windows

2014-06-09 Thread Dar Scott
I can run my LiveCode standalone application on the command-line on OS X and writing to STDOUT goes to the terminal window. But on Windows 7 I don’t see STDOUT in the DOS prompt window. The -ui switch seems to work, because no GUI window is displayed. Also, the command-line prompt comes bac

Re: which release do you recommend?

2014-06-09 Thread Mark Wieder
writes: > I'm still getting some very weird behavior with the compiled program using Windows XP and 6.1.1 (rc4) - > behavior that doesn't show up in the IDE, but does show up in the compiled. > > Do you have a recommendation as to any later release that would be more stable? dp => developer re

Re: which release do you recommend?

2014-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
larry wrote: > I'm still getting some very weird behavior with the compiled program > using Windows XP and 6.1.1 (rc4) - behavior that doesn't show up in > the IDE, but does show up in the compiled. > > Do you have a recommendation as to any later release that would be > more stable? I tend to u

Re: which release do you recommend?

2014-06-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
I shouldn't have written that, because LiveCode just crashed :-) -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/468

Re: which release do you recommend?

2014-06-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Larry, I don't use XP at the moment. Today I happen to be using LC 6.6.1.4005 on Windows 8.1 and I don't experience any problems. Revolution 4.5-dp4 always worked fine for me on Windows XP. What kind of weird behaviour to you observe? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Con

which release do you recommend?

2014-06-09 Thread larry
Hello All, I'm still getting some very weird behavior with the compiled program using Windows XP and 6.1.1 (rc4) - behavior that doesn't show up in the IDE, but does show up in the compiled. Do you have a recommendation as to any later release that would be more stable? TIA Larry _

Re: [ANN] MobGUI V1.26

2014-06-09 Thread John Craig
QCC bug 12614 http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12614 On 07/06/2014 21:23, Colin Holgate wrote: With this version, how do you create a nav bar that has a title, or a tab bar that has buttons in it? I only seem to be able to make gray rectangles. Also, the browser object seems not to l

Re: Weird data grid behaviour

2014-06-09 Thread zryip theSlug
Ok, my bad. Seems I do not understand when you wrote: 3) in the datagrid templates substack I see two cards, id 1002 and id 1005. I've never seen that before! When all is working, a template stack is composed at least by 2 cards: - id 1002 should be the card which contains the instructions group,

Re: Weird data grid behaviour

2014-06-09 Thread Gerry Orkin
Apologies...it is id 1005, not id 1002 that I have in every template. And I've never to my recollection deleted any cards from the template stack. g On 9 Jun 2014, at 6:23 pm, zryip theSlug wrote: > A thing I doesn't understand: how are you customizing the row template > group in the cd id 10

LiveCode on Kobo Touch?

2014-06-09 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Has anyone used LiveCode on Kobo Touch (or any other reasonably cheap e-ink ereader)? I've been wanting to create a... thing... using an e-ink display, and it appears that hacking an e-reader is by the far the cheapest way to get the hardware. I've been looking at Kindles, but then I came acr

Re: Weird data grid behaviour

2014-06-09 Thread zryip theSlug
Gerry, Sorry to be insistent, but having only one card in the datagrid template substack is not the normal behavior for datagrids. That is probably your problem when you are trying to edit a template. A new datagrid = a new template card = a new behavior button. A thing I doesn't understand: how a

Re: please help!!

2014-06-09 Thread Geoff Canyon
I created a test stack. I created six buttons and grouped them. I ran the following in a seventh button. It never failed. I'm using 6.5.2. Somewhere along the way the more specific childControlIDs was added. I didn't know if it is available in 6.1.1 so I didn't use it. on mouseUp repeat 1000

Re: [ANN] MobGUI V1.26

2014-06-09 Thread John Craig
Browser loads url OK for me in LC6, but not 7 - which I assume is an LC bug as it's the exact same code in the behavior for the control - I'll check it out today and file a QCC. The main fix was that the plugin actually runs in LC7. I don't think the any of the native controls are created pro