Re: Forking Versions

git will throw an error if you try to push and your commits aren't ancestors of the head of the branch you are pushing. You can get around this by force pushing but don't do that... Nasty... I don't even know why git allows it. Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Oct 2015, at 4:57 pm, Mark Wieder wrot

Re: Forking Versions

On 10/09/2015 07:49 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: It's the details that make any system more difficult. For instance, when you want to merge a change into the main, you do a pull, even though from your perspective you're pushing. No, it's just better to pull before pushing. That way if anyone has pu

Re: Forking Versions

> So checkout is the same as syncing? Hmm… checkout is just getting setting the state of all the files in the repo to the state they were in when you committed. It’s a local operation. > It's the details that make any system more difficult. For instance, when > you want to merge a change into

Re: Forking Versions

So checkout is the same as syncing? It's the details that make any system more difficult. For instance, when you want to merge a change into the main, you do a pull, even though from your perspective you're pushing. In the case of LC, you have to pull the entire project, even if all you're really

Re: Learning Materials

I honestly am not sure what LC are thinking or where they get their marketing advice but I am failing to see a positive in this unless you are completely new to the platform. Why? Simply because if what has happened with the create-it course is indicative of how LC does things one has to be con

Mouse events outside stack bounds on mobile

I am using "showAll" fullscreenmode for a mobile stack that uses large background images so that the entire screen will have content when the device is larger than the development stack. For example, the normal stack in the IDE is 414 pixels wide. On the iPhone simulator, there are perhaps 20-3

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

> On 9 Oct 2015, at 11:30, J. Landman Gay wrote: > > If you're on a Mac, crash reports are saved for quite a while in Console. Thank you Jacque, it was still in there. Paul ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

I’ve added the crash log from my crash to your bug report, I suspect there may be a connection even though I was using LC8 at the time. Paul > On 9 Oct 2015, at 15:31, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > >> Also, I started frequently getting the messag

Re: Learning Materials

Added comment: I said we need a dictionary focussed on tasks, not on commands, but obviously we need both. I know Richard has been leading a group taking this on. Richard, is this happening? Bill > On Oct 9, 2015, at 4:13 PM, William Prothero wrote: > > Folks: > I just got the notice of a new

Learning Materials

Folks: I just got the notice of a new series of learning materials from the mothership, for $75. These materials are derived from the Create-IT course for which I paid about $300. Since I got a year of Indy license, I figured it really cost me $30. Anyway, the CreateIt course was pretty buggy

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > Also, I started frequently getting the message that "a stack revCursors is > already in memory". This message now *always* happens if I turn messages > off in livened before loading a stack. > now filed as *Bug 16185*

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > It took an hour to rename three fields this morning . . . > Also, I started frequently getting the message that "a stack revCursors is already in memory". This message now *always* happens if I turn messages off in livened before loading a st

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Paul Hibbert wrote: > The same just happened to me this morning, nothing to do with messages, > but I didn’t save the crash report at the time, I can see if I can find it, > do you have a bug report for this problem? > No bug report; I don't have much to say at t

Re: Forking Versions

> On 10 Oct 2015, at 2:51 am, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > Github is simple - if what you're building is the Linux kernel, which is what > it was designed for. ;) Actually the hardcore guys don’t use GitHub… they have a mailing list and pass around patch files which git can also generate. GitHub

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Hi Tiemo, On a Mac, the option button list is shown at the full width of the text it contains. I haven't tried it on other platforms. If it doesn't work that way on your platform, you could do something like this (in the button script): local sOriginalRect on menuPick pItemName resto

Re: Vector images?

That seems sensible. You could file an enhancement request ;-) To be honest it's more a case of "not everything has been done yet" than "we think you ought to do it this long-winded way". On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 7:33 PM Richmond wrote: > On 09/10/15 20:33, Colin Holgate wrote: > > Click on the s

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

On 10/9/2015 12:57 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: The change was that not all properties are returned. I believe it was in v 6.1. That's odd, I thought it had always been the way it is now. I just checked with Rev 2.8.1 (Jan 2005) and it does not have "width" in the properties of an object. My tes

Re: Download does not work in standalone

Thanks for the suggestions. I will try the “try” approach. I guess from the fact that I get a proper download from the IDE, that the url is correct, but I will make provisions to make sure it is anyway. I had a couple of instances where the url, which is dynamic, depending on other choices the u

Re: Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:23 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 10/9/2015 10:49 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > >> Is there by any chance, or could there be, a table showing versions of >> LiveCode will work with which versions of XCode (and build for which >> version of iOS)? >> > > That would be very ha

Re: Download does not work in standalone

Hi Tore, Probably you need to check that the script actually gets as far as the libUrlSetStatusCallback command. Insert a beep right before the command to check this. Second, to check that libUrl is available, you could add a try-control structure: try beep libUrlSetStatusCallback "sho

Re: Vector images?

On 09/10/15 20:33, Colin Holgate wrote: Click on the star and you can choose from a long list of built in images. The dollar sign looking one is near the bottom. Failing that, you can open an SVG file in a text editor, and copy the path data part, to paste into the iconPath field in LiveCode.

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

If you're on a Mac, crash reports are saved for quite a while in Console. On 10/9/2015 12:49 PM, Paul Hibbert wrote: The same just happened to me this morning, nothing to do with messages, but I didn’t save the crash report at the time, I can see if I can find it, do you have a bug report for th

Re: AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

J. Landman Gay wrote: > If it doesn't do that on Windows, the only thing I can think of is > to make the button as wide as the longest text on mouseDown, and > when the menu closes (in menuPick and mouseRelease,) set the width > back to the original size. IIRC the Win HIG suggests making the but

Re: Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

On 10/9/2015 10:49 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: Is there by any chance, or could there be, a table showing versions of LiveCode will work with which versions of XCode (and build for which version of iOS)? That would be very handy. I get lost trying to keep track. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

On 10/9/2015 8:51 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: I don't want to display the full text of the option button, but only one line of the text while hovering the text (or right click buttonDown on a single line), so that the user can see, what he would choose, if he clicks any line. On Mac, the menu

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Tiemo. OK, I read "show the user the full content of the text lines..." as all lines, not just the one that is "current" within the opened combo. Anyway, it appears that no messages at all are sent while the mouse is down and the comboBox is "open". No mouseMove, no mousStillDown. Nada. S

Re: Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

Aha! Thanks Paul. Ben On 09/10/2015 19:09, Paul Hibbert wrote: I think the correct link is… https://livecode.com/resources/support/ask-a-question/ …then just click on the question there, it’s more readable. Paul On 9 Oct 2015, at 09:56, Ben Rubinstein wrote: OMG I've found it! Weirdly

Re: Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

I think the correct link is… https://livecode.com/resources/support/ask-a-question/ …then just click on the question there, it’s more readable. Paul > On 9 Oct 2015, at 09:56, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > > OMG I've found it! Weirdly greyed out... > > https://livecode.com/support/ask-a-question

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > What specifically was the change, and in what version? The change was that not all properties are returned. I believe it was in v 6.1. As I said in my previous post, it's water under the bridge for me now and I have, as you mentioned, m

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Roger Eller wrote: > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Roger Eller wrote: >> >>> LiveCode devs are encouraged to use the app store, even at a 30% >>> loss, so why not the mothership herself? >> >>

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Hi again, 1. RunRev can overcome the 30% take by marking the product up by the percentage income one would lose to the Apple App Store, thus maintaining the income required. 2. Incremental updates don’t have to be updated in the App Store as frequently as it’s done through RunRev.

Documentation/sample projects for iOS externals

I'm sure this ought to be simple, but I cannot find a thing. Having now for the first time in several years succesfully built a hello-world stack app and got it onto my phone (lining up the correct versions of LiveCode/Xcode/OS X/iOS/certificates - phew!); I'd now like to make an iOS external

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

The same just happened to me this morning, nothing to do with messages, but I didn’t save the crash report at the time, I can see if I can find it, do you have a bug report for this problem? Paul > On 9 Oct 2015, at 10:46, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Dr. Hawkins w

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > When I get repeated crashes when saving, I try opening livecode, turning > off messages, saving, making a small number of changes, and saving again, > which usually gets me there. OK, scratch that. I just turned off messages, saved, and it b

Re: Vector images?

Click on the star and you can choose from a long list of built in images. The dollar sign looking one is near the bottom. Failing that, you can open an SVG file in a text editor, and copy the path data part, to paste into the iconPath field in LiveCode. Now, they should add a Source option, whi

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Roger Eller wrote: > > LiveCode devs are encouraged to use the app store, even at a 30% loss, so >> why not the mothership herself? >> > > > > -- > Richard Gaskin >

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

Peter Haworth wrote: As I've mentioned in other emails on this thread, lcStackbrowser gives users the flexibility to organize properties into groups. I do this by displaying a list of all the properties for a particular object type, from which users can drag and drop their chosen properties int

Re: Vector images?

On 09/10/15 20:08, Colin Holgate wrote: My guess is that it’s because it might have been a goal in the Kickstarter campaign. That may be why they added the SVG Widget. You should try it. Well, I did and could not for the life of me work out how it worked. I ended up with what looked like a Com

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

I've filed several bug reports over the last couple of years regarding missing properties, mostly related to propertynames and glad to say they have all been fixed so things are a lot better now than they used to be. The propertynames still includes things that don't seem like properties to me, "ab

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Roger Eller wrote: LiveCode devs are encouraged to use the app store, even at a 30% loss, so why not the mothership herself? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mob

Re: Vector images?

My guess is that it’s because it might have been a goal in the Kickstarter campaign. That may be why they added the SVG Widget. You should try it. > On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Richmond wrote: > > Why do I have a feeling that the ability to import vector images as vector > graphics > was mea

Re: Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

OMG I've found it! Weirdly greyed out... https://livecode.com/support/ask-a-question/what-iosxcode-version-matches-which-version-of-livecode/ On 09/10/2015 16:49, Ben Rubinstein wrote: Is there by any chance, or could there be, a table showing versions of LiveCode will work with which version

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Ok then. Even a limited version that isn't maintained with frequent updates is better than nothing at all. At least there would be a chance of a user of LC limited doing a google search and finding that more advanced products exist at livecode.com without even providing a link or hint inside the

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On 09/10/15 05:59, dunb...@aol.com wrote: I almost never see a crash. Maybe a handful of times since I started using LC in earnest, perhaps six years ago. I am still in 6.7, though, and rearely use anything fancy. I have noticed the occasional crash, extremely rarely. I generally download ev

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Developer tools are generally absent from the app store, as are all apps > that provide utility beyond the confines of the sandbox. Many other apps > aren't there simply because some devs find it annoying, or simply don't > want to cut the

Vector images?

Why do I have a feeling that the ability to import vector images as vector graphics was meant to be one of the goals of the kickstarter? Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscr

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

That's why I wrote "there are no installers in the app store". You can't do that. -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com Op 9 okt. 2015 o

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

This is why I suggested a "smart" downloader, so it could be maintenance-free. Publishing a new app for every version would indeed be a pain. On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > So you see any installers in the Mac App Store? Maintainin

Buttons, buttons...who has the buttons

Or better question when will the button and field components from earlier versions of LC be available as SVG widgets in LC 8 and beyond. Is there any place someone can recommend to get SVG widgets for: default button option menu pulldown menu combo menu popup menu Trevor's webinar showed some re

Re: Data Validation of copied Data in a field

Thank you for your quick and helpfull response: To Craig Newman: - textChanged is sent after each typed character; DataValidation should start after the end of Typing; so it needs extra coding :-( - Hint re "pasteKey trapped by IDE" will help. To Bob Sneidar: - The CloseFiled msg is sent after

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Isn't it about work vs. potential sales? If I could work my ass off for 2 years 14 hours a day with nary a day off, but had a real good chance of having all the money I needed to retire for life, hell yes I'd do it! Bob S On Oct 9, 2015, at 08:44 , Mark Schonewille mailto:m.schonewi...@econom

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Rick Harrison wrote: I was thinking about how RunRev could expand it’s user base, and I thought for fun I’d see if it was at least listed in the Apple App store for the Macintosh. To my astonishment, I found It is not listed there at all! I don't think you'll find Ruby, Lua, R, or even Xojo th

Re: Download does not work in standalone

Yes, at least I manually selected it in the standalone application settings, as my experiences with the CEF-library was that it would not be included automatically. But it seems as if the Internet library is not included in the build anyway. I have tried to reset it on several occasions. At best

Re: Forking Versions

Github is simple - if what you're building is the Linux kernel, which is what it was designed for. ;) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@f

Building for iOS - which LiveCode with which Xcode? (with which iOS?)

Is there by any chance, or could there be, a table showing versions of LiveCode will work with which versions of XCode (and build for which version of iOS)? I see messages flow by that LC x.y is having a problem with Xcode a.b, and sometimes an answer that you should use XCode c.d instead (or

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

On 10/9/2015 11:44 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > So you see any installers in the Mac App Store? Maintaining the App Store is > a lot of extra work. It would be great if LC were available there, but the > work is probably what keep RunRev from doing so. Not to mention the ridiculously high perce

Re: Download does not work in standalone

Did you include the Internet library (is not the browser external) in your standalone, in de standalone application settings? -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link http://clipboa

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

Peter Haworth wrote: > Would be great if you get flexible groupings going. Having been > through implementing this, one thing to watch out for is that there > isn't a way to get a complete list of properties for a particular > object type. I know some synonyms are missing, but the properties fun

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

So you see any installers in the Mac App Store? Maintaining the App Store is a lot of extra work. It would be great if LC were available there, but the work is probably what keep RunRev from doing so. -- Kind regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Http://economy-x-talk.com Share the clipboar

Re: LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

If not LiveCode itself, then at least a downloader app which grabs the latest Stable GM. Most Windows users (regular folks) have no idea that programming in actually within their reach. So yeah. ALL desktop app stores should have LC in-stock. Great idea, Rick ~Roger On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11

LiveCode is not in the Apple App Store!

Hi there, I was thinking about how RunRev could expand it’s user base, and I thought for fun I’d see if it was at least listed in the Apple App store for the Macintosh. To my astonishment, I found It is not listed there at all! It seems to me that it would at least be a good venue to have it lis

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Thanks fort he idea Peter Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter M. Brigham Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Oktober 2015 16:32 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Thanks for the idea Bob Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bob Sneidar Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Oktober 2015 16:42 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick? I wo

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

I wouldn't use an option buttin in this case, I'd use a multi-line field. You can preface each option with a bullet and tab (I use a graphic for a bullet to maintain cross platform look and feel). Bob S On Oct 9, 2015, at 06:51 , Tiemo Hollmann TB mailto:toolb...@kestner.de>> wrote: Hello,

Re: Data Validation of copied Data in a field

Are you saying that the closefield is not triggered when you leave the field after pasting text??? Very odd! You can use the textChanged message, but that will get triggered every time someone types text. That would be very hard to work with, timing loops and all. Try setting a breakpoint in y

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

One solution that I use is a home-made popup list. It takes 10 minutes of set-up but once you have it in place you can call this function on mouseup anywhere you want it. The basic idea is to have a separate popup button in your stack (invisible) that is loaded on the fly then shown with a "popu

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:35 AM, Mike Kerner wrote: > All of the crashes I have seen in the IDE have been the result of plugins - > I have *no* plugins and one library stack with scripts. I see a few crashes an hour when this is happening, the majority happening when I save. About 80% of the t

AW: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Hi Craig, I don't want to display the full text of the option button, but only one line of the text while hovering the text (or right click buttonDown on a single line), so that the user can see, what he would choose, if he clicks any line. I think my problem is that "the hilitedline" works only w

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Hi. I should have mentioned that the "mouseEnter" message would be the best to set the toolTip, and perhaps as well to display that field, should you want to go that route. Craig -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/How-to-access-the-text-of-an-optio

Re: How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Why not set the toolTip to the text of the button? I don't know how large a display that would be, or whether that format would be tenable. You could always use the "mouseWithin" message to display a field, offset a bit from the combo. and display the text of the button. At least you can contro

Re: Data Validation of copied Data in a field

Why not use the "textChanged" message? It does not care about the method that the user might use to, er, change the text. On the other point, did you mean the "pasteKey" message? This is trapped by the IDE unless you turn off development tools. Check out the "Development" menu. Craig Newman

How to access the text of an option btn before menuPick?

Hello, I have an option button with long text lines as options, but the button itself is smaller (width) as the text lines (because of layout restrictions), so that you can't read the full text of the options. Now I would like to find any solution to show the user the full content of the text lin

Re: Forking Versions

wow, what a pain. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Oh, you also need to add the official repo as a remote on your fork: > > git remote add upstream https://github.com/livecode/livecode.git < > https://github.com/livecode/livecode.git> > > This adds the official repo as a r

Re: the constant crashing of the IDE

All of the crashes I have seen in the IDE have been the result of plugins - I'm not saying that the plugins were buggy, but something broke with the plugins in place. A couple of times, I've discovered that if the plugins are set to start with the IDE, it will crash, but if I start them after the

Data Validation of copied Data in a field

Hello list, until now I used the closefield message to validate data typed into a field. This worked until someone copied the data into the input field. To validate such copied data too, I look for a method / message to trigger the data validation after pasting. But I didn´t find a solution. The

Download does not work in standalone

I am having trouble with this script in a standalone application for OSX. It works alright in the IDE, but will not work when a standalone is built. on mouseUp hide group "DownloadInfo" put gValgtLeksjon & ".pdf" into tFilNavn ask file "Velg hvor du vil lagre filen:" with tFilnavn as sh

Re: LC 8 Property Inspector

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM Mark Wieder wrote: >It seems from the App Browser / Project Browser and Property Inspector >arguments that I've been expecting too much, and we really can't have >alternatives. I have no idea why you've drawn this conclusion, as I've repeatedly told you and said els