Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Mark Wieder
On 10/30/2015 03:33 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Apple's desktop OS has always been distinguished from Microsoft's That's true. There's a wastebasket instead of a recycle bin. /ducking -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing lis

Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Richard Gaskin
Geoff Canyon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> I just wish Apple would hurry up and announce the merger of OS X and >> iOS >> > > Puttin' on my holy war pants... I hope they never do this. I've seen > what Windows 10 looks like on a tablet, and (to my eye) i

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

2015-10-30 Thread JB
When I set the depth to 1 all I would get is the pWhatFolder but 2 would list the files at level 1. JB > On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > Here is a version that puts the trailing "/" on folders and adjusts the input > parameters for the function. > > -- Peter > > Pe

Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Martin Koob
Would iOS merged with OS X become OS XI? Maybe Apple System Eleven would have completely voice UI. What could go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Chromebook-deployment-tp4698264p46983

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread AndyP
Great, thanks for sharing. Font Awesome & Scott Awesome ... what a combination. - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. Copy the new cloud space, get your free 15GB space now: Get Copy Script editor Themer for LC http://2108.co.uk PointandSee

Re: SGV and FE funding of widgets

2015-10-30 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-10-30 14:26, Matt Maier wrote: If it turns out that you can return a "normalized" SVG path does that mean we might be able to do some vector operations in script. Like separating/joining two different shapes/paths, or adjusting the control points of a shape? I meant to actually put a f

Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
EEEK! I just saw my digital life flash before my eyes! Bob S On Oct 29, 2015, at 22:21 , Mark Wieder mailto:mwie...@ahsoftware.net>> wrote: I just wish Apple would hurry up and announce the merger of OS X and iOS ___ use-livecode mailing list u

Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
A correction. Like we had to for such nonsense as salt causes high blood pressure, or cholesterol is bad for you. It all makes sense... until someone actually does the science or research. But really, that paragraph about people not doing the research is a bit too much. You can't expect everyon

Re: "lineAtOffset"?

2015-10-30 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Mark Waddingham wrote: > This at least helps break down what is 'going on' in terms of more > primitive operations (list building and filtering). Yep, agreed. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com

RE: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Ralph DiMola
+1 Nice... Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Neil Roger Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 6:41 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [ANN] Live

Re: glx2

2015-10-30 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Rewriting old code that works is extraordinarily time and labor intensive and always introduces new bugs that have to be squashed. My main project is, like yours, huge, 36,000 lines of script, 45 substacks. It's ugly in places, and I'd do much of it differently now that I've learned a few things

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Roger Eller
Pure Awesomeness! Thanks for sharing this. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Hi All: > > I started taking some past demos, articles, and techniques and put them > into a blog which you might find interesting. > http://tactilemedia.com/blog/ > > My hope is to eventually hav

Re: Chromebook deployment...

2015-10-30 Thread Peter M. Brigham
+1. No, +2. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Oct 30, 2015, at 2:10 AM, Geoff Canyon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > >> I just wish Apple would hurry up and announce the merger of OS X and >> iOS >> > > Put

Re: Why won't this work.

2015-10-30 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Yes. You have to use syntax that makes it plain to the engine that the variable tID should be evaluated before any action is taken. The only way to do that is to use language that can only be applied to controls, ie, setting a property. Since you can't set a property of a variable, the engine lo

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Matt Maier
A lot of those could benefit from using an animated gif instead a static image. GifCam is really useful for that. http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/ On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Tore Nilsen wrote: > I will share this with my students, both to show them what can really be > done in LiveCode,

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Tore Nilsen
I will share this with my students, both to show them what can really be done in LiveCode, but also as an inspiration to think outside of the standard application window box. It is always inspiring to see Scotts work. Somehow he always manages to make it look so simple. Tore > 30. okt. 2015 k

Re: SGV and FE funding of widgets

2015-10-30 Thread Matt Maier
If it turns out that you can return a "normalized" SVG path does that mean we might be able to do some vector operations in script. Like separating/joining two different shapes/paths, or adjusting the control points of a shape? On Oct 30, 2015 04:32, "Mark Waddingham" wrote: > On 2015-10-30 10:35

Re: "lineAtOffset"?

2015-10-30 Thread Peter M. Brigham
While we're waiting for the Edinburgh team to implement possible solutions, you can use the lineoffsets() function that I have posted here in the past (included below). The function could be adjusted to return the text of the lines instead of the offset numbers, but probably then it should retur

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread rjd318
Yes! That looks more than just interesting, makes me want to leave work already (but unfortunately day just started) and try some of those techniques out. Thanks, Scott! Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:33 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > > Hi All: > > I started taking some past demos, ar

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Roland Huettmann
Just great ). Really really nice. It is exactly what people looking for. And that is why much more support of media and visual presentation is so important in LC. Maybe one little hint: On my Android the kind-of-white text is almost not readable (Samsung S5), and in daylight no chance to read. E

Re: recursion limit when creating file list of harddrive

2015-10-30 Thread Peter M. Brigham
Here is a version that puts the trailing "/" on folders and adjusts the input parameters for the function. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig -- function directoryListing pWhatFolder, pInvisibleFiles, pDepth -- returns a full listing of th

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Roger Guay
Wonderful!!! Thank you! Roger > On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:33 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > > Hi All: > > I started taking some past demos, articles, and techniques and put them > into a blog which you might find interesting. http://tactilemedia.com/blog/ > > My hope is to eventually have all my demo

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Alan Stenhouse
Marvellous work as always Scott - thanks! :-) On 30 Oct 2015, at 12:00 pm, Scott Rossi wrote: > Hi All: > > I started taking some past demos, articles, and techniques and put them > into a blog which you might find interesting. http://tactilemedia.com/blog/ > > My hope is to eventually have all

Re: "lineAtOffset"?

2015-10-30 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-10-29 22:02, Geoff Canyon wrote: I knew there was the possibility that it was vague, so I threw it out there without explanation to see -- and it's vague. It's a useful trick ;) I was definitely going for interpretation 2. So my item 4 of y matching "a*b" would be the same as your

Re: "lineAtOffset"?

2015-10-30 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:33 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > get lineoffset("foo", tText,"","text") > > Why wouldn't you make it work similar to matchText(), ie matchText returns true or false regardless of whether you include a 'foundTextVarsList' but if your regular expression contains parenthe

Re: SGV and FE funding of widgets

2015-10-30 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-10-30 10:35, Frans Schoffelen wrote: So how do we get started? Well, on the SVG front things have already started: https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/3089 This still needs a bit more work (we're hoping to have it ready for LiveCode 8 DP9) but currently does the following:

Re: Vector Images and the SVGL stack

2015-10-30 Thread Frans Schoffelen
> On 30 Oct 2015, at 04:50, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Download SVGL: > livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/112/SVGL > > Download this SVG file: > https://openclipart.org/detail/3859/italian-coffee-maker >

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Peter W A Wood
Scott That is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing these wonderful insights. Regards Peter > On 30 Oct 2015, at 18:33, Scott Rossi wrote: > > Hi All: > > I started taking some past demos, articles, and techniques and put them > into a blog which you might find interesting. http://tactilemedi

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Skip Kimpel
+1 > On Oct 30, 2015, at 6:40 AM, Neil Roger wrote: > > Amazing stuff Scott :) Going straight in my favourites! > > > > > LiveCode Technical Support Lead > n...@livecode.com > > LiveCode > +44 (0) 845 219 8923. > 25A Thistle Street Lane South West, Edinburgh, E

Re: [ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Neil Roger
Amazing stuff Scott :) Going straight in my favourites! LiveCode Technical Support Lead n...@livecode.com LiveCode +44 (0) 845 219 8923. 25A Thistle Street Lane South West, Edinburgh, EH2 1EW http://www.livecode.com Facebook

[ANN] LiveCode Blog (mostly)

2015-10-30 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi All: I started taking some past demos, articles, and techniques and put them into a blog which you might find interesting. http://tactilemedia.com/blog/ My hope is to eventually have all my demo stacks transferred to this medium, and will post new articles here when available. Happy Friday.

Re: Vector Images and the SVGL stack

2015-10-30 Thread Frans Schoffelen
> On 30 Oct 2015, at 04:50, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Download SVGL: > livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/112/SVGL > > Download this SVG file: > https://openclipart.org/detail/3859/italian-coffee-maker >

Re: glx2

2015-10-30 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > > 6.6.5? Really? > That was so buggy I uninstalled it right after installation. > Hhmmm, interesting. 6.6.5 is rock solid for me on OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x and 10.9.x. In the case of Tiger and Leo that's even on some old PPC machines. Most new

Re: SGV and FE funding of widgets

2015-10-30 Thread Frans Schoffelen
> On 30 Oct 2015, at 04:50, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > I just paid $7000 to get 64Bit Mic version of LC. I will pay $2500 to get > SVG started because it is important to me and the community. If LiveCode or > someone else wants to make it happen you know where to find me!!!