[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 264

Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #264 here: https://bit.ly/3o8bBhk This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and around

Re: Finding invisible/non printable characters in a string

David: > Would I be right in thinking if codepoint count > the number of chars > in a text string, then it probably contains invisible characters? Negative; there are other possibilities. Including Paul: > There are characters that consist of more than one codepoint - > composite versions

Re: Finding invisible/non printable characters in a string

The ASCII characters at the beginning of the ASCII table (RS, GS, Bell, etc) typically display as a box. What you are describing are zero width Unicode characters. I think there are four. You could explicitly look for them. Kee Nethery > On May 10, 2021, at 7:09 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode

Re: Finding invisible/non printable characters in a string

There are characters that consist of more than one codepoint - composite versions of characters for accents. See https://unicode-table.com/en/blocks/combining-diacritical-marks/ I think the best way is to scan the codepoints looking for codePointToNum values that are 0-31 (exclude tab and cr/

[ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-6

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.6.2 RC-6. Getting the Release === You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ or via the automatic updater. Release Contents LiveCode 9.6.2 RC-6 comes with 3 regress

Finding invisible/non printable characters in a string

Hi folks, hope everyone is well. Would I be right in thinking if codepoint count > the number of chars in a text string, then it probably contains invisible characters? Or would I need to search through Hex to check? Or something much easier and cleverer that I hadn’t even considered. Becaus