Re: Standardize Font Appearance

2022-09-01 Thread Neville Smythe via use-livecode
Standardising fonts, so that one would no longer have to check that every label and field carefully crafted on the Mac to fit text precisely would not have missing pixels or whole words wrapped out of sight on Windows because of different font metrics, sounds like a great idea. But the reality o

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
I would agree that a LC specific (smartcrumbs specific actually) interface to git would be helpful. On the back end, it would just be native git add/commit/push/fetch/pull/merge commands to get data into the repository. The JSON file structure looks to be a mainstack key with the GUID value and th

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Mark, this is the same bug that you already filed: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23910 On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 9:29 PM Brian Milby wrote: > Actually, that is a bug that needs to be fixed. I don't have "My > Livecode" running from my documents folder. So the extension itself is in

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Thanks Brian for your comprehensive response. What I meant was, though, that ‘ideally’ we need some instructions in the Guide and preferably a GUI for github and the like built into LC specifically for SmartCrumbs. That way the UIDs can be auto converted to the object names and laid out in files

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Actually, that is a bug that needs to be fixed. I don't have "My Livecode" running from my documents folder. So the extension itself is in the correct place, but all of the stuff it writes is in the wrong place. On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 9:04 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.run

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
I think some of this is a bit too much to address in a list post. I'll make some comments though. (i) Make a repo at https://github.com; https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/setting-up-a-repository; you can view tons of docs at https://docs.github.com/en (ii)-(iv) I use https://www.sourcetreeap

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Got it figured out. It just doesn't work on linux. On OSX when executing scEnabledPlugin I get the error A stack with the same name as ... Before loading /Users//Documents/My LiveCode/SmartCrumbsVCW/extensions... what do you want to do with stack: /Users//Downloads/smartCrumbs/... So it look

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
As I see it working in my head, property changes, at least built in properties, would typically only be triggered in the IDE. Custom properties are another matter. Set those aside f or a moment. If we are only talking about built in properties, then the message would almost never get sent unless

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/1/22 15:55, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: LC9.6.7? 9.6.9rc1 -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pre

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
LC9.6.7? Sean Cole Pi Digital Productions Ltd eMail Ts & Cs > On 1 Sep 2022, at 23:48, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 9/1/22 15:16, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: > >> Here are the steps > > Yep. Exactly what I did. > Oh well. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw.

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/1/22 15:16, Pi Digital via use-livecode wrote: Here are the steps Yep. Exactly what I did. Oh well. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
I don’t know who coded it but it really does not follow the standard LC conventions. I am going to assume it was someone external to LC so will cut them a huge bit of slack. It’s also very clear English is not their first language so they did pretty well considering. Here are the steps Create

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/1/22 11:25, Sean Cole via use-livecode wrote: By the way, here is an update to the plugin code: Sean- good news that you got it working. How in the world did you manage that? I went through what I think are the right steps: scCreatePlugin "","" edit and save plugin code scInstallPlugin

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Fab :D however, ‘how’ does one… (i) set up a GitHub (I know how, this is for the benefit of others), (ii) perform commits, push, pulls (perhaps using LC and having an LC library/widget for this would be best), (iii) merge to a branch, (iv) switch branches All the while making it simple for ev

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I think it was the July Problem solving session, but it could have been August's. I think July 14th's session. On 9/1/2022 5:21 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: Thank you. I keep missing the conferences and I need to watch them later. Do you happen to recall which one it was? It sou

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Thank you. I keep missing the conferences and I need to watch them later. Do you happen to recall which one it was? It sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On September 1, 2022 3:44:56

Re: Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
On 9/1/2022 4:33 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: What library/commands do you use for text to speech? I see that revSpeak works on Windows and Mac, and the speech library ("speech*") works on android, iOS, and Mac. What do you use if you want to support all four platforms? Do you jus

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bob Sneidar wrote: > I would like to see a propertyChanged message implemented that gets > sent to any object when any of it's properties change. There could > even be two messages, one for built-in properies and another for > custom properties. I like the idea (I'd love messages for all sorts o

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Should have read, For INSTANCE, if I had a main class called Labels... On Sep 1, 2022, at 13:34 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: For if I had a main class called Labels, ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Because there are a lot of parent objects for one, and changing the mainstack default font would change EVERYTHING. What I had in mind was a label type that I could create subtypes from, then instance from those. For example I use label fields for a form header, subheaders for datagrids, subhead

Text to speech

2022-09-01 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
What library/commands do you use for text to speech? I see that revSpeak works on Windows and Mac, and the speech library ("speech*") works on android, iOS, and Mac. What do you use if you want to support all four platforms? Do you just branch to revSpeak for Windows? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 9/1/22 12:25, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: Hi all. I would like to see a propertyChanged message implemented that gets sent to any object when any of it's properties change. There could even be two messages, one for built-in properies and another for custom properties. Imagine being

Re: propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23917 > On Sep 1, 2022, at 12:25 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi all. > > I would like to see a propertyChanged message implemented that gets sent to > any object when any of it's properties change. There could even be two > messag

propertyChanged message

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hi all. I would like to see a propertyChanged message implemented that gets sent to any object when any of it's properties change. There could even be two messages, one for built-in properies and another for custom properties. Imagine being able to change the font or size of a particular obje

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Here is the workflow that I think is intended: Export stack to files Commit files to GitHub or other VCS — Fetch/pull latest from GitHub Import stack from files Make changes Export stack to files Commit changes to GitHub — At any point changes between branches can be merged due to structure of exp

Re: Livecode / Github

2022-09-01 Thread Sean Cole via use-livecode
I managed to get the stack and all substacks to export finally. There was an issue with an old extension library two of the stacks use (Chart Maker) so just removed the stacks for now and all ported properly. Now, it occurs to me that this is all well and good, but there is a lack of instruction o

NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

2022-09-01 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
I took a major stab at LCB and created a new widget based on the navbar widget. I have made 2 changes to the navbar and call it navrad. It does not modify the stock navbar. With almost no docs it was a challenge. There were so many unknowns I got a few giant headaches. It adds 4 new properties(

Re: Stylistic question.

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
by Navigator I was put off by Navigator at first, mainly because it was able to do a LOT, and I was looking for an easy answer to a complex problem: How to set properties for objects in a much more intuitive way that the LC Property Editor. Once I started using it however, I cannot imagine how

Re: lcb missing manual

2022-09-01 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Geoff Canyon wrote: > I've put off LCB because I don't much bother with widgets. > I suppose I could update Navigator, but it already works well, > so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > So if it isn't faster, dare I say it, why would I? Foreign Function Interface, and certain custom control needs. In short, the lan

Re: Standardize Font Appearance

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
OK I'm well on my way to standardizing fonts. However I have run across a bit of an issue. Take the Google font Aclonica. On the MacOS it appears on the fonts menu in the property editor as Aclonica Regular. But on Windows it appears as simply Aclonica. That means if you assign the font using th

RE: lcb missing manual

2022-09-01 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
42 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 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2022 11:11 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Bob

Re: lcb missing manual

2022-09-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Also, when it comes to performance, developers should ask not only is it faster, but would anyone notice the difference? I used to say, "A computer only needs to be fast enough." Some will ask, "Fast enough for what?" To which I reply, "Now you are asking the right question." Bob S On Aug 31,

Re: lcb missing manual

2022-09-01 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
I don't know why you would. Libraries that aren't trying to get into system-level API's don't need to be there. On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 12:56 AM Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Agreed -- I've put off LCB because I don't much bother with widgets. I > suppose