Re: Alternative To A Specific Switch Statement

2013-03-15 Thread david j downs
This is probably a hold-over from my formative years programming a 64KB Atari, but I try to reduce the number of variables used, if possible. This is situationally dependent, of course, and may not work in all instances. That's why I really like Alex's offering. It is elegant, minimizes conditio

Re: Blockly

2012-05-20 Thread david j downs
Scratch is principally funded by a National Science Foundation grant. The expectation is that the results of projects funded by government grants are to be made freely available for public use. J. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.c

Re: [OT] Instructional Video

2012-04-28 Thread J. Downs
> I use Screenium: > > > I didn't know QT could do screen capture. I'll have to look into that, though > Screenium is so versatile that I'll probably stick with it. Nice one, Jacque. I like the integrated editing. I plan to take a look. I have been us

Re: Animation

2012-04-22 Thread J. Downs
eb site that deal with the complexities of collisions with walls in > a convex polygon. > > See also "Programmable Graphics" in RevOnLine. There are 21 cards there > demonstrating a variety of animation problems. > > Jim > >> >> Message: 18 >

Re: Animation

2012-04-22 Thread J. Downs
Thanks, Malte. I've downloaded the AnimationEngine trial and will take a look this afternoon. :) At this time, I am just playing around, so I will be developing on Mac OS X for deployment on same. If I get really crazy, I might see how my ideas run on my BootCamp Windows install. Not lookin

Animation

2012-04-22 Thread J. Downs
Hey, all. I'd like to experiment with LC for some video game development. Sprite animation with collision detection, vertical and horizontal landscape scrolling, etc. Can LC keep up the pace when the number of on-screen objects gets to a dozen or more? Need special add-ons like the Animation

Re: [OT] How to take a fairly good concept and jack it up badly

2012-04-16 Thread J. Downs
I use the same Apple ID on all my Lion Macs, and download software I've purchased to as many as I like. Is there some plan to change this in Mountain Lion? J. On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Everyone by now has heard about the App Store. Apple even has gone so far as > to