Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-25 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 24/04/2014 23:15, Richard Gaskin wrote: Ben Rubinstein wrote: > I'd love to know: what do other people do to customise their > environment? Is that all?!? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: > > It's got various things on it, but the main ones are a big backup+save > button, and a display of the rev version - actually, the buildnumber(), > version() and revAppVersion() - so just by glancing at the top-right corner > of my screen

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Peter Haworth
It is interesting how different people work in different ways. In my lcStackBrowser plugin I tried to include functionality that I've found useful in my own work environment and also keep the number of open utility stacks to a minimum, hoping to provide as much flexibility as possible. Like Richar

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
J. Landman Gay wrote: On 4/24/14, 5:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Where do you put the stacks you're working on? :) You and I have exactly opposite work habits. Maybe not so much. Most of those stacks aren't open all the time, some seldom

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/24/14, 5:15 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Where do you put the stacks you're working on? :) You and I have exactly opposite work habits. I mentioned "choice" earlier in this thread. Choice is good. It's a credit to LC that we can work howev

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ben Rubinstein wrote: > I'd love to know: what do other people do to customise their > environment? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveC

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/24/14, 1:56 PM, Ben Rubinstein wrote: I'd love to know: what do other people do to customise their environment? I use a system I started in HC 25+ years ago and have been adding to ever since. Back then it was additions to the Home script, today it's a library plugin that inserts one scr

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Ben Rubinstein
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:13 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC I got tired of that so now I just type "the version"

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Richmond
On 24/04/14 00:26, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote How about something like this: on saveStackRequest put (the short name of this stack & the version) into NOM put NOM into fld "NOM" set the name of this stack to NOM pass saveStackRequest en

RE: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
rev.com] On >Behalf >Of J. Landman Gay >Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:13 PM >To: How to use LiveCode >Subject: Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and >RC > >I got tired of that so now I just type "the version" into the message >box. &g

RE: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-24 Thread Ralph DiMola
ssage- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:13 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC I got tired of that so now I just type "the version

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Dar Scott
With a file-format change happening, and two fronts of development, this is even more important. Maybe the mouse pointer can be red for dp and orange for rc. Or it can speak “seven point zero” whenever I bring a window forward. Or a way to make version icons for aliases. Dar On Apr 23, 20

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
I got tired of that so now I just type "the version" into the message box. On April 23, 2014 8:20:56 PM CDT, Kay C Lan wrote: >The problem I have is I occasionally accidentally start the wrong version >so I'm constantly needing to visit the About LiveCode to confirm which version >is open --

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Stacks can be opened many ways. > I'm with Richard on this one. I have stacks I wont risk with anything other than GM versions of LC. Those stacks I am willing to risk I simply duplicate then start them up with an RC or DP version. The pro

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
t; end saveStackRequest > > Certainly works for me. Where do you put this handler? In a frontscript or replacing the IDE original handler? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Enhancement-Request-Open-and-BackUp-in-LiveCode-DP-and-RC-tp4

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Richmond
On 23/04/14 23:04, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Then, a plug-in stack would do. Does LiveCode includes the Engine version in each saved stack? http://docs.runrev.com/Function/version http://docs.runrev.com/Property/stackFileVersion If this is true, then LiveCode could provide a warning when develop

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Richmond
On 23/04/14 22:22, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi All, Just added this enhancement request: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12279 Every announcement of a new LiveCode version includes this message: WARNING: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before test

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
engine version and offers to create a backup. Just a thought... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Enhancement-Request-Open-and-BackUp-in-LiveCode-DP-and-RC-tp4678587p4678592.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Richard Gaskin
Stacks can be opened many ways. In most of my projects I only manually open one stack in the IDE, and the scripts in that stack may load as many as a dozen others. To satisfy the request the engine would have to intercept all attempts to open stacks, or maybe just the save command, and then i

[Enhancement Request] Open and BackUp in LiveCode DP and RC

2014-04-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
/seconds Please, add your own comments, suggestions and ideas. Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Enhancement-Request-Open-and-BackUp-in-LiveCode-DP-and-RC-tp4678587.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at