Re: Metacard 2.4

On 02/03/14 21:52, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 3/2/14, 1:32 PM, Richmond wrote: I wonder if anyone could send me the IDE files for Metacard 2.4; this is because on the CanelaSoft site all the engines and the IDE are for MC 2.4.1 except the Linux PPC engine, and as a result the thing won't wo

Re: Metacard 2.4

On 02/03/14 21:52, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 3/2/14, 1:32 PM, Richmond wrote: I wonder if anyone could send me the IDE files for Metacard 2.4; this is because on the CanelaSoft site all the engines and the IDE are for MC 2.4.1 except the Linux PPC engine, and as a result the thing won't wo

Re: Metacard 2.4

On 3/2/14, 1:32 PM, Richmond wrote: I wonder if anyone could send me the IDE files for Metacard 2.4; this is because on the CanelaSoft site all the engines and the IDE are for MC 2.4.1 except the Linux PPC engine, and as a result the thing won't work on Ubuntu 12.04 PPC because of a mis

Metacard 2.4

I wonder if anyone could send me the IDE files for Metacard 2.4; this is because on the CanelaSoft site all the engines and the IDE are for MC 2.4.1 except the Linux PPC engine, and as a result the thing won't work on Ubuntu 12.04 PPC because of a mismatch between the engine (2.4.0) and th

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

Memories of The Goons, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, etc. Pete lcSQL Software On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Richmond wrote: > > Mind you, that is rather like walking backwards for Christmas. > > > > __**_ > use-livecode mail

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

thanks, Richmond, for my 'spit out my coffee' moment for today... sqb On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Richmond wrote: > Mind you, that is rather like walking backwards for Christmas. -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb __

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

ode. From the Dictionary entry for the "EPS" token: This object type is supported only on Unix systems with Display PostScript installed. I don't believe I've seen such a system in many years. The funny thing is that I have just run Metacard 2.4 for Windows

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

Richmond wrote: Metacard (lest you forget) has an option to import EPS files. Like anything else in a LiveCode stack, the MC IDE's scripts can only do what the engine provides, so there's nothing in MC that can't be done in LiveCode. From the Dictionary entry for the "EPS" token: This

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

s quickly and easily into EPS format (ether directly, or via postscript). Metacard (lest you forget) has an option to import EPS files. This capability, while appearing in the import stack of Metacard, seems to have stopped functioning in later recensions; hence my attempt to get Metacard 2.4 r

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

Richmond wrote: Continuing my search for PDF via EPS import Went here: http://www.canelasoftware.com/mc/metacard24/ Like any IDE for LiveCode, the MetaCard IDE is just a collection of stacks; the engine that runs those stacks is the same engine that runs the LiveCod

Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

: MetaCard 2.4 installation Required file "stacks.tgz" was not found. Please download the file and restart this installation script. which is bl**dy silly as the file "stacks.tgz" is present in the same folder as the shell script. He