Re: Livecode script on Raspberry pi

2023-04-17 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
Thank you very much Richard! I will check if what you say works well and I will let you know. Best, Hery On 4/14/23 15:13, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: Hello Heriberto - I haven't run the old LC/ARM-Linux build in so long I have no idea how well it works anymore. It was created as

Re: Livecode script on Raspberry pi

2023-04-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
-- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Dear Livecode experts, I'm interested in running the Livecode script/server version on my Raspberry Pi. While I'm not keen on creating graphical applications, I'd like to switch from using Python as my scripting language and utilize Liv

Livecode script on Raspberry pi

2023-04-13 Thread Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode
Dear Livecode experts, I'm interested in running the Livecode script/server version on my Raspberry Pi. While I'm not keen on creating graphical applications, I'd like to switch from using Python as my scripting language and utilize Livecode instead. I find Livecode to be mor

Re: Back to School: Raspberry Pi fork?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
ython environments. We have that conversation every year. This was the sixth time we've had it. Surely somewhere in our community or beyond it we can find the resources to bring the LC Community build for Raspberry Pi up to 9.6.1. Who can we hire, and how much would it cost? If we ca

Back to School: Raspberry Pi fork?

2020-09-24 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
s was the sixth time we've had it. Surely somewhere in our community or beyond it we can find the resources to bring the LC Community build for Raspberry Pi up to 9.6.1. Who can we hire, and how much would it cost? If we can find the resource, I'll bet we can come up with the money t

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-23 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi, Did they fix the USB-C issue they had last summer on the first release of the Pi 4 ? Best, Le 2020-01-22 14:34, Kevin via use-livecode a écrit : I’ve had my push notification server running on a Pi 3 for some years. Just bought a Pi 4, 4gb, will try installing live code on that. Always

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-22 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
. Seems quicker via VNC Regards Kevin Stallibrass Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jan 2020, at 17:00, use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com wrote: Raspberry Pi 4 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-22 Thread JJS via use-livecode
bought a Pi 4, 4gb, will try installing live code on that. Always found the biggest overhead on the Pi is running the monitor. Seems quicker via VNC Regards Kevin Stallibrass Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jan 2020, at 17:00, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: Raspberry Pi 4

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-22 Thread Kevin via use-livecode
at 17:00, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > > Raspberry Pi 4 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.r

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-22 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
I have an older Raspberry Pi 2. I had installed LC 6.x on it but found the processor and internet to be way too slow. I was considering getting a Pi 4, but noticed that no one has yet made a good LC installer for Pi so I haven’t pursued it. It’s good to hear that the Pi 4 is better. Thanks

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-21 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
I might buy one. thanks. On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 8:33 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Anyone here have a Raspberry Pi 4? With up to 4GB RAM, two displays, and > other nifty enhancements it's quite a nice little computer: > https:/

Raspberry Pi 4

2020-01-21 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Anyone here have a Raspberry Pi 4? With up to 4GB RAM, two displays, and other nifty enhancements it's quite a nice little computer: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ It would be good to know if anyone here has run LC on it. It would be ever better to know if a

Re: LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread hh via use-livecode
RaspberryPi has an own subforum http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=76 For Raspi special interfaces use (the fastest) LC 6.5.1 and the python libraries via shell. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Re: LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread JJS via use-livecode
. I’m thinking of buying him a Raspberry PI starter kit and an interface kit. These things run on javascript in processing and python, and other languages, but I’m wondering if anybody has used Livecode to interact with the Raspberry PI. Any hints, experience, or other thoughts would be most we

LC and Raspberry PI

2019-03-27 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Folks: I’m buying a birthday present for my 14 yr old grandson who likes to play computer games, does Lego Robotics, and is somewhat ADD. I’m thinking of buying him a Raspberry PI starter kit and an interface kit. These things run on javascript in processing and python, and other languages, but

OT: WebOS resurfaces for the raspberry pi !!!

2018-03-27 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/03/23/lg-releases-webos-open-source-edition-optimized-for-raspberry-pi-3-raspberry_pi-piday-raspberrypi/ -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this

Re: Raspberry Pi help needed soon

2017-05-27 Thread Mark Rauterkus via use-livecode
Yes Richard. Sing it again and again. Wow to that news. LiveCode needs to show up there, with bells on. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preference

Raspberry Pi help needed soon

2017-05-26 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
From this morning's news: Raspberry Pi is merging with a coding foundation Together, Raspberry Pi and CoderDojo hope to reach 185,000 young people in more than 100 countries all over the planet. <https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/26/raspberry-pi-coderdojo-merge/> This is a gre

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-13 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mike Kerner wrote: > Pi is interesting to me because of what I can, in theory, build with > it, but for the same reason so are many other things. Pi isn't going > to bring revenue to LC, IMHO, the way that some of those other tools > can... Not directly, at least not short-term. But as hh poin

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
People who are using a Raspi and try or even use LC on it may be inclined to try or use LC if they 'expand' to a tablet or desktop. And their own creations will work after no or small adjustments, WOW. This may cause (delayed) revenue to LC. > Mike K. wrote: > Pi is interesting to me because of w

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-12 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
Pi is interesting to me because of what I can, in theory, build with it, but for the same reason so are many other things. Pi isn't going to bring revenue to LC, IMHO, the way that some of those other tools can, but being able to brag about being the easy-to-use IDE for PI would be cool. On Sat,

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
hh wrote: > Richard. > > Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. > > Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). > > 1. >> RG wrote: >> The last RPi build was v704, which is generally good with one >> critical issue: a bug in the menu handling routine causes

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
jonathandlynch wrote: > Why is LC 7 slower than 6? There may be additional factors specific to the RPi build, but in general those differences were due to Unicode support and unoptimized refactoring related to that and other large-scale scopes of work. With v9 much of the earlier performance

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Why is LC 7 slower than 6? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2017, at 3:50 PM, hh via use-livecode > wrote: > > Richard. > > Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. > > Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). > > 1. >> RG wrote: >> The last RPi build

Re: LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread hh via use-livecode
Richard. Thanks for your engagement. I would like to second this with 98%. Let me correct two of your statements (the missing 2%). 1. > RG wrote: > The last RPi build was v704, which is generally good with one critical > issue: a bug in the menu handling routine causes a crash when clicking >

LC for Raspberry Pi

2017-03-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
In another thread Mark Rauterkus wrote: > The other HUGE area where I think LiveCode could shine is with the > Raspberry Pi community. But, sadly, the mothership is not putting > support there for confidence to take root, IMHO. So, that remains > only a dream. An annual release for

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-12 Thread Mark Wieder
On 06/09/2016 03:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: What's needed to work with the GPIO on RPi? I'd like to work with a motion sensor, and would prefer to work with LC instead Python if I can. Not LC, but I came across a very nice Forth for the pi: supports C-code primitives and has a GPIO example

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-11 Thread [-hh]
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Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Earlier I wrote: Yesterday my Pi3 arrived and I tried once again to see if any of the three most recent LC builds would run on it. And once again, as with my Pi2, the older of the three crashes on launch, the other two crash as soon as I click anywhere in the menu bar. Too bad, since the Pi is

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
-hh wrote: > Forgot to mention, in case you are interested in WebIOPi, > there is a patch: > > WebIOPi-0.7.1 Patch for Raspberry B+, Pi2, and Pi3 > https://github.com/doublebind/raspi/ > > I had it running on Raspi2, but not yet on Raspi3. Thanks. Bookmarked for when I get back to that. Right n

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-11 Thread [-hh]
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Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-11 Thread [-hh]
ing LC on Raspi for hardware is *really* good for rapid TESTING (use LC 6), NOT for rapid WORKING. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Raspberry-Pi-GPIO-tp4705616p4705665.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Mike Doub
ethod. > >What is "the file method"? How do I treat GPIO connections as file >paths? Somewhere in /proc? > >Earlier you wrote: > >Look at the comments in the library it self for how to solve >the Accessing the GPIO (of a raspberry pi) without "sudo"

Raspberry Pi community team?

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Discussing Raspberry Pi with the team, it seems that although they'd like to add it into their build system the time required to do so is in short supply. So if we want an updated Pi build, it's up to the community to make it happen. I haven't run a make file since before we

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Michael Doub
> > Earlier you wrote: > > Look at the comments in the library it self for how to solve > the Accessing the GPIO (of a raspberry pi) without "sudo" problem. > > The stack script isn't very big, and perhaps I'm just pre-coffee but I > couldn

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Earlier I wrote: > What is "the file method"? How do I treat GPIO connections as file > paths? Somewhere in /proc? > > Earlier you wrote: > > Look at the comments in the library it self for how to solve > the Accessing the GPIO (of a raspberry pi) withou

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Look at the comments in the library it self for how to solve the Accessing the GPIO (of a raspberry pi) without "sudo" problem. The stack script isn't very big, and perhaps I'm just pre-coffee but I couldn't find anything there about sudo. Where should I be look

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Michael Doub
Richard, You initial gut reaction is STILL correct. Currently the only solution available to livecoders is the file method. The performance of this solution is terrible and limits the types of real world problems that can be solved with livecode and raspberry pi. It would be wonderful if

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
Michael Doub wrote: > Richard, Take a look at the code in the MasterLibrary. Look at the > comments in the library it self for how to solve the Accessing the > GPIO (of a raspberry pi) without "sudo" problem. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wpwn3hfbmpl7sk/MasterLibr

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
-hh wrote: > Using the GPIO is nothing else than writing zeros or ones to a file. > Nobody needs a library for that? > [Also there was a talk about that at the last LC US-conference.] I'll see if I can find that one on the DVDs. What is the LC syntax for something like: open file GPIO pin 6

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-10 Thread Michael Doub
Richard, Take a look at the code in the MasterLibrary. Look at the comments in the library it self for how to solve the Accessing the GPIO (of a raspberry pi) without "sudo" problem. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wpwn3hfbmpl7sk/MasterLibrary.livecode?dl=0 Regards, Mike On 6

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-09 Thread [-hh]
onnect.com/ -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Raspberry-Pi-GPIO-tp4705616p4705626.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.

Re: Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-09 Thread Monte Goulding
It looks like you could do this very easily in script. A good community project to write a library and see what you can do with it! http://luketopia.net/2013/07/28/raspberry-pi-gpio-via-the-shell/ Cheers Monte > On 10 Jun 2016, at 8:38 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > What's

Raspberry Pi GPIO

2016-06-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
What's needed to work with the GPIO on RPi? I'd like to work with a motion sensor, and would prefer to work with LC instead Python if I can. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web _

Best LC release for Raspberry PI

2016-01-18 Thread paolo mazza
Hi all, I have a question about Raspberry PI: which is the best LC release for Raspberry PI now? According to the download list, the last release for Raspberry PI is the 7.0.4 However, I read in the forum that it does not work properly , see http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&a

Re: Livecode on Raspberry Pi 2

2015-08-02 Thread David Bovill
Hey Mark - it was just Noobs I believe - will be trying it with others. I tried it on B - and it sort of worked OK, the version of Raspberry Pi 2 just worked though. On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 at 03:03 Mark Smith wrote: > What OS are you running it with? > > > > -- > View this

Re: Livecode on Raspberry Pi 2

2015-08-01 Thread Mark Smith
What OS are you running it with? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Livecode-on-Raspberry-Pi-2-tp4694398p4694552.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode

Livecode on Raspberry Pi 2

2015-07-28 Thread David Bovill
Livecode works superbly on Raspberry Pi 2 - much much better than I anticipated. looking to hook into some native media playback ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-05 Thread Peter W A Wood
Hi Fraser On Monday, 5 January 2015, Fraser Gordon wrote: > On 03/01/2015 23:46, Peter W A Wood wrote: > > Hi Kenji > > > > As I understand the Linux option in the Standalone Settings creates a > standalone for an Intel-based computer. At the moment, there isn’t an > option to create a standalon

Re: Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-04 Thread Fraser Gordon
edition are you using? "Linux ARMv6" should appear as an option on the Linux pane of the 7.0 Community editions (alongside x86 and x86-64). > There is a “community” supported version of LiveCode that runs on Raspberry > Pi but that is the IDE. I haven’t tried it myself so I d

Re: Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-03 Thread Stallibrass
I also had difficulties building for the Raspberry Pi which I've got round by installing livecode onto the Raspberry and rebuilding the app on that. It works for me using 6.5 but 6.5.1 refuses to open a stack created on a Mac. Just used it to create an auto push notification server as I

Re: Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-03 Thread Kenji Kojima
alone for an Intel-based computer. At the moment, there isn’t an option > to create a standalone for an ARM-based computer. > > There is a “community” supported version of LiveCode that runs on Raspberry > Pi but that is the IDE. I haven’t tried it myself so I don’t know if you can &g

Re: Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-03 Thread Peter W A Wood
Hi Kenji As I understand the Linux option in the Standalone Settings creates a standalone for an Intel-based computer. At the moment, there isn’t an option to create a standalone for an ARM-based computer. There is a “community” supported version of LiveCode that runs on Raspberry Pi but

Standalone on Raspberry Pi

2015-01-03 Thread Kenji Kojima
Hi, Did anybody make a standalone on Raspberry Pi? I made some test standalone of very simple stacks. I changed the permissions of them. But they did not run on Raspberry Pi. I tried to run the standalone on Ubuntu. They worked. What was the problem. Thanks, -- Kenji Kojima / 小島健治 http

Re: Raspberry Pi and GPIO

2014-10-09 Thread Michael Doub
” close file “/sys/class/gpio/gpio12/value” end _output Using the shell cmds were way too slow. Not even close to the performance of open, write, close. Hope this helps someone else playing with Raspberry Pi Regards, Mike On Oct 9, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > No speci

Re: Raspberry Pi and GPIO

2014-10-09 Thread Andrew Kluthe
hat to be forced to use a shell command. > > I am running as the default pi user. Should this user have different > permissions? If so how do you grant them? > > Regards, > Mike > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Michael Doub wrote: > > > I am looking for s

Re: Raspberry Pi and GPIO

2014-10-09 Thread Michael Doub
of you with unix/raspberry pi experience. > > I have think that I have installed 7.0 rc 1 on my raspberry pi B+ properly. > I am trying to figure out how to play with the GPIO’s. > > I am am able to execute the following to set up the IO > >put shell("ech

Raspberry Pi and GPIO

2014-10-09 Thread Michael Doub
I am looking for some help from some of you with unix/raspberry pi experience. I have think that I have installed 7.0 rc 1 on my raspberry pi B+ properly. I am trying to figure out how to play with the GPIO’s. I am am able to execute the following to set up the IO put shell("

Re: Raspberry Pi Standalone

2014-09-09 Thread hyperchris
I played with the PI version of the IDE while at RunRevLive and it works pretty well. It's a little pokey but should work well for debugging and testing. The PI version is on the downloads page right next to all the other platforms! I just produced my first RPi standalone using the new Linux

Re: Raspberry Pi Standalone

2014-09-09 Thread Fraser Gordon
On 9 Sep 2014, at 04:40, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: > I just produced my first RPi standalone using the new Linux ARMv6-HF option > found in 7.0 RC1. This is going to change everything. I forgot to mention something during my conference talk: you can only build for RPi from the

Raspberry Pi Standalone

2014-09-08 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
I just produced my first RPi standalone using the new Linux ARMv6-HF option found in 7.0 RC1. This is going to change everything. Fraser Gordon, you are brilliant! SKIP KIMPEL ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit thi

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 2

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Waldman wrote: We need to recognize that these new devices are an opportunity for LiveCode - if we want to take advantage of the buzz. Well said, Bill. While there's no doubt a certain percentage of Raspberry Pi users who become disappointed once they understand that it&#x

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 2

2013-09-05 Thread William Waldman
ino and a healthy stock of basic electronic components, they also rely heavily on Internet-only supply houses big and small. They may be solitary individuals or the lucky few that belong to a Maker Space or have friends that share an interest. The low price of entry (of a Raspberry Pi model B at $35, f

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard PART 1

2013-09-05 Thread William Waldman
Sorry - Apparently this post is too large to go through without "moderator approval" and after 3 days, I think I'll just hack it in two. There's a huge groundswell of interest around a crop of new, relatively inexpensive ARM based single board computers and micro based boar

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-09-04 Thread Peter Alcibiades
, the Euler case from Akasa seems really neat, and that will support a low wattage i5 and a low profile itx board.. It won't be cheap but it could be a very nice little system. Peter -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Raspberry-Pi-vs-x86-emb

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Alex Tweedly
So help me out here: What am I not seeing about the attraction to Raspberry Pi? Why isn't the world just as excited about spending just an extra few bucks to get a more useful x86 system? I can think of a few reasons / answers. Even if each one is only a partial explanation, it all ad

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: > For me personally, I would rather see an IDE for Android. Listers > will likely say, "Tablets are too small for productivity". I think the biggest challenge is being limited to a single window. A tablet IDE would need to be in a group that could be copied to the stack, an

Re: [OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Roger Eller
On Aug 31, 2013 1:01 PM, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: > > I like the idea of a cheap computer, but it seems the LiveCode build for Linux/ARM needed to run on the Raspberry Pi is still only in its early stage - here's a blog entry that includes a link to download a test bu

[OT] Raspberry Pi vs x86 embedded motherboard

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
I like the idea of a cheap computer, but it seems the LiveCode build for Linux/ARM needed to run on the Raspberry Pi is still only in its early stage - here's a blog entry that includes a link to download a test build if you're feeling adventurous: <http://livecode.com/blog/2013/0

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Not on iOS or Android. The serial library was not ported over. -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Ken Corey wrote: > Hrm...communication would seem to be a given already, isn't it? Can't > LiveCode access RS-232 serial (real or emula

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Richmond wrote: >> Again, I'm not Kevin, but I can't see the MakerFaire crowd paying his >> employee's salaries. >> > > I'm not Kevin either (which must be a great relief to him)… "Be yourself -- everyone else is already taken." -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Richmond
On 07/09/2012 08:15 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: So you are saying that we need to find a way to make Livecode addicting, so we can develop a high enough number of Livecode Dependents? Hmmm... have to think about that one for a bit. ;-) Hey; I've been hooked for a fair few years! Bob On Jul 9,

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Ken Corey
*sigh* You /would/ have to bring reality into it. I *hate* it when people do that. I've been a School Governor here in the UK. I'm not a teacher, and never tried to be one, but if I'd have wanted to be a teach that little glimpse would most assuredly have put me off. Things are most decided

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
So you are saying that we need to find a way to make Livecode addicting, so we can develop a high enough number of Livecode Dependents? Hmmm... have to think about that one for a bit. ;-) Bob On Jul 9, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Richmond wrote: > The only way > to get a decent return on that sort of

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Richmond
On 07/09/2012 07:25 PM, Ken Corey wrote: Again, I'm not Kevin, but I can't see the MakerFaire crowd paying his employee's salaries. I'm not Kevin either (which must be a great relief to him), but I am sure that developing an ARM version of Livecode would cost an arm-and-a-leg (pun intende

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Ken Corey
but I can't see the MakerFaire crowd paying his employee's salaries. -Ken On 09/07/2012 14:41, Thomas McGrath III wrote: There is communicating with PI and then there is running on PI. I am almost definitely sure that we can already easily communicate with PI but as for running on th

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Andre Garzia
Folks, When I said "it can't be done", I meant "You can't deploy LiveCode apps on the Pi". Meaning since we don't have an engine for ARM Linux, currently is impossible to develop for raspberry pi using LiveCode. Building a LiveCode ARM Engine is surely doable s

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Skip wrote: Has anybody got LiveCode running on a Raspberry PI yet? The worlds cheapest computer combined with a powerful, simple programming language with both companies having a mission for programming and education. Seems like a perfect fit unless I am missing something At this

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Thomas McGrath III
There is communicating with PI and then there is running on PI. I am almost definitely sure that we can already easily communicate with PI but as for running on the PI ?? I still think Livecode needs to show up at a Maker Faire in a big way working with Arduino, Leonardo, Raspberry PI, and

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-09 Thread Roderick McCALL
Dear All, My slice of PI will hopefully arrive soon :) Ken is right to say that the market is primarily educational/academic and therefore given LiveCode's nice fit into that area I'd imagine that a version for the PI could be quite successful. If LiveCode supported the PI it would make a very

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-08 Thread Ken Corey
Well, strictly speaking the Android effort is based on an ARM chip, so ARM chips would seem to pose no significant problem...and there is a Linux version, after all... I think "Can't be done" might be a bit strong. Smells a bit more of "hasn't been done yet" to me. I saw a quote on the Raspb

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-08 Thread Mark Wieder
Skip- Sunday, July 8, 2012, 7:51:18 PM, you wrote: > Has anybody got LiveCode running on a Raspberry PI yet? The worlds > cheapest computer combined with a powerful, simple programming > language with both companies having a mission for programming and > education. Seems like a

Re: Raspberry PI

2012-07-08 Thread Andre Garzia
Can't be done. There is no LiveCode engine for ARM Linux. Cheers andre On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > Has anybody got LiveCode running on a Raspberry PI yet? The worlds > cheapest computer combined with a

Raspberry PI

2012-07-08 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Has anybody got LiveCode running on a Raspberry PI yet? The worlds cheapest computer combined with a powerful, simple programming language with both companies having a mission for programming and education. Seems like a perfect fit unless I am missing something