Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-22 Thread Richmond
On 03/22/2014 06:30 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I think that what you must mean by, "wrong" is, "presently inconvenient to me", Actually, I mean it as in, "driving on the left side of the road is wrong" (unless you're in Britain, or . . . )

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-21 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I think that what you must mean by, "wrong" is, "presently inconvenient to > me", Actually, I mean it as in, "driving on the left side of the road is wrong" (unless you're in Britain, or . . . ) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-84

[OT][[TL/DR] Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
Bob Sneidar wrote: > I think that what you must mean by, “wrong” is, “presently > inconvenient to me”, but as Richmond pointed out, what is > inconvenient for one may be standard operating procedure for > another. I don’t want to belabor the point, but if some committee > of persons sat around a

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Kay C Lan
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > "Wrong." I have heard that word a lot in my life. > Well, I meet a lot of people and I'm conviced that the vast majority of wrongthinking people are right. [Mrs. Havoc-Jones] ___ use-livecode mail

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
“Wrong.” I have heard that word a lot in my life. Once it was “wrong” to not double space between sentences. It was “wrong” to eat spaghetti with a spoon. It was “wrong” to ride my bike on the sidewalk. It was “wrong” to pee with the toilet seat down. Okay, that’s still wrong! But you get my d

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Peter Haworth
C'mon guys, use a email reader that hides the quoted text unless you click on it (like gmail) and let's all get on with our lives. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Warren Samples
On 03/20/2014 10:02 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: It is quite simply correct, and not doing it is wrong. Thank you very much for your response. No, I'm not out of my mind and your statement is your opinion and nothing more and I heartily disagree. The reasoning I gave - maintaining readability thr

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Warren Samples wrote: > If only we can get people to stop nesting responses within quoted text, > which can make for dizziness after a couple of rounds of replies. > Of course, that's one of your favorite techniques... (Yes, I understand the > logic, but it only r

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I agree that people should select the pertinent text to be quoted before > replying. It's just good email etiquette. It's more than "good etiquette." it's correct, and not doing it is incorrect. This is spelled out in the ancient RFC that de

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-20 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Richmond wrote: > I'm sorry, but I am not going to take responsibility for your decision to > read the Use-List using a mobile device. > > LOL. > > Yet you took the time to quote properly :) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/03/14 21:34, Warren Samples wrote: On 03/19/2014 12:39 PM, Richmond wrote: to do this I have had to nest responses so that each response-let connects to each of your points. For whose benefit? That was not in any sense necessary. It was your preference. You could have just as easily co

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Warren Samples
On 03/19/2014 12:39 PM, Richmond wrote: to do this I have had to nest responses so that each response-let connects to each of your points. For whose benefit? That was not in any sense necessary. It was your preference. You could have just as easily constructed a coherent response addressing

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Warren Samples
On 03/19/2014 03:13 AM, Richmond wrote: I'm sorry, but I am not going to take responsibility for your decision to read the Use-List using a mobile device. LOL. Richmond. I don't know that there's any need to be so snarky. It's a fairly common request in mailing lists that care be taken t

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Richmond
On 19/03/14 19:00, Warren Samples wrote: On 03/19/2014 03:13 AM, Richmond wrote: I'm sorry, but I am not going to take responsibility for your decision to read the Use-List using a mobile device. LOL. Richmond. I don't know that there's any need to be so snarky. This topic (shortening

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
I agree that people should select the pertinent text to be quoted before replying. It’s just good email etiquette. However, there may be an option to reverse the direction of the quoted text to place it at the top instead of the bottom of the post. Bob On Mar 18, 2014, at 13:24 , Gerry Orkin

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-19 Thread Richmond
On 18/03/14 22:24, Gerry Orkin wrote: Could people please limit the text they include from the message they are quoting when replying? A one line response followed by 50 lines of quoted text makes scrolling through messages on mobile devices a pain. I'm sorry, but I am not going to take resp

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > Anybody else see anything particularly interesting in this release? High-dpi support on the desktop. This is critical for form generation; a standard page of paper appears too small for most eyes . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Peter Haworth
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > Anybody else see anything particularly interesting in this release? The > expansion of the syntax for assert was interesting for me, even if I'm > still not sure what advantage it holds over existing syntax. > Getting the SQLite library up to

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Mike Kerner
d and is drawn at a quarter of the > size. > > Best, > > Steve > > On Mar 18, 2014, at 4:07 PM, John Dixon wrote: > >> What was the mergMK issue ? > >> > >>> Subject: Re: 6.6 RC2 Release > >>> From: smacl...@madmansoft.com >

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Gerry Orkin
of the >>> size. > Best, > Steve > On Mar 18, 2014, at 4:07 PM, John Dixon wrote: >> What was the mergMK issue ? >> >>> Subject: Re: 6.6 RC2 Release >>> From: smacl...@madmansoft.com >>> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:05:56 -0400 &

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Stephen MacLean
ze. Best, Steve On Mar 18, 2014, at 4:07 PM, John Dixon wrote: > What was the mergMK issue ? > >> Subject: Re: 6.6 RC2 Release >> From: smacl...@madmansoft.com >> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:05:56 -0400 >> To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.

RE: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread John Dixon
What was the mergMK issue ? > Subject: Re: 6.6 RC2 Release > From: smacl...@madmansoft.com > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:05:56 -0400 > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Fixed the mergMk issue, thanks >

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Stephen MacLean
Fixed the mergMk issue, thanks Best, Steve On Mar 18, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Heather Laine wrote: > Dear List Members. > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.6 RC2. This release is > now considered feature complete. > > Warning, this is a pre-release with new features whi

Re: 6.6 RC2 Release

2014-03-18 Thread Kenji Kojima
Please restore box filtering. It was very useful for making a mosaic image. I loved 6.5 of poor quality image too. Thanks, -- Kenji Kojima / 小島健治 http://www.kenjikojima.com/ On Mar 18, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Heather Laine wrote: > Dear List Members. > > We are pleased to announce the release of