Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

2012-07-09 Thread Peter Haworth
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

2012-07-09 Thread stephen barncard
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

2012-07-09 Thread Richmond
On 07/09/2012 06:19 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: 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 D

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
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

2012-07-09 Thread Richmond
On 07/09/2012 05:53 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: 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 s

Re: Trying to install Metacard 2.4 on Linux

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
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