Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-28 Thread Peter Haworth
rev.com] On > Behalf Of Ali Lloyd > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:47 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Release 8.0 DP 10 > > Dear list members, > > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 10. > > Warning: this is not a stable release. Ple

RE: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-28 Thread Clarence P Martin
nager. Sincerely, Clarence Martin Email: chi...@themartinz.com Cell: 626 6965561 -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Ali Lloyd Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:47 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Release 8.0 DP 10 Dear list me

LiveCode Server on RHEL 5 [was: Release 8.0 DP 10]

2015-11-25 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 25/11/2015 14:58, Warren Samples wrote: On 11/25/2015 08:38 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: Yes, the release notes appear to be inaccurate. We currently build against: * glibc 2.11 (released Nov 2009) or newer on x86 * glibc 2.13 (released Feb 2011) or newer on x86-64 I will make sure they are

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-25 Thread Warren Samples
On 11/25/2015 08:38 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: Yes, the release notes appear to be inaccurate. We currently build against: * glibc 2.11 (released Nov 2009) or newer on x86 * glibc 2.13 (released Feb 2011) or newer on x86-64 I will make sure they are updated in time for our next releases. Out

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-25 Thread Peter TB Brett
On 25/11/2015 14:19, Warren Samples wrote: On 11/24/2015 05:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 10. The release notes provided with this version of Livecode Server say it requires glibc 2.3.6 or later for 32-bit Intel. This seems not to be the cas

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-25 Thread Warren Samples
On 11/24/2015 05:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 10. The release notes provided with this version of Livecode Server say it requires glibc 2.3.6 or later for 32-bit Intel. This seems not to be the case. It won't run in my environment and ldd

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-25 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-11-24 19:11, Richmond wrote: BUT ( and, you know me by now, there always has to be a 'but') Please, Please, Pretty Please, integrate SVG import into the 'standard' image import menu feature. Patience Richmond :) As we've said before we will do something along those lines once the SVG

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Hermann, Accurate rendering of strokes with different weights requires special techniques to get the desired effect: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Release-8

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread [-hh]
> Alejandro wrote: > Accurate rendering of strokes with different weights requires > special techniques to get the desired effect: > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ Hi Alejandro, this is, once again, not a problem of integers or floating points. Of course

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread [-hh]
> Alejandro wrote: > Remember, again, Livecode vector graphics only use integers (1,2,3,4,5...) > for displaying graphics strokes (borders). This limitation IS an > insurmountable barrier to import and display faithfully many professional > illustrations created or exported to SVG format. I rea

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > In the short-term, at least, Alejandro's SVG stuff looks > far better than the LiveCode 8 SVG widget. > Not least because it works with earlier versions of Livecode! I disagree... Ian's stack SVGL is great and is an excellent alternative but there is no replacement f

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Richmond
On 24/11/15 22:02, BNig wrote: Hi Paul, have a look at this pull-request from Mark Waddingham https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/3089 So I guess SVG import is coming, though not the full specifictions. But that should meet most needs. Kind regards Bernd In the short-term, at least

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread BNig
Hi Paul, have a look at this pull-request from Mark Waddingham https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/3089 So I guess SVG import is coming, though not the full specifictions. But that should meet most needs. Kind regards Bernd Paul Hibbert-4 wrote > +1 > > Paul > >> On Nov 24, 2015, at 1

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Paul Hibbert
+1 Paul > On Nov 24, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Richmond wrote: > > I may not know much (and I, oddly enough, am more aware of > how little I know than you), but, despite the growls and groans, know > that LiveCode 8 when we get there, eventually (and let's hope, paradoxically, > that that is a long an

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Richmond
I may not know much (and I, oddly enough, am more aware of how little I know than you), but, despite the growls and groans, know that LiveCode 8 when we get there, eventually (and let's hope, paradoxically, that that is a long and lumpy road), will be a KILLER, and, like that other Killer, Jerr

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Joseba Aguayo
Hello: When I try to group four object in one card, the program crashh! (OS X Capitan v10.11.1) Un saludo. Joseba ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subsc

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Geoff Canyon wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: *Native string performance* The performance of native string operations has been vastly improved, with many achieving similar speeds to those in 6.7. This is definitely improved. I had already been running tests using list

Re: Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Geoff Canyon
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote: > *Native string performance* > The performance of native string operations has been vastly improved, with > many achieving similar speeds to those in 6.7. > This is definitely improved. I had already been running tests using list parsing, and I

Release 8.0 DP 10

2015-11-24 Thread Ali Lloyd
Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 10. Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your stacks before testing them. *Release contents* *Native string performance* The performance of native string operations has been vastly improved,