t; I was surprised to see, in a single line of code:
>> repeat ... WITH MESSAGES
>> which isn't in the dictionary syntax description for "repeat".
>>
>> Mark responded:
>> The "with messages" clause makes a repeat loop non-blocking.
>>
>>
On May 16, 2014, at 8:30 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> The compiler's errors are generally limited to those things the engine
> requires to be able to tokenize a script. Ignored elements are anomalies,
> but apparently won't stop either compilation or execution.
>
> Feature, perhaps? :)
>
>
>
Jerry Jensen wrote:
OK Richard, sorry for the TL;DR. Here is what I was trying to present:
Mark S. presented a line of code:
repeat with x = 100 down to 0 with messages
I was surprised to see, in a single line of code:
repeat ... WITH MESSAGES
which isn't in the dictionary syntax descri
to see, in a single line of code:
repeat ... WITH MESSAGES
which isn't in the dictionary syntax description for "repeat".
Mark responded:
The "with messages" clause makes a repeat loop non-blocking.
I tried it - the compiler didn't complain, and it ran. I wondere
Well, yeah, normally it is paired, but this is just a trick. If there is
really a “paint now” command, I’d use that. The trick doesn’t seem to work any
more. I have to use wait and a wait takes a while. The way to minimize that
is to avoid waiting each time through the loop but only wait whe
Serial I/O is unfortunately missing messages. Are you thinking of sockets?
I almost always use send. When implementing “blocking” when a customer asks
for it (as in a sockets-like implementation on iOS), I might use wait with
messages or even wait for message, but that requires flags when I d
at the beginning of this thread, here's the first interchange:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Mark Schonewille
Subject: Re: repeat with messages
Date: May 16, 2014 3:04:36 PM PDT
To: How to use LiveCode
Reply-To: How to use LiveCode
Hi Jerry,
The "with messages" clause makes
> I don't understand. How can "with messages" be used as part of a "repeat"
> statement?
Way back at the beginning of this thread, here's the first interchange:
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mark Schonewille
> Subject: Re: repeat with messag
Jerry Jensen wrote:
> On May 16, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> Dar Scott wrote:
>>
>> > I don’t see this in the ‘repeat’ entry in the dictionary.
>>
>> "with messages" is a modifier for the "wait" command - you'll find
>> it documented there.
>
> I use the wait with messages all th
Dar Scott wrote:
> So what is the right way to make the screen update? At one time we
> could use ‘unlock screen’ but that doesn’t seem to work any more.
> Or am I remembering wrong?
IIRC each "unlock screen" is paired with a "lock screen" so calling both
should work, or using "go this card".
On May 16, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Dar Scott wrote:
>
> > I don’t see this in the ‘repeat’ entry in the dictionary.
>
> "with messages" is a modifier for the "wait" command - you'll find it
> documented there.
I use the wait with messages all the time in a project that takes
e dictionary.
>
> "with messages" is a modifier for the "wait" command - you'll find it
> documented there.
>
>
> > So are these two the same but the first has no time hit?
> >
> > repeat … with messages
> >…
> > en
Dar Scott wrote:
> I don’t see this in the ‘repeat’ entry in the dictionary.
"with messages" is a modifier for the "wait" command - you'll find it
documented there.
> So are these two the same but the first has no time hit?
>
> repeat … with messages
&g
I don’t know what you mean by “multiple handlers … simultaneously”. Wouldn’t
one entire loop be inside a wait of the other?
It seems like it would be easier to use send loops at the right level of
processing.
Dar
On May 16, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Mark Schonewille
wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> The "w
Unfortunately, a lot of things compile without complaint.
On May 16, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote:
> In a nice example from Mark S., I see the line below. I've never seen the
> "with messages" part on the end of a repeat statement. I tried it, and it
> compiles and runs without complai
I don’t see this in the ‘repeat’ entry in the dictionary.
So are these two the same but the first has no time hit?
repeat … with messages
…
end repeat
repeat …
wait 0 seconds with messages
…
end repeat
I’ll have to try this. The wait makes the loop a lot slower.
Dar
On May 16, 2014
Hi Jerry,
The "with messages" clause makes a repeat loop non-blocking. This allows
you to run multiple handlers with repeat statements simultaneously. I
add the wait with messages command at the end of the loop to give the
engine more time to update the GUI. Particularly in older versions of
In a nice example from Mark S., I see the line below. I've never seen the "with
messages" part on the end of a repeat statement. I tried it, and it compiles
and runs without complaint. What does it do, allow messages at the end of each
repeat? I don't see it in the dictionary. I'm running LC Com
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