Re: Moving a Group Smoothly

+1 on Colin's snapshot method - "Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare & Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Moving-a-Group-Smoothly-tp4687305p4687406.html Sent from

Re: Binary to Decimal Conversion

Whaaa??? Oh happy day! That is what I needed! Thanks! Bob S > On Jan 2, 2015, at 17:23 , Mike Bonner wrote: > > I assume you're wanting to do it by hand rather than using the baseconvert > function? > > baseconvert(00101001,2,10).. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Bob Sneidar > wrote: >

Re: put URL error

Probably not an OS issue, but rather a browser issue. Some browsers are better are doing what you really meant to say than others. Bob S On Jan 4, 2015, at 15:28 , Alex Tweedly mailto:a...@tweedly.net>> wrote: I think it should be "http://www.lcsql.com/..."; i.e. note the // after the http:

Re: replaceText problem

I read up on this, thinking that LC was implementing some substandard regex functionality. Turns out this is the state of affairs in the regex world. Bob S On Jan 3, 2015, at 09:35 , Peter Haworth mailto:p...@lcsql.com>> wrote: Looking into this further as there's a note in the dictionary tha

Re: replaceText problem

Actually it is possible to say: if myVar is true then breakpoint But your filter without idea is a good one. Bob S On Jan 3, 2015, at 10:36 , J. Landman Gay mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com>> wrote: I see now. Do you have to use regex? Breakpoint commands are always on a line by themselves.

Re: replaceText problem

There is a semicolon “trick”?? Bob S On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:12 , J. Landman Gay mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com>> wrote: Well, there could be a comment after it. And some rare individuals use the semicolon trick to combine lines unexpectedly. But this should work for any line that starts with

Re: replaceText problem

Lawyers using regex. ;-) Bob S On Jan 4, 2015, at 08:00 , Dr. Hawkins mailto:doch...@gmail.com>> wrote: Plain regex is wonderful! :) Quite seriously, I rarely get through a week at my law office without using it . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. __

Re: [ANN] colorPiquer

Thanks Roger! -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-colorPiquer-tp4687360p4687413.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-l

Re: Textcolor on mobile

You might have some text-level color applied to individual characters or lines in the field. In the message box, try: set the textColor of char 1 to -1 of fld “xyz” to empty This way you should be able to set the color of the field itself, instead of colorizing the text within the field. R

Re: replaceText problem

Bob. "Actually it is possible to say: if myVar is true then breakpoint" Correct, though I have always thought that sort of thing: on mouseUp repeat with y = 1 to 10 put random(5) into temp if temp = 3 then breakpoint end repeat end mouseUp is better served with a watchpo

Re: replaceText problem

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > filter without idea I feel like this sometimes. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: [ANN] colorPiquer

You’re welcome, Tom BTW, I just noticed that colorPiquer does not work well in version 7. I’ll try to fix ASAP. Thanks, Roger > On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:51 AM, tbodine wrote: > > Thanks Roger! > -- Tom Bodine > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.

Re: replaceText problem

On 1/6/2015 10:47 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: There is a semicolon “trick”?? Yes, you can separate statement lines in scripts with a semicolon instead of a return character. It's most useful in the one-line message box but can be inconsistent there, where it usually works but sometimes doesn't.

Re: Licensing

Hi Bill, Thanks for the input. I think I'm homing in on how to do this. My web site will have 3-4 videos on the main features of the product and also the User Guide. User buys the product and gets either a download link and maybe a license key as Mark suggested. I have a license agreement in my

Re: building cross-platform Windows and Mac

Thanks for all the help. I was hoping LC 7 would do all the work for me. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2015, at 3:53 PM, william humphrey > wrote: > >> I noticed that √ which is a checkmark on Mac-OS is | a pipe symbol on >> Windows. >> >> Is there a font I ca

Re: Licensing

Hi While I don't have have much experience with the LiveCode GPL, I have spent some time looking at how the GPL is used with systems, so not certain with how this would translate On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Hi Bill, > Thanks for the input. > > I think I'm homing in on

Flash in LC Browser window, in Windows?

Folks: I play a youTube video in a browser window, which works fine on my Mac OSX10.10.1. However, when I try to play the same video in Windows 7 (64 bit), I get a black window that says: Adobe Flash Player or an HTML5 supported browser is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash Player

Re: Licensing

Pete, I’m glad you are getting comfortable with this. I know it has been a struggle. Bill > On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > Hi Bill, > Thanks for the input. > > I think I'm homing in on how to do this. > > My web site will have 3-4 videos on the main features of the pro

Re: Licensing

oops, gmail acting up :( Hi I like Bill's advise While I don't have have much experience with the LiveCode GPL, I have spent some time looking at how the GPL is used with other software,(especially WordPress), so not certain with how this would translate to LiveCode. WP Developers that follow t

Re: Licensing

Simon Smith wrote: > While I don't have have much experience with the LiveCode GPL, I > have spent some time looking at how the GPL is used with other > software,(especially WordPress), so not certain with how this would > translate to LiveCode. > > WP Developers that follow the GPL do on the who

Re: Licensing

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > RunRev's view of "derivative works" seems consistent with that of > Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and others, so for myself, when I distribute > things for users of LiveCode Community Edition to use, I do so under GPL or > GPL-compatible licens

Sticky Popup Menu?

Anyone know if it’s possible to make the menu that’s created using "popup stack …” sticky? So it doesn’t automatically disappear when releasing the mouse? Thanks for any suggestions, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design ___ u

Re: Sticky Popup Menu?

Scott Rossi wrote: > Anyone know if it’s possible to make the menu that’s created using > "popup stack …” sticky? So it doesn’t automatically disappear when > releasing the mouse? I've had good luck with borderless palette windows, not using the popup command at all but simply opening them. I

Re: Licensing

Peter Haworth wrote: > Just to clarify and make sure I'm not about to break an licensing > rules, my proposed license for lcStackBrowser is not GPL compatible > since it will specifically prohibit a licensed user from giving its > code to anyone else or using its code in any of their products > wi

Re: replaceText problem

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I read up on this, thinking that LC was implementing some substandard > regex functionality. Turns out this is the state of affairs in the regex > world. > > I don't know where Pete was reading that certain regex characters are not supported,

Re: replaceText problem

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > I don't know where Pete was reading that certain regex characters are not > supported > It's in a dictionary note. However the note is not very clear. What it means is that if you are using matchtext with a character that is a regex special ch

Re: replaceText problem

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Good web site Kay, I've always used a local program on my Mac in the past > but that works better. > yeah, I use a local app - RegExhibit http://roger-jolly.nl/software/ for basic regex but for anything more complex I go to the site, main

Re: replaceText problem

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > yeah, I use a local app - RegExhibit That's the one I use too. Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin ___

Re: Licensing

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > If a plugin is created with the Community Edition, it must use the same > license the Community Edition uses, GPL v3. OK, well if that's true, it puts a stop to my plan. I don't mind opening up the source code but I'm not prepared to allo

Re: Project Browser vs App Browser (was "script scope variables inexplicably becoming unset")

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Richard- > > Sunday, January 4, 2015, 5:21:36 PM, you wrote: > > > Once you've sold it, any open source license lets that person > redistribute > > freely. > > While I should know better than to argue legal matters with a lawyer... > You're wro

Re: Project Browser vs App Browser (was "script scope variables inexplicably becoming unset")

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > Basically, the code can be licensed without any right to redistribute. That's what I want to do! Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: replaceText problem

The regex builder thats part of LC is pretty good for immediate feedback too, and has the benefit that it can place (hopefull working) code into the clipboard for pasting into script, after choosing matchtext or matchchunk. (still helpful for figuring out the regex for filter, though no autogenerat

Re: replaceText problem

My mistake. Works with filter too. :) On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > The regex builder thats part of LC is pretty good for immediate feedback > too, and has the benefit that it can place (hopefull working) code into the > clipboard for pasting into script, after choosing ma

Re: replaceText problem

Ah k. My mistake again, works with the simplified old filter, not the current full regex filter. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > My mistake. Works with filter too. :) > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > >> The regex builder thats part of LC is pretty go

Youtube video in LC browser window?

Folks: I’m testing a LC app I developed on a Macintosh, on a PC, Windows 7, 32 bit, LC7.0.1, release version. I’m having a problem with the browser window. I put my help files online and one of them includes a youTube video in Flash format. The video plays at half size. I don’t know if this is a

Re: Licensing

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > You can run the stack, modify or add to it in any way you choose for your > own personal use. > > If you have modified or added to the code and you run into a problem, I > will not support it unless the problem also occurs in the unmodified

Re: Licensing

Pete- Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 7:02:22 PM, you wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: >> If a plugin is created with the Community Edition, it must use the same >> license the Community Edition uses, GPL v3. > OK, well if that's true, it puts a stop to my plan. I w

Re: replaceText problem

Hi Mike, That's one of RunRev's plugins, right? Sounds like a ripe candidate to be updated by some kind person :-) Interestingly I was prowling around the code for the Script Editor Find function a couple of days ago, the one you get when you click the more button, and came across a button that in

Re: Licensing

OK, thanks Mark, this is so confusing. Maybe the best approach is to just do it and adopt the "better to ask for forgiveness than permission" axiom" Pete lcSQL Software Home of lcStackBrowser and SQLiteAdmin

Re: replaceText problem

Yeah, the regexbuilder is one of the plugins. Didn't know you could start the builder from find, will have to poke around. It would be very cool if someone (he says whistling nonchalantly and looking at the floor) updated the regex builder. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >

Re: Is there a way to replace a built-in function?

If there only a few exceptions why not use a switch statement, that way your parser output will be correct for 99.9% of situations and it will only be for the 0.1% cases AND if the User studies the parser output that they will notice something strange - and even then you can cover that. Something l

Re: Sticky Popup Menu?

Thanks for this suggestion. This was surprisingly easy to get working, using a global variable to track when a selection is made. The one drawback is, when launched, the palette menu changes window focus from the main stack, which functionally not a big deal, but visually changes the appearanc

Re: replaceText problem

Jacque- Saturday, January 3, 2015, 9:53:38 PM, you wrote: > On 1/3/2015 5:52 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: >> Breakpoints don't have to be on a line by themselves. Haven't for >> several years now. For a while I toyed with having both breakpoints >> and tracepoints (log the context without stopping) by

Re: Licensing

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > I wouldn't worry about that. What Richard's saying would apply if your > end-users were bundling your plugin with the stacks they distribute. > Since your plugin operates wholly within the IDE in the developer's > ecosystem there's no conflict

Re: replaceText problem

On 1/6/2015 9:58 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Then in your traceBreak function you can parse it and do what you like. No, no. In YOUR tracebreak function. I don't mess around in there, it's too scary. You're the brave daredevil. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com Hype

Re: Licensing

Kay C Lan wrote: Whilst I agree with 'your' interpretation of Peter's situation, that is not what Richard wrote. He said: all code running in the same engine is governed by the license for that engine. If a plugin is made with the Commercial Edition, it can be run within the Community Edition

Re: Licensing

Peter Haworth wrote: > Maybe the best approach is to just do it and adopt the "better > to ask for forgiveness than permission" axiom" I'm switching siglines here because this seems like a job for the resident Community Manager. :) Plugins play a key role in LiveCode, a role that will amplify

Re: Licensing

Peter Haworth wrote: > I don't mind opening up the source code but I'm not prepared > to allow it to be given to anyone a user chooses free of charge. > I understand that practically I can't stop that happening but I > want to at least expressly forbid it in the license agreement. One of the man