Re: Running LiveCode and Quicktime as virtual applications

2012-02-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Eureka! Looks like it is possible to virtualise StackRunner with Quicktime: http://www.seancrookston.com/2010/07/12/how-to-thinapp-quicktime/ Now, I just have to find a ThinInstall user who want to build this package for testing. Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278

Re: Why him does not use a natural language for programming?

2012-02-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bob, slylabs13 wrote > > Well the goal of Hypertext based programming was and is to make the > programming language as like a normal dialect as possible, so code would > be easier to read and write. This by nature causes a certain degree of > verbosity. > > [snip] > > is not all that tediou

Re: Cheap Android Tablet

2012-02-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Does exists a website that review Android devices from a developer standpoint, not from the consumer's point of view? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Cheap-Android-Tablet-tp3808843p4417676.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing li

Re: Running LiveCode and Quicktime as virtual applications

2012-02-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Effectively, it is possible to create a portable application that include StackRunner and Quicktime Alternative to play Quicktime content within Livecode in a Windows system WITHOUT an installation of Quicktime. No Quicktime is the default state of most Windows computers in computers labor

Re: Cheap Android Tablet

2012-02-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Did you noticed that each one recommended a different device? It's exactly for this reason that we need a website that review Android devices from a developer point of view, not from consumers and final users viewpoint... :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution

RE: [OT] HyperCard and the Interactive Web

2012-02-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Lynn, What a coincidence! Not long ago, I was reading a book from Mark Steyn about the same topic. He made some extraordinary predictions about the future of humanity... :-O Lynn Fredricks-2 wrote > >> Things should be made slightly harder, not easier, for children; >> otherwise we will end

Re: Running LiveCode and Quicktime as virtual applications

2012-02-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Thanks to the Cameyo forum users, now there is a fix and a working version :-D http://www.cameyo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=569 Have a nice day! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Running-LiveCode-and-Quicktime-as-virtual-applications-t

Re: Running LiveCode and Quicktime as virtual applications

2012-02-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bernard, Bernard Devlin-2 wrote > > Alejandro, thanks for sharing this with us. > I'm sure it will come in useful for me too. > I will send to your email the download link to another 92 Mb executable file created with evalaze. (http://www.evalaze.de/) After running both versions, please t

Spinning object animation

2012-03-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, This handler change the frames of an animated gif to simulate a rotating object, but is not working as expected. One of these animations moves in the opposite direction in which it is dragged with the mouse... :-( The user should click inside the image, holding down the mouse button and

Re: Spinning object animation

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ken, Excellent script! :-D Many Thanks for sharing this gem. Works better and faster than my first script. Your comment about the frame order of the spinning vase is correct too. It was really easy to reorder the frames using gimp. Many thanks again! Al -- View this message in context: h

Re: Enlarge with sample

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Does exists a list of recommended layout styles for resizable programs? Or at least a guide of Do's and Dont's... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Enlarge-with-sample-tp4443249p014.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

Re: How can I get string width?

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mr. Yoshino, Takashi Yoshino wrote > > How can I get string width? > Iwas ready to answer, when I noticed the message from Devin Asay: > Try the formattedWidth of [chunk]. For example: > put the formattedWidth of word 2 to 5 of fld 1 into stringWidth Hopefully this property works fine w

Re: Jpeg meta data

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Michael, Michael Doub wrote > > Is there a livecode library that allows editing of a jpeg image meta data? > Some years ago, Alex Tweedly wrote the stack "Exif Lib" http://www.tweedly.org/showpage.lc?page=EXIFLib If you use Nabble to search this mail list, you would find many more messages

Re: Jpeg meta data

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Check these command-line utilities that you could use from LiveCode: jHead and ExifTools http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Free-EXIF-command-line-utility-td293858.html Chipp Walters wrote: >[OT] Free EXIF command line utility > I noticed this today: > http://www.sentex.net/~mwand

Re: Jpeg meta data

2012-03-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Check these stacks from UDI: getEXIF http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/getExif11.hqx http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/getExif12.hqx http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/getExif13.hqx If you are using Windows, you could use UUDeview to extract the stacks from these HQX files: http://www.miken.com/uu

Open Source plugins and externals

2013-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, What do you think if we ask to RunRev to include many open source plugins with every LiveCode Community edition? For example: https://bitbucket.org/mwieder/glx2/wiki/Home http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=14399 http://www.quartam.com/ and many more... Thanks in advance! Al

PNG Image Optimization

2013-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, Recently, I was testing the efficiency of different bitmap image optimization methods and found these webpages that optimize PNG files: http://www.8bitalpha.com/ http://tinypng.org/ http://compresspng.com/ 24 bit Transparent PNG files reduced to 8 bit look better and are much more smal

Re: PNG Image Optimization

2013-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Good points. Note taken, Thanks Al Stephen Barncard-4 wrote > If the PNGs are images with no text - usually hard to see the difference > sometimes but text and fancy effects like drop shadows can require more > bit > depth. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305

Livecode Developer Certifications

2013-08-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Recently, I wrote to many developers about the Open Source LiveCode Community Edition and some of them asked about the availability of Proficiency Certifications for Livecode developers: http://www.trainsignal.com/blog/top-7-programming-language-certifications Does exists plans to create

Re: Livecode Developer Certifications

2013-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Actually, employers will get the most benefits of LiveCode Certifications. It's a fact, but most of us, who use LiveCode daily, for many years, DO NOT USE ALL the features that LiveCode provides. For example: After reading the roadmap, I foresee that in a near future, a native OpenGL ren

Re: Livecode Developer Certifications

2013-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mike, Mike Kerner wrote > [snip] > Certs, degrees, blah, blah, blah predict absolutely zero. > When resumes come our way for folks with a bunch of certs > I tend to be suspicious that I'm being had. > [snip] Yes, it's true. I have seen this myself... But, tell me if I am understanding you i

Re: Livecode Developer Certifications

2013-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Geoff, Geoff Canyon-4 wrote > I recently solved http://projecteuler.net/problem=65. > [long snip] Wonderful. This is an outstanding example of the kind of challenges that Computer Scientist find everyday in their jobs: Do you need a tool that still do not exists to solve a problem? You creat

Re: Using a HDMI TV stick to test LiveCode apps

2013-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Roger, These new Android devices seems really versatile and useful! Hopefully, the quality of offerings will evolve more trustworthy as time goes by... This device looks really good: www.amazon.com/Android-Quad-core-Bluetooth-headphone-standard/dp/B00AZR1TG2 Does exists a website with complet

Re: PNG Image Optimization

2013-08-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Scott, on Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:17:14 -0700 Scott Rossi wrote: > in my experience, all of the options you cite > will usually work only if the colors of your source image > can comfortably fit within a range of 256 colors. > Images that are primarily solid colors or have > very complex patterns

IDE versus MSG Box - Field Tabstops

2013-08-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, If I use the message box with a fld selected, this script works perfectly: set the tabstops of the selobj to "250,80,10,80,80,80,10,10,10,50" If I use the IDE's Field Properties palette to set the tab stops (choose Table among the list of properties) Tab Stops: 250,80,10,80,80,80,10,10,1

Re: IDE versus MSG Box - Field Tabstops

2013-08-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Craig, dunbarx wrote > I set those stops in the properties palette without issue. > LC 5.5.4, OSX 10.6.8. So I am not sure what you are seeing. > > And there are always several ways to do things in LC. > But are you saying that changing the actual values of the > tabStops prevents the hang?

Re: Help with nested (?) behaviors

2013-08-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Klaus, Klaus major-k wrote > [snip] John Dixon was so kind to send me > your VERY enlightening stack "chained.livecode". > Great example! Where did Scott posted this stack? In the mail list or the forum? I would like to see it! :D Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runti

Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, Does LiveCode have a function to convert E notation to standard notation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation This script produces a compile error: put 9.7e is a number The message is: Error description: Expression: unquoted literal Some svg files uses E notatio

Re: spitting nails at the IDE

2013-09-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Looking in the mail list archives, about Undo/Redo I found this: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Creating-an-Undo-palette-td4170194.html#a4173548 http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-penTool-0-3-2h-with-scalable-gradients-td4653241i40.html#a4653582 http://fo

Re: What is the size limit for numbers in LC? -- and multiplying really large numbers

2013-09-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
on Fri, 6 Sep 2013 18:34:54 Geoff Canyon wrote: > ...and both J and bigFact (my LC function) agree that 130! is: 64668554892204736725073043955364852531553594478280496089759523229447819611855261655127070472292684529256839692403980271491207400740421058447377477994593100296357809917746129838031509651

Re: Field calculations

2013-09-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Truth well told! Many Thanks, Richard. :D Richard Gaskin wrote > Long before they went open source, RunRev added community enhancement > capabilities in the Dictionary through its Comments feature, so anyone > can annotate it with useful additions. > With a language this broad and used in so m

Re: RELEASE: LiveCode 6.5.0 DP1

2013-09-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Does exist some way to test/use this feature "resolution independence" in the desktop? Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/RELEASE-LiveCode-6-5-0-DP1-tp4669716p4669748.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive

[OT] About the new movie on Steve Jobs

2013-09-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, How many of you have seen the more recent movie about Steve Jobs? The name of the movie is "Jobs" After reading Walter Issacson's book and knowing beforehand many tales about Apple's founder, I concluded that this movie works fine as propaganda, not as a biographic recount of Steve Jobs'

Gradients and Open printing as PDF

2013-09-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Does open printing as PDF allows to save gradients in vector graphics? If the answer is yes, my question is: How could I print as PDF, vector graphics with gradients? Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Gradients-and-

[OT] Temperature and Creativity

2013-09-27 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Day hours feel really short in these blazing summer days. I hope that Autumn brings soon their fresh and colder temperatures. Always, I have found real odd the way in which summer days seems shorter than winter and autumn days. Just keep wondering if intelectual creative output is direc

Re: imageData and 6.1.1 and bug ?

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Thébault wrote > [snip] > the same imageData returned with LiveCode 6.1.1 is : > ˇøˇˇˇ???ˇ™ˇˇˇ™ˇˇˇ > ### with the chartonum function : > 255 191 255 255 255 0 0 0 255 170 255 255 255 170 255 255 255 > so my script doesn't work… some null char aren't null anymore ? > a transpar

Re: My Codebook Pro v12 free

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Vaughn, Vaughn Clement wrote > I find myself answering because there was little interest > in the CodeBook v12 app with 2 comments and no responses > on the nibble? > So a good idea does not get enough attention to make it worth > the cost to publish the codebook app. Actually, I believe th

Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I have plans to publish in spanish, some tutorials about creating Motion Comics, using LiveCode. The tutorial will be created in english, for testing and review of developers in this platform. Then, translated. These Motion Comics tutorials will be used as a gentle and enjoyable introduct

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ender, On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 9:46 PM, you wrote: > First of all, it's great news; I'm very excited to see > some tutorials focused on motion comics. Actually, motion comics is just the media to learn programming with LiveCode. :) > I'd love to help, also; though, I'm not sure that my > tec

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ender, endernafi wrote > Hm, I thought that the tutorials are gonna aim to code *motion comics* > in LiveCode; animations, sprites and stuff. Clearly, I misunderstood :) > Still, a promising project, especially to teach programming to youngsters. The Motion Comics tutorials will, for certain,

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-28 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Great! Many thanks. :) Later today, I will send you some images and explanations. Al endernafi wrote > I have no experience in graphics & design, > but I can find my way around and do stuff enough for simple jobs. > It's time consuming for sure,  > maybe I can lessen your burden by undertaking

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I will start with this character: Leon the Lyin' Lion from Charlton Comics. This character was featured in Zoo Comics, Funny Animals and Atomic Mouse. http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=15506 Just started dividing the panels in separated images using this Gimp script: Divide Scanned Images http://

Re: My Codebook Pro v12 free

2013-09-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, mwieder wrote > [snip] > I'm not going to tell you how to write your application, > but this isn't something I'd use. > While I appreciate the sentiment behind doing this and I approve > of your enthusiasm I find the interface much too awkward. > I realize FileMaker has its limitations,

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Link to download all raw bitmap files for this Motion Comics tutorial: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode%20Motion%20Comic%20panels%20v001.zip Still pending: converting these bitmaps in vector files, using Potrace or Inkscape. If you want to help to prepare these bitmap

Re: Time to lighten up

2013-09-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmmond, The thread in question is this: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14632&p=86836 Actually, I downloaded the Free Course (normally $50) from http://livecode.com/ and found the course really well done. (double thumbs up) This idea have merit: "They should have used some of

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-09-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
narfstar, administrator of the website ComicBookPlus wrote the following comment: -- [snip] The Grown ups here are very fond of Peter Wheat also. Depending on where you want to go with it, the pre-code horror books are very popular. Books like Ho

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, In this link, you could download the first frame of page 25, sprites cutout is still in progress, but layering is complete https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ja3Yvw8cHLMUJXeDNQaEhXaVU About the files edited by Ender, all images are really well done. Congratulations Ender! :D Ender made

Re: Streaming audio without QT

2013-10-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
When you download a file with Livecode, where is the file stored? In the system's cached files folder or this file only exists in RAM memory? J. Landman Gay wrote > On 10/2/13 2:30 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >> Probably not the answer you want to hear but, download and play locally? > > Yeah, won't

Re: go stack URL question

2013-10-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Could you do this in an iPad? I am sure that this will work fine in Android. But, if I remember well, Apple does not allows that an application download and execute code... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/go-stack-URL-question-tp467

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-02 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, This zip file contains a folder with all images of page 25. These images are 8 bit png files with transparency. Optimized from 6 MB to just 1.3 MB https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ja3Yvw8cHLcXZiS0gzMHhOTFU/edit?usp=sharing In a few hours, I will continue with frame 2 of page 26. If you

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I have just uploaded the textures that I am using with Resynthesizer to edit the characters out from the background: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ja3Yvw8cHLeWk5RTJMUGpxU2s/edit?usp=sharing Are you interesting in helping? Then download these edited panels: https://docs.google.com/fil

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, >From this link, you could enter a public Google Drive folder with all files for this project: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ja3Yvw8cHLc2lVbWduV1VVUDA&usp=sharing Now, I am preparing the files edited by Ender to upload them in the root of this folder. When all frames in a pag

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I just keep wondering... When these Tablets needs servicing (fixing-replacing) what are the options? 1) Send it to the manufacturer (in China) 2) Give it away to an electronic hobbist 3) Dump it in the trash, without thinking twice... :( Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-re

RE: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I find the option #3 the most depicable of all. We should NOT reward manufacturers that produce electronics for the dust bin... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Vido-Mini-One-android-tablet-tp4670682p4670702.html Sent from the Revolution - U

Re: [OT] Vido Mini One - android tablet

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > The Stealing-from-the-People's Republic of China > are not noted for their sparkling ecological track record . . . > as well as the way they treat their citizens and so forth. If History serves of any indication... in the future, China will have many "Ki

A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, If LiveCode Community had, for default, a text file format for LiveCode stacks, How could this benefit developers and the platform at large? http://newsletters.livecode.com/october/issue158/newsletter1.php Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revol

Re: New install video for using Valentina Studio and Valentina server

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi William, Interesting enough, there is no similar video for Windows and Linux. :o http://www.youtube.com/user/ParadigmaSoftware?feature=watch Many Thanks for posting this video! I am just waiting for a LiveCode SQL/PostGRE/Valentina tutorial that employs as example a real useful database. A D

[REQUEST] Code to slant, skew and distort images

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Did you have code to slant, skew and distort images? Maybe translated from Adobe Director or Flash or Python Image library? Notice, I have made this for vector graphics (only slant) but this code does not works for bitmap images... Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in cont

Re: [REQUEST] Code to slant, skew and distort images

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi simon, As_Simon wrote > Here is a mind blowing image manipulation stack: > http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9490 > Download Photo Room from the sig. Certainly this stack is amazing! Double Thumbs Up for the creator of this stack. First time that I see it. Only does Flip and Rota

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, But if you compress the text file with gzip or zip or any other compression scheme... Which size does have the compressed file? Text format will be useful in many ways, but not for storing or sending stacks in the web. Have a nice week! Al -- View this message in context: http://r

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, Monte Goulding wrote >> Text format will be useful in many ways, but not >> for storing or sending stacks in the web. > > What ways.. other than version control? I understand that using text files to edit stacks sounds awfully similar to the methods of Third Generation Languages of "E

Re: Fighting with audio player again

2013-10-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jacque, Just my educated guess... Could that be that LiveCode is using some type of Windows OS stream buffer that fills with each request and, after this buffer is full, it stops receiving streams and produces an error? Probably, Windows OS clears this buffer automatically after a number of

Re: A Text file format for LiveCode

2013-10-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, Monte Goulding wrote > Alejandro Tejada wrote: >> 1) Search and Replace terms in all the handlers >> of all stacks. Notice that many developers have published >> stacks to export stacks as text, but this is a one way >> conversion. > We already have tha

Re: Motion Comics tutorial for LiveCode

2013-10-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ender, Many Thanks for editing the complete page! I will upload all files to Google Drive's folder after converting them to 8 bit png files. Have a nice day! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Motion-Comics-tutorial-for-LiveCode-tp4670427p46

LiveCode's Documentation Translation

2013-10-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I am building a spanish translation dictionary for Livecode documents. For this purpose, these books are really useful: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ja3Yvw8cHLRDFZTjZyZ2xVNmc/edit?usp=sharing The first and last book "HyperCard e HyperTalk" and "SuperCard, Mas alla del HyperCard" we

First MetaCard Demo running in Android

2014-01-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Some time ago, I made this APK for Android and I want to ask you to install and run on your Android tablet and share your results: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/Demo.apk This was the first MetaCard's demo. You can download the stack in LiveCode format from: https://dl.drop

Visual Effect Zoom Open and Zoom Close

2014-01-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, Could please verify if the visual effects Zoom Open and Zoom Close works fine in your platform? My limited tests shows that it works on Linux but fails in Windows. Does it works in OSX? I tested this using one of the Demos of this stack: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/demoM

Re: First MetaCard Demo running in Android

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, The Stack is only 600px by 450px. Your Screen (Nexus 5) is 1920px by 1080px so it should take a bit more of a quarter of your screen. When I restore my Android setup, I will test the new scale property for stacks. Many Thanks for testing this APK! :D Al -- View this message in con

Re: Visual Effect Zoom Open and Zoom Close

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Many Thanks Klaus for answering! :D Klaus major-k wrote >> ...but where in your scripts is "Zoom Open" or closed? I couldn't find >> it. Sounds worked. > put "visual effect" && the selectedText of field "Effect Name" && the > label of button "Speed" into cmd > ## more strings added to CMD > ##

Re: Figuring out the correct height / width of scrollbars under Linux

2014-01-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Jan Schenkel wrote > [snip] > If you ever find a way to extract gnome-control-center information on > Linux via shell calls, make sure to let me know as I'd love to find the > theme colors data :-) Could this help? http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gnome-control-center.1.html Al -

Re: Subscription Issues - Lists.Runrev vs Runrev.Nabble

2014-01-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ender, Look here: http://support.nabble.com/email-address-td7589005.html >From this webpage: If you are saying you did tell Nabble you wanted to use a different address on your forum, then make sure you have found the confirmation email that Nabble sends to the new address and that you confir

Re: numToChar with socking great numbers

2014-01-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, This is the character you posted: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F600/index.htm and this is the unusual character: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F4A9/index.htm -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/numTo

Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Seems like there is a bug in LiveCode 6.5.1 with the property antialiased for vector graphics. When SVGL set the antialiased of every created polygon graphic, this graphic stays empty even when the same script have set their fill. The only way in which these graphics could show their fills

Re: Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
The property fillRule [evenodd - nonzero - empty] is somehow related to this bug. After importing some graphics using EpsImport v05C http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05C.zip noticed that I could set or unset the antialiased properties in imported graphics, without affect

Re: Antialiased vector graphics in LiveCode 6.5.1

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
william humphrey-2 wrote > I reported a bug about six months ago with imported images. > [snip] Mark Waddingham already noticed: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11673 About bitmap images, I noticed that animated Gif could be resized :D and the Dictionary needs update: http://docs.runre

Re: [OT] boasting

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Congratulations, Richmond! :D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-boasting-tp4674723p4674729.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-liv

Error importing PBM and PGM image

2014-01-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I just filed this bug in the Quality Center: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11675 Error importing PBM and PGM image The report include a zipped Folder with one stack and three images (pbm, pgm, pnm) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode_pbm_pgm_image_error.zip

Playing audioclips hangs LiveCode under Linux

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I just filed this bug in the Quality Center: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11680 Playing audioclips hangs LiveCode under Linux The report include a zipped Folder with one stack and four audioclips (aiff, au, mp3, wav) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode

Re: Any work around for no SFTP in LC?

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jim, Could you test if this method works for you? In the origin: 1) Send the name, length (in bytes) and sha-1 and md5 digest of the file 2) Grab a chunk of your file 3) encrypt this chunk 4) send via normal ftp along chunk's sha-1 and md5 digest In the destination: 5) verify chunk's sha-1 a

Re: Mouse Color not Working

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Your mouseColor test stack works fine under LiveCode 6.5.1 on Lubuntu Linux. I just made a small change: 1) Add a vector graphic (for example, a circle) on the card and set the opaque of this vector graphic to true 2) Change card script to: on mouseDown put the mouseColor into

Errors detected in Open Source projects

2014-01-16 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Found in the website: http://blog.thameera.com/ "Viva64 develops PVS-Studio, which is a static code analyzer for C/C++/C++11. But their popularity has come from the fact that they run this software on quite a few major open source projects around the internet and post the results. They hit the mar

Re: the points of graphic

2014-01-17 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi jvb, Take a look at this stack and use code that you find useful: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/regularPolygon_Tool_v2.zip Screenshot of the stack: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/LiveCode_regularPolygonToolv2.jpg Have a nice weekend! :-) Al -- View this messa

Re: Errors detected in Open Source projects

2014-01-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Most surprising is finding in this list the most trusted and widely used open source projects: Apache server, Google Chromium, Mozilla Firefox... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Errors-detected-in-Open-Source-projects-tp4674758p4674809.html S

[OT] Google Chrome Is The New C Runtime

2014-01-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I found really insightful, RunRev's decision of using Skia, the 2D rendering engine of Chrome. (https://code.google.com/p/skia/) for LiveCode. Hopefully, we will see more of Skia unique features in future Livecode's releases. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/01/18/0251214/chrome

Re: Tracing Stack (was: the points of graphic)

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Michael, Your Tracing stack shows a really clever use of the mouseColor. :o Works great under Lubuntu Linux Excellent idea and presentation! :D An enhancement could be adding more undos and redos (with custom properties stored in a button or the polygon) and offer some easy way to add a n

Re: [OT] MIA

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
My deepest and most heartfelt condolences, Monte! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-MIA-tp4674853p4674861.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode

Re: [OT] Qupzilla web browser

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Just installed it in Lubuntu. Certainly, looks fine, but crashed while testing some webpages that load the SWF plugin... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Qupzilla-web-browser-tp4674858p4674863.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing li

Re: Matrix Recoded

2014-01-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi, I just downloaded the Mac/Pc demo from http://newsletters.livecode.com/october/issue158/newsletter2.php Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Matrix-Recoded-tp4674862p4674866.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.c

Re: ColorAtScreenLoc Function

2014-01-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Mark Schonewille-3 wrote > [snip] > Unfortunately, it seems impossible to export snapshots smaller > than 32x32 pixels. Adding 31 pixels to the height and width of the first > pixel makes a square of 32x32 pixels and that works. Interesting, because in LiveCode 6.5.1, importing a snap

Re: RELEASE LiveCode 6.5.2 RC1

2014-01-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Wonderful! :D 11675 - Application freezes when importing certain PBM image files (All Unix formats now works! Just a small glitch with PBM easily to fix) 11673 - Setting the fillRule of a polygon graphic stops it rendering Now, SVGL works as expected. Test by yourself! http://livecodeshare.run

Re: OT and no excuse

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Roger Eller wrote > Mark, I think this phenomenon can be easily explained. > [snip] Dennis Ritchie now have his own meme, but where is Donald Knuth's... :D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-and-no-excuse-tp4674980p4674987.html Sent from the Re

Re: Tracing Stack (was: the points of graphic)

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bernd, Excellent work! :D Did you have code to select and trace each part of an image? For example, trace this image: http://www.clker.com/cliparts/c/a/6/c/11970950252088228801johnny_automatic_leaf_silhouette.svg.hi.png (from this page: http://www.clker.com/clipart-13748.html) Just one leaf

Re: OT and no excuse

2014-01-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Jerry Jensen wrote > >> Dennis Ritchie now have his own meme, but where is >> Donald Knuth's... :D > http://techno-backstop.com Do you believe in coincidences? :D http://techno-backstop.com/ http://www.cgarena.com/gallery/3d/description/fullimages/YOda_900.jpg Al -- View this message in con

RE: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
John Dixon wrote > I asked if they could set some time aside so that I could show them what > the x-talk languages and 'liveCode' were all about and how they could > excite the children into learning something about computing by actually > building little programs instead of learning how to write t

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting... :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries I think that Scots are capable to innovate because they were (still are?) not raised to be blind followers. Intelligent thinkers go to great lengths to demonstrate the validity of their ideas. Even moving to anothe

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > [snip] > About 9 years ago I took my agent-led interface for Livecode to a > Primary school in Fife to trial the prototype with Primary teachers. > The only reason any turned up (after all, it was outside working hours) > was because the headmistress (and wonderful wo

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, if RunRev decided to promote among students an Award for Excellence in the creation of multimedia projects using LiveCode (like ISTE's Multimedia Mania...) would be easier to find LiveCode's evangelists. http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/ http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/mm_docs/mm_judge_rubric2.html ht

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > [snip] > It would be perfectly possible to do all the stuff that is listed there > using Open Source and/or Free software on an Open Source > operating system today on some fairly tatty second-hand computer, and > that has to be good. > Here's a list of software which

Re: [OT?] Bad news???

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Ah, yes. I forgot something. This kind of event would be possible with the collaboration of local entities that promote the use of technology in education. In every country, you will find private, public and ngo dedicated precisely to achieve these goals. Al -- View this message in context

Re: Using live Code in English primary Schools

2014-01-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Check this website: PGCPS (Prince Georges County Public Schools) website regarding the use of LC to create Games https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/livecode/home This recopilation website by Sean Shao: http://erhs.shaosean.tk/ And there are two more websites that I have bookmarked in another

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