Re: English language learners and LiveCode

2012-06-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > I have repeatedly raised the possibility of either a feature-reduced > version of Livecode or a re-release of an earlier version of Livecode > (say 2.0) at an extremely cheap rate if not free. > > This has been ignored. > > Free RevMedia, as we are

Re: Geography based game?

2012-06-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi dunbarx, dunbarx wrote > > [snip] > Why not import a nice map or two as a jpeg, and place > transparent buttons over key locations? > > The game could then take many forms, where clicking on > a country or city could answer a question posed, and > a correct answer (or not) would be registere

Re: English language learners and LiveCode

2012-06-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond, in this mail list, you and Nicolas Cueto are English teachers. If you want to test the premise that learning LiveCode could help you students in their process of learning the english language, What kind of specific tasks would you assign to them, to prove or disprove this hypothesis? :-)

Re: English language learners and LiveCode

2012-06-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richard, Richard Gaskin wrote > > I believe ReMasterSys is available in the Ubuntu Software Center, and if > there's sufficient interest anyone can use it to make a LiveCode-centric > distro at any time. > Andre Garzia published a distro with RevMedia for Linux included. Al -- View this

Re: English language learners and LiveCode

2012-06-13 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > On 06/12/2012 11:31 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: >> Richmond, in this mail list, you and Nicolas Cueto >> are English teachers. >> >> If you want to test the premise that learning >> LiveCode could help you students

PNG Transparency testbed

2012-06-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Please visit this webpage that display many different Transparent PNG images: http://entropymine.com/jason/testbed/pngtrans/ Download and import these transparent png into a card that have a natural background pattern like earth, rocks, grass, leaves, etc... and post a screenshot of you

Re: PNG Transparency testbed

2012-06-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Many Thanks to Colin and Richmond for posting their LiveCode screenshots. The meaning of this is: Test, for certain, how Livecode handles PNGs of 4,8,16,24,32 and 64 bits, with/without transparency. Richmond, I do not understand why appears the browser's name and your IP address in your

Re: PNG Transparency testbed

2012-06-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
So, the results are: LiveCode could display 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 and 64 bits PNG with and without transparency. A future test would be to create a stack to display these PNG in the screen of mobile platforms... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/PNG-T

Re: sqLite in Memory

2012-06-15 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting... coincidence. :-D http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ancient-aliens Mike Bonner wrote > > I think alien brain and poofy hair are linked genetic traits. > So the answer is yes. :) > -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/sqLite-in-Memory-tp46

Re: [NOT] From my Yahoo Spam box: mtp.mc

2012-06-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > [snip] > However . . . if I am to put in 6-7 hours "tarting up" the mtp.mc stack, > it would be nice if it could > then become readily available for anybody who wants it . . . > > So, if any of the mages could tell me if I am going to fall foul of an

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jim, Recently, I posted about my experience teaching a spanish version of the course MetaTalk Programmer: http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2012-June/173891.html Could you tell us about your experience teaching Turtle Graphics in the classroom? How old were your students? Did th

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Ken, Look at this website published by Jim Hurley: http://home.infostations.net/jhurley/ Ken Corey wrote > > [snip] > Why should Mr. Miller and crew implement turtle graphics when it's quite > possible for an enterprising teacher such as yourself to provide a > library that does the same t

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Francois, François Chaplais-3 wrote > > [snip] > Now, if you have a miracle solution for drawing Bezier curves in LiveCode, > I am convinced (based on previous posts) that many (including me) will be > happy to use it, as it is something that LC *cannot* do easily. > [snip] > Actually, Jim

Re: ANN: PreOrder FieldTrip (Features)

2012-06-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bjornke, Read this same thread in Nabble: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Re-ANN-PreOrder-FieldTrip-Features-td4651078.html I find really funny the contrast between your smiling photo and your message: > Ah crap, I wanted to send this offlist :( :-D Al -- View this message i

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
andro/stacks/Mailbox_browser.zip http://at.livecodejournal.com/stacks/Mailbox_browser.zip I am sure that there is a similar stack, published some time ago. Ken Corey wrote > > On 22/06/2012 23:06, Alejandro Tejada wrote: >> I found really interesting that Jim wrote that learning Turtle Gra

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jim, Looks like LOGO is alive and kickiing... I just received this link :-O http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/logo.html 3 complete books to read! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-Stars-tp4651129p4651184.html Sent from the Revolution - Use

Re: ANN: Stars

2012-06-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Francois, François Chaplais-3 wrote > > Thanks Alejandro. The actual link is > http://www.jamesphurley.com/RunRev/BezierLine.rev > I will have a deep look at the stack and how it relates to interpolation. > Best regards > I used these 3 different Bezier drawing handlers in this stack: http:

Re: Stack Version Comparison Tool

2012-06-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Peter, Peter Haworth wrote > > [snip] > I should clarify that I don't regard this tool as a version control > system. > It doesn't have any functions to check versions in/out or any of the > other > features of a version control system in a multi-user environment. It's > simply a way of ide

Re: [NOT] From my Yahoo Spam box: mtp.mc

2012-06-24 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, I forgot to include this link to the MetaTalk Programmer's Teacher Guide: http://www.canelasoftware.com/mc/metacard24/mtpguide.mc This Guide stack is really important for teachers. By the way, How are doing your students in this course? Al -- View this message in context: http://

Eps Import V05B

2012-07-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Today, Richmond wrote me about a missing stack in the webspace that Andre Gatzia and Richard Gaskin provided me in their websites to store my stacks. Richmond wrote: >I tried to download some of your files and got this: >http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TL5QP5WD Here it is: http://andregarz

Re: [OT] PDF Import Extension

2012-07-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport > Excellent! Now we could edit PDF files inside OpenOffice. Just notice the caveats and limitations of this plugin. Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4

Re: In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (PDF)

2012-07-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, When you have to import documents with editable text and nice formatting, just use: http://curryk.com/wordlib.html When you have to import vector graphics with transparency, just convert them to SVG using Inkscape and use: http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/112/SVGL When you have to

Re: In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (PDF)

2012-07-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > [snip] > So, I tried via exporting a PDF file to EPS, and then . . . . > I am aware that 'somebody' could write a PDF parser that would convert > that imported text back into something resembling the PDF where it > originated; however I, for one, am

RE: OT: Free Shade 10 3D Standard Edition Today Only

2012-07-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Lynn, I just send you an email about this same problem. Did you received it? Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Free-Shade-10-3D-Standard-Edition-Today-Only-tp4651623p4652046.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive a

Re: Junior App Developer (FlexibleLearning)

2012-07-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Hugh, FlexibleLearning-2 wrote > > Ever have "one of those days"? > My apologies with deep embarrassments to the list. > In fact, I would be more worried if there is no answers to this kind of request. Sometimes I wonder if it is only me, who became deeply worried when, in this mail list,

Re: RunRevLive12

2012-07-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Sandy, tech1-3 wrote > > Hi folks, I've posted some images from RunRevLive12. You can reach them > from here: > http://www.troutfoot.com/rev/index.html > What a great time! Good to see everyone, learn stuff, see new habitats. > Wonderful! :-) Many Thanks for sharing these images of the Con

Re: Junior App Developer (FlexibleLearning)

2012-07-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bob, slylabs13 wrote > > One could surmise that there are so many knowledgable developers > busily working on projects that they have not had time to read the > forum. What would worry me more is if everyone had all the time in > the world to respond! > Could you believe it that when I rea

Re: RevOnline fixed

2012-07-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Roger, Roger Guay wrote > > Thanks, Jacqueline. It works! I just uploaded my > RadialDialOmatic (153KB) utility stack with no problems. > Could you provide a link to download your stack? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/RevOnline-fixed-tp

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-19 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richard, Richard Gaskin wrote > > [snip] > The only way LiveCode could become such a de facto standard would be for > someone to come up with a way that changing its license to FOSS could > still bring in enough money to be profitable. > If my guess are correct, in the future, someone wil

Re: Threading or similar in LiveCode

2012-07-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Rod, Rod McCall wrote > > [snip] > right now we are implementing a car simulator environment > of which we will use LiveCode as the control console for > the simulation - at least that is the current plan. > [snip] > Some years ago, Scott Rossi posted a script that uses the command "send" t

Re: The future of LiveCode

2012-07-20 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I started with HyperCard in a Mac Plus, then MacIIsi and later a Power Mac 7500. (I am not counting the PowerBook with a 68040 procesor) After I migrated to Windows, I found MetaCard, the antecesor of Livecode, but... What did you think it was the most fundamental difference between MetaC

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Chipp, Watching this close, the methods in which you work in LiveCode is really inspiring. Thanks for sharing! Chipp Walters wrote > > [snip] > Be sure to holler if you see anything which doesn't seem correct. :-) > [snip] > Tell me if I am wrong, but when you run the stack in the iPhone e

RE: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-21 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Oh Lynn... With these words, you deflated the argument that I was about to write: Lynn Fredricks-2 wrote > > For any education to be at its best, you need to have kids coming from > healthy, intellectually nurturing homes and neighborhoods, and a pipeline > of > communication. That's a much mor

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-22 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmmond wrote: Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > [snip] > Certainly in Britain (and here in Bulgaria) the end result of > years of pseudo-socialist thinking has resulted in a feeling > that the state must provide: all parents have to do is > produce children and after that provide food and bed,

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Richmmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > Mummy and Daddy should NOT provide little Twinkle-toes > with a computer hooked up to the internet so s/he can > go blotto on online games and associated crap. > That particular phrase brings me memories of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Bob, I sent a private message to you about your comment. If you want to contribute to this particular offtopic and intriging subject, send a private message to me or Bob. Thanks in advance! Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Why-kill

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmmond, I had to disagree. There is no point in releasing an old version without support. This could be, even damaging to company reputation. Software live or die depending of the quality of support that their developers offers. For example Xara, the Graphic company, used to sell previous vers

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Ah... Linux. That version got stalled after developers from that platform stopped contributing to the development of that Linux version. Did you see what happens to a software without support from their developers... Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > Personally I don't see this as a vast problem. Although I own later > versions of RR/LC for Linux, > for my educational purposes at least (let's not get onto the eternal > Devawriter) the FREE 2.1.1 for > Linux has served my purposes 100% for 7 years e

Re: Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

2012-07-23 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, after thinking a while about how could be distributed a free version of LiveCode without harming the current releases, I concluded this: A free (an limited) version of Livecode could be distributed as part of a bundle with a book for teaching elemental programming techniques. Support could

Re: Importing vector graphics for interface

2012-07-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Actually the download direction is: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05B.zip Works only with Ilustrator version 7 or minor (v6, v5.5, etc...). More recent Illustrator versions are actually PDF files. Notice that to resize the vector graphics you should use a library like

Re: Importing vector graphics for interface

2012-07-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Andy, I found in my hard disk a version named Eps_Import_V05C You could download it from this link: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05C.zip Here is nice tip that could help you, if you need scaling these vector graphics inside a LiveCode stack. http://andregarzia.o

[ANN] EPS Import V05C

2012-07-25 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, Download this new version of EPS Import V05C: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/Eps_Import_V05C.zip Please, read the Help included inside the stack and the text file named "readmefirst.txt" Here is nice tip that could help you, if you need scaling these vector graphics insid

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

2012-07-26 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Chipp, Chipp Walters wrote > > Thanks! I really appreciate the work you've > done with this library over the years. > Thanks, I am glad that it's useful. :-D Hopefully, Ian McPhail will update his stack SVGL to import gradients and transparency from SVG drawings. Only then, it will be poss

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Colin, Colin Holgate-2 wrote > > You may have read my other message about getting graphics > to be an exact shape, your EPS thing looks like it will solve > the problem for me, thanks! > You are welcome! :-) Just notice that these EPS are actually files saved as Adobe Ilustrator 7 or minor

Re: making a graphic the shape of a bitmap

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Roger, Roger Eller wrote > > Alejandro also has a few bezier manipulation examples. Just look for > filenames beginning with 'bezier'. All of this work is very useful to us. > I wish RunRev would adapt some of this into the drawing tools in the IDE. > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandr

Re: Wait just a doggone minute!

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Wrong mail list??? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Wait-just-a-doggone-minute-tp4652904p4653029.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: Amazon opportunities for apps

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
This is good news! Many thanks for sharing this link in this mailing list. Suddenly, mobile computing is turning upside down the programming world. All the big players are fueling this change of paradigm: Apple (Leaders and Innovators) Google (The IBM of the Internet) Microsoft (who is waking up

Re: Certain Images cause LC Freeze?

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Your stack is version 2.7 I tested in RR 2.8 and RevMedia 4 without problems... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Certain-Images-cause-LC-Freeze-tp4653018p4653031.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: ChartMaker and the London Olympics: Update

2012-07-29 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Really Nice! Thanks for sharing. :-) How could I see results from, for example, Brasil, Mexico, Argentina, etc... Keep Up your great work! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ChartMaker-and-the-London-Olympics-Update-tp4652945p4653034.html Sent

Re: [ANN] EPS Import V05C

2012-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Colin, Colin Holgate-2 wrote > > Thanks for the extra details. > I've done a lot of importing of AI files today. I find that fresh AI files > that > have new curves are producing stacks that are zero width and height, > but copying the curves into an existing AI that has something in it will

Re: backgroundPattern

2012-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, show me the image id 1003 to test here. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/backgroundPattern-tp4653049p4653050.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecod

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, If I understand correctly this thread, the goal and purpose is to create a library that recreate the correct interface in every device where the application runs. Ideally, every developer should have every device to test that their application runs correctly. Obviously, that it's not poss

Re: Preview of Resolution Independent Control library for RevMobile

2012-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
LG 55'' 1080p HD TV with Google TV resolution: 1920 x 1080p LG 47'' 1080p HD TV with Google TV resolution: 1920 x 1080p http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-55G2-led-tv http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-47G2-led-tv Then, adding this resolution to Scott Rossi's list, there are 6 (or more) different resolution tar

Re: Certain Images cause LC Freeze?

2012-07-30 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi ForrestD, webmaster wrote > > Alejandro and Phil, > This is very curious. I'm not sure why it works for you but fails > every time for me. Could you let me know if you are running LiveCode > 5.0.2 or something different for an IDE version? > Thank you so much for testing. The support of

Re: The Screen Density Conundrum

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Ideally, we should be able to use scalable vectors for the Interface. Icons, backgrounds, Text... A vector graphics interface created with all the excellent capabilities of vector graphics in this platform, would be a real delight to watch... In a quick test of scaling polygons with a gradient f

Scaling Gradients

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, In principle, I posted this message in the message thread: "The Screen Density Conundrum" but, in retrospective, there is more probabiblity that itwould get an answer, if I posted it in a new thread... Ideally, we should be able to use scalable vectors for the Interface. Icons, backgrou

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Scott, Scott Rossi wrote > > Maybe the answer depends on how you're scaling the graphic. > I scale graphics that contain gradients all the time and the > gradient scales with the graphic. > FWIW, the UI components in tmControl are all vector-based controls, > with gradients -- no images (exce

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Mark Wieder wrote > > [snip] > Hmmm. How about creating the list of points, creating a new invisible > graphic, setting its points to the list, getting its rect, deleting > it, and then setting the rect of your graphic to the new rect, then > setting its points. That should scale the gr

Re: [OT] How long before..

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
This topic brings me memories of this documentary: La Obsolescencia Programada Fabricados para no durar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chJT_uxSqNk It's true. In our times too many people really believe that they "know best". And they have a title (not the real life experiencies) to prove it. Whe

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, Monte Goulding wrote > > I don't see why you need to do this operation while scaling. > It would appear to be a different use case. If you do need > to rotate and scale at the same time then why not work out > your scaling factor, rotate the points then scale the rect. > Same as Mark's

Re: [OT] How long before..

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting point of view, Thomas. Thomas McGrath III-3 wrote > > And don't we all at some point think "We know best". > The problem is there are many many people that think > they know best in direct conflict with those of us that > actually do. ;-) > Here is a prophetic video from Edward

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-07-31 Thread Alejandro Tejada
In that case... Monte Goulding wrote > > Why don't you rotate around the via property > of the gradient. That way it will be right. > it would be a translation and a rotation of these gradient properties. Let's see how that works. Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revol

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Scott, Scott Rossi wrote > > How I would do this -- 1) determine the offsets of all 3 gradient > coordinates from the graphic's loc, and 2) rotate the gradient coordinates > in alignment with however much the graphic is rotated, keeping in mind > offsets from the center. > Now it is working

Re: Scaling Gradients

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, You could download this stack from: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/penToolv032h.zip In this stack, you could import Adobe Ilustrator files 7 or minor that uses gradients. Then, using the Transformation palette you could scale, rotate, reflect and skew this imported file. I

[ANN] penTool 0.3.2h [with scalable gradients]

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi All, I made an small update to the stack penTool. You could download this stack from: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/penToolv032h.zip In this version, you could import Adobe Ilustrator files 7 or minor that uses gradients. Then, using the Transformation palette you could s

Re: [ANN] penTool 0.3.2h [with scalable gradients]

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Mark Wieder wrote > > Here's a framework for unlimited undos. It's set to archive the script of > objects, but is easily modifiable for other properties. > [snip] > Amazing! Did you have a sample stack to play with? I was thinking about saving every user action that results in 1) cre

Re: [ANN] penTool 0.3.2h [with scalable gradients]

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Monte, Monte Goulding wrote > > Your awesome Alejandro! > Someone give you a proper biezer graphic please! > Or at least a smoothing property on a polygon. > Many Thanks for your compliments! Just remember that this BETA and there is no UNDO. ;-) So always play safe! About smoothing, you

Re: [ANN] penTool 0.3.2h [with scalable gradients]

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Mark Wieder wrote > > It's almost verbatim what I do in glx2 to allow unlimited undos. The > adaptations are the elimination of script-editor-specific things like > saving and restoring the scroll and field selection. > glx2 is one of the most extraordinary examples of smart coding u

Re: [OT] How long before..

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, here is another link with content related to this thread: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/ Read first the really funny article: New Programming Jargon Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-How-long-before-tp4653161p4653257.html Sent from

Re: [OT] How long before..

2012-08-01 Thread Alejandro Tejada
And I believed that it was a good idea to create unique variable names to make impossible colitions in the namespace of a shared environment like LiveCode: 21 - Smurf Naming Convention When almost every class has the same prefix. IE, when a user clicks on the button, a SmurfAccountView passes a S

Re: physical books...

2012-08-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Well, plant a tree, have a child, and write a book. :-D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/physical-books-tp4653303p4653328.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Keith, Keith Clarke wrote > > Allowing undos past the last save is a huge advantage, as frequent > saving is often used to mitigate the risk of instability, rather than > create a hard 'version'. > Cmd-S (or Ctrl-S) is your friend when developing or working with flaky > apps or IDEs. > I ag

Re: Need beta testers for new database library

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Andre, Andre Garzia-3 wrote > > I need some beta testers for the new database library that I am > releasing. I just want some more opinions before releasing it. Anyone > wants to join? Send me a private email at andre@ > It is the library that I've shown during the last conference. > I don'

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Alex and Peter, Alex Tweedly wrote > > [snip] > you could maybe consider extending lcStackDiff to > cover .lc and .livecode text files as well as scripts > within stacks. > This would be excellent! Could you extend this script to produce the differences between the text of two elements in a

Android fragmentation not so serious, says study

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Read the article here: http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Localytics-Android-usage-study/ "According to study, 73 percent of Android handsets tracked by Localytics run Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread") and 23 percent still run Android 2.2 ("Froyo")" "Addressing the concern that Android developers m

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Peter, Peter Haworth wrote > > [snip] > In theory, yes that could be done. > > Are you wanting to compare two arrays that are stored somehwre in two > stack > files, custom properties perhaps? Or are the arrays in script variables? > > If the latter, I couldn't do that within the bounds of

Re: Looking for post-secondary student coders for prototype dev

2012-08-04 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi David, "For mobile prototypes we have no set capacities and are open to suggested platforms. Our preference, for budget reasons, would be mobile-web or cross platform frameworks." This spec opens a world of possibilities. :-) But this is the part more interesting: "We will employ 'lightweight

Re: Looking for post-secondary student coders for prototype dev

2012-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Dave, David Baker (3open) wrote > > CASRAI is a standards development organization so the reference means > that the prototypes built will, among other typical software and UI > features, consume and produce CASRAI-compliant XML. A coder does not > have to be an expert in CASRAI at the start,

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richard Gaskin wrote > > This may help: > > function MergeArray pSourceA, pDeltaA >-- Merges the elements in the array pDeltaA with >-- the array pSourceA, returning an array which >-- contains the values of pDeltaA for any key >-- which is also in pSourceA, and any keys in >

Re: Android fragmentation not so serious, says study

2012-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
I could just imagine the headaches of early software GUI designers choosing colors for a Color interface that looks correctly in a grayscale monitor too... Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Android-fragmentation-not-so-serious-says-study-tp46533

Re: [ANN] lcStackBrowser Beta testers needed

2012-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Peter, Peter Haworth wrote > > I'm looking for a few beta testers for my latest plugin, lcStackBrowser. > [snip] > I've tested this extensively on OS X Lion and Livecode 5.5.0 so hoping to > find a few volunteers for other versions of OS X, Windows, and Linux. > Please contact me off list. if

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-05 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richard Gaskin wrote > > I'm not sure I follow, since the keys of an array will be unique so > there will be no opportunity to find matching keys within the same array. > > If you just want matching values maybe you could write a loop that walks > through each element and turns that element in

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, Look, for example, the contents of an element of the Undo Array. The Undo Array contains a xml description of all controls placed in a single card: The Unique Key for each control is the AltID of the control, that is set at the moment of its creation. So, always there is only one contr

Re: [ANN] lcStackBrowser Beta testers needed

2012-08-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
If you save the stack as version 2.7, then I could test it in the IDE v2.8.1 Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-lcStackBrowser-Beta-testers-needed-tp4653419p4653434.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-06 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Mark Wieder wrote > > I think xml is probably the wrong format for this data. In order to > determine > the difference between versions you're going to have to unpack the xml > data, > find what has changed, pack that data back into xml, and store that. > That's a > lot of unnecessary work. > Y

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Mark Wieder wrote > > Ick! No, I would never suggest something as cumbersome as that! > It's as simple as adding another dimension to the undo array. > Here's a minor adjustment to the Undo.Push and Undo.Pop commands in > the code I posted earlier. > [snip amazing LiveCode Script] > Ok, Now I g

Re: What was that thing with Photoshop images?

2012-08-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jacque, J. Landman Gay wrote > > Okay, this is wrong. I've narrowed down the crash to a single Photoshop > jpg image. I couldn't even select it in the application browser without > LiveCode blowing up and quitting unexpectedly. Any use of the image in a > script crashed only intermittently

Re: Need beta testers for new database library

2012-08-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Andre Garzia-3 wrote > > The library is tested and targeted at SQLite databases but it works > with any database supported by RevDB (with a sane SQL standard) > How different is this library from SQLYoga? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Ne

Re: What was that thing with Photoshop images?

2012-08-07 Thread Alejandro Tejada
What do you think, Colin? This file have a sequence of bytes that the engine reads in the wrong way. How many bytes could that be? 2, 3 or 4 characters in sequence? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/What-was-that-thing-with-Photoshop-images-

Re: Need beta testers for new database library

2012-08-08 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Bob, Looks like every developer who uses databases have their own ideas and convictions about the way in which their databases should work. Honestly, I would not expect less. It seems that after a Developer starts working with databases, it's worth or value as a Developer starts depending on how

Re: ANN: GLX2 3.0.10

2012-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Mark, Mark Wieder wrote > > Well, undo/redo in glx2 is already finished. And the generic mechanism > has now been uploaded to revOnline. Glx2 does have auto-archiving, > which pretty much does what you're describing: saves multiple versions > with timestamps as you go along in an archive directo

Re: What was that thing with Photoshop images?

2012-08-09 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Jacque, J. Landman Gay wrote > > on getPaint -- replace an img's content; img must be selected >if the selobj = "" then > answer "Select an image first." > exit getPaint >end if >answer file "Choose replacement image:" >if it = "" then exit to top >put url ("binf

Re: Need beta testers for new database library

2012-08-10 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richard Gaskin wrote > > I'd love to see that section as well. I have a few articles of my own > in the works for various things, and it would be great if either or both > of you would like to contribute articles for LiveCode Journal. > > I've always envisioned LCJ as a community-based effort

Smartphone apps that are transforming us

2012-08-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Interesting article written by David H. Freeman http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/06/the-perfected-self/8970/?single_page=true Dramatic introduction: "B. F. Skinner’s notorious theory of behavior modification was denounced by critics 50 years ago as a fascist, manipulative vehicle

Re: [ANN] extIco2Png External Half the Price

2012-08-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Mark, How did other applications use this functionality? Displaying other application icon's could be useful for creating your own file selector dialogs, but besides this specific use, Which other uses could have this dll? Thanks in advance Al Mark Schonewille-3 wrote > > I know that Wind

Re: Smartphone apps that are transforming us

2012-08-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Mark, Mark Wieder wrote > > Guitar strumming as exercise? If those wankers would learn to play a > real instrument (yes, I *am* talking about a bass) they'd find out > what work really is... > An exercise better than Wii Fit. :-D But, now that phones have cameras, would not be easier to recor

The Story of Steve Jobs - An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale

2012-08-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Read and save this article about Steve Jobs. I could assure you that his "management style" will find many followers in the short place and near future. We should expect disastrous results in more than one case... http://www.wired.com/business/2012/07/ff_stevejobs/all/ Al -- View this message

Re: Old versions of RR/LC and old computers?

2012-08-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > > I belive that were RunRev to market early versions of > RR/LC at cut-down prices they would make some money, > not detract from their sales of up-to-date versions, and > do a lot of people a good service. > Free software is not "free" for the companies that rele

Re: HC 25 years old today

2012-08-12 Thread Alejandro Tejada
J. Landman Gay wrote > > [snip] > I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for HyperCard. > Me too! :-D Back then, I tried to build a "Spanish Translation Assistant" http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/HyperCard/message/2159 (Why the HyperCard group is stored among the Finance groups in yahoo???

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