Wikipedia's LiveCode page updated

Hi, I just updated the LiveCode's entry in Wikipedia. Only added this information: -- LiveCode is currently in v. 6.0, which includes many enhancements and multiple bug fixes for deployment in every OS platform, including iOS and Android. Bibliography Holgate, Colin. LiveCode M

Re: Wikipedia's LiveCode page updated

Hi Craig, dunbarx wrote > I edited just a bit. I hope you do not mind. I removed the part about > numerous big fixes, as I thought this was unnecessary and might possibly > raise an eyebrow or two about whether such things were an ongoing problem > with the program. > Your writing, as far as the

Re: Drag and Drop

Hi Ray, Ray Horsley-2 wrote > [snip] > The new thing I've discovered is I can consistently break Livecode's > accepting the drop, > evidenced by the cursor turning into a circle with a line through it > instead of a plus sign, > if I drag extremely slowly right at the point where I stop draggin

Re: Drag and Drop

Hi Richmmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > [snip] > So I don't know where you got the idea that this used not to work: > [snip] mouseStillDown is not mentioned in this article: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/resources_polling.html Why? Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revol

Re: skip lists

Hi Richard, Richard Gaskin wrote > Anyone here had occasion to implement a skip list in an xTalk? > ; > > If so, any code you can share, or tips? I found this particularly interesting: "Skip lists are a probabilistic data structure that seem likely to sup

Re: scrolling stack I made

This Scrolling Stack works really nice in Windows, too! :D -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/scrolling-stack-I-made-tp4665050p4665114.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Resources Index to learn LiveCode

Resources Index to learn LiveCode Hi All, Does exists a single page with an index of all resources (free or not) available to learn programming in this platform, that I could sent to anyone interested in learning to program using LiveCode? Now that LiveCode Community is available in every deskto

Re: scrolling stack I made

Hi Colin, Would you like to test if your code could be adapted to create this kind of infinite zoom effect in iOS or Android device? No iPad, iPhone or Android device in my developer desk... http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Second-test-for-Infinite-Zoom-td3642705.html Thanks in ad

Re: Resources Index to learn LiveCode

Hi All, Many Thanks Igor and Mark for answering this question! :D and I think that Björnke is correct too, on this one: > No. Make one :P Have a nice day! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Resources-Index-to-learn-LiveCode-tp4665118p4665152.

Re: 1001 things to do with LiveCode

Hi Peter, Peter W A Wood wrote > If anybody else reading this message has any interesting that > they've developed in LiveCode, I'd really appreciate being able > to include it in 1001 things to do with LiveCode. Did you published the guidelines about the exact information that you require to i

Re: dealing with these *huge* pdf files generated

If you were using LiveCode, then Jan Schenkel's Library will be the way to go: Quartam PDF Library http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/ANN-Quartam-PDF-Library-1-1-5-Available-td4658335.html -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/dealing-with-

Re: dealing with these *huge* pdf files generated

Hi, Dr. Hawkins wrote > But that doesn't seem to do it: "Nor can it be used to modify > existing PDF documents or extract text from them." > > The issue here isn't *generating* a pdf, but that when I export a card > to one, livecode is *horribly* inefficient, making a file 10 times the > size i

Re: [OT] Devawriter pro 1.3.2

Hi Richmond, Richmond Mathewson-2 wrote > Version 1.3.2 of the Devawriter Pro Demo is now available at: > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriterpro.html > And, I would, again. urge you to considering helping with its > development: > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/devawriter#share The

Re: OT: Science fiction story in the form of a Twitter bug-report

Microwaves are mystical and mysterious... Did you know it? :D http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/053000sci-physics-light.html Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Science-fiction-story-in-the-form-of-a-Twitter-bug-report-tp4665622p4

Re: dealing with these *huge* pdf files generated

Have you tried to generate the PDF using Quartam Library? I am sure that Jan Schenkel will help you to convert one of your documents in a PDF. After you know how to convert the first, then the rest of documents will be easy. Did you contact him? Al -- View this message in context: http://r

Re: dealing with these *huge* pdf files generated

The PDF file that you linked (output.cd.jrlien_multiexempt.pdf) was really small. Just 468k. Could you post this EXACT PDF file created using LiveCode pdf printing command? Maybe, just maybe, Livecode is interpreting each word as an object, so instead of a single object (a paragraph) the file p

Re: Graphic tools - works in IDE, fails in Standalone

Hi Graham, Graham Samuel-4 wrote > [snip] > As an experiment, I made a very simple standalone that consists only of a > mainstack with one card (the drawing area) and a substack with one card > (the tool palette) with three tools - rectangle, oval and line). It also > works in the IDE but not as

Re: dealing with these *huge* pdf files generated

Yes, checkboxes are bitmap... and if there are a lot of them this explains all the bloat. -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/dealing-with-these-huge-pdf-files-generated-tp4665689p4665782.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Na

Re: AW: playing mp4 videos without QT-player?

Hi Tiemo, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote > "Reworked Multimedia Support" sounds promising. > So I'll be annoyed at QT for another period and > will wait for a new solution. Hopefully, they will implement a VLC external: https://www.videolan.org/license/ Have a nice week! Al -- View this message in

Re: Graphic tools - works in IDE, fails in Standalone: getting desperate

Hi Graham, Graham Samuel-4 wrote > Hi Colin - thanks for that. I see that you ingeniously avoid choosing the > graphic tool (I hadn't thought of using 'new graphic'). I will see if I > can adapt it so the user had freedom to drag in all directions, and have > rectangles, polygons and so on. > Hav

Caching Deleting Reusing Storing files from Internet

Hi all, I have run this script on Windows, so please run this script in Mac, Linux, Android and iOS and tell me if these files are downloaded everytime that you run the script: on mouseUp create img set the text of last img to URL " https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3834621/cat1.gif";

Re: Caching Deleting Reusing Storing files from Internet

Hi André, André Bisseret wrote > On Mac, the files are downloaded > each time I run the script. > They are not stored. > At first time I get a photo, > then I got a small video (but very > parasitized) followed by a short "noise" ;-) Downloaded and displayed files were an animated gif and a sho

Re: scrolling stack I made

Hi All, Where could I find a link of this stack, already compiled for Android? I have tried, without success, to create an Android APK with Colin's stack using LiveCode Comunnity 6.0.2 for Android 2.2 Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.

Re: scrolling stack I made

Hi Colin, Colin Holgate-2 wrote > I did previously build an APK version, but when I try now I get > an "apk finalization failed" error. Are you able to open the stack > I posted, and publish your own APK? > > Here's the one I made at the conference. The current one has > some improvements: > >

Re: scrolling stack I made

Hi Colin, Colin Holgate-2 wrote > Had you already built your own tests onto the device? No, I build the APK in Windows, then copy the installer to the Tablet and install from X-Plore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore&hl=en It has worked, so far, with the v

Re: I'm a Happy Kickstart Camper . . .

Congratulations! :D I will like to read about a detailed account of the performance of your students, Richmond. Have a nice weekend! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/I-m-a-Happy-Kickstart-Camper-tp4666101p4666103.html Sent from the Revolution

LiveCode APKs for Android Tablets

Hi All, Does exists a list of Android Apps created with LiveCode? Probably, I could convince others Android users to test them too. Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/LiveCode-APKs-for-Android-Tablets-tp4666105.html Sent fr

Re: [OT] What's happening here in Turkey...

Hi endernafi, My best wishes for you and all your partners in this fight for your rights to preserve the few natural environments left in your cities. Hopefully, those who want to crush the laws with their power will reconsider the real cost of their ambitions. Have a nice weekend! Al -- Vi

Re: scrolling stack I made

I downloaded your APK installer in a Samsung S3 Galaxy (Android 4.1.1) http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Unlocked-Smart-Marble/dp/B0080DJ6CM When I tried to install it, just get the same error as in the Polaroid tablet. (Application NOT installed) Alejandro -- View this message in context

Re: Works in IDE, doesn't work in standalone (revisited)

Hi Graham, Graham Samuel-4 wrote > [snip] > Any ideas, anyone? Do you have a stack to download and test? Thanks in advance! Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Works-in-IDE-doesn-t-work-in-standalone-revisited-tp4666181p4666205.html Sent from t

Re: stuffing a group into a database or other file

Hi Stephen, Stephen Barncard-4 wrote > the copy command can obtain the binary image of any object, which then > resides in clipboardData[ objects] and can be stored as a custom > property > or a binary 'blob' for your db > This is what I did to create a way to export sound clips from a stack t

RE: scrolling stack I made

Hi All, This the website of Ralph DiMola's Android application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jewelersboard.app.sectional Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/scrolling-stack-I-made-tp4665050p4666210.html Sent from the Revoluti

Re: revBrowser : IE needed ?

Hi All, Mike Bonner wrote > Yes currently it is needed to use revbrowser. > Moving to webkit is on the to do list though. > Just not sure what the timeline for that will be. The first version of Altbrowser (from Altuit) allowed developers to select Firefox or Internet Explorer as the default br

[OT] Free Benchmarking Stuff

Hi Richmmond, On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:53:08 +0300 Richmond wrote: > http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ > munchies! How could we use this benchmarking software with LiveCode? Does exists a single stack (or a group of stacks) that produce benchmark tests for every LiveCode command, function and p

Re: HTML5 online course

Great! Many thanks for sharing this information. :D mwieder wrote > Heads up... > > Until 31 July you can register for udemy's HTML5 APIs for JavaScript > online course for free. Over 45 hours of lectures. Looks quite > interesting. > >

Re: OT: Evil Mad Scientist Labs teaches boolean logic

Hi Mark, I have read your post weeks ago, and bookmarked it. How could we make a computer simulation of this artifact using Livecode? Does exists downloable plans to build one? Videos does give a hint about the inner workings. http://hackaday.com/2011/06/09/gigantic-ball-manipulating-binary-compu

Re: [OT] Free Benchmarking Stuff

Richard Gaskin wrote: > 4W RevBench is available in the Stacks section of RevNet - in the IDE > see Development->Plugins->GoRevNet > I also added an article to LiveCode Journal that goes into benchmarking > in a little more detail: > Benchmarking Performance in LiveCode

[OT] Free Benchmarking Stuff

on Fri Jul 26, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Does Mark's contribution seem a good start for what you had in mind? Actually, I could not find RRTest in RevOnline: http://revonline2.runrev.com/search/tag/developer%20tool/direction/descending/searchtype/latest/ Could you post a direct download link? Tha

Re: [OT] Free Benchmarking Stuff

on Sun, 28 Jul 2013 Mark Wieder wrote: > Use the revOnline interface in the IDE. Found it! :D Excellent start point for creating many specific tests for Livecode. This will prove to be an invaluable tool to sort the brave new world of Android devices... :o Many, many thanks for sharing this sta

Re: Best practise approach for artwork for iOS and Android?

on Tue, 12 Jun 2018, Lagi Pittas wrote: > I don't know what sort of images you have but > take a look at xara (xara.com/designer-pro/features) I use Xara Photo Graphic Designer and agree with Lagi's recommendation. Check these videos about intelligent scaling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNL

[OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

"Programming could be much much easier most of the time. This unnecessary difficulty wastes the effort of professional programmers, but worse, prevents many people from programming at all. The problem is a nasty hairball of culture and technology and money that is not easily untangled" https://ala

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

ure of programming would be driven by artificial intelligence assistants and multiple ways of working and interfacing with the computer using voice, gaze interaction, gesture, motion, pointer, keyboard, etc... Al On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > "Programm

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

Hi Mark, > Lost sight of what? If I understand Richmond correctly, he is talking that for many developers the name HyperCard is synonymy with "vastly easier and more accessible programming" and that RunRev could have taken advantage of this for positioning LiveCode among other development platfor

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

Hi Mark, > H - I think that is missing the point about what the > current 'AI' technologies that exist actually do (as far as > I can see anyway - I'd be more than happy to be > proved wrong!)... Well, the point is that all current AI technologies requires an internet connection to work and A

Re: [OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

Mark Wieder wrote: > Dang. And I was *so* waiting around for LC11. We already have revSpeak, so I could wait a few years for the command revListen :-D http://docs.runrev.com/Command/revSpeak Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.c

Re: LC-ImageToolbox_v180 (hh)

Hi Hermann, Many thanks for sharing your excellent work with all LC developers! I hope that you include color dithering in your next version. Check the more recent stack in this forum thread: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29935 Where could I send you an screenshot of a message p

Re: LC-ImageToolbox_v185

Thanks a lot! This week, I will find time to study and learn from your work. By the way, reading the links that you posted, I found about other dither algorithms: Riemersma Dither and Stochastic Dithering. Have a nice week! Al On Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:09:47 +0200 > Hermann wrote: > > LC-ImageToo

Re: ImageStatistics_v100

Hermann, Many Thanks for publishing your work! Klaus Major, Wilhelm Sanke, Bernd Niggeman and you are outstanding role models for German developers. Out of curiosity, Have you implemented in LC an image processing algorithm that segment images in background and foreground? For example: https://ww

[OT] Xara Design Suite 25 dollar special

Hi All, Check this "Once in a Lifetime" special offer: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/magix-ultimate-creative-design-software?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_2_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2 This is the best offer of Design Softwa

Gradient Property Palette Bug

Hi All, After editing an imported gradient, the Gradient Property Palette shows two "OK" buttons and every graphic imported receive a green color overlay. Please verify this Gradient Property Palette bug in your own setup: 1) Download the stack Eps Import v05c: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alej

Understanding Image Sizes, Before And After Display

Hi All, In this moment that I could not sleep because the fever, the mail list is a good reading to keep me awake. There is another way to read the width and height of a jpg image. Read the binary data for the Start of Frame tag within the jpg image. Please test and improve this script: on mous

Re: LC-apps for HC

Hi Ingar, Since last year, I am using Livecode in Mac, Linux and Windows (and running stacks on Android 2.3 and 4.0.1). Previously, I have run Livecode only on windows, much later on linux, then on android and only since last year on mac osx. (ios and raspberry pi are in my plans too) Livecode i

LC-apps for HC

Please dismiss these stray words at the end of my previous message: > but > notice that Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://list

Thoughts on BLOBs in SQLite

Glen Bojsza wrote: > I was looking for feedback on whether it is better to store images as > BLOBs in an SQLite database for a LC app or store paths to the images > in the SQLite database and the images in a separate folder. After reading this thread, I searched for "SQLite and rsync" to learn

webP and webM support in LiveCode

Hi All, Now that there is an ongoing thread about storing bitmap images inside a SQLite BLOB, I just want to remember that there is an enhancement request in LiveCode Quality Center for supporting webP and webM in LiveCode engine. If webP and webM support in Livecode Engine could help in your cur

webP and webM support in LiveCode

Hi Monte, on Thu Aug 24 2017, Monte Goulding wrote: > webM would require a reasonable size refactor to players because > we would need to wrap a custom player around the library and then > decide which player to use depending on the movie file. > webP on the other hand looks like it could be added

webP and webM support in LiveCode

I forgot a very important aspect of implementing webP in LiveCode engine. For a first implementation, LiveCode could import (decode) only static -not animated- webP images and exclude the option of exporting images as webP (excluding the encoder from the engine). This would reduce the complexity o

webP and webM support in LiveCode

On Sat, 26 Aug 2017, Monte Goulding wrote: > I don?t think anyone is ruling anything out. This is good news! :D Hermann Hoch wrote: > For webP you could use (from LC via shell) these > free WebP utilities for Mac/Win/linux Yes, LiveCode shell control is a real godsend for working with command li

webP and webM support in LiveCode

Richard Gaskin wrote: > This sounds like a good opportunity > for using FFI in a Widget. Looks like every computer language now uses FFI. I think that we need a Cookbook to learn this new feature or adapt tutorials from other platforms. Who volunteers to add LiveCode to this Wikipedia article: ht

webP and webM support in LiveCode

> Anyone interested in the topic of image optimization > could learn a lot from this webpage too: > https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/image-optimization Check this useful information about two new image compression file formats: BPG and FLIF

OT: error messages

on Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Ralph DiMola wrote: > In 1975 a few of us were huddled around the console > of an IBM 1130 trying to figure out the new command > line text editor(Cytos). The error messages were less > than helpful(much less) so at one point in frustration > we typed "f*** you". Cytos replied

Moving up from LC V6/V7 towards the current versions

Hi Pyyhtiä, I could not find your app in Google Play, but still appears in some repositories: https://androidappsapk.co/download/com.mindcrea.getdealdone/dc4dee3fb80f8ec85b26cbc0ca19ce9c/ Thanks a lot for offering your stack source. Every LiveCode developer could learn from your code. Compress y

Subject: Re: LC and OneSignal

I have read many great ideas for this project. Could I contribute another? This repository could include an index of LiveCode properties, commands and functions used within these stacks and handlers. Klaus Major already published a handler that saves all stack scripts as a text file. Could this

Vector graphics, again

Hi Richmond, Download this really old stack: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/exportVector_v03.zip Open the stack exportVector_v03, erase all vector graphics and paste your vector graphics. Then, select from SVG, PDF or Adobe Ilustrator and click: Export Post in Google Drive or Dro

Vector graphics, again

Hi Richmond, I posted 2 files (1-SVG file 2-LiveCode v8 stack) and code in the forum: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29737&p=158014#p158014 Just create a new MultiColor SVG widget and paste this: If you notice a few glitches, like cropped borders, please contact th

Vector graphics, again

This second version works better because includes a transparent background rectangle that effectively corrects the border cropping problem from first version: On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi Richmond, > > I posted 2 files (1-SVG file 2-Li

Export vector graphics v05

Hi All, This download is an update to a stack posted 10 years ago in the mail list. This stack exports all vector graphics pasted in the first card as PDF, Adobe Ilustrator (v7) or SVG. Please test first if you could open every type of file produced by this stack. Before pasting your graphics, e

Android Audio Playback & Recording

Hi Peter, This part of your message caught my attention. Peter Reid wrote: > 3. Figure out how to compare the two sound clips > (sample against user), or convert the user speech input > into text for comparison with the original Word. Again, > any good ideas would be welcome, but I'm prepared to

Re: Android Audio Playback & Recording

About Android Audio Recording using LiveCode, check this and read the comments for very useful additional information: https://livecode.com/android-audio-recording-library-using-java-ffi/ Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

Read the interview: https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology-now I think that he could be... much more angry if he learns about all memes that compare Mobile Phones users with zombies... Al ___ use-livec

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

Richmond wrote: > All my upper-intermediate pupils will be going > through this article in class this week. These talking emoji remembers me Microsoft's Agent Animated Characters Showcase project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6umxhkdKzSY If I remember well, the characters could be used by deve

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

There are many critics about the dumbing down of education in many countries, but only in USA, critics could afford to publish and sell their ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Dumbing-Down-America-Nations-Brightest/dp/1618211668 Just imagine that in the country where I live, to get a paying work in E

[OT] Alan Kay is angry

I learned this again, a few weeks ago, in the forum: After many developers explained to a newbie the same concept in many different ways, this person said: Yes, I understand... but when this person tried to apply these concepts in a stack, we learned that these explanations were not clear enough.

Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

Hi All, I was looking in the mail list archives, the name of Chipp Walters Stack that could import and display 3d models in *.obj format, but could not find it. Does anyone remembers the name of this stack or could point me to the mail list message where Chipp posted it? I remember that Scott Ro

Re: Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

en *.obj 3d models too. Specifically, I remember an impressive 3d whale model. Does anyone remembers the name of this stack, too? On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Hi All, > > I was looking in the mail list archives, the name of > Chipp Walters Stack that cou

Re: Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

ev Al On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi Colin, > > on Sunday Sep 24 2017, Colin Holgate wrote: > > It may be a different one, but is it this?: > > https://github.com/angerangel/LCR3D > > LCR3D is the work of Massimiliano Vessi (MaxV) > C

Re: Chipp Walters 3D object viewer stack

PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Found it in my backups! :-D > After learning the stack name's, it was easy to find it > in the mail list achives. > > This is Chipp's message: > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2007-October/103466.html > > This is Chipp

Offset Referenced Image Data

the > object and is fixed. Also a backPattern does not > support translucency, while a group can. But using > a group can be a bit more work. 2) Hidden Point Technique Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Try these scripts too, before using a group: 1) Create a new stack 2) Create a polygon graphic and

OT: OMGwebsites

Hi Bob, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Almost inevitably, they would get back to him days > or even weeks later and say, "How's that web page > coming along. We really need it." He would reply that > he asked for content and had not gotten it yet. > They would usually reply something like, "I thought > that

not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Hi All, Lagi Pittas wrote: > That's why I said the Function part would be good - > basically a LIVE interactive debugger - the coding > to do all the rest in a REAL programming language > rather than an animation studio or a testbed is way > out of my league - But given time and money anything > i

not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Ralph wrote: > This is possible because all current consumer OSs > have the same problems outlined in the article. Deep truth, but... Are you sure that hardware is not to blame for many of these unexplained bugs? Intermittent hardware failures, due to faulty soldering or overheating (etc...) are

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Hi Richard, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I've found logging useful. Turn on the messageMessages > and write all messageHandled messages to a file with the > executionContexts - verbose, but when information is lacking > better to have too much than too little. Great to know! Thanks for this informati

Re: not really OT: The Coming Software Apocalypse

Richard Gaskin wrote: > They're still undocumented, designed for IDE use > and subject to change. Ok, that explains why Google could not find any information about this. Maybe this info could help developers that are having trouble with their mobile apps. Could we save our log files and sent them

[OT] Alternative to Inkscape

Include SVG-Edit and current versions of these editors: https://www.sitepoint.com/6-free-web-based-svg-editors-compared/ I just keep wondering why nobody have forked Inkscape and included the most requested feature: a plain simple palette that translate page coordinates from bottomleft to the topl

Re: [OT] Alternative to Inkscape

, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Include SVG-Edit and current versions of these editors: > https://www.sitepoint.com/6-free-web-based-svg-editors-compared/ > > I just keep wondering why nobody have forked Inkscape > and included the most requested feature: a plain simple > palette t

[OT] Alternative to Inkscape

Hi Ryan, I use Xara since many, many years ago. Their technical support is excellent and rarely (if ever) I had a problem with their application except a rare bug that I found, reported and they fixed. Recently, I am testing their online design application: https://cloud.ixara.com/ Everyone coul

[no subject]

Mark Wieder wrote: > I am really sorry to have started this thread Where else could we learned about the messageMessages global property and messageHandled message (useful for logging and debugging Livecode apps? This mail list, like our own life, allows us to focus on our immediate projects or o

60 years of the Space Age

Mark Wieder wrote: > I am really sorry to have started this thread Where else could we have learned about the messageMessages global property and messageHandled message (useful for logging and debugging Livecode apps? This mail list, like our own life, allows us to focus on our immediate projects

Re: 60 years of the Space Age

And Gmail allowed to send my previous message without subject and no warnings... precisely in the day (October 4) where they announce that each of their products now have Artificial Intelligence Algorithms incorporated... :-o On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Mark Wie

Re: [OT] Alternative to Inkscape

s it has to be easier to convince WC3 to change the SVG standard and adopt Inkscape bottomleft page origin... :D Al On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 7:44 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Hi Ryan, > > I use Xara since many, many years ago. Their technical support is excellent and rarely (if ever)

Atkinson dither algorithm

Hi All, I am stuck trying to make this code for Bill Atkinson dithering algorithm much more faster. Any ways to speed this code? Follow the recipe and watch out for lines broken by mail character length limit. Recipe: 1) Import an small image (200x200 pixels) and name it as "Image" (you could im

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm

I have posted a demo stack in the forums: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=29935 Have a nice weekend! Al On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 1:52 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > Hi All, > > I am stuck trying to make this code for Bill Atkinson > dithering algorithm much mo

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm

Hi Malte, Malte Brill wrote: > I already posted on the forums, but for completeness also here: > a lot can be done by replacing repeat with with repeat for each where you can. > > --repeat with i = 1 to the number of words of fldhexa3 > --put 00 & word i of fldhexa3 & word i of fldhexa3 &

Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

A few hours ago, I send a message to the mail list, a message that vanish without trace. Now I am resending parts of that message. The rest of the message is in the forum... Peter Read wrote: > One note of caution regarding the use of the "repeat for each" loop, > whilst you will get a loop iterat

Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

Hi Hermann, Hermann Hoch wrote: > So all considerations to improve the LCS script are, > TMHO, of rather theoretical value. Here are some more: > The Atkinson algorithm uses multiples of 1/8 = 0.125 for > the diffusion-error, the Floyd-Steinberg algorithm uses > multiples of 1/16 = 0.0625. > And h

Atkinson dither algorithm & 'for each' loop

After reading Mark Waddingham explanation, now i am using a sequential ordered array for this handler. Check this much shorter and faster version: on mouseUp put the millisecs into startTime set the cursor to busy put the alphadata of img "Image" into tAlphaData put the imagedata of

Rotating widgets

Hi All, Effectively, SVG Icon widget grows and shrink when rotating, but Peter Thirkell SVG Multicolor widget does not. This Multicolor svg widget only clips it's content and stays the same size. Richmond, Have you installed SVG Multicolor widget? Download and install from this forum thread: htt

Re: Atkinson dither algorithm

Hi All, This forum message contains the final version of this stack. It includes a Color version of this algorithm. https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&p=159173#p159173 Thanks again to Malte Brill, Richard Gaskin, Hermann Hoch, Mark Waddingham, Peter Reid, Ben Rubinstein, Bob Sneidar

In GRAB control

Hi Richmond, Tell me if this recipe works in your own setup: 1) Import an image 2) Create a small rectangle graphic with no fill (rectangles without fill is the default style) 3) Paste this script into the image: local tLocation, OriginalXposition, OriginalYposition on mouseDown put the loc

Atkinson dither algorithm

Hi Bob, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I didn't post any code I don't think, but I will certainly > take some credit for having done so! ;-) In fact, you are not late! :-D Please, take a look at the script of Atkinson Dither 04 (Fastest Version) and make it faster. How would you do this? Making the Funct

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