Re: Animation Engine: speed tips

2020-06-27 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
On 6/27/20 7:09 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote: I made a quick test - creating and animating small graphic circles along a complex curve with many points. It works fine with one or two animated spheres but I’d like to be able to animate >30 and it slows to a crawl after 4 or 5. I tried

Help with androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()

2021-03-28 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has insight into the usage of "androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()", or can confirm that it works? I setup a test stack that attempts to play a public domain MP3 using the following script but nothing plays. I receive nothing from the function, an

Re: Help with androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()

2021-03-29 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
re. It's likely a permissions problem that I wish didn't exist. On 3/28/21 1:24 PM, Derek Bump via use-livecode wrote: Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has insight into the usage of "androidStartAudioPlayingInBackground()", or can confirm that it works? I setup a

Re: [[ ANN ]] New Enhancements Bundle v1.0.32 available

2023-08-04 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Hello Panos, Thank you! The enhancements bundle, specifically PolyList and PolyGrid, have been incredibly helpful in my projects. I've noticed I have different versions of PolyList in the "Extensions" folder under my "My LiveCode" directory. How can I be sure the proper version is being loaded

Re: [[ ANN ]] New Enhancements Bundle v1.0.32 available

2023-08-04 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
t ones. > > Kind regards, > Panos > -- > > On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 at 17:24, Derek Bump via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Hello Panos, > > > > Thank you! The enhancements bundle, specifically PolyList and PolyGrid, > >

Linux and the search for a controllable Web Browser

2023-08-24 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Good Day, I've been wrestling with the Browser widget on Linux long enough now that I've largely given up on using it for anything destined for a production environment. However, that has not reduced my need for a browser which I can control in my specific use-case: open a streaming video url,

Re: Livecode 10dp6 and web fonts

2023-09-27 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Hi Paul, In the past, I aimed to align my application UI closely with the host OS, believing that a consistent UI ensures broad accessibility. However, over time, I've come to see that while UI continuity is beneficial, it isn't the ultimate solution. This realization hit home when I managed

Re: Fun with ChatGPT creating LC script

2023-09-29 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Hello Roger, It is indeed a lot of fun, I couldn't agree more! What's truly amazing is how often I can transform that impressive "looking" LC script into something actually functional. Using LLMs in combination with the Script Profiler was all the proof I needed to ensure LLMs are now a dedica

Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity

2023-10-16 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Thank you for speaking up, Richard. I could not agree more: deployment issues are a critical bottleneck that deserves immediate attention. Regards, Derek Bump On 10/13/23 12:46, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: We see it here in this list. We see it in the forums. We see it wherever ap

Re: Your scripts as a flowchart

2023-12-03 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Thank you, Andreas, this is very cool and quite helpful! Some feedback to pass along for consideration: 1. I keep getting an Error 400 when creating a flowchart, and it seems to have something to do with the "Group per handler host" checkbox. If you toggle it in the right order, the chart wil

Re: Your scripts as a flowchart

2023-12-03 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
=75 Best, Andreas 3 dec. 2023 kl. 19:00 skrev Derek Bump via use-livecode: Thank you, Andreas, this is very cool and quite helpful! Some feedback to pass along for consideration: 1. I keep getting an Error 400 when creating a flowchart, and it seems to have something to do with the

Re: Thanks for all the fish

2024-01-04 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Thank you, Mark. That is very generous. -- Derek Bump On 12/30/23 17:03, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: PowerDebug and PowerTools have now been released into the wild as opensource tools (MIT license). Code is all intact, although the check for update functionality has been commented out

Experiments with the container layerMode and Animation Engine

2019-08-09 Thread Derek Bump via use-livecode
Hello List, I hope all of you have been well. It's been a while since I've experimented with Animation Engine--or LiveCode in general--and the recent addition of the "container" layerMode in 9.5 had me thinking that it might be a good time to revisit animation and gaming. However, I've been r