err, sorry for being unclear. I mean it's a bug as in, it should work as you expected. in addition, there's no workaround that i'd know of.
On 13 Jun 2011, at 15:50, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > "Bug" in the documentation, or the implementation? > > Any workaround to determine if launched facelessly? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> >> bug >> >> On 13 Jun 2011, at 14:41, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >>> As Todd Geist quoted here earlier, in the Dictionary entry for "$" it says: >>> >>> If you start up the application from the command line (on OS X, >>> Unix or Windows systems), the command name is stored in the >>> global variable $0 and any arguments passed on the command line >>> are stored in numbered variables starting with the $ character. >>> For example, if you start the application by typing the following >>> shell command: >>> >>> myrevapp -h name >>> >>> then the global variable $0 contains "myrevapp" (the name of the >>> application), $1 contains "-h", and $2 contains "name". >>> >>> In my tests here, it seems this is only partially correct: $0 contains the >>> app name from the command line ("myrevapp" in their example), but $1 >>> contains the "name" portion after the "-h" option flag, and the flag itself >>> does not appear in any $ variable. >>> >>> I have an app in which I'd like to have two different behaviors, depending >>> on whether it's being run from the command-line or as a GUI. >>> >>> This would be easy if the engine worked as described in the Dictionary so I >>> could easily detect if the user launched it with "-ui", but it seems the >>> option flags are not being passed to the application, though everything >>> that doesn't begin with "-" is. >>> >>> So my question is two-fold: >>> >>> 1. I've tested this on Windows and Linux and get identical behavior, in >>> which the "-" flags aren't present in the "$" vars. Can anyone here >>> confirm this on Linux, Win, or OS X? >>> >>> 2. If this is indeed a documentation bug and what I see in my tests is what >>> happens for everyone, how can I determine whether the app was launched with >>> "-ui" or not? >>> >>> -- >>> Richard Gaskin >>> Fourth World >>> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >>> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >>> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
