I have to look back and find my timings but I think I got a 10x or better performance by creating the styled text array and then setting the field to it.
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 4:54 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: J. Landman Gay Subject: Re: Merge and unicode On 9/11/19 12:28 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > I'll wager using a styledText array for this will be fun to write and will perform very well. I took a look. You'd win that wager. I didn't test performance (haven't written the handler yet) but getting the styledText of an existing list retains the correct characters. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ 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