Paul Dupuis wrote:
> Richard Gaskin, at one point, had a really excellent diagram of the
> LiveCode message hierarchy. If he sees this post and still has it
> perhaps he could post a link to it.
Still there:
https://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html
Since I made that back in the day (the file name hints at its age), I've
discovered a pretty great resource mysteriously unknown in our
community, but surprisingly comprehensive and includes a nearly
identical diagram.
It has more than 650 pages of comprehensive info on using LiveCode,
broken down into well organized sections and subsections, often with
illustrations and screen shots, all put together in a well-indexed PDF.
They call it "LiveCode User Guide", and it's been secretly bundled with
every release of LiveCode for several years. :)
I'm having fun there, but seriously, the User Guide has been pretty good
in recent years. I'm often surprised at how the answers to many forum
questions are covered well in it, yet when I ask about it most people
don't even notice that it's there, the second-from-the-top item in LC's
Help menu.
The Message Path discussion starts on p 101, with a pretty good diagram
on p 102, including a distinction between Groups and Backgrounds.
In fact, p 105 includes a discussion of that distinction far more
concise yet no less helpful than my longish post here the other day.
PS: I was going to include a link to the Github repo for anyone who
might want to help with errata or enhancements to the docs, but I
couldn't find the PDF sources in the /docs folder. What am I missing?
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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