@Curry, mainly. The easy one. WTF has lost most of its bite due to simple continued usage. As Lenny Bruce noted 60 years ago, if you use a bad word often enough, it loses its badness. The hard one. Several threads on the forum have bemoaned what is labeled an overarching bug issue in LC. There have been calls for a complete halt to development until most of the existing ones are squashed. For my part, I only notice that LC 9x crashes intermittently, though regularly. I must add that I am working mainly on a single project when this happens, and am conditioned to save often. The other projects I have currently do not exhibit this at all, though that may be simply due to the fact that I am involved in them much less intensely. I suppose it is less worrisome that this is a problem in only a single project, than if it happened here and there, everywhere. At least I tell myself that. I am really only concerned that LC not get a reputation for being unstable. That would turn off new users long before they ever actually experienced such a thing. Craig
-----Original Message----- From: Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Curry Kenworthy <cu...@pair.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 18, 2020 5:29 pm Subject: Re: text copied form LC generated PDF, WTF? > Not to forget SpreadLib..... ;) Since you mention it, SpreadLib is not forgotten at all! Proud that SpreadLib was first, and is best, of its type. SpreadOut, especially, has come a long way since last public release. Looking forward very much to that update. Most addons have progressed with features and fixes privately, and are waiting for official release, but releases take some time in themselves, and client deadlines always have to come first. We have some clients here that could vouch for both parts of that statement. :) (I'm physically handicapped with some taxing health limitations, thus my active time is finite, determined by actual daily energy/strength and endurance, without anywhere near as much choice or freedom over my remaining time as most people take for granted. So clients get heavy priority, but addons are never forgotten and the work continues. Nor is this list ever forgotten, although I can't afford to be very vocal here beyond the occasional quick joke or brief comment. Mostly I'm a reader! Not by choice.) LC's "infinite bugs" increasing in tempo since LC7 and frequent breaking changes have outpaced me at times, providing an ever-shifting foundation for building upon. Breaking things is usually easier and faster than cleaning up. In fact, I've devoted an amazing amount of my entire career to finding, documenting, and developing high-quality workarounds for these IDE and engine bugs - and it seems that we're just getting started. But here's the good news - I'm adjusting strategies and tactics to that reality, having finally accepted it as the norm to expect now and perhaps forever. So I'm also developing new tools to gain the upper hand again in this Age of IDE Bugs, and therefore confident that I will indeed have the last laugh on this subject of my delayed progress (ha ha) and get addon updates back on a much more regular schedule, among other things that are likely to cause a big splash - perhaps even shake up the industry a bit! :D Another high priority for update release this year is WordReport - quite a lot of inquiries lately, which are pushing it toward the top of my list. Yep, it's coming, and it's going to reach new heights. Thanks to all for your feedback and support! Exciting things are on the way. -- About the subject of copying and pasting to/from LC, here's a current bug that's easy to workaround, but also easy to forget to workaround - and can cause mayhem: https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22172 -- BTW, it's a tad difficult to completely ignore "WTF" posts, and my post here was a joke on two levels, the first of which Klaus immediately acknowledged. But the second level had a more serious undercurrent, and it's why I posted a reply in the first place: is WTF considered completely squeaky-clean and shock-free nowadays? Has it, along with its component words, been completely sanitized for all ages and audiences? And if so, then logically: why unfailingly abbreviate, without ever using the component words every now and then for variety, and also why not use something a little more risque and exciting than a plain-old unprovocative WTF? :) Thus the WTF file format, since it is so often mentioned here lately. Take care and enjoy coding, everyone.... Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy WordLib: Take charge of MS Word and OpenOffice documents SpreadLib: "Excel-lent" spreadsheet import/export for LC http://livecodeaddons.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
