Are you sure you do not have a mouseUp handler somewhere in a frontScript?
Bob S > On Mar 24, 2021, at 2:58 PM, HENRY LOWE via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Thanks Richard. I turned off the line number option and the problem still > occurs. I can reproduce this with any script that extend beyond the bottom of > the script editor pane. > > Select the first line of a script and then (holding the mouse button down) > continue dragging down to select additional lines until you are reach the > last visible line. Continue to drag down to get the script editor to > autoscroll and the scrolling now continues automatically until the entire > script is selected. Cannot stop the scroll until the entire script is > selected. > > Looks like a new bug to me. > > Henry > >> On Mar 24, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Henry Lowe wrote: >> >>> If I select text in the LC Script Editor and then drag down to select >>> additional text (e.g. I want to select an entire handler), the editor >>> starts to autoscroll and does not stop until it reaches the end of the >>> script text. Nothing I do stops the scrolling and text selection. I am >>> locked out of LC, which is unresponsive. Activity Monitor shows that >>> LC is using 100% of the CPU while in this ‘autoscrolling’ state. Once >>> the scroll reaches the end of the text in the editor pane, I get >>> control of LC again. >>> >>> This is only happening with a very large script 5900 lines of text >>> (238K). I am in the progress of breaking this script up into a series >>> of smaller scripts. >>> >>> I suspect that this issue is related to the large amount of text in >>> the script but have not seen this before with this script until I >>> updated to LC 9.6.2 (rc3). >>> >>> Can anyone confirm this issue? >> >> I have seen similar issues on Ubuntu. I believe it may be related to the >> complicated way the line number field is kept in sync. >> >> The only workaround I've tested is writing my own script editor, thankfully >> subsidized by a generous soul who commissioned it. It's not yet ready for >> prime time, though, so I have no immediate solution for LC SE users. >> >> >>> Also, is there an upper limit to the size of a LC script? >> >> There should not be, at least within reasonable memory limits. >> >> And if there were, it shouldn't be anywhere near as short as 5900 lines. >> I've been stress-testing my with 20k-line scripts. >> >> The LC field object is quite good. Any script editor using it should be >> quite good too. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.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 _______________________________________________ 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
