Agreed -- I've put off LCB because I don't much bother with widgets. I suppose I could update Navigator, but it already works well, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So if it isn't faster, dare I say it, why would I? gc On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 5:54 AM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > It would be interesting if lcb was slower, since it's supposed to be > lower-level. > The demo that Steven did, demonstrating the speed of populating a polyGrid > (lcb widget) vs. a dataGrid (lcs group) was that it was much, much faster. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 5:58 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > LCB has been slower than LCS, but the advantage is that you can easily > > link to much faster compiler code. I’m not sure if that has changed > any… I > > could pull out some code from a while back where we were doing some speed > > tests. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 30, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a page that discusses the pros of LCB? I looked and didn’t > > find it. > > > > > > I’m thinking of a simple list (I’m making this up because I didn’t find > > the page) > > > > > > — N times faster execution than LCS > > > — interface with code libraries using simple hooks > > > — bundle code and graphics together into widgets > > > > > > More? > > > > > > gc > > > > > >>> On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:27 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> On 8/28/22 11:06, Mike Kerner wrote: > > >>> the lcb documentation, especially in the api widget is ungreat. > > >>> the good news is that as long as there is an oss repo version of LC, > > you can hunt for some of the information that is missing. AND, at least > for > > now, you can still find much of it in the LC application > > >>> example: as i was hunting, i found a bunch of editors, but none of > > them seem to be documented anywhere obvious. > > >> > > >> Yep - I find most of my documentation by digging. > > >> > > >> The lack of colornames just bit me earlier this week and I had to > > backpedal and code a list of a dozen color names as "R,G,B". Even the > > "#FFFFFF" format isn't accepted. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Mark Wieder > > >> ahsoftw...@gmail.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 > > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > 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
