Jerry Jensen wrote: > On Nov 24, 2012, at 1:04 PM, "Dr. Hawkins" wrote: >> >> Something like >> >> copy group myout from cd 1 of stack rawstuff to cd target >> >> will copy the group. >> >> I can then say things like, >> >> set the upperleft of it to 1,1 >> >> Howerver, the ide chokes on that it, which is the proper use. > > I can't find anywhere in the docs that claim the copy command will > affect it. Seems logical, but I suppose one could argue which should > be it, if anything. The group or the cd? Apparently neither.
This is a known inconsistency. Most other commands that create objects put the long ID of the newly-created object into "it", but not copy or clone.
I think there's a bug report about that somewhere in the DB... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys _______________________________________________ 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
