But deleting objects is still not undoable, yet.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>wrote: > I also run into the windowing issue, but my situation is, as usual, it > seems, more obscure: > 1) Have mac mini > 2) Use at work with two large monitors > 3) Take mini home, where I only have one large monitor > > I have learned that AirDisplay (an app that lets you use your iPad as a > second monitor) saves a lot of time, even if that functionality isn't very > useful to me other than this one case. > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Certainly the thing with secondary and or mirror screens has to be >> sorted >> > out. >> >> "sorted out" ??? >> >> [checks watch] >> >> It's 2013. Since I put a second screen on my mac, I've: >> >> * converted my custom bankruptcy software from HyperCard to SuperCard >> (1.5) >> * gotten married >> * had a child >> * closed my practice and gotten a PhD >> * returned to practice >> * re-written my software as spreadsheets >> * had four grandchildren. >> * rewritten most of the software in LiveCode >> >> Yet, >> >> > If one has 2 or 3 displays attached to one's machine and 1 or more of >> them >> > is them disconnected >> > (or goes "phut") all stacks, palettes and other 'things" of Livecode's >> IDE >> > should be visible on the >> > monitor that is still connected. >> >> "should". Yet if there is only one screen, and the coordinates are >> offscreen, LiveCode still opens the window entirely offscreen, >> including the message box and dictionary. >> >> This wasn't a problem 24 years ago with HyperCard and SuperCard, yet >> it appears my granson will turn 5 with Livecodenot having solved this. >> >> >> > I had a similar sort of problem just the other day when I moved my >> second >> > machine up to my villa in the mountains and connected to to a very old >> > cathode ray tube job that has a maximum display of 1024 x 768, >> > having previously had it connected to a 1920 x 1080 display; my >> "revTools" >> > stack was nowhere to be seen! >> >> The screen I attached to my SE/30 was 1024x768, 1 bit. 19" screeen, >> with about a two foot deep tube. >> >> And when it went bad under warranty, I called Ehman. >> >> "Oh, ship it back in the original container." [1] >> >> There wasn't one. >> >> "What???" >> >> It came on a shipping pallet with cardboard wrapped around and a huge >> cardboard top. >> >> "*groan* Oh, one of *those* ." >> >> (I had a very early developer screen). >> >> >> > I had to open up the message box (which, luckily, appeared somewhere >> > reasonably sensible: I could see the thing) and do a "move stack >> "revTools" >> > to 100,100: silly and should be unnecessary. Had the message box been >> off >> > screen things would have been even more tedious. >> >> For other's reference, I've attached a tiny stack that has field with >> a button to execute it's contents, an output field to put answers >> into, and button to put the message box back (although I think it's >> set to 900 for the vertical). >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. >> (702) 508-8462 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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." > -- 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
