I’d call this one more than an oddity. This is a bug. It goes along with the one about how no window can be higher than the icon bar even if it is on a display placed high and the bar is not even on that display.
Dar On May 15, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > And another: > If you have your lappie hooked to two monitors at work, and you use both > monitors, and then you go home, guess what happens to windows, especially > on a Mac, where you are using multiple workspaces? That's right, the > windows, even the LC development windows, are off-screen somewhere at > 3750,150, and your only hope of getting them back is to figure out what the > name of the development window is (say, the message box, or a properties > palette, or maybe the script editor" and then going to the message box and > moving it manually. > > The good news with most of the things that we complain about is that > because you can modify LC from within LC, you can fix these things > yourself. The bad news is that when you run into these sorts of things, > there isn't an uproar from the community that puts pressure on Edinburgh to > drop refactoring the engine to fix something. > > HOWEVER, I think I'd take it this way, because this way, there is an > economic motive for some author to release a tool that does something > better than LC does, or is ready before LC might make it a priority. Yes, > it costs money to purchase those tools, but it makes the ecosystem better, > even though the IDE isn't better. > > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Mike Kerner > <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>wrote: > >> Whoops! Wait, a second, here's another: >> The "locked" of the properties palette for each object is separate and >> persistent. This is really great when you are working with a component or >> object that is installed by another developer, and want to look at two of >> the developer's objects side-by-side and make one like the other, but >> really awful when you don't, because you're stuck with it. You're not in >> charge of your setup, the component developer is, and if you have to fix >> something in that component, you are in for a lot of extra clicks and >> palette issues. >> >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Mike Kerner >> <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>wrote: >> >>> Try resizing something, or using the alignment tools. >>> >>> I just ran into this, again, this week, when I was trying to fix a >>> vertical line. The line is too short, so I changed the length. The line >>> lengthened, UPWARD. So I then changed the top of the line, thinking that >>> would help me except the bottom stayed and thus the line was shorter, >>> again, but I missed that the "resize" checkbox was unchecked - because, if >>> you don't have "resize" checked, then when you change a coordinate of an >>> object, it just moves the object. >>> >>> What's even weirder about that is that normally, now, when I create a >>> line, if I resize it I get the even more bizarre behavior of having the >>> line lengthen in BOTH directions with the center fixed, which is generally >>> followed by my shaking my monitor and screaming at it. >>> >>> Now, go try to use the equalize/align/distribute tools. Throw three or >>> four objects on a card and use them. >>> >>> >>> Is this also where I get to remind everyone about LC's bigotry toward >>> items? You know, because ",,a" is three items, but "a,," and ",a," only >>> counts as two? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Devin Asay <devin_a...@byu.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the responses folks. Keep them coming, and I'll post a >>>> summary. >>>> >>>> Here's another one of mine: >>>> >>>> Names of blendLevel inks: Whaaa? What do those things even mean? >>>> >>>> Devin >>>> >>>> Devin Asay >>>> Office of Digital Humanities >>>> Brigham Young University >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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." >> > > > > -- > 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
