But what really is annoying me is the fact you can NOT browse with your cursors keys in the LiveCode Dictionary or am I the only one?
Erik Beugelaar On 24/02/15 14:08, "Francis Nugent Dixon" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi from Beautiful Brittany, > >I¹ve been programming for more than 40 years, and I will >certainly not give you a list of the programming languages >that I have used. >I have used all sorts of mechanisms to help me program >quickly and efficiently. My latest system is to write my >scripts using comments ³Here, I search for the files I need², >or ³Here build the file list for future examination². >Then, the next day, I fill in the script sections. It is almost >the same as doing a flow diagram before starting to >code - and has the same effect - Try and think of every >thing before writing one line of script. >With only 25 years of Hypercard and LiveCode coding >behind me, I still run foul of some complex Livecode. >One day, I will sit down and study ³Regex² examples >which at this moment go right over the top of my head. > >Recently, I wanted to pick out scripts from my stacks, and >display them, but I didn¹t know how to get hold of Stack scripts >such as ³openStack², so I prepared a post to you guys asking >for help. But, before sending my post, I went ³googling², and >after an hour, I came across Script Reporter by Stewart Lynch >and Sarah Reichelt. >Having perused the stack for some time, I realised that the only >thing I really needed to understand was : >³repeat with k = 1 to the number of controls on card j of stack tStack >The rest was far too painful to follow, in spite of my experience. >But I had my answer, and prompty scrubbed my call for help. > >As for ³Regex², I will just have to invest some time in finding out >all about its POWER. After all, it can¹t be that difficult .. > >There is still so much I don¹t ³grab² in LiveCode, . but > >To second Richmonds Rant ³Really Annoying Posts², > I will do my utmost to stop asking ³lazy² questions . > >-Francis >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >[email protected] >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
