I gave up trying to add dictionary notes a while ago since it never worked, not sure what the current status is. I guess there's a completely new dictionary in LC8 but for now, I have my own plugin that gives me the ability to add my own notes to any dictionary entry.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Use of the word "Container" is a bit deceptive. Perhaps "datasource" would > be better. Is it still possible to add notes to the dictionary? > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I'd guess the last of the options. > > > > The more I think about this, the more I think there should be mention of > > this in the dictionary entry for repeat. > > > > It's a little like the ability to use a function to create a sortkey in > the > > sort command. Nothing in the dictionary about that except for a user > note. > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and > > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, kinda makes sense that it would work that way. Grab the data from > > the > > > container once, do magic things behind the scenes to get it ready to > go, > > > then loop through the lines. I guess it could work either way though, > > > where it uses byte offsets to get the next chunk, which would have made > > the > > > function method really suck for large data sets. > > > > > > Now I'm curious.. what exactly does repeat for each do? Split on cr, > > sort > > > the keys and increment each loop to pop out the right line from the > > array? > > > Store all the data in a temp variable and read each line (item, char) > by > > > start/end position? > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Jerry Jensen <j...@jhj.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > > > > > > On Apr 5, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > While not exactly whats been requested, this works pretty well: > > > > > > > > > > repeat for each line tLine in (myFilter(sData,"abc*","with")) > > > > > > > > > > I like the way a where clause reads as in the OP, but being able to > > use > > > > an > > > > > inline function for data generation is rather powerful, and if all > > you > > > > need > > > > > is a filter, setting up a function to do so is pretty straight > > forward. > > > > > > > > Good trick! I didn't know you could do that either. > > > > > > > > I wondered if the function was called just once, or on every repeat. > > Your > > > > exapmle wouldn't tell, because the function would return the same > stuff > > > > every time. > > > > > > > > So I tested it. The answer is that the function is called only once. > > > Good! > > > > > > > > global gCount > > > > > > > > on mouseUp > > > > global gCount > > > > put 0 into gCount > > > > repeat for each line L in mylines() > > > > put L & cr after msg > > > > end repeat > > > > put gCount after msg -- how many times mulines() was called > > > > end mouseUp" > > > > > > > > function mylines > > > > global gCount > > > > add 1 to gCount > > > > return "1" & cr & "2" & cr & "3" & cr > > > > end mylines > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
