Great. I can now refactor all those libraries. On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 at 11:44, Peter W A Wood <peterwaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks, Mark. > > > On 23 Apr 2015, at 15:59, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: > > > > On 2015-04-23 07:37, Peter W A Wood wrote: > >> Is it possible to load a Library stack in plan text format from another > stack? > > > > Yes - although we've not explicitly published details on the feature yet > :) > > > > However, if you want to play around with it then from the message box > try: > > > > create script only stack "MyLibraryStack" > > > > Then > > > > edit script of stack "MyLibraryStack" > > > > You can save the stack in the normal way but the only thing it will save > will be the stack script - the file on disk is just a UTF-8 text file. > > > > We've been using this to great effect in the IDE where a good number of > libraries and non-UI stacks are now script-only - the motivation being that > they work in version control just like a lower-level language source file. > > > > In addition with 6.7.5-rc-1 and 7.0.5-rc-1 we've added the ability for > the behavior property to reference stacks - this has a nice synergy with > script only stacks. (Before anyone asks - there are no plans to extend > behaviors to any other object type at the moment, stack references were > addable without a file format change hence why its occurred). > > > > I should point out that the script-only-stacks are 'caveat scriptor' in > the sense that the engine will only ever save the stack script when you > save one, it will not warn you if you've put anything else beyond a stack > script on the stack (whether it be custom properties or other objects), nor > will it stop you from making it have anything beyond a stack script. > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > Mark. > > > > > > -- > > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
