On 08/27/2015 01:08 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
On 2015-08-26 23:28, Richmond wrote:
[wall of text]
To answer the questions that I was able to identify:
* The "Extension Builder" tool is used for compiling and packaging
extensions.
* Extensions may be either "libraries" (which add handlers to the
LiveCode message path), "widgets" (which add controls to the LiveCode
toolbox) or "modules" (which are used by other extensions).
* Using an external text editor is the recommended and currently only
way to edit LiveCode Builder code. I recommend using the Atom editor
<https://atom.io/>, with my "language-livecode" Atom extension to add
syntax highlighting and autocompletion for LiveCode Builder source
files <https://atom.io/packages/language-livecode>.
* For a detailed, step-by-step tutorial for creating a widget, see
this blog post: <https://livecode.com/write-a-widget-in-8-steps/>.
Peter
If you paid a peedie bit more attention to what you term my 'wall of text'
[aka 'Richmond plays Everyman']
you would, possibly, have taken tent of a few things that were serious
questions:
/1. "Start by creating a plain text file and save it //*do*//disk with
the extension "lcb" " [Grammatical error hilited]//
////
//Well, that's a mug's game to start with; these should be possible to
make from within the Extension Builder./
---
/I thought I'd just open up my text file using my //*external text
editor*//(at which point one //
// starts to wonder what the point of the Builder is)/
Both of those require questions, and at the risk of being a bore, I'll
reiterate them:
1. Why should there be recourse to an external text editor????
2. What is the point of the Builder if one cannot type code into it????
Richmond.
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