I would like the GM to get some attention, because "writing your own" is worse than tedious.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Ditto. The GM seems like a good idea when you first start poking around > with it, and as long as you're doing simple things with it it all seems > dandy. But sooner or later you'll come across something you need to do, > some object that has to be positioned relative to something else, that's > just difficult to do in the GM. And by the time you figure it out and go > through all the clicking, how much time was saved? > > Writing your own resizeStack handlers is very liberating. Sure, it can be > a bit tedious, but you generally only need to do it once and forget about > it until you make serious changes - when you'd have to redo all your GM > clicking anyway. > > With your own custom code you have complete control over everything. Well > worth the modest effort. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > Roger Eller wrote: > > My advice is don't use it on any complex layout. Also, it only works for >> desktop. Mobile has a couple of other options for resolution independent >> scaling. The general consensus is to code your own unless the layout is >> super simple. >> On Sep 17, 2015 6:06 PM, "Rick Harrison" <harrison at all-auctions.com> >> wrote: >> >> Any advice? >>> >>> > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Rick Harrison <harrison at >>> all-auctions.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi there, >>> > >>> > I was wondering what the status of the Geometry Manager is currently. >>> > Does it work as expected, or is it broken? >>> > >>> > Do any of you use it? Is it worth trying to make it work, or should I >>> > just write my own routines to handle stack resizing situations? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Rick >>> > >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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." _______________________________________________ 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
