Well said, Mark! Best, Jerry
On Jun 19, 2016, 7:23 AM -0500, Mark Schonewille<m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com>, wrote: > Hi Richmond, > > The LiveCode documentation consistently talks about objects, where this > should be controls. The scripting language, however, mixes up the two > concepts completely. > > An object is a collection of properties and instructions defined by a > programming syntax (where one shouldn't limit "programming syntax" to > the traditional text listings but also include "syntax" created by > visual programming environments). > > A control is an often visual component of an interface, which allows the > user to interact with the program, such as a button, a field and a slider. > > Objects can create controls, but objects may also perform other tasks, > such as saving data to disk, creating arrays, moving a control, and many > other tasks. > > In my book, I consistently distinguish objects and controls. This means > that I almost always talk about controls and very rarely about objects, > because it isn't really necessary to use objects in the LiveCode > scripting language and AFAIK there is no "create object" command in the > LiveCode language (but if you really want to, you can simulate objects). > > It is interesting that LiveCode (I'm working with 6.7.6 today) doesn't > have an "object" keyword but does have a "control" keyword, while many > functions, commands and messages contain either the string "control" or > the string "object". > > It is clear that LiveCode hasn't matured well enough to deal with this > issue. I would recommend using above definitions consistently. One day, > real objects will be introduced into the LiveCode scripting language and > we will need to distinguish them from controls. > > Kind regards, > > Mark Schonewille > http://economy-x-talk.com > https://www.facebook.com/marksch > > Buy the most extensive book on the > LiveCode language: > http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com > > Op 19-Jun-16 om 09:19 schreef Richmond: > > I am currently teaching some children Livecode programming and ran into > > some difficulty > > on Friday when a child asked me why the menus were full of the word > > "Control" > > when I had been talking about "Objects". > > > > Well? > > > > How about changing every use of the word "Control" to "Object"? > > > > Enhancement Request 17879 > > > > Richmond. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
