I am running Windows 8.1 with LC 8.0.2 RC3 On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Skip Kimpel wrote: > > > I have to ask.... has anybody actually tested LC8 on a Windows > > machine? It seems like so many features are missing or don't > > work that I am surprised there is not more outrage. > > The members of this list are not known for shyness. If you're seeing > obvious things in a build that aren't discussed here, it's not only managed > to elude the core team while they were making it, but also the automated > test tool and the human users here. Such cases may require us to dig a > little deeper to understand what's going on. > > The following are my efforts to help confirm these in v8.1 dp2 under > Windows 8.1: > > > A FEW examples: > > *Can't right click on a field to get options > > Can't reproduce; works as expected. > > > > *Script window, after making changes, APPLY button does nothing > > and you have to force yourself out of the script to get it to > > save the changes (3 attempts to complete) > > When I first tried this is failed as you described, but then I found that > switching to the Browse tool allowed the Apply button to work. > > But weirder, subsequent attempts to use the Apply button all worked, > regardless whether the Browse or Pointer tool was active. > > And in all cases Shift+Enter consistently worked (which is what I always > use anyway, so I wouldn't have noticed this if I weren't testing from your > recipe, and possibly why this has eluded others). > > So while I was able to confirm this once, I'm unable to come up with a > recipe to reproduce it. Is the issue consistent in your install? > > > > *Selecting an object on the screen, clicking on it and trying to > > position it with the arrow keys does nothing. > > Can't reproduce; works as expected. > > > SUMMARY: > > I was unable to reproduce two of three of these, and the other I was only > able to reproduce once, but never again. > > Can anyone else here please test these recipes on Windows and report back > what you find? > > If we see further variance we may want to explore our respective mix of > plugins to see if those might be affecting things. FWIW my plugins folder > is chock full o' stacks, but they're all ones I wrote. > > Also, which version of Windows are you running, and which version of :C? > > If your LC is not the most recent you may want to try LC 8.1 dp2, since > that represents the most recent and most feature-rich version, and likely > targeted to go to RC soon so let's get anything we need fixed identified > and into the bug queue ASAP. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
