I am not sure if this is the expected behavior (i.e. to first open the Script Editor so as to get the msg box text colorized), so I filed a bug to investigate this further.
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18265 Best, Panos -- On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes; you are quite right. > > I opened the scriptEditor and then the messageBox. > > It might not be a bad idea to put that into the documentation. > > Thank you, Richmond. > > On 25.08.2016 20:14, panagiotis merakos wrote: > >> I think you must have opened the script editor first >> On 25 Aug 2016 18:11, "Richmond" <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> At the risk of sounding very stupid indeed . . . >>> >>> I installed 8.1.0 rc 1 and typed this into the Message Box: >>> >>> put 5 into AA >>> add 1 to AA >>> put AA >>> >>> and saw no colourisation at all. What did I do wrong? >>> >>> Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit. >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> On 25.08.2016 17:01, panagiotis merakos wrote: >>> >>> Nice to hear that, Mike. The 8.1 RC1 release is great IMO, because apart >>>> from 80+ bug fixes, it contains a lot of enhancement requests, >>>> including >>>> keyboard navigation in the Project Browser, script colorization in the >>>> msg >>>> box and some more: >>>> >>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pulls?q=is%3Apr+lab >>>> el%3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed >>>> >>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label% >>>> 3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Panos >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am really excited about 8.1. I've been working with it for a while. >>>> >>>>> There are several nifty things in here. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, panagiotis merakos < >>>>> panos.mera...@livecode.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear list members, >>>>> >>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Getting the Release >>>>>> =================== >>>>>> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ >>>>>> or >>>>>> >>>>>> via >>>>> >>>>> the automatic updater. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Release Contents >>>>>> ================ >>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1 contains 85 bug fixes and new features since the >>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 DP3 release. 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