Monte, thanks for that, but even your expert intervention this doesn't quite say what the rules actually are. I think the Dictionary should be revised to give a complete account.
Cheers Graham Sent from my iPad > On 8 Oct 2016, at 21:51, Monte Goulding <mo...@appisle.net> wrote: > > >> On 9 Oct 2016, at 7:22 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: >> >> The rule Dr. Raney gave me is that the defaultStack is the topmost visible >> stack of the lowest mode. > > ^ that’s pretty close but there are some other things that come into play. > It’s a bit of a slippeyr fish. > > The defaultStack is set when executing a script to the stack the script is in > until it is changed by that script. After the script runs it will be reset to > the previous value unless the previous defaultStack happened to be deleted. > > Some events cause the defaultStack to be set to the topStack. The default > stack is reset in the main engine loop to the stack Richard described. > > Cheers > > Monte > > _______________________________________________ > 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
