I am very, very far from being a purist, lest you have not worked that
out many long years ago.
When I submitted a Master's degree thesis in Applied Linguistics at
Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale I was criticised by 2 out of 3 of my degree committee for
not sticking to 'pure'
Cognitive Linguistics, but pinching bits from Functionalism, and even
(Ouch) drawing on
Philosophy of Language. I told the defence team that I didn't like
barriers between disciplines, and as
Cognitive Linguistics criticised Chomsky's Generative Linguistics for
relying on sharply defined categories, there should be nothing wrong
with my not stopping within any sharply defined
"Congnitive Linguistics" boundaries, and that as my first degree was in
Philosophy (rather more
empirical than rational) I really wasn't convinced that 'Linguistics'
wasn't a discipline invented by
failed Philosophers who couldn't tackle Philosophy of Language for fear
of getting their feet wet.
The world does not deal is 'purity', and, indeed, 'purity' may be a
socking great delusion that has
caused the human race no end of problems.
Now my approach to coding (whether in Livecode or elsewhere) is like my
approach to EFL teaching:
unless it is illegal, harmful or obviously immoral, as long as it gets
the job done that's fine.
Somebody the other day accused me of being a "computer programmer", at
which point I just
stopped myself laughing in their face; while they intended that to be a
compliment, I'm not
really sure if I like it. I would far rather see myself as a person who,
when he has a job to get done,
tries, by any means possible, to get it done.
This is, exactly, one of the reasons I like Livecode so much: it lends
itself to all styles of "getting things done" !
Richmond.
On 16.11.2016 17:48, J. Landman Gay wrote:
It sounds to me like there's a problem with the inheritance path. You
could try looping through the childIDs and deleting any that are
interfering. Note that you may be criticized by purists for this type
of coding style.
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On November 16, 2016 8:16:22 AM Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com> wrote:
Will the chances of getting rich increase if the randomSeed property
is set to a higher value? I guess the the blindLuck() function makes
heavy use of random(goodLuck) Or maybe there is an undocumented
goodLuckSeed property lurking somewhere in the darkest corners of the
engine?
16. nov. 2016 kl. 14.57 skrev Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>:
I suspect its a misunderstanding of the command. If I recall
correctly it
requires a library of support function such as hardWork()
creativity() and
perseverance() Though I guess there are a few people out there who
make it
work by simply using the blindLuck() function over and over until
the rng
pops out the right combination.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>
wrote:
Has anyone ever been able to make the “makeMeRich” command work? If
not,
has anyone filed a bug report?
Tore
16. nov. 2016 kl. 14.49 skrev Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>:
On the contrary, when i tried it here I became hot and delicious, and
great
to wake up to in the morning. Alas, I had added an undo function and
have
since reverted to my normal hermity self. I tried "make me rich"
once,
but
I just ended up being triple chocolate cake.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>
wrote:
At this point in the discussion I feel a need to clarify that
while also
the original the script (make me coffee) was set, the button BB
did not
actually make coffee. I still had to go to the kitchen and
perform the
necessary magic myself.
And I think that most people will find that making coffee is
slightly
beyond the capabilities of LC, regardless of version or OS.
Regards
Tore
16. nov. 2016 kl. 14.37 skrev Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>:
Ah, my apologies. In that case I'm surprised it DOESN'T work in 8
(when
including on mouseup and end mouseup)
Now I'm curious. If I recall correctly, setting a script with
an error
of
some type, causes the script to be placed into the button but not
actually
be functional. Since the more recent versions of lc seem to
give less
latitude in syntax, you might check the result (and it?) after
setting
the
script. In addition, if you go into the script editor
afterwards does
the
script actually appear as it should? If you enter a space (just
to set
the
dirty flag) and then re-apply the script from inside the editor,
does
it
give an error?
I think, setting the script pretty much works no matter what,
but if
the
script has a problem, while the script is THERE, it just won't work
until
the problem is resolved and reapplied.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Richmond
<richmondmathew...@gmail.com
wrote:
I didn't bother to include the 'on mouseUp' and 'end mouseUp'
in my
initial
message as I thought they would be assumed.
Richmond.
On 16.11.2016 15:24, Mike Bonner wrote:
I'm surprised it works in 7 since it should result in an orphaned
line
of
code with no handler designation. (as indicated by tore, you
should
need
to
include the on mouseup and end mouseup)
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:22 AM, Tore Nilsen <tore.nil...@me.com>
wrote:
On MacOS 10.12.2
16. nov. 2016 kl. 14.21 skrev Richmond
<richmondmathew...@gmail.com
:
Thanks, Tore,
On which operating system is that?
Richmond.
On 16.11.2016 15:10, Tore Nilsen wrote:
Putting
on mouseUp
put "on mouseUp" & return & "beep" & return & "end mouseUp"
into
SKRIPT
set the script of btn "BB" to SKRIPT
end mouseUp
into the script of the first button makes button BB trigger
a beep
as
expected, also in LC 8.1.1
Regards
Tore
16. nov. 2016 kl. 13.57 skrev Richmond <
richmondmathew...@gmail.com
:
Nothing is wrong with this in Livecode 7.1.4
BUT is does not work in Livecode 8.1.1
Bug 18864
Richmond.
On 16.11.2016 14:44, Richmond wrote:
I wonder what's wrong with this:
on mouseUp
put "make me coffee" into SKRIPT
set the script of btn "BB" to SKRIPT
end mouseUp
Richmond.
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