Which is exactly why a hacking series would be welcome. When I jump in, I find something that looks to me like tangled spaghetti. If I had a better macro understanding, I might spend less time giving up and more time doing something cool with it.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < [email protected]> wrote: > On 10/27/2017 04:36 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: > >> The main question is how do we make all of us more >> comfortable with the code so we all feel more comfortable diving in, doing >> things, and therefore expanding the IDE developer group. >> > > The main problem I see with working on the IDE components is that they're > quite interdependent and tightly coupled. For years now we've had the > carrot dangled in front of us that "soon" the IDE will be just a framework > to which autonomous components will attach. But the fact remains that the > script editor, debugger, tool palette, property editor, menubar, etc, all > rely on not only each others' existence, but also the existence and > operation of certain features, e.g., when an IDE library frontscript sends > a mouseUp message to button x of the tool palette. > > The pubsub mechanism now in the IDE is a big step forward to relieving > this situation, but it's artificially crippled and thwarts anything other > than putting bandages on a legacy structure that dates back two decades. > > -- > Mark Wieder > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
