Yes, Richmond, I had the same results trying to set text in LC 8.7. A script will set chars to “condensed” but the spacing doesn’t change, and the visual look is degraded. Maybe with a LC upgrade along the line somebody forgot about those styles, and no one noticed? I can understand that to maintain compatibility with HTML 5, the <condensed> and <expanded> tags might be dropped. But that should come much later.
Peter > On Feb 17, 2018, at 4:02 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > That reference is all about htmlText . . . > > Having a look at Revolution Media Build 950 Version 4.0.0 on Mac OS 10.7.5 . > . . > > [Not as daft as I look: always a good idea to hang onto old, licensed > versions.] > > I found this: > > set the textStyle of line 1 of field "Main" to condensed > > So; like Hank Wangford in search of "the Lonesome Yodel" I climbed onto > Rosinanti #2 and set forth: > > 4.5: still there. > > 7.1.4: gone. > > That looks like a deliberate choice. > > Mind you, doing this in RR 4.5: > > set the textStyle of fld "gg" to condensed > > is horrible: it does NOT condense the text at all, > merely makes things look like something bitmapped from about 1996. > > Opening the stack containing a field with condensed text that I authored in > RR 4.5 in LC 8.1.9 > is interesting insofar as: > > the text in fld "gg" does NOT look condensed, BUT on doing this in the > Message Box: > > put the textStyle of fld "gg" > > I get "condensed" . . . > > A bad case of 'The Phantom of the Opera'. > > Best, Richmond. > > > On 17/2/2018 5:41 am, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: >> Did support for the text styles “expanded” and “condensed” disappear at some >> point from Livecode? >> >> I see in this that they were added in the misty past: >> >> http://docs.runrev.com/Property/HTMLText >> >> They are not in the dictionary now, or Font menu, and setting those with a >> script doesn’t work. >> >> I loved using those styles in Hypercard back in the day… >> >> Peter Bogdanoff >> ArtsInteractive >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
