This Week In LiveCode 91
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- No screenshot from LC video possible
- Refreshing question
- Server Basics Everyone Should Do
- Set the tooltip of a datagrid
- north widget
- Native Livecode Pinch and Zoom
- dgToolTip Snippet
- Codesigning fail LC 8.1.5, Xocde 8.3.3
- Finding errors in a standalone
- “Silly” fun for the weekend
- intersect . . . invisible images
- High Sierra & LC
- Correct img format for browser widget
- Bug? ResizeControl Triggers From Outside of CustomControl with Assigned Behavior
- Mobile - missing? files added in copy files pane of standalone builder
- Weird variable thing in 8.1.5
- Help Testing Small Script Editor Enhancement
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
30 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
New LiveCode releases
Notable changes
- Fix up all dictionary ‘message’ entries: The parameter names of the default handlers can no longer be a reserved name
- LCB: Fix image from resource path: A LC-9 regression is now fixed
- LCB: Add basic support for Objective-C FFI: A Mac native button widget is now added in the LC’s widget collection
- Fixed: Inline Docs parsing incorrect when handler spans over \ delimited lines
- Statically link libstdc++ in Android shared libs: This fixes a crash on startup on Android if some externals are included
- Add a QR Generator library: The public domain licensed QR Code Generator Library (sQuiRt) by John Craig has been added to the community repository for ease of maintenance and use
- Add a list of default handlers associated with the object in the Script Editor
- Add Edit Behavior Script contextual menu
- Add android native field widget
- Allow accessing Image/Object Library from LC menubar: A LC-8 regression is now fixed
Bug of the week
The reporter not only provided a detailed recipe that helped us to test and confirm the problem quickly, but also identified the LiveCode version where this bug was introduced .
Help needed!
Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start? Try one of these:
- (Easy) Improvement in ‘open socket’ dictionary entry
- (Easy) outputTextEncoding - parameter description format mixed up
- (Medium) Add info on manipulating field contents to the User Guide
- (Medium) Make guide outlines in the Dictionary expand/collapse with repeated clicks
- (Medium) Reduce whitespace in Dictionary
- (Hard) Allow Windows line endings in script-only stacks
- (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi
Contributors this week
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