This Week In LiveCode 123

Welcome to This Week in LiveCode! This is a weekly summary of what’s been going on in the LiveCode open source project and community. Want something mentioned? Tweet @LiveCode or send us an e-mail.

Updates from the LiveCode open source community

News & blog posts

• LiveCode 9.0 GM

Interesting discussions

• RevZilla (2.5)
• gather windows
• variable xref
• Invitation to an openEHR conference that’ll feature a LiveCode-built app
• Blurring field contents
• OSX printing of images issue
• Make an open stack modal by script
• How to handle BasicAuth in Browser widget?
• Selection Handles
• Livecode Json Arrays Key Sort
• do. command. safety. ?
• Multiple Windows
• Intel CPU for Android Devices
• Value & parentheses when doing math
• Android Native Button
• Installation failed
• Re: Guessing game

Updates in the LiveCode open source project

25 pull requests were merged since the last issue.

New LiveCode releases

• LiveCode 9 is out, read all about it here

Notable changes

• Use temp directory for CEF cache
• Ensure folders are copied in html5 standalone
• Add user guides for widgets
• Ensure table style DG has mobile scrollers
• Fix crash closing browser
• Further support for blank target links
• Limit clipboard clear setting fullClipboardData[“text”]
• Add LCB cheat sheet and generate new combinations
• Fix openField and exitField not sent
• Keep correct selection when formatting script

Help needed!

Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start? Try one of these:

• (Easy) Dictionary: Mention that in ReplaceText function you might need to escape RegExp metacharacters, if the “replacementString” is the char itself (e.g. “.”)
• (Easy) Dictionary: Improve documentation for launch URL & specialFolderPath for Android
• (Easy) Dictionary: Mention that iPhone X does not support “portrait upside down” orientation
• (Easy) Improvement in ‘open socket’ dictionary entry
• (Easy) MouseEnter / MouseLeave infinite Loop trap - documentation enhancement
• (Easy) outputTextEncoding - parameter description format mixed up
• (Medium) Add info on manipulating field contents to the User Guide
• (Medium) Applescript “do script” missing from standalone
• (Medium) Make guide outlines in the Dictionary expand/collapse with repeated clicks
• (Medium) Dictionary: The LiveCode Script Guide cannot be searched
• (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi

Contributors this week

• BerndN
• livecodeali
• livecodeian
• livecodepanos
• montegoulding

Other LiveCode News

Upcoming events

• 5th of April : SoCal LC Meetup - Special Guest!

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• 17th of May 2018
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