This Week In LiveCode 132
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Message when moving windows
- Siva Siva App in iOS version 1.2 in now out
- Levure - flicker prior to displaying UI stack on iOS
- worth it’s salt in security
- Datagrid selectionChanged bug?
- Problems with jsonToArray and special chars like: æøå
- Android won’t quit
- Area of regular polygon triangles
- Obscure Object Referencing
- Open recent File Menu
- Convert UTM to Lat/Long
- PullDown Menu and the label
- Android USB port
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
14 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Preserve binary when modifying with data exec value
- Ensure tsNet can be unloaded
- Fix wandering breakpoints
- Ensure single codepoint grapheme clusters are checked
- Bridge values in LCB assign-array and assign-list ops
Bug of the week
A user provided useful info, a detailed recipe as well as a helpful sample stack that allowed us to test and confirm the problem.
Help needed!
Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start? Try one of these:
- (Easy) Docs: Command line installation needs “-ui” instead of “noui” since LC 9 DP-5
- (Easy) Dictionary: revOpenDatabase(“sqlite”…) doesn’t work on some Linux versions with LC9 - needs gcc4.9
- (Easy) Dictionary: Unlock Screen documentation has typos/errors and needs to reference “lock screen for visual effect”
- (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
Other LiveCode News
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