This Week In LiveCode 133
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- scancodes
- Optimization can be tricky
- How to use the scale geometry property of an object?
- Need help with a Datagrid error…
- Linux Screen Resolution
- Close nodes in Tree View widget
- Dark Mode in macOS Mojave, any thoughts from the mothership?
- Need help with a project
- Listfield Questions
- LiveCode - Andoid SDK - Java compatibility chart?
- Calling an api from a stack?
- Regex (matchChunk) help…
- Multiple Monitors ; However, LC IDE want a 0,0,X X working rect
- merge()
- iOS / Android differences on a scrolling list field
- Reporting the ScreenSize of a iPhone7: 0,0,375,667
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
9 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Add
Clear Recent Filesoption to Open Recent File menu - Ensure horizontal property of segmented control is saved
- Ensure option menu works on Android
- Fix potential crash on relaunch due to uninitialized static variable
- Android: fix crash on relaunch when calling extension handler from script
- Ensure true and false names are finalized
- Use content:// uris to transfer file data to/from other apps
Bug of the week
A user provided useful info, a detailed recipe as well as a helpful sample stack that allowed us to test, confirm and fix the problem quickly.
Help needed!
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- (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
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