This Week In LiveCode 142
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Cropping a referenced image
- Database data & emoji’s
- Determine if device is a tablet
- Preview HTML of a field
- copying large string from clipboard is slooooow
- scaleFactor
- Not many people know this - Setting char-level styles
- Bluetooth detection and use?
- filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?
- fullscreenmode and rect of a substack on mobile device?
- Logging
- Split an Array to Numeric with 2 Dimensions
- Navigator 6.0 Alpha 4
- Socket questions
- Mac standalone size
- Non sorted tree view display
- Returning to LiveCode
- encrypting content in standalone stack
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
11 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Ensure emscripten startup_script is suitable for capsule section: This fixes a recent regression where libURL did not work in html5 standalones
- Fix automatic architecture detection on some Linux systems
- Fix crash on startup in iOS 12 beta
- Dirty rect even if layer id is 0: This fixes a regression when scrolling a group on Android with acceleratedRendering=true
- Handle return correctly in fileds on Android
Bug of the week
The user provided a helpful stack and a detailed recipe that allowed us to test, confirm and fix the problem quickly.
Help needed!
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- (Easy) Docs: The first example in mobileSetKeyboardType users an invalid parameter
- (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
- (Hard) Case insensitive matchText returns incorrect result
Contributors this week
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