This Week In LiveCode 146
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Navigator 6.2 alpha 1 is out
- Internet Date Service test
- Calendar Widget
- Datagrid dgData bug
- Answer & Ask dialogs in Windows Standalones
- LiveCode 6.7.11 and OSX Mojave
- LC 9.0.1 Stable Redraw Problem
- SVG to image
- LiveCode Multi-Search
- Collapse and expand Tree View Widget from code
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
12 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
New LiveCode releases
Notable changes
- Fix tree View Widget hilitedElement execution error
- Ensure graphics can be reshaped more than once for Object menu
- Retain mouse focus when taking snapshot
- Dozens of Dictionary fixes, including fixing broken links, adding missing text, adding important notes. Thank you @livecodesam
Bug(s) of the week
The reporter provided a detailed recipe as well as a suggested fix that allowed us to test and confirm the problem quickly.
The reporter provided a detailed recipe as well as a simple sample stack that isolated the problem which allowed us to test and confirm 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: 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
- (Medium) Relayer control crashes livecode
- (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi
- (Hard) Case insensitive matchText returns incorrect result
Contributors this week
Other LiveCode News
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