This Week In LiveCode 148
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
News & blog posts
Interesting discussions
- ANN:Navigator 6.4 alpha 1 is out
- how to know 2 monitors are in use?
- App Updater Helper for Levure
- Stacks whose names start with “rev”
- ANN:animationEngine is free now
- DatePicker89_v107
- DatePicker89_v108
- put URL blocking?
- ColorPicker89_v102
- IconGrid89_v211
- How to make a fat widget
- Blank X,Y Axis - Line Graph Widget
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
4 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Fix effective working screenrect on Android
- Android Browser: Allow cross-origin requests for “file:” protocol scheme
Help needed!
Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start? Try one of these:
- (Easy) Duplicate handler in drawing.livecodescript
- (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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