This Week In LiveCode 158
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- glo webhooks
- revsecurity.dylib is not 64-bit on macOS
- Can We Position the Label/Name of a Button
- Map url in Browser Widget
- remove empty lines in DG
- Xcode for El Capitan
- Show invisible characters (tab, space, return) in field
- Dynamically Set the height of DataGrid
- Android error: Could not compile service support class
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
4 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
New LiveCode releases
Notable changes
- Fix setting PB Prefs from LC Preferences pane
- Ensure revsecurity and revpdfprinter are of the correct arch
Bug of the week
The reporter provided a detailed recipe as well as a very helpful simple sample stack that allowed us to test and confirm the problem quickly. Moreover, he proposed two potential solutions and submitted a pull request :)
Help needed!
Want to get involved in the LiveCode open source project but don’t know where to start?
First read these posts from Trevor DeVore for detailed instructions on:
Then try one of these:
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that mobile player controller does not show if video file is missing or invalid
- (Easy) Docs: Describe the behavior of stack title/label property
- (Easy) Dictionary entry of the menu keyword is incorrectly formatted
- (Easy) Docs say fullclipboarddata[“image”] can be gif, png, or jpeg but BMP data can be present on Windows
- (Easy) Docs: Livecode dictionary entry for videoClip
- (Easy) Docs: specialFolderPath(“resources”) for stacks with empty filename is not documented
- (Easy) Docs: Datagrid Deleteline and Deletelines commands are no longer synonymous in DG2
- (Easy) Docs: Command line installation needs “-ui” instead of “noui” since LC 9 DP-5
- (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
- (Medium) set scaledwidth of SVG icon crashes LC
- (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi
- (Hard) Case insensitive matchText returns incorrect result
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