This Week In LiveCode 164
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Windows defender issues & other AV issues
- Fun with answer and files()
- AW: Script Editor Slow on Windows
- The merge function is redundant?
- The merge function is awesome!
- HTMLTEXT of a Browser Widget in Properties Inspector?
- Multiple regression in LiveCode?
- Livecode Dictionary
- Issues with Livecode 10.14.2 on Mojave?
- Can a substack become the mainstack and the mainstack become its substack?
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
6 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Add windows installation notes
- Performance: Array access optimizations
- Ensure path to MacOS app icon is always resolved
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
- (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) Datagrid not protected for drag and drop in project view (labels can get inserted into the DGgrp itself)
- (Hard) Create a LiveCode Community build for Raspberry Pi
- (Hard) Case insensitive matchText returns incorrect result
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