This Week In LiveCode 174
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- goofy question about “repeat for each”
- Apple Video Foundation (AVF) and .mpg files
- LC application running on lab computers
- What is Macintosh equivalent of relaunch handler?
- ANN: bnGuides has been updated
- Call for a contributor: LC Server enhancement
- LC-based OSS Document Management System Looking For Love
- Anchor links in browser widget
- Hello World not installing
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
35 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
New LiveCode releases
Notable changes
- ByteOffset: Fixed bug causing incorrect results
- Fix crash when using inf in math ops
- Fix encoding of svg paths containing relative commands
- Fix Android openGL compositor surface height issue
- Ensure mobilePickPhoto works in all Android devices
- Fix video view closing when player control is grouped / ungrouped
- Dozens of fixes to memory leaks
Bugs of the week
The reporter provided a helpful sample stack and a detailed description that allowed us to test and confirm the problem quickly.
Help needed!
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- (Easy) Docs: Mention that drawingSvgCompileFile() cannot read from resources folder on Android
- (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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