This Week In LiveCode 192

Welcome to This Week in LiveCode! This is a weekly summary of what’s been going on in the LiveCode open source project and community. Want something mentioned? Tweet @LiveCode or send us an e-mail.

Updates from the LiveCode open source community

Interesting discussions

• Multiple windows in HTML5
• BackKey in browser widget
• Fonts on Android
• URL for hashtags
• Browser widget cookies?
• Maintenance forever?
• Native HTML5 field
• Android Speed Woes
• Compiling standalone crashes
• Checking the host OS
• Is HTML5 really practical?
• Hactoberfest is coming…
• Launch vs Set in widget
• Show Script in New Window
• Globals in Modular Stack Framework
• How to disable Navigation/BackNavigation in the browser widget

Updates in the LiveCode open source project

2 pull requests were merged since the last issue.

Bug of the week

• Bug 22353 - Player controller disappears after Mac window resize

The reporter provided a detailed description that allowed us to test and confirm the problem quickly.

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:

• how to submit a pull request
• how to add a bugfix note to the pull request

Then try one of these:

• (Easy) Docs: Mention that drawingSvgCompileFile() cannot read from resources folder on Android
• (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

Contributors this week

• livecodepanos

Other LiveCode News

This section brings you other interesting news from across the LiveCode universe over the last week. This section may include non OSS projects.

• high resolution when printing to pdf, either from images or pdf widgets

Upcoming events

• SoCal LiveCode Group Meeting: Sept 5, Pasadena

Contribute!

This Week in LiveCode is openly developed on GitHub. If you find any errors in this issue, please file an issue or submit a pull request.