This Week In LiveCode 194
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Merge and unicode
- Stop Integer Coercion to Scientific Notation in JSON
- OSTimeInfo_105
- Odd paste in 9.5
- BasicGeoLib_v100
- Double Title Bar
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
13 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
Notable changes
- Add tsNet/libUrl conflict warning to urlProgress dictionary entry
- Use correct user info key to obtain keyboard size
- Fix graphical artefacts after removing focus from a group on mobile
- Ensure Search for Inclusions works if script is unlocked
Bug of the week
The reporter provided a detailed description and sample stack 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:
Then try one of these:
- (Easy) Docs: Update the dict entry of the “propertynames”
- (Easy) Docs: ControlAtScreenLoc incorrect entry
- (Easy) Docs: Improve dateItems dictionary entry
- (Easy) Docs: ask and answer file of type docs incorrect
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that lockLoc property of an object only prevents it from being moved by the mouse when in Edit mode
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that values in accelerationChanged differ between iOS and Android
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that urlProgress is not available on mobile if libUrl/tsNet is included in the standalone
- (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
Other LiveCode News
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