This Week In LiveCode 207
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Updates from the LiveCode open source community
Interesting discussions
- Table Text Livecode vs …..
- Missing keys in datagrid?
- using stdout
- DataGrid Crash to Desktop Revisited
- a windows 10 wtf
- Polygon Side Does Note Match to Polygon rect
- LiveCode won’t recognize my stack
- mobile dev confusion
- Import SVG with Multi-Path and Two colors
- empty variable
- Baker’s Assistant version 0.2.0
- DataView and DataView Tree Updates
Updates in the LiveCode open source project
13 pull requests were merged since the last issue.
New LiveCode releases
Notable changes
- Implement detailed-utf8 files & folders
- Don’t recalculate scaled width & height if widget dimensions are unchanged
- Fix web view not resizing on iOS after reconfiguration
- Add support for merging activity attributes in manifest
- Fix browser widget showing blank page after set htmltext
- Ensure setting spaceAbove does not affect spaceBelow
Bug of the week
- Bug 22511 - JSONImport throws an error if JSON includes multi-codepoint characters
- Bug 22508 - Setting dragData[“private”] wipes out clipboarddata
The reporter provided a detailed recipe and a helpful 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:
Note: Any new bug-fixing PRs should be submitted against develop branch
Then try one of these:
- (Easy) Dictionary: incorrect description of resizeControl message
- (Easy) Docs: Update the dict entry of the “propertynames”
- (Easy) Docs: Mention that lockLoc property of an object only prevents it from being moved by the mouse when in Edit mode
- (Easy) Docs: specialFolderPath(“resources”) for stacks with empty filename is not documented
- (Medium) Add support for unblocking http requests on Android 9+
- (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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