This Week In LiveCode 211

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

• Corrupted Stacks
• html5Player
• OMG text processing performance 6.7 - 9.5
• Basic URL loading on Android - can’t resolve host
• HTML5 deployment
• Automating User Input
• Diff?
• Running LiveCode Standalones under Crossover on Linux
• Import SVG as Images
• Missing App Icon in MacOS build
• LiveCode 9.5.1 quits unexpectedly

Updates in the LiveCode open source project

1 pull request was merged since the last issue.

Bug of the week

• Bug 22555 - Compile errors in SE are overridden when clicking anywhere in SE

The reporter provided a detailed recipe and a helpful sample stack that allowed us to test and confirm the problem quickly. Moreover, he suggested a solution that seems to fix the problem :)

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

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

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.

• Bluetooth promiscuity - mergBLE confusion

Upcoming events

• SoCal LiveCode Group Meeting: February 6, Pasadena

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