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by FourthWorld
Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:00 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

The scripting language is there, the Classic IDE is needed to build Create, many of the bug reports make reference to using Classic. At the end of the day, you can build the Create IDE in Classic (indeed, that's what they're doing), but not the other way around. I see Classic as a less attractive po...
by FourthWorld
Mon Mar 30, 2026 6:39 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

My understanding is that sometime next year the current engine will cease getting support and updates. It should continue to work, but if any supported OS changes there will be no fixes after Classic is discontinued. I'm not clear on how current licenses will be managed. Yes, the engine path forwar...
by FourthWorld
Mon Mar 30, 2026 5:59 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

continue using it as the workshop where Create is worked on The company may do that: but whether they are going to continue licensing it to others is another question. What conjecture about any future doesn't involve unknowns? I'm just looking at the pragmatic aspects from a business owner perspect...
by FourthWorld
Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:06 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

Richard. Classic IDE is still available as an option in Create, and I can't imagine any benefit in adding the additional expense of somehow purging it later on. "Still available..." That seems like a tenuous hope; the effort of maintaining its compatibility with Create might either orphan it, or re...
by FourthWorld
Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:39 am
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

Richard. Am I somehow disingenuous in my thinking that only classic can do anything, never mind that Create can do lots of things? I'm not sure how "disingenuous" could apply. It's all more or less the same engine, with the biggest difference being the IDE stacks files. One of the things I've enjoy...
by FourthWorld
Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:59 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Adventures into matchChunk and regex
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: Adventures into matchChunk and regex

Otherwise you are oftentimes out of luck. The number and variety of rules for defining English sentence boundaries is probably knowable, and certainly within the range of modern computing horsepower to use. The question is: who has the expertise in both linguistics and computer science to pull it o...
by FourthWorld
Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:44 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

On another note, will there be a "standard", "classic", whatever option in Create going forward? Classic IDE is still available as an option in Create, and I can't imagine any benefit in adding the additional expense of somehow purging it later on. I can see how it might become unsupported at some ...
by FourthWorld
Wed Mar 25, 2026 7:48 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Standard Plan
Replies: 33
Views: 2606

Re: Livecode Standard Plan

I’m old enough to feel nostalgic for freeware and shareware. :wink: Once I’ve swallowed the bitter pill of broken promises, I might console myself by making my projects available to everyone. It’s hard to give up on your dreams I suspect you and I are of similar age, which more or less answers the ...
by FourthWorld
Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:52 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Adventures into matchChunk and regex
Replies: 16
Views: 5195

Re: Adventures into matchChunk and regex

The task was to break up short texts into 3, 4 or 5 paragraphs. I manged that by counting full stops "." and determine the number of sentences that should make up a paragraph. I would start this exercise at the beginning, asking, "For what purpose?" A paragraph isn't a quantity, but a semantic unit...
by FourthWorld
Tue Mar 17, 2026 5:38 am
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Community on Apple Silicon
Replies: 33
Views: 5072

Re: Livecode Community on Apple Silicon

The heart wants what the heart wants, but given your talents if I had any say in it I'd rather see you work on that engine compile than a tedious rote task.
by FourthWorld
Tue Mar 17, 2026 4:27 am
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Livecode Community on Apple Silicon
Replies: 33
Views: 5072

Re: Livecode Community on Apple Silicon

The IDE stacks are where branding is user-facing, and as you know are separate from the compiled engine. Given how often the brand name shows up across the IDE, rebranding is a fair bit of work. You might consider using the IDE stacks Paul worked on for OXT, and maybe coordinating your build as a fo...
by FourthWorld
Mon Mar 09, 2026 8:22 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Match varialbes with case sensitivity.
Replies: 33
Views: 71465

Re: Match varialbes with case sensitivity.

And the OP hasn't returned in over a year.
by FourthWorld
Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:42 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Is forever really forever?
Replies: 46
Views: 26967

Re: Is forever really forever?

Richmond, dismissing reasonable security measures so sweepingly is the point; the exact wording of the dismissal less so. If you think codesigning is a solid good move you'd have saved us both time by simply using words that reflect what you mean to express. Your reply concludes with a confirmation ...
by FourthWorld
Sat Feb 21, 2026 7:10 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Is forever really forever?
Replies: 46
Views: 26967

Re: Is forever really forever?

As for OpenXTalk, I’ve yet to be able to run the IDE as it is not codesigned, I’m on latest OSX and I will not switch off security to run this. Well, apart from the fact that the much vaunted codesigning is shot full of more holes than a string vest . . . It has been pointed out by someone much mor...