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by SparkOut
Sat Dec 06, 2025 4:36 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Over on Haiku
Replies: 9
Views: 2507

Re: Over on Haiku

If by "forum bosses" you mean LiveCode Limited, then there's almost no presence here, never has been except for announcements and the odd time that things catch certain staff members' attention. It's a community resource. As moderators are all volunteers, we can't expect too much, especially since I...
by SparkOut
Sat Dec 06, 2025 11:24 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Over on Haiku
Replies: 9
Views: 2507

Re: Over on Haiku

Why the question marks? It's a bot alright.

And the forum seems to be under a spam attack just now.
by SparkOut
Fri Dec 05, 2025 11:29 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2
Replies: 32
Views: 4243

Re: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2

Nobody asked me but I'll say Artificial Intelligence is largely bunkum. Automatically Generated by (Somewhat) Intelligently Applied Algorithms, I might accept. People are told to fact-check the generated content. Usually the people are asking in the first place because they don't know what the facts...
by SparkOut
Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:41 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: filter command limitation?
Replies: 1
Views: 164

Re: filter command limitation?

Hi Craig,
You can use * as a wildcard before/after the filter part. With some possible fudging for beginning/ends of the line and checking for CR as well.
by SparkOut
Sun Nov 30, 2025 8:25 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2
Replies: 32
Views: 4243

Re: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2

Ah, well without a paid up licence, I think the -rc and -dp releases won't be available, and of course the current release is time limited only for the trial period. It's a bugbear, and a shame because I recall your previous prolific and valuable contributions, especially with databases.
by SparkOut
Sun Nov 30, 2025 5:41 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2
Replies: 32
Views: 4243

Re: [ ANN ] Release LiveCode 10.0.3 RC-2

Screenshot_20251130_164130_Samsung Internet.jpg This is probably because no downloads of LiveCode are available: LiveCode is only available once you have paid for the Beta version of Create: https://livecode.com/faq This isn't actually accurate info. If you have a current licence for LiveCode "stan...
by SparkOut
Fri Nov 21, 2025 11:18 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Alphabeticising a word list?
Replies: 34
Views: 3624

Re: Alphabeticising a word list?

I suspect that it's going to be something Richmond is trying to generalise for multiple alphabets. sort international might work for many situations but it uses the system locale I dare say his system locale is set for a western alphabet, but given that he works with a variety of other writing syste...
by SparkOut
Fri Nov 21, 2025 8:28 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Alphabeticising a word list?
Replies: 34
Views: 3624

Re: Alphabeticising a word list?

Should this work? sort lines of test by customSort(richmondsOrder,each) The problem is apparently, that richmondsOrder might prove a bit awkward as I am not convinced that: put numToCodePoint(2296) & numToCodePoint(2297) & numToCodePoint(2298) into richmondsOrder is going to "sit nicely". That inde...
by SparkOut
Fri Nov 21, 2025 4:19 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Alphabeticising a word list?
Replies: 34
Views: 3624

Re: Alphabeticising a word list?

It may be as simple as "sort international" but I that is a hope, rather than expectation.
by SparkOut
Sun Nov 16, 2025 10:16 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Foot notes in exported documents?
Replies: 30
Views: 5489

Re: Foot notes in exported documents?

I am sorry, I have not had a chance to do that just yet. Well if and when you do, I can try to help through any obstructions. There's quite a lot to rtf specifications but quite a lot of it does make sense, as I am beginning to remember, having dusted off a very ancient report writer I wrote once. ...
by SparkOut
Fri Nov 14, 2025 9:20 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Foot notes in exported documents?
Replies: 30
Views: 5489

Re: Foot notes in exported documents?

So how did you get on with a correctly unzipped/correct format?
by SparkOut
Thu Nov 13, 2025 11:29 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Exploring LiveCode Integration with AI APIs in 2025
Replies: 7
Views: 1917

Re: Exploring LiveCode Integration with AI APIs in 2025

I think one of the (many) problems with AI is that it lacks the capacity to be impressed. The bystanders and spectators can be impressed though.
by SparkOut
Thu Nov 13, 2025 9:17 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: How do I get the current URL of the page loaded in the browser widget
Replies: 12
Views: 4815

Re: How do I get the current URL of the page loaded in the browser widget

But all his posts are still here. Unfortunately there is a huge amount redacted from here and as much or more missing from his hosted collections / no longer hosted :( A great loss, personally and productively. The saddest is the personal loss. I remember a few private conversations. A fine gentlem...
by SparkOut
Thu Nov 13, 2025 8:01 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
Topic: How do I get the current URL of the page loaded in the browser widget
Replies: 12
Views: 4815

Re: How do I get the current URL of the page loaded in the browser widget

Sounds like the site of interest is dynamically creating/changing content. This is happening all over the internet, making it tricky to use a static interface within LC to manage/manipulate the content. Hermann (sadly no longer with us) here has some amazing stacks that leverage javascript within LC...
by SparkOut
Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:55 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Foot notes in exported documents?
Replies: 30
Views: 5489

Re: Foot notes in exported documents?

I can only guess that you need to *extract* the zipped stack before trying to run it within the zip file.
It's only zipped because the forum doesn't allow upload of files of .livecode type, go figure.