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Hypercard moment
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:49 pm
by richmond62
So, the other day I was fooling around with
HyperCard on my PPC Mac Mini running
MacOS 10.4 'Classic' . . .
. . . and thought:
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Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:10 pm
by bobcole
If I remember correctly, we could type "ss" and a word in HyperCard's message box and it would search all the scripts in the stack for that word.
For example: ss visual
That was a quick, handy way to do a search.
Bob
Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:12 pm
by FourthWorld
It's helpful for newcomers to provide a GUI, but indeed also helpful to provide a CLUI for seasoned folk.
Ideally an IDE could take an approach similar to some OS utilities, e.g. a GUI provided for backing up that is a frontend for a CLUI like rsync.
Separating the core functionality via API would also foster a healthy separation of concerns, allowing each to be updated without affecting the other.
Bonus points that an API can be used with any number of commands to automate workflows...
Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:17 am
by richmond62
Presumably there is a connexion between the last message and the HC images, but I fail to see it.
Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:01 am
by FourthWorld
The connection was with Bob's message about HC's "ss" command.
Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:52 am
by richmond62
The connection was with Bob's message about HC's "ss" command.
OK: that makes perfect sense.
It might be interesting were LC to have a complete Command Line Interface as well as a GUI.
Re: Hypercard moment
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:36 pm
by FourthWorld
The combination, GUIs driven by APIs, drives so much of the modern world that I'd wager it's their desire should they be in a position to consider a rewrite.