LiveCode and the RaspberryPi

[forrrge]

A while a go I came across a post from Mark Waddingham RunRev CTO, were as a proof of concept Mark had managed to get LiveCode running on a RaspberryPi which is an ARM based credit sized computer that can also be connected to sensors and switches, etc.

I'm wondering if those in the know have heard any more on this. I'm more interested in being able to deploy code to the RPi as I think it will be a great fit for LiveCode and its especially being pushed into the education area much like LiveCode is itself.

[trenatos]

I second this, it would be absolutely awesome to be able to use and build for RPI.

I have several projects that I could use a Pi for, if I can make software for it, otherwise I'll be forced to use big hunk x86 machines.

[monte]

As far as I know the changes @runrevmark made to build on the pi aren't up on github although I'm sure if someone wanted to work on it that he'd provide them. My pi is gathering dust at the moment... was using it for xbmc for a while which was cool but I had issues with too little USB power so I dropped it until I sort that out.

[FourthWorld]

FWIW, I had a conversation about the Pi build if LC at a conference yesterday with a well-known syndicated writer. You never know who might find the Pi build interesting, or how many thousands of eyeballs they may be able to put it in front of....

[monte]

If I had some more time @FourthWorld I'd look into it ;-( It was half the reason I bought the pi...

[trenatos]

I do remember reading about how they made it build for Pi, but that could change with versions, and they're pretty good at putting out new versions (yay continuous updates)
I wonder if they've thought of making it a compiler-option, that would rock.

[forrrge]

Assuming you could deploy code to the Raspberry Pi, would it then be possible for someone to write a module that allows LiveCode to talk to the interface ? i.e. so that sensors, switches can be monitored and motors, LEDs, etc can be controlled ?

I've not started learning LiveCode yet and at the moment I'd probably learn Python to have to be able to do that on the RPi. I'd much rather have to only learn one language

[LCfraser]

Sorry to engage in the thread necromancy but a build of LiveCode for RaspberryPi is now available. See http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/pi/ for the build or https://github.com/runrevfraser/livecod ... ocs/RPi.md for instructions on building it yourself. Please note that this is an unsupported build but I'll offer help on the forum or mailing list when I can.

Regards,
Fraser

[FourthWorld]

Sorry to engage in the thread necromancy but a build of LiveCode for RaspberryPi is now available. See http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/pi/ for the build or https://github.com/runrevfraser/livecod ... ocs/RPi.md for instructions on building it yourself. Please note that this is an unsupported build but I'll offer help on the forum or mailing list when I can.

Wonderful news - thanks!

[LCfraser]

I forgot to add the link to the newsletter article about it: http://newsletters.livecode.com/decembe ... tter1.html

If you have any questions, feedback or issues please reply to this thread: http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=18407 If you keep it all there, I'll definitely see anything that gets posted. I'm not always on the forum so I might miss new topics.

[trenatos]

This is awesome news, thank you guys!

[forrrge]

Does this actually allow you deploy onto the Raspberry Pi also ?

[LCfraser]

Hi forrrge,

At the moment, you can only deploy to the RPi from the RPi. I'm hoping to change this in the next release, allowing any desktop platform to deploy to the RPi. I'll post an update to http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=18407 when it becomes available. (The intention is to post the next release when the official version of 6.5.1 is released).

Regards,
Fraser

[forrrge]

Thanks Fraser

[forrrge]

Fraser, do you know if functionality will be added to talk to sensors and outputs the way that python, C, Scratch, etc. are currently doing on the RPi? Something which is important to attract the education sector.