v.8 sluggish moving controls

[bogs]

I had saved my latest build for 6.7, but have done much additional work fully in v8, and would hate to have to revert. Do I understand that one can save a v8 build backwards? I see options to go back to v7, and v5, but not v6. I never used v7 at all.

The last 7.x's weren't too bad, as far as I could tell. They are certainly the last ones that will be familiar in use for you

As for saving backwards, it is indeed as you say, I use the 5.5 or much MUCH older legacy formats. Just remember, any features not available back then are still not going to be available when you save backwards.

[dunbarx]

Bogs.

Always look forward to your posts.

As far as I can tell, the only thing I REALLY like about the recent versions of LC is the new itemDelimiter. Have you seen the thread of a couple of years ago ("Multiple Delimiters") about extending that concept to create new forms? I had, tongue in cheek, suggested "buckets" and "trainloads":

set the bucket to "$" ; set the trainLoad to "#"
put char 2 of word 3 of item 4 of bucket 5 of trainLoad 6 of line 7 of...

To me, that enhancement would be monumental.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Bogs.

Always look forward to your posts.

As far as I can tell, the only thing I REALLY like about the recent versions of LC is the new itemDelimiter. Have you seen the thread of a couple of years ago ("Multiple Delimiters") about extending that concept to create new forms? I had, tongue in cheek, suggested "buckets" and "trainloads":

set the bucket to "$" ; set the trainLoad to "#"
put char 2 of word 3 of item 4 of bucket 5 of trainLoad 6 of line 7 of...

To me, that enhancement would be monumental.

Craig

[bogs]

I agree with the item additional delimiters being a bonus and yah, I caught the thread. Your ideas always make me think.

Time for lunch, catch up to you later

[jacque]

As for the script editor, no idle handlers. Do you think I live in 1987??

Not at all, you lived in 2013 for four years.

I had saved my latest build for 6.7, but have done much additional work fully in v8, and would hate to have to revert. Do I understand that one can save a v8 build backwards? I see options to go back to v7, and v5, but not v6. I never used v7 at all.

Version 5 and 6 shared the same file format, so you'd want v5. Version 7 and 8 have different file formats. Version 9 shares a format with 8.

If you haven't used any features that were new in version 7 or above, you won't lose anything going back to v5/6.

If you want to send me a copy of your stack privately I can see if it drags okay on my Mac.

[dunbarx]

Not at all, you lived in 2013 for four years.

Craig

[dunbarx]

If you want to send me a copy of your stack privately I can see if it drags okay on my Mac.

Jacque. Any old stack will do. I made a new one in a new session with a single button. Placed 1000 lines of nonsensical but compilable code in the button script. Scrolling is jerky. Checking back to v6, the scrolling is smooth and sexy.

If I move the thumb a certain distance, the scroll will track it, though delayed, in steps. When I stop dragging, a handful of those jerky steps will "follow", as they catch up to the final thumbPos.

If this was everyone's situation I would understand. If it were a setting in v.8 I could change it. If it is just me, I am depressed.

Craig

[jacque]

Okay. I just opened a script with 1109 lines in LC 8.1.7. If I watch very closely I can see a fraction of a second delay, but it is so slight that I hadn't noticed it before now. I had to be really looking for it. This is when scrolling via the scroll wheel on my mouse (actually, the swipe gesture on my magic mouse.) When I drag the scrollbar thumb I don't see any delay.

Sorry I can't reproduce it.

Edit: if I drag the thumb really really fast, from the top all the way to the bottom, there is a slight delay but it is barely noticeable. Again, I had to be looking for it. Maybe a difference in graphic cards in our Macs?

[dunbarx]

Jacque.

I cannot find the milk in the refrigerator; I certainly would not notice tiny delays, nor care about them.

So maybe it is purely a matter of RAM. How much do you have installed? I have 8G, soon to be 24.

Craig

[dunbarx]

There was an earlier report that noted these issues go away when the PI is not open.

It is all true. I submitted a similar complaint.

Craig

[jacque]

I have 32GB of RAM.

Do you mean the Property Inspector? I frequently have it open. On the other hand, I never have the Project Browser open, and that's the one I think causes things to slow down. It's slow to update objects on the stack, but I wouldn't think it would affect script scrolling.

[dunbarx]

Well.

Trashing the preferences file has dramatically improved the dragging of many selected controls, and also solved the jerkiness in the script editor.

The nudge is still impossible.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Well.

After making a couple of changes to LC, mainly the font in the script editor and changing the backdrop, the jerkiness came back.

Rats.

Craig