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by bogs » Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:28 pm
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:58 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:44 am
Had the way things were done in HyperCard card not been removed...
When was it ever present in LiveCode?
Other than for compatibility? Never, apparently, but it would have been nice if it had been eh?
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:52 pm
When was it ever present
Maybe never.
It would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
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by FourthWorld » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:04 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:52 pm
When was it ever present
Maybe never.
It would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
The LiveCode engine
is the MetaCard engine, updated and expanded.
I don't believe any version of this engine supported that HyperCard syntax.
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by bogs » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:10 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:52 pm
It would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:04 pm
The LiveCode engine is the MetaCard engine, updated and expanded.
I don't believe any version of this engine supported that HyperCard syntax.
I can certainly tell you it is not in the index or reference in Mc, least not that I could find.
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:12 pm
This is also odd (HyperCard 2.4):
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by bogs » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:38 pm
That folkstream site is priceless!
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:58 pm
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My
iMac G5 running
Mac OS 10.4 and
Mac 9.2 is priceless as I can run
HyperCard on it.
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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:28 pm
@Richmond
Since 'checkmark' is a reserved name we can not use it in LC. How would you name a pseudo property of the menus instead of 'checkmark'?
I am still refining a more generalized solution to the problem and sollicit input on how to name it.
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:32 pm
Um . . .
used
selected (well, maybe not, that would cause confusion)
starred
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by jacque » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:48 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:44 am
Had the way things were done in HyperCard card not been removed
all this long, complicated discussion would not have been necessary.
I assume (?) that the reason the HyperCard way was removed was for
a good reason . . . .
Yes. MC was compatible with SuperCard, HyperCard, and several flavors of 'nix, all of which handled menus differently. MC needed to work with all of them so implemented its own system.
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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:51 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:32 pm
Um . . .
used
selected (well, maybe not, that would cause confusion)
starred
how about a noun? something similar to checkmark but not chequemark... nor cheekmark, nor cheesemark.
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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:59 pm
well it is not a star. Mind you there are different ways to mark a menu item.
set the star of menuItem pItem of button xyz
sounds strange,
May be checksign?
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:02 pm
checksign sounds OK,
although you could use tick.
