just coming into LC programming having accidentally discovering it mentioned in a REBOL forum.
Downloaded and installed under Windows for a friend, ( not my proffered O/S -- but so be it ), and after getting a glimpse of its potential decided to try under Linux. WELL !! Now that's a different story altogether.
To save Linux users more time -- don't bother.
Why so harsh ?
1) well it pretends to install OK, but
a) often does NOT install the ICON on the desktop as suggested in the install sequence.
b) The install process is using some odd Graphic style where you not sure you've actually selecting
an option or not.
c) in native 32 bit systems it often does not display the tool bar and menu options completely
--- ie: half drawn icons, half faded texts ( I don't mean the 'option not active' type fade ) just some characters are solid, other faded in the same word.
2) having actually installed LC, depending upon which version of Linux , I get these effects :
-- MINT 32 with MATE | XFCE : total desktop lockup, requiring task KILL
-- MINT 64 + WINE : total desktop lockup, requiring task KILL
-- PCLinuxOS : Transparent Forms, ie: in a Button, select Script Editor, Form appears in Border & Header only, NO content.
-- Mepis 32 : Transparent Forms, ie: in a Button, select Script Editor, Form appears in Border &
Header only, NO content.
-- UBUNTU 13.04 i386 ( various desktops ) : Transparent Forms, ie: in a Button, select Script Editor, Form appears in Border & Header only, NO content.
Am I seeing a consistent fault here ?
Not LC fault :
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-- Mepis 64 & IA32-libs : did not load LC as IA32 libraries are stuffed !
-- aptosid 64 & IA32-libs : did not load LC as IA32 libraries are stuffed !
Windows ( some faults )
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Windows XP 32 -- installs and runs mostly, have experiences some problems with trying generated .EXE
on other XP machines, some program work, other fail in a loop. Totally locking up Windows, not nice.
Linux Working :
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I finally re- installed a OLD version of DEBIAN 64 version 6 and both IA32 libs & WINE function, BUT
-- under WINE , Livecode is extremely ( painfully) SLOW , quite unusable in fact.
-- with ia32 , Livecode not fast , but useable. Still experimenting.
-- Both versions tend to miss mouse clicks as different times.
-- the internal editor facilities are terrible, slow to respond to keystrokes, esp del & backspace keys. If they cant be bothered to implement a decent editor -- go get one that works as people expect.
-- its very 'touchy' and you can find LC just dropping you back to the desktop.
In Summary, LC looks promising, but after all the development years expended on the product and its ancestors I would have expected a more mature reliable and better interfaced product by now.
If it was not for my friends interest I doubt I would have bother trying it for a working Linux version
Hopefully, with's LC's new funding it can progress. It is a sorely need product.
