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by thatkeith
Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:47 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Set color profile?
Replies: 1
Views: 1237

Re: Set color profile?

I have found something that seems promising, although I haven't had time to test it out yet. It uses Terminal (so a shell command) and exiftool: Mac OS Terminal.app command line code to recursively embedd an sRGB ICC profile in all JPG files under a top level directory, overwriting original files wi...
by thatkeith
Sat Sep 17, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Set color profile?
Replies: 1
Views: 1237

Set color profile?

I made a tool for generating resized copies of images, a simple helper tool for a project, and also a practical demonstration of LiveCode's potential. It's working as expected... except for one thing: when I test with an image that is not set to sRGB (in my test case a photo from an iPhone, so it's ...
by thatkeith
Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:56 am
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Develop for Oculus Quest?
Replies: 1
Views: 1808

Develop for Oculus Quest?

The Oculus Quest (now Meta Quest) headset is an Android device; copying stuff to and from it with my Mac requires the Android File Transfer utility. Has anyone tried making anything – yes, anything at all – for use on this device? I know this is a pretty wide-ranging, non-specific question, but I'm ...
by thatkeith
Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:25 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Converting .ps files to .pdf?
Replies: 2
Views: 1414

Re: Converting .ps files to .pdf?

Hi Klaus,

This looks perfect! Thanks for this, I think I can sort out a helper tool for him that also just happens to show him how versatile LC can be. :)

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by thatkeith
Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:11 am
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Converting .ps files to .pdf?
Replies: 2
Views: 1414

Converting .ps files to .pdf?

A friend has a very large number of .ps PostScript files and he wants to convert them to PDFs. When I say 'large number' I mean well over 1000, so doing it simply by opening and saving from Preview (he's a Mac user) is not practical. There's also a custom file naming convention he needs to use based...
by thatkeith
Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:06 pm
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Making and playing MIDI?
Replies: 3
Views: 8411

Making and playing MIDI?

Years ago I made an experimental SuperCard stack that played the midi note equivalents of words where the letters were from A to G, using the no-longer available midi support in QuickTime. Yes, it was somewhat bizarre, but it was a fun exercise – and thanks to that old QuickTime MIDI support it was ...
by thatkeith
Wed Aug 11, 2021 6:38 pm
Forum: HTML5
Topic: Not working as expected?
Replies: 38
Views: 28485

Re: Not working as expected?

Now that is a helpful expansion on the topic, with a capital 'helpful'! Thank you 👏 Re your linked-to post, that's also a very good, clear-eyed analysis. It could be an interesting backroom (possibly sophomorish) debate looking at the sometimes significant differences between desktop and mobile in t...
by thatkeith
Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: HTML5
Topic: Not working as expected?
Replies: 38
Views: 28485

Re: Not working as expected?

It's a reference to the post before it, and the one that post refers to. Yes, I read the thread. I get what you were saying, it's just that it felt oddly like a brush-off. I guess the lack of concrete, direct advice rather reflects the lack of concrete capabilities of this area of output. it was co...
by thatkeith
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:51 pm
Forum: HTML5
Topic: Not working as expected?
Replies: 38
Views: 28485

Re: Not working as expected?

Level 3 not yet unlocked. In step 2, start with layout models, then security models, then use cases... I must say that compared to your normal deeply helpful responses this is exceptionally unedifying! :lol: I've been paying for the HTML5 subscription for quite some time. I'm wondering seriously wh...
by thatkeith
Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:19 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Soft-wrap text string in field?
Replies: 3
Views: 1989

Re: Soft-wrap text string in field?

BBEdit will soft-wrap text if that option is turned on in a document. It will prefer breaking using non-alphanumeric chars (/, punctuation, etc.) but if faced with an unbroken string of letters it will calmly wrap as necessary. If soft-wrap is turned on. I regard BBEdit as pretty much a standard in ...
by thatkeith
Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
Topic: Soft-wrap text string in field?
Replies: 3
Views: 1989

Soft-wrap text string in field?

I'd like to use a field for someone to enter a URL. The design means the text field can't be really wide – and a URL could easily be rather long. The problem is that it will pretty much always be a solid run of characters with no spaces, so there's no word-delimited way for the text to wrap neatly i...
by thatkeith
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Different kinds of QR codes?
Replies: 4
Views: 8037

Re: Different kinds of QR codes?

Aha! This site: https://zxing.org/w/decode will show the raw text encoded into a QR code (and also the raw bytes, barcode format type, parsed result type and the parsed data itself). I've created a set of QR codes for different things using the previous site I mentioned and used this site to reveal ...
by thatkeith
Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Different kinds of QR codes?
Replies: 4
Views: 8037

Re: Different kinds of QR codes?

I found a bit more – thank you Wikipedia! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Joining_a_Wi%E2%80%91Fi_network) "By specifying the SSID, encryption type, password/passphrase, and if the SSID is hidden or not, mobile device users can quickly scan and join networks without having to manually enter t...
by thatkeith
Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:45 pm
Forum: Talking LiveCode
Topic: Different kinds of QR codes?
Replies: 4
Views: 8037

Different kinds of QR codes?

The qrCreate command is very cool and it's easy to use for straightforward stuff such as URLs and plain text. I've been looking around to find out more about what I could theoretically do with this, and there's an interesting list with code generator here: https://qrcode.tec-it.com/en/Sms The option...
by thatkeith
Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:09 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Spaces in file names
Replies: 12
Views: 8661

Re: Spaces in file names

His friend isn't suggesting substituting another character for a space the way I read it, he is talking about eliminating spaces altogether. Arguably, 50 tmFile.txt would take less memory than 50 tm File.txt I should have added that their answer to my challenge was to advise underscores instead of ...

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