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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:15 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:02 pm
checksign sounds OK,
although you could use
tick.
tick is a reserved word too. tickmark would be possible.
I think I will go with checksign. Unless tickmark would be more popular. (one vote for and none against would count as popular).
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:05 pm
Stick with
checksign, as
tickmark
sounds a bit like
Ostmark.
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I am not sure why you are anti adjectives as most Object Properties are adjectives . . .
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by bogs » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:17 pm
Actually, since your soliciting opinions, I wouldn't be thinking along the lines of a noun but an adjective, like
set the checked of menuItem x to (true/false)
seems pretty appropriate for this language.
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:27 pm
an adjective, like
set the checked of menuItem x to (true/false)
seems pretty appropriate for this language.
That sounds the best idea so far.
soliciting opinions
Erm . . . decided NOT to post an extremely vulgar picture here.
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by bogs » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:34 pm
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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:06 pm
checked is nice but what about
- which one is checked
?
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:14 pm
Americans will call this:
√ a
check, while people from Britain will call that a
tick.
The other thing is a diamond.
So, let this
√ be
checked,
and this
◆ be
marked or
bulleted or somesuch.
Pedantic sorts will call that diamond a
diamond bullet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_(typography)
Just as long as we steer clear of this:
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by bn » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:21 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:14 pm
and this
◆ be
marked or
bulleted or somesuch.
may be
diamonized
???
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by richmond62 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:23 pm
demonized, perhaps?
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by FourthWorld » Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:35 pm
Bullets can be added to menu items by preceding the item text with "!r" (radio, reflecting the original usage as spec'd in OSes that support it).
If we add a command to set the checkmark, ideally it would also set the radio bullet as well.
It would be nice to also add support for a dash, used to indicate when we item is one of many that apply, such as with text styles.
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by richmond62 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:39 am
Bullets,
Checkmarks (ticks),
Diamonds,
et al.
Why not "go the whole hog" and have a family of terms to allow us to apply
all sorts of symbols?
Back to Wikipedia:
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Oh, and the
checkmark with which we started, which for some reason, forbye. is not included in
the Wikipedia list.
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by bn » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:27 am
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:39 am
Bullets,
Checkmarks (ticks),
Diamonds,
et al.
Why not "go the whole hog" and have a family of terms to allow us to apply
all sorts of symbols?
Tics and diamonds are used in menus whereas those other "bullets" are not. It might be a tad confusing for the user in menus.
however in other places they are quite useful
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by richmond62 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:56 pm
As we have Visual Effects in LiveCode:
Code: Select all
on mouseUp
visual effect"checkerboard"
go next
end mouseUp
Why don't we have a raft of Checkmarks in LiveCode:
pseudocode
set the checkmark of menuItem to "hollow bullet"
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by FourthWorld » Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:08 pm
richmond62 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:39 am
Why not "go the whole hog" and have a family of terms to allow us to apply
all sorts of symbols?
Because we're looking for a practical solution to an actual need.
Adding symbols to the request that no one needs and are found in no OS HIG is a good way to turn a practical feature request into a parlour game that will reduce if not eliminate the likelihood of implementation.
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by richmond62 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:48 pm
Because we're looking for a practical solution to an actual need.
OK.
But, what then is this?
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