Other than for compatibility? Never, apparently, but it would have been nice if it had been eh?FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:58 pmWhen was it ever present in LiveCode?richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:44 amHad the way things were done in HyperCard card not been removed...
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Maybe never.When was it ever present
It would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
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The LiveCode engine is the MetaCard engine, updated and expanded.richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:52 pmMaybe never.When was it ever present
It would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
I don't believe any version of this engine supported that HyperCard syntax.
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richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:52 pmIt would be interesting to know if it was ever implemented in MetaCard.
I can certainly tell you it is not in the index or reference in Mc, least not that I could find.FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:04 pmThe 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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This is also odd (HyperCard 2.4):
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That folkstream site is priceless!
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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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@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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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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Um . . .
used
selected (well, maybe not, that would cause confusion)
starred
used
selected (well, maybe not, that would cause confusion)
starred
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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.richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:44 amHad 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 . . . .
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how about a noun? something similar to checkmark but not chequemark... nor cheekmark, nor cheesemark.richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:32 pmUm . . .
used
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starred
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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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checksign sounds OK,
although you could use tick.
although you could use tick.