Hi all,
I was wondering whether LiveCode is able to create menubar utility apps for MacOS - you know, apps that add a menu item to the LEFT side of the global menubar (like Dash, SkyFonts, 1Password, etc.).
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- Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:47 am
- Forum: Mac OS
- Topic: Can Livecode Create Menubar Apps?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11828
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:09 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
@bogs What makes it 'hacky' is the fact that in order to control the output of the tool you MUST use the `-ui` flags every time you run it. It's perfectly fine to have your tool use flags, but no flags should be *required* for the tool to do its 'normal' function. @FourthWorld Thanks for the link, b...
- Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:12 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
Hi there! Just checking whether with the upcoming version 9.5 there is now a (non-hacky) way to create compiled command-line tools with LiveCode? - i.e., a way that doesn't require us calling the tool with `-ui` arguments? Or is the only way still to just write uncompiled scripts that can be run by ...
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:20 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: Undocumented MacOS X Deployment Options
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5073
Re: Undocumented MacOS X Deployment Options
Thank you for your wonderful guidance, @jaqcue! Just to confirm: if I'm not at all concerned with OS 9, I can safely leave the 'signature' and 'document type' fields alone, and all should work fine in OS X?
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:21 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: JSON Library Not Included in Standalone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3214
Re: JSON Library Not Included in Standalone
Thanks for the heads-up, @bogs! I actually found this bug already reported:
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21223
https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21223
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:26 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: JSON Library Not Included in Standalone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3214
JSON Library Not Included in Standalone
I'm trying to save a stack as a standalone, and it uses the JSONToArray() function. In the IDE, everything works just fine. I then set the "Standalone Application Settings", and left the default to automatically "search for required inclusions when saving the standalone application". I then saved th...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:56 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
There is a command-line tool that we use for one of our CMSs, and unfortunately the developer has decided to drop support for it - they don't want to develop it any further, as it's getting too many requests for enhancements, and "taking away from time spent developing the CMS itself". I thought thi...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:17 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: YAML and LiveCode
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8875
Re: YAML and LiveCode
I was unable to (easily) find the code in Levure that deals with parsing YAML. Nevertheless, with a little research I did find a command-line tool that converts YAML to JSON, which LiveCode can then convert into a native array. The tool that I am using is Mike Fara's "yq" , which so far has performe...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:56 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
Thank you, Richard! Yes, it does output my 'Hello World' - so it is working, although only after it gives me the warning (repeatedly)... Thank you for filing the bug report! Does this mean that the only way to create a 'command-line tool' in LiveCode right now would be to run it as a hash-bang scrip...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:51 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: Undocumented MacOS X Deployment Options
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5073
Undocumented MacOS X Deployment Options
Hi all! I'm trying to understand the deployment options that we have available for MacOS X, in the 'Standalone Application Settings' dialogue - but I'm getting stuck. There seem to be options that are not documented anywhere (I've looked through the User Guide, online docs, lessons and tutorials), b...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:25 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
TBH, I merely had a 'skeleton' of an app as a test - the app did nothing - as I was just starting to tinker with a command-line setup.
Is it possible to 'echo' something to the terminal, as a test? How do we go about building a '-h' or '--help'?
Is it possible to 'echo' something to the terminal, as a test? How do we go about building a '-h' or '--help'?
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:37 pm
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
Thank you for the guidance, @FourthWorld! As I mentioned a couple of posts above, I've actually already looked inside the app bundle(=.app folder), found the executable, and tried running that both with and without the '-ui' flag. It runs into a fatal error: $ mylivecodetool.app/Contents/MacOS/myliv...
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:55 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
Thank you for the link, @AndyP - it does have some useful script code there that will come handy! Unfortunately, it does not answer any of my questions...
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:52 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
Re: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
Wow, that was a quick reply! Standalones can be run facelessly by adding -ui to the command line options. What command are you using to run the standalone? I'm on a Mac, and trying to simply 'run' the standalone on the command-line - with or without '-ui' flags - does not work: $ mylivecodetool.app ...
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:51 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers
- Topic: How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17581
How to Create a Command-Line Tool with LiveCode?
I know it is possible to write 'livecode script' (.lc) files, which can then be interpreted by LiveCode Server, but I was wondering whether it is possible to create an actual command-line tool with LiveCode? - ie., an all-in-one standalone binary intended to be run from the command-line only. I have...