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A unique, non-generalisable sorting algorithm????? And you thought that others may not benefit from this - because I guess no one has the ability extrapolate to from your unique invention to other situations… Because we only post generalisable code here of course… right, gotcha… This is genuinely th...

richmond62 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 23, 2025 4:00 pm

I worked out a comparatively sensible way of doing this without using 'sort' at all and have posted it elsewhere.

OK… but why not post here as well to complete the question you raised here?

dunbarx wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 21, 2025 9:18 pm

What is a "slope class"? FontStyles are things like Plain" and "Bold".

Google is your friend.
But if you can't be bothered see my previous response.

fontstyles does NOT yield a font style, it yields the font's slope class. To be pedantic (as no much is happening any more on this forum), two comments: Why is this a post Incorrect Slope class refers to a font's degree of slant , which is typically categorised as normal (upright), italic, or obliq...

I'd offer an opinion but I can't say I'm certain I understand what Richmond's ask actually is? Sort the words? Sort the words by more than the first char? Sort the letters within each word? Sort all the letters of the text into char-soup? The question that immediately follows is why . Not being face...

Hello, I have a license for an older version of LiveCode Indy 9.0.5, which I’m trying to install on a MacBook Air running macOS Monterey 12.6. After installation, when I try to launch LiveCode, I receive the message: “LiveCode Indy 9.0.9 can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious s...

I've not tested, but how about manipulating the htmlText of the field and then exporting to RTF?

I would imagine it's possible to lock screen, add a line at the end, style it with html, export it, delete the last line and unlock screen or some such.

Yeah, I guess the part I don't quite get is open persistent bidirectional connection. I draw parallels from app-level pub/sub (eg https://github.com/stam66/skPubSub - but this lightweight implementation does not ensure message is received or store a last will and testament etc. I suppose this can't ...

Interesting... out of curiosity, what would you be using this for?
Looking at the MQTT protocol it seems like fairly standard publish/subscribe but over the net, and perhaps unnecessarily over-complicated.
Are you implementing the full MQTT spec? how are you deploying this with LiveCode if I may ask?

Hi Mark, the error you describe is likely because you should be defining the rect of the stack rather than the card. from what I am seeing I'm guessing you can't create UI elements using a script-only stack? Or, if I'm wrong, what is the "proper" way to go about it. No, I don't think that's right. I...

That looks cool, reminds me of the late 80s/early 90s when tiling your desktop was a thing

Hi, this is really a 2 part question. Part 1. I am building a stack using primarily livecode script to place objects. I've am wondering if there is a guide to doing this kind of work lying around (and if not, I suppose I should think of creating one). Part 2. How can I add a widget (in this case a ...

Thanks @SparkOut, I will drop the project and will "learn" Python. Alternatively if you are looking for a visual IDE, you could look into Xojo. Their Linux offering used to be free or low cost, but they recently had price hikes like everyone else and not sure how that’s affected their offering, but...

When I issue a TCP call using tsNetCustom, the server sends a response as text. How can I put the returned text into a variable so it can be shown either as an "answer" (dialog box) or set as the text of a display field? I'm not familiar with tsNetCustom, but looking the documentation: The tsNetCus...

Connecting to a hosted MySQL database is tricky because a direct connection, such s what you would do from your development machine, is discouraged for security reasons. I believe it is possible, if discouraged, to whitelist specific IP addresses, but if your IP changes that all breaks. The usual re...