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A free-born Englishman

I'd be a bit careful where you use that phrase.

This thread is a bit odd: 1. It started by the OP stating that he was not going to use LiveCode any more (why he had to announce that was a mystery to me). 2. Then it became a sort of "compare and contrast" exercise between LC and various other programming environments. 2.1. This, apparently, contai...

Thank you both for your help.

If I do this sort of thing: put codePointToNum("Ξ") I get 926 , which is that code point's Unicode address in decimal format . . . which is a bit of a pain in the bum as I should like it in Hexadecimal (39E) without having to play "silly buggers' with the calculator app (especially when I have about...

Is it just me, or?
or, might that not be:

And, in a global world better tools are needed:
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scholars estimate that roughly 40-50 distinct calendar systems are still actively used today in some capacity

Right . . . In a button setting it to false : - Screenshot 2025-08-20 at 18.27.56.png - It does noting, as advertised. In a button setting it to true - Screenshot 2025-08-20 at 18.28.30.png - It DOES change the format , and also mucks around with the itemDelimiter . :cry: What is hilarious about th...

That appears to be non-functional:
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Here's a fairly silly stack that will convert your system date to what LiveCode erroneously calls the 'English' date:
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There is some confusion as today, in the English format is: 20/08/2025 while the American format is: 08/20/2025 But for some ODD reason: - Screenshot 2025-08-20 at 17.13.31.png - inwith LiveCode 'english' specifies the American date format. :roll: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=21655 in...

ENGLISH date (mm/dd/yy) That is an American date, and not an English one. AND if you ask for the date: put the date you will get whatever is the format of the end-user's computer. If you do this: put the dateFormat you will be able to use that to work out what format the end-user is using. For inst...

I have had a long-term love affair with BBEdit since about 2000; mind you that did involve their TextWranger for a bit.

If this really is the "End" why are you still asking questions?

Probably, because you know LC is not at an "end", it is at its usual endless tortuous way of getting somewhere.