Re-installing LiveCode 10.0.0

[mcelvain]

Re-installation question:
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6
LiveCode 10.0

I’m going to re-install due to prior damage I did to my Message Box before employing advice given here regarding cautious use of bg scripting.

I’m thinking of renaming my default LiveCode folder first, of course.

Also considering using “CleanMyMacX” to uninstall first, unless there are dedicated “LiveCode” uninstallers I should consider.

What I lack knowledge/expertise on is where my “authentication” file is stored on the Mac, or how LiveCode servers negotiate with Mojave to make the reinstall process occur with minimal issues.

What kind of work sequence would you all recommend?

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BTW, I have temporarily chosen not to upgrade from Mojave until I finish the LiveCode script which will convert all my SuperCard stacks into LiveCode stacks (about fifty).

These have to be satisfactory enough for LiveCode’s debugger to chip in and help finish them, if necessary.

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Thank-you so much for your expertise and biting your tongue with Newbies like I who screw up fundamental stuff like Message Boxes !

[mwieder]

On OSX LiveCode is in your applications folder. There are preferences stored elsewhere, but you probably want to keep those anyway.
Drag the existing app into the trash or just rename it - you'll get a new one.
Reinstall.
Done.

[mcelvain]

Will try that.

Thank-you, MWieder !

[FourthWorld]

If you haven't already tossed your old V10 install, I'd like to take a look at the broken Message Box for clues as to what went wrong.

[jacque]

I have a fair idea what went wrong. I've recently hit a bug where LC doesn't know which stack is in focus. It's rare and not reproducible. I'll be typing in the script editor and suddenly the keystrokes are sent to the message box, even in the middle of a word. Or I'll type a command in the message box to do something on "this stack" and the action is applied to the message box instead of the topstack.

For example, "set the scalefactor of this stack to 2" and the message box blows up to half my screen. The problem is, not always. Since mcelvain's problem involves the message box I'm thinking he hit the same bug.

[richmond62]

Jacque; I may be falling in love with you all over again.

Thank you so very, very much for teaching me something that, after 22 years with LC I did not know:
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[mcelvain]

Is it possible to set the scale of the debugger, given a correct URL path ?

[jacque]

Is it possible to set the scale of the debugger, given a correct URL path ?

Yes, I accidentally did that too while "this stack" happened to be the script editor. I think you can try:

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set the scalefactor of stack "script editor 1" to 1.25

You can go up from there in small degrees if that's not good enough. When I accidentally set it to 2.0 it was larger than my screen.

Do it from the message box when the editor is open. Scalefactor isn't permanent, you'll need to set it every time it's reopened.

[mcelvain]

Thank-you, Jacque !