Setting explicitVariables

[Ken Ray]

Actually, Alex, Mark should have said "upcoming version" of the script
editor. 'Variable Checking' is in the Script menu of the Script Editor in
the  next version of Rev (currently-in-alpha).

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Alex Tweedly
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 6:05 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Setting explicitVariables
> 
> 
> I received a comment (attached to a bug description in Bugzilla) from 
> RunRev support, on the subject of setting explicitVariables.
> 
> It said:
> 
> >When you tried to enable explicitVariables, did you 'set the 
> >explicitVariables to true'? If so, this is not supported. To enable 
> >'Variable Checking', set the option in the script menu of the script 
> >editor. There is also an option in the global preferences to 
> set this 
> >automatically.
> 
> I'm surprised that doing a 'set the explicitVariables to true' isn't 
> supported (since I copy/pasted it from the Transcript dictionary).
> 
> As far as I can see, the Script menu of the Script Editor has 
> no option for 
> this - all it has is
>    Comment
>    Uncomment
>    ------------------
>    Insert Control Structure ->
>    -----------------
>    Colorize
>    Format
> 
> I can't see anything relevant to explicitVariables in any other menu 
> either, and the Transcript Dict doesn't tell me which menu to 
> use (nor does 
> Search Docs, nor anything else I can find).
> 
> >There is also an option in the
> >global preferences to set this automatically.
> 
> This would be under  Edit / Preferences ...
> I've been through all the preference screens (a number of 
> times now :-), 
> and can't see anything about explicitVariables. Is there some other 
> preference that could be causing it to be hidden ?
> Or have I just missed it ?
> 
> Thanks
> -- Alex.
>