use-livecode Digest, Vol 87, Issue 3

[Robert Brenstein]

On 02.12.10 at 20:40 -0800 John Burtt apparently wrote:
>Wouldn't more terms just add to the confusion.
>
>Separate stacks are called "main" stacks.
>The stacks that are part of (within) a main stack are called "sub" stacks.
>Sub stacks that are separated from their main stack, become main stacks.
>A main stack that has been turned into an application is an "executable".
>
>Main stacks are savable.
>Sub stacks are saved when their main stack is saved.
>Executables are not savable.
>And, sub stacks of the executable are not savable.
>
>John

Not quite...

Stacks are really windows with objects and scripts.
Stacks are saved in stackfiles.
The mains (startup) stack in each stackfile is its mainstack.
Other stacks in that stackfile are its substacks.

When executable is produced, the runtime engine is merged with the 
stacks. However, depending on the settings, the mainstack and 
substacks are either kept together as in stackfile (neither can be 
modified at runtime) or substacks are split to become technically own 
mainstacks in own stackfiles (thus can be modified at runtime), 
although logically they remain part of the package.

Robert