Livecode suffix is a pain

[stephen barncard]

I complained about this during the last 4.5 beta on the Improve list.

I too find this inordinately long suffix forced on us very cumbersome and
annoying. In all views, a list of livecode stacks with the long suffix is
distracting due to the repitition and in the case of icon view, it is often
harder to read the whole name due to concentation.   Just because a few
other apps do this doesn't make it right.

On 8 October 2010 10:07, Francis Nugent Dixon <effendi at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> With LiveCode, new stacks are created with the
> .livecode suffix, and this screws up several of my
> utility programs which create paths which assume
> a .rev suffix.
>
> Of course, when I save a new stack, I can always
> replace the livecode suffix with .rev, and this
> seems to cause no problems. But then I have to
> remember each time I create a new stack to make
> that modification.
>
> Question 1 : Do "livecode" suffixed stacks differ
> from ".rev" suffixed stacks ?
>
> Question 2 : Can I automatically have the .rev
> suffix used when creating a livecode stack ?
> (Can't find anything in "Preferences" !)
>
> Question 3 : Why was that change made in the suffix ?
>
> I see that when saving stacks, we have the possibility
> of creating a "legacy stack".
>
> What difference does this make to the stack ?
>
> Having a new product name is all very jolly, and
> certainly affects very few Rev users, but for me
> it's a pain.
>
> -Francis
>
> P.S. If the name "LiveCode" is so important, how
> come that we don't have a "livecode.com" ?
> (I see it already exists, but belongs to "DOTSTER INC")
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