The future of LiveCode

[Bob Sneidar]

There are utilities that will scrape a web site and create a local copy of it. I am not sure you can do this with the documentation because it may be dynamically generated. If it is static, then you should be able to copy it. (Not sure what the authors would say to that.) 

In another response on the subject, I actually brought up the idea of a cached help system, where LC would install a copy, but when connected with the Internet, LC would "sync" the two to reflect any changes in your local cache. I don't think this would be a hard thing to implement. 

Maybe Kevin is listening. There was a Kevin sighting not too long ago...

Bob


On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Potts Jeff wrote:

> I also am displeased by the inability to download the pdf's associated
> with the LiveCode Lessons. I work off the grid a lot and cannot access
> the internet for days at a time, but I want the reference materials at
> hand. Sure I can download pdf's one at a time. . . .a real solution is
> to allow the user to select the solution documents they want, zip them
> up and download the package locally. Its a hell of a lot easier to
> search the pdf's using copernic search to find the details you need
> which a buried in the pdf's.