Script Editor and Unicode

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Richmond,

Almost every current development tool can do that, except for LiveCode. 
What we need is a UTF8 script editor.

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On 6/28/2013 20:10, Richmond wrote:
> I wonder how one can enter unicodeText directly into the script editor?
>
> When one wants to put a script into an object without opening the script
> editor one does this sort of thing:
>
> set the script of btn "unicodeTest" to fld "Nonsense"
>
> now, if fld "nonsense" contains unicodeText that just ends up delivering
> gobbledegook.
>
> this:
>
> set the useUnicode to true
> set the script of btn "unicodeTest" to fld "Nonsense"
>
> is no better . . .
>
> the reason for this, presumably, is that when one enters unicodeText
> into a fld the
>
> set the useUnicode to true  is directly addressed to the fld, while in
> my rather feeble attempt above it is aimed at the script rather than the
> script entry field of
> the script editor
>
> if one tries this sort of thing:
>
> set the useUnicode to true
> set the unicodeText of fld "Scripts" of the script of btn "unicodeTest"
> to fld "Nonsense"
>
> an error is thrown.
>
> Richmond.
>