RELEASE: LiveCode 6.5 RC2

[Andrew Kluthe]

10995 - Standalones now set default font settings the same as the IDE.

ooo, thanks.

An impressive list


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Benjamin Beaumont <ben at runrev.com> wrote:

> Dear List Members
>
> LiveCode 6.5.0-rc-2 is now available.
>
> *Warning*: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your
> stacks before testing them. If you do not wish to be notified of test
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>
> *Release Contents*
> This beta release contains the following changes:
>
> Server graphics support
> Full screen scaling mode.
> PCRE library updated to version 8.33
> libUrlSetSSLVerification now supported on mobile platforms
> Resolution Independence
> New global property colorDialogColors
> Integration of revFont external
> Enhanced \'filter\' command
> Text Measurement
> The optional *recursively* adverb has been added to union and intersect
> commands
> Xpath functions
> 42 bug fixes: 11397 - Imagedata of resized images returned at wrong scale
> 11393 - Fullscreen modes cause clipped text on Windows
> 11390 - Fix incorrect cropping of resized image
> 11389 - Dashed borders on oval grapgics do not start at the correct
> location
> 11388 - 1 pixel non-antialiased lines draw incorrectly in certain
> circumstances
> 11360 - Linux themeing does not correctly work on non 32bit displays
> 11355 - Focus border on Windows default button has artefacts.
> 10508 - Printing text to PDF on Windows can result in poor layout.
> 11367 - Gradient inspector does not draw fully
> 11359 - Redraw issues with inner glow and inner shadow.
> 11351 - \"recursively\" option for array union and intersect not working.
> 11349 - Content outside of card rect can be seen in show all fullscreenmode
> when acceleratedRendering is true.
> 11338 - Character backColor not rendered in fields.
> 11336 - The fullscreenModes are now camel-case.
> 11335 - In fullscreen mode on Mac, the window resize handle still appears.
> 11332 - Text not rendered in correct location in -ui mode when taking
> snapshot of object.
> 11330 - Visual effects not displayed correctly on iOS when fullscreenmode
> is \'no border\', and stack extends outside of the visible screen.
> 11329 - Dynamic layers do not render correctly when fullscreenmode causes
> stack to not be at top-left of screen.
> 11327 - Opening large scripts takes longer in 6.5 than 6.1.2
> 11325 - Graphic effects rendered incorrectly when non-Normal blend mode
> used.
> 11324 - Borders still rendered even if borderWidth == 0.
> 11315 - Instability of LiveCode when gradients are being / have been
> displayed.
> 11314 - Image transparency is lost when setting the imagedata
> 11299 - Answer folder for XCode app bundle has a typo
> 11198 - Fix color issues on PowerPC Mac
> 11174 - Conical spiral XY and sqrtXY gradients render incorrectly.
> 11310 - Italic fonts clipped on right hand side on iOS
> 11309 - Text clips for certain fonts on Mac
> 11297 - Setting the color of a graphic effect resets its opacity
> 11283 - Italic fonts are not rendered on Mac.
> 11280 - Project browser does not expand cards of substacks
> 11241 - Non-3D borders are always black.
> 11227 - Android native controls are positioned incorrectly.
> 11221 - Field background pattern not working.
> 11179 - Images with an angle other than 0 are not drawn.
> 11178 - Import from paint always fails.
> 11176 - MouseDoubleUp messages are not sent on Linux.
> 10995 - Standalones now set default font settings the same as the IDE.
> 10980 - Setting the filename of an image which already has a filename
> causes the property to be unset and \'could not load image\' in the result.
> 10977 - Setting the image filename to empty unsets the image text and
> vice-versa
> 10964 - Inconsistent rounding of floating point values.
> 6720 - Scrollbar properties not returned in correct format.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> The LiveCode team
>
>
>
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Regards,

Andrew Kluthe
andrew at ctech.me