item delimiter defaults

[Peter Haworth]

There's a property named columnDelimiter that defaults to tab but according
to the dictionary, it's only used by the split command.  Maybe it's use
could be extended to a new entity named "column"?

put column 3 of tVar into ......

If that were possible, it would be great if there was a global setting to
change columnDelimiter to something other than tab

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:

> I agree. I almost never use commas and mostly use TABs so I frequently
> have to add the extra statements in my code.
>
> The only problem I see in making this change now is that it will break
> some apps. If I give or get a stack from someone who defaults to a
> different delimiter things will break in funny ways.
>
> Perhaps there can be a statement in some standard place such as
> preOpenStack like “set the itemDelimiter to XXX” or a stack Custom
> Property. LiveCode IDEs after a certain date will read and set it and if it
> isn’t there the current behavior of comma will be used as the default. This
> would provide backwards compatibility without much overhead.
>
> The LiveCode folks don’t typically read this mail group so while this is a
> great place for a discussion it won’t get their attention.
>
> Bill Vlahos
>
> On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Vokey, John <vokey at uleth.ca> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >  I know it is not just me (as all of my colleagues complain about it as
> well): having the default item delimiter be a comma is annoying, as most of
> us use the tab delimiter.  Most of the functions I write have an additional
> parameter (the item delimiter used in the passed data) to accommodate, but
> it would MUCH simpler if we could just set the *default* item delimiter.
>  And, as I think about it, why not the same for all delimiters?  So, how
> about an engine command such as: set the default itemdelimiter to <x> that
> sets the itemdelimiter to whatever x contains until the stack is closed or
> another set the default itemdelimiter to <x> is encountered?
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> > -Dr. John R. Vokey
> >
> >
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