[ANN] lcStackbrowser V2 Released

[Mark Wieder]

Pete-

Saturday, January 11, 2014, 9:05:38 AM, you wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback.  Yes, it's important to run the installer no
> matter what platform you're on since it makes sure various files are copied
> to the "lcStackBrowser Resources" file in your plugins folder.

The zero length file may be because I had a previous version
installed. Copying the plugin from the zip file afterwards solved the
problem, so I'm not concerned.

> I am using code from BvG Docu 2 to create a database of dictionary info
> (with Bjornke's permission).  There's one database for each version of
> Livecode  so it only happens the first time you use lcStackBrowser with any
> particular Livecode version. The database is used to display dictionary
> information when you click the "i" icon next to any built-in property in
> the display, so that feature won't be available in Linux but you should get
> just an empty display rather than any sort of run time error.

!!! I wasn't aware of that feature. Yes, clicking on the "i" icon does
indeed bring up the proper entry from the database. This is a great
feature!

> I wasn't aware Docu 2 didn't work under Linux, probably some difference in
> the unnecessarily complicated file and stack structures that make up the
> dictionary.  I think I will bow to Bjornke's knowledge in that area but
> I'll probably put some checks in to issue some sort of message if running
> under Linux.

Bjornke has never claimed that the plugin works on linux. I've
promised that I'll find some time some day to dig into what's
happening, but that hasn't happened yet. I seem to remember that the
database creation was one step that failed, and you seem to have
gotten past that point. And Bjornke's plugin works fine for me on
other platforms, and this should not in any way be taken as
disparaging it.

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-Mark Wieder
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