Maiden speech from an old man

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thank you Richard for the information.
If I had the knowledge, I'd write the plugin myself and just give it away.
But I've never had any formal programming training.
The thing that I LOVE about LiveCode the most is that it is such an easy way 
for a person to learn programming concepts AND fairly quickly start creating 
actual programs that do something.
So, I am echoing Richard in saying that I wish someone with the ability 
would create a plugin allowing us to add notes to the Dictionary.
AND if there is anything I could do to help with that project, please let me 
know.
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
To: <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Maiden speech from an old man


> larry wrote:
>
>> I've said it before and I'll say it again: I wish RunRev would allow
>> me to add MY OWN notes to the Dictionary.
>
> I've said it before* and I'll say it again:
> I wish anyone here wanted this sort of notebook badly enough to just
> write it as a plugin.
>
> I appreciate your submitting an enhancement request for this:
> <http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10887>
>
> That's a necessary first step, and given sufficient resources I'm sure
> the team would love to add that themselves.
>
> But with LC being open source, RunRev has a sizable full-time staff
> working on a tool that is given away for free to a majority of its
> users.  Right now the main priorities are completing the features
> already on their plate, so anything like this is unlikely to be
> actionable for many months.
>
> Open source software is a wonderful gift, but it works best when it
> creates a gift economy in which everyone who relies on LiveCode
> considers what they want from the platform, find those things they can
> take care of themselves, and then do it.
>
> We've seen some great strides in this budding open source process
> already, with many new features and enhancements brought to the engine
> through contributions from Monte Goulding, Jan Schenkel, Mark Wieder,
> and many others, and I'm pleased to report that as of this morning all
> of the IDE "FIX" items have been confirmed and folded into the main
> branch for the next build - thanks to Mike Kerner, Mark Wieder, and others 
> for providing those.
>
> As you wrote:
>> I wish RunRev would "shore up" their existing project
>> before moving on to other stuff.
>
> That's very much their focus.
>
> Which is why I find suggestions like yours potentially exciting 
> opportunities for the community to take care of the simpler things that 
> can be done outside of the main branch.
>
> A notebook plugin that ties in with the Dictionary wouldn't take long to 
> make, and for those who want it would be a nice thing to have and share.
>
> If anyone here has sufficient interest in starting this project I'd be 
> happy to make a section in the forums where your team can flesh it out and 
> see it through to completion.
>
>
>> Just my opinion, so please don't flame me. Larry
>
> On the contrary, it's a good suggestion and an excellent example of the 
> sorts of things we as a community can do for ourselves to get immediate 
> results now, leaving the core dev team to complete their engine 
> commitments.
>
>
> * <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-March/199733.html>
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  LiveCode Community Manager
>  richard at livecode.org
>
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