HyperCard Basics

[Richmond]

On 18/09/14 07:42, Alain Farmer wrote:
> No, n-o-t microsoft-office! No-ooooo! ;-)
> HyperCard had LOTS of keyboard shortcuts.
> Recent-cards was a cool feature, but I didn't use it much.

I never use it: I just thought, on reading 'HyperCard Basics' it might 
be fun to stir the pot.

Although a Recent Cards feature with a load of thumbnails might be, 
indeed, a cool feature.

AND, various interesting responses have been posted . . .

> It would be easy to recreate it with LiveCode.
> Only the thumbnails were missing in the MetaCard version (aka FreeGUI).
> OTOH i don't think there is much-interest in this; not enough to warrant a recode.
> Nice chatting with you, Al.
>

I'll second that about Microsoft Office.

Perhaps . . . if I can find the time, I'll make a merry little list of 
all the keyboard shortcuts.

I use a Nostromo Gamepad as a way to quickly navigate around and do all 
sorts of repetitive tasks
whilst I am programming: obviously that would not be possible without 
all the keyboard shortcuts
Livecode possesses.

"works and looks like the software that I already use"

Is so subjective it shouldn't be bothered with.
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Why does this make me think of lazy slobs who are not prepared to make 
an effort to learn a bit?

Similar comments: "I couldn't change from Windows to Linux because I 
would have to learn how to do everything all over again."

"LibreOffice is just not Microsoft Office." - you're dead right it's 
not: that is one of its greatest strengths.

"I cannot give up disposable diapers and move to proper underpants 
because that would mean I would have to learn how
to clean my bottom." . . . whoops, perhaps I should slap myself on the 
wrist (or bottom) for that one.
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Let's see what software I use:

Word-processing: Appleworks 6 [either on my G5 or the Windows version 
via WINE on Linux]

E-mail: Thunderbird and TenFourBird [Mac PPC version of Thunderbird]

Graphics: GIMP [This, I believe stands for 'GIMP Is More than Photoshop' 
. . . :) ]

Right: anyone for making Livecode look like Appleworks? . . . LOL
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Slapping antiquated Hypercard-like interfaces on Livecode is also fairly 
daft as
that restricts access to the vast amount of things one can do with Livecode
which Hypercard never dreamt about.

Richmond [back in the hood with a vengeance].