Substack vs. Library Stack

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Bill,
Well I certainly agree with your comment about being cumbersome to edit
large scripts in one editor window. and I can see why your substack idea
would make it easier to manage/edit smaller scripts.  In fact I might take
a look at that idea myself but utilizing a separate library mainstack with
substacks according to functionality groups.

Thanks for the idea.

Pete
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:10 PM, William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org>
wrote:

> Peter:
> Yeah, but it’s very cumbersome to deal with thousands of lines of code in
> one edit window. And, then I can divide the substacks by functionality and
> pull what I need for other applications.
> Bill
>
> > On Apr 30, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> > There's nothing wrong with what you're doing but you can get the same
> > functionality by putting your "library " handlers in your mainstack
> script,
> > no need to start using it then.
> >
> > Pete
> > lcSQL Software
> > On Apr 29, 2015 3:30 PM, "William Prothero" <prothero at earthednet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Peter:
> >> Ok, if that makes it a library stack, then I’m using it as a library
> >> stack. BUT, it’s also a substack. So I guess in this instance, they are
> the
> >> same thing, functionally at least. One of the nice differences is I
> don’t
> >> have to provide a file path to the start using command. Don’t know if
> >> libraries require this, because I haven’t really tried to use
> “Libraries”
> >> per se.
> >> Best,
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>> On Apr 29, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Maybe I'm confused over what you're doing but "start using" is how you
> >> make
> >>> a stack available as a library so you're already using a library, not a
> >>> substack.
> >>>
> >>> Pete
> >>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
> >>> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and
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> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:37 PM, William Prothero <
> >> prothero at earthednet.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Scott:
> >>>> I use substacks as code libraries in a large project. The substack
> >>>> handlers are callable (without specifying the substack name) from any
> >> other
> >>>> substack and also from the main stack. It is like having a giant stack
> >>>> script. Of course, you have to “Start using mySubstack” to make the
> code
> >>>> available. You can also remove the substack and use it elsewhere and
> >> attach
> >>>> it to another main stack by setting its mainStack property. e.g. set
> the
> >>>> mainStack of this stack to “myMainStack”.
> >>>>
> >>>> I find it very convenient. But, as I get more familiar with Livecode,
> >> I’ll
> >>>> like the libraries approach.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Bill
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Apr 29, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Another thing about libraries: they can have substacks if needed. Of
> >>>> course, substacks can't.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Phil Davis
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 4/29/15 10:36 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> >>>>>> I imagine you'll get a lot of responses to this, but one reason to
> >> use a
> >>>>>> library is its code is available to all open stacks in LC:
> functions,
> >>>>>> commands, etc.  Sort of like having a backscript for all open
> stacks,
> >>>>>> instead of just one.  A substack doesn't do this.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Another frame of reference that might help is the difference between
> >>>>>> behaviors and libraries: code in behaviors is object-specific,
> >> available
> >>>>>> only to those objects that have the behavior assigned to them, while
> >>>> code
> >>>>>> in libraries is universal, available to all objects anywhere, and
> >>>> doesn't
> >>>>>> require any assignment.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Other people will probably chime in with additional insights.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Scott Rossi
> >>>>>> Creative Director
> >>>>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/29/15, 9:56 AM, "Mike Kerner" <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have not read a straight answer on this, yet.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Library stacks vs. substacks why use one vs. the other?  I don't
> see
> >>>> any
> >>>>>>> clear advantage to Libraries, per se, even for...libraries.
> >>>>>>>
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