Editing Large Scripts is Faster

[Richard Gaskin]

Charles Warwick wrote:

>> On 4 Sep 2015, at 12:25 pm, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 09/03/2015 10:52 AM, Ali Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>> That requires a backport, as the script editor in 8 has scriptified
>>> behaviors and a widget for the variable viewer.
>>
>> I must be missing something. Charles detailed the changes that need to be made to the revscripteditor.rev script for LC7. Why is that any harder than any other fix to IDE stack scripts? The fact that LC8 uses scriptified stacks shouldn't even come up in that discussion.
>>
>> I'd be happy to make the changes for you if it's too much work, or maybe if you ask nicely Charles can send you the stack he's already modified and save us both some work.
>
> For anyone who wants to use this feature on LC7, a copy of the modified stack is here:
>
> https://github.com/techstrategies/livecode-ide/blob/feature-7.0-hander-filter/Toolset/palettes/revscripteditor.rev?raw=true
>
> Simply download and copy that stack over the top of the existing one of the same name.

Thank you Mark Wieder for offering to update the v7.1 IDE, and to 
Charles for having already done so.

This is exactly the sort of community engagement we've been discussing 
with the team recently, I hope they take advantage of your efforts to 
implement that useful enhancement in the next build of the IDE.

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  LiveCode Community Manager
  richard at livecode.org