Editing Large Scripts is Faster

[Ali Lloyd]

Yes, I completely agree that this is a problem which needs a solution. But
the fact remains that we currently don't have one.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 12:02 AM Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
wrote:

> Ali Lloyd 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.
> >> >>
> >>
> >
> > It's not harder. I'm saying it can't be accepted as a community
> > contribution, because whichever way you slice it, it involves binary
> > stacks.
>
> It's on a computer, Ali - ultimately everything is binary. :)
>
> Let's not let Github's limitation impede meaningful work.
>
> What we need is a way to ensure that the changes applied are the changes
> we want.
>
> Format is a distant second to that, merely a means to that end and
> something we can overcome.
>
> Let's brainstorm ways to fix this critical problem holding up so much of
> the work we could be sharing.
>
> It may not be Github, but it doesn't have to be.  Github was designed
> for C programmers working on the Linux kernel.  Different problem,
> different tools.  If we need a uniquely-LiveCode solution to assist with
> some parts of IDE development, well, it wouldn't be the first time
> LiveCode's unusual nature requires fresh thinking.
>
> After all, the reason we're all here is because LiveCode isn't like
> everything else.
>
> Let's do this.
>
> --
>   Richard Gaskin
>   LiveCode Community Manager
>   richard at livecode.org
>
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