[ ANN ] Release 8.1.0 RC-1

[Mike Kerner]

hmmm, a good idea, letting the user right-click in the message box to edit
the font sizes, or having a settings card...

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you very much.
>
> Richmond.
>
>
> On 25.08.2016 20:51, panagiotis merakos wrote:
>
>> I am not sure if this is the expected behavior (i.e. to first open the
>> Script Editor so as to get the msg box text colorized), so I filed a bug
>> to
>> investigate this further.
>>
>> http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18265
>>
>> Best,
>> Panos
>> --
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes; you are quite right.
>>>
>>> I opened the scriptEditor and then the messageBox.
>>>
>>> It might not be a bad idea to put that into the documentation.
>>>
>>> Thank you, Richmond.
>>>
>>> On 25.08.2016 20:14, panagiotis merakos wrote:
>>>
>>> I think you must have opened the script editor first
>>>> On 25 Aug 2016 18:11, "Richmond" <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> At the risk of sounding very stupid indeed . . .
>>>>
>>>>> I installed 8.1.0 rc 1 and typed this into the Message Box:
>>>>>
>>>>> put 5 into AA
>>>>> add 1 to AA
>>>>> put AA
>>>>>
>>>>> and saw no colourisation at all. What did I do wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Richmond.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25.08.2016 17:01, panagiotis merakos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice to hear that, Mike. The 8.1 RC1 release is great IMO, because
>>>>> apart
>>>>>
>>>>>> from 80+ bug fixes,  it contains a lot of enhancement requests,
>>>>>> including
>>>>>> keyboard navigation in the Project Browser, script colorization in the
>>>>>> msg
>>>>>> box and some more:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pulls?q=is%3Apr+lab
>>>>>> el%3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%
>>>>>> 3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Panos
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Mike Kerner <
>>>>>> MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am really excited about 8.1.  I've been working with it for a while.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several nifty things in here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, panagiotis merakos <
>>>>>>> panos.merakos at livecode.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear list members,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Getting the Release
>>>>>>>> ===================
>>>>>>>> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> via
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the automatic updater.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Release Contents
>>>>>>>> ================
>>>>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1 contains 85 bug fixes and new features since the
>>>>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 DP3 release. Moreover, this release contains many
>>>>>>>> documentation updates and engine fixes contributed by Devin Asay,
>>>>>>>> José
>>>>>>>> Antonio Meira da Rocha, Charles Warwick, msiskin, Skipis and
>>>>>>>> beda123.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The full release notes are available from:
>>>>>>>> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/8_1_0/LiveCodeNotes-
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 8_1_0_rc_1.pdf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feedback
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."