[EOL] glx2 script editor

[Mark Wieder]

Now that LC8 is out I'm offically announcing an end-of-life for the glx2 
script editor.

There is an LC bug that renders glx2 unusable on linux - it still works 
fine on osx, and as far as I know, on Windows, although I haven't 
bothered testing that. There's really no incentive for the LiveCode team 
to fix the bug, as it so far only has an impact on the script editor, 
and only on linux. I do appreciate the time the team has put into trying 
to fix it so far, but the ROI isn't there to narrow this down.

http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15617
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16880

The glx2 script editor is still available online at

https://bitbucket.org/mwieder/glx2/downloads

and will continue to be there. I'm not getting rid of it, I'm just not 
working on it any more. Linux is my main operating system, and has been 
for some years now. If I can't use tools, especially code that I've 
written myself, then there's no point in maintaining them. The latest 
version is GLX2_Code19_beta7.zip. I had hoped this bug would be fixed so 
that I could release a real version 19, but that's something that has to 
be done at the engine level, not from a scripted level.

Feel free to grab the script editor, use it on other operating systems, 
do what you want with the open-source code, etc. Have fun, don't hurt 
yourselves, look both ways when crossing the street.

-- 
  Mark Wieder
  ahsoftware at gmail.com