Make substack a mainstack?

[Paul Dupuis]

I would consider the removal of that feature (the ability to change the
mainstack of a substack - including to itself) from the IDE a "bug". Has
anyone filed a bug report on this?

On 9/26/2016 11:38 AM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
> I had that same experience. The Inspector no longer allows you to change a stack from being a substack.
>
> Peter
>
> On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can also do it from the message box.-- set the mainstack of stack
>> "mystack" to "mystack"
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Using LC 8.1, if I get the stack properties for a sub-stack, I can no
>>>> longer set the substacks mainStack property to be itself - i.e.
>>>> making it an independent stack. This used to be possible in previous
>>>> versions.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bug or is there another method of doing it these days?
>>> Everything in the IDE is scripted, so anything you've seen the IDE do is
>>> something you can also do.
>>>
>>> If you clone a substack it'll create a new copy with no filename attached
>>> to it.  You can then delete the original, rename the clone, and use
>>> File->Save, which will prompt you to set a file name for it.
>>>
>>> You may also be able to use the mainstack stack property for that.
>>>
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