Fat widgets

[Matthias Rebbe]

Kevin,

is it possible to get that script or is it not for the public?

Regards,
Matthias

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> Am 08.07.2017 um 12:32 schrieb Kevin Miller via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
> 
> What we do one one large project that uses widgets and moves between 8 and
> 9 is to automatically recompile them on startup using a script. The logic
> is simple - if a try determines the widget library functions are not
> running and available, uninstall the widget, recompile it and reinstall
> it. Its pretty much instant to do that and its mean that (in this project
> at least) we¹ve stopped thinking about this issue.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Kevin Miller ~ kevin at livecode.com <mailto:kevin at livecode.com> ~ http://www.livecode.com/ <http://www.livecode.com/>
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> On 08/07/2017, 11:22, "use-livecode on behalf of hh via use-livecode"
> <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> on behalf of
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
> 
>> This is the current situation:
>> [*] A stack that contains a widget that is compiled with LC 8.1.5
>> can not be used with any other LC version than LC 8.1.5,
>> [*] A stack that contains a widget that is compiled with LC 9.0.0
>> can not be used with any other LC version than LC 9.0.0
>> 
>> Mark Waddingham did recently already post thoughts to that here (see
>> below).
>> 
>> Option (1) below is the build of "fat widgets" that contain several
>> binaries,
>> one for each currently valid widget format. Would be great, thus one
>> could be
>> "downward compatible" in LC 8/9.
>> 
>> Is there any chance to enable such "fat widgets" in the short future?
>> [And how is this solved for the current company-widgets (Clock etc.)?]
>> 
>>> On Jun 16, 2017; 11:10 Mark wrote:
>>>> [MatthiasRebbe wrote:] Mark,
>>>> regarding to recompiling widget for newer LC version:
>>>> If i use LC 8 and 9, do i have to recompile it every time i use the
>>>> other version?
>>> 
>>> Right now - yes - the lcm (compiled LCB) formats are not compatible.
>>> 
>>> There are a couple of potential solutions:
>>> 
>>> 1) Make it so that multiple LCM versions can sit in the same extension.
>>> We can package up the lcb toolchain for each version as a distinct
>>> download to help with this.
>>> 
>>> 2) Have a plugin in the IDE which fetches a git repo containing a widget
>>> (or widgets) and compiles them locally. lc-compile is really lightweight
>>> and bundled into the IDE so doing this automatically is quite
>>> straight-forward.
>>> 
>>> Case (1) would work for people wanting to distribute lce files which
>>> people can just install on their machine. Case (2) is suitable
>>> particularly for community widgets - it would mean that anyone
>>> subscribing to a particular 'widget repo' could get updates as soon as
>>> they are pushed by the maintainer.
>>> 
>>> I think it is worth doing (1) regardless - it is a simple matter of
>>> having say 'module.8.lcm' and 'module.9.lcm' files. The 9 format is
>>> unstable until we go GM, but the 8 format is now 'stable' - i.e. won't
>>> change ever again.
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