Bug 20117: new rc2 sets a backdrop, and preferences for same

Matthias Rebbe matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de
Wed Jul 19 07:28:00 EDT 2017


I am sorry, but my French is not so good. Google translate gave me the following translation to English:

* Everyone to his taste but this, o, ent it is not a choice!
I would like a digestive.

But still wondering what you wanted to say.
(The German translation was even more confusing)




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> Am 19.07.2017 um 12:54 schrieb Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
> 
> *Chacun à son gôut mais à ce ,o,ent c'est pas un choix!
> 
> Je voudrais un digestif.
> 
> Richmond.
> *
> On 7/19/17 1:17 pm, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
>> Me too. Especially when my desktop is once again messy. And that happens quite often.
>> 
>> The backdrop function in LC even made me write a little tool which does something similar and layers over the whole desktop to hide the mess. Very useful when i demonstrate something to others on my computer.
>> 
>> Matthias
>> 
>> 
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>>> Am 19.07.2017 um 11:10 schrieb Roger Eller via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>>:
>>> 
>>> Personally, I have always liked, and often used a light gray backdrop to
>>> minimize distractions from the OS.  It makes LiveCode feel more like a
>>> unified environment.
>>> 
>>> ~Roger
>>> 
>>> On Jul 19, 2017 4:55 AM, "Mark Waddingham via use-livecode" <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2017-07-19 08:56, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Even that is a "load of old Bollo"; I'm sure that a lot of people
>>>>> trying out LiveCode for the first time
>>>>> are going to go "gae quair" when they see their desktop vanish.
>>>>> 
>>>> Possibly - but until you test such a thing, a statement either way is just
>>>> conjecture... Hence why we are testing it!
>>>> 
>>>> Admittedly, this was perhaps a slightly riskier test then something like
>>>> the handler menu; although had it actually *only* affected people who were
>>>> still in 'first run' mode... No-one on this list would have probably
>>>> noticed, thus it would not have occasioned any comment.
>>>> 
>>>> There will be an RC-3 which fixes that problem at least - whether or not
>>>> the auto-backdrop will be kept (in first run mode) will be largely down to
>>>> what the analysis of results of the testing say.
>>>> 
>>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Mark.
>>>> 
>>>> --
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