3WDevolution question

William Prothero waprothero at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 01:27:53 EDT 2018


Richard:
Here’s what I found on the palette thing. I’m no longer worried about the backdrop because it was just me not seeing that there was a LC toolbar menu item that would turn it off. In fact, I may have been blaming Devo incorrectly, when it was LC’s responsibility.

If you, in 9.0.1 RC 2 or 3, drag the 4W toolbar to the right, lift the mouse, then drag it back to the left, I see it refusing to be dragged fully to the left. In LC 8.2.0, it acts normally, but in  LC 9.0.1 RC3, it won’t return all the way left. It seems like it’s trying to leave space for the IDE Tools palette, but it doesn’t matter whether it’s visible or not.

Richard, I can live with this. I’m on a Mac. It should be very easy to replicate, if it’s happening on your computer. I wonder if there was some change in the messaging in 9.0.1 versions that causes this.

Best,
Bill

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 8:12 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> William Prothero wrote:
> 
>> Folks (Richard?):
>> Ok, I know this is really easy, I did it when I first installed it,
>> and I’m probably just not seeing something, but ……..
>> 
>> I’m on Apple, 10.13.3 and LC 9.0.1
>> 
>> How do I get rid of the white background that covers the desktop when
>> 4WDevolution is launched? I have gotten used to Devolution and like
>> it, but it has become a bit annoying lately.
> 
> Thanks for writing, Bill.  I got your email as well, still catching up
> on my In Box after the long holiday weekend.  Replying here is just as good.
> 
> 4W devo does not alter the IDE's backdrop settings.  And unfortunately,
> I'm not able to reproduce that here.
> 
> If you open LC's Prefs you should be able to turn off the backdrop from
> there.
> 
> If you have any other details which might help me reproduce that I'll be
> happy to see what I can do, but AFAIK there are no interactions between
> 4W devo's prefs and LC's.
> 
> 
> 
>> Second question: Since 9.0.1 RC1 of livecode, the 4WDevo tool palette
>> will not stay on the left side. It is exactly offset to show both the
>> LCE tools palette and the 4WDevo tools palette. But, if I want to
>> toggle between them, having it offset is a pain. I can move it over
>> using the Desktop feature of 4WDevo, but then it pops back to the
>> right after clicking on the 4WDevo palette. Or, just drag it to the
>> right, then it won’t drag back to the left where it started.
> 
> Another oddity that I'm afraid I can't reproduce.  But then again, I
> spend relatively little time in LC with the IDE's Tool Palette open.
> I'll play around with it and see what I can find.  If you come up with a
> step-by-step recipe for me to follow that would help.
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
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> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
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