Changing extention on script only stack

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed Jan 8 18:33:31 EST 2020


Aha. You old edge-case, you.

:)

On 1/8/20 2:16 PM, Greg (Pink) Miller via use-livecode wrote:
> I could just copy the script into the stack script at build time, but I was
> hoping not to.
> 
> Here's the story... this particular program is being developed on a
> painfully old and slow machine. Livecode's script editor works horribly on
> this machine, there is a horrible lag in typing and cutting, copying and
> pasting are at best hit or miss. Using an external program to edit the main
> script is the only productive way to edit. I was hoping not to have to
> switch around too much at compile time, especially if I have to undo it
> when going back to editing.
> 
> Being able to change the extension for script in the built version would be
> the best option.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 1:37 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is there a reason not to just put the script into a button and set the
>> stack behavior to that? That's what I do when I don't want extra files in
>> my build.
>>
>> Sometimes the old ways are best.
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>> On January 8, 2020 12:28:44 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/8/20 7:58 AM, Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> One option to eliminate the external file altogether would be to make
>> it a
>>>> substack prior to building.
>>>
>>> I have a PR in progress to allow script-only stacks to be substacks.
>>> It's currently partially working.
>>>
>>> --
>>>   Mark Wieder
>>>   ahsoftware at gmail.com
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