encrypting script-only stacks

[Kaveh Bazargan]

That’s a great idea. :-)

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 18:30, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> My thought was that you'd use the text files during development and then
> save them as binary with encryption for the final build.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On January 14, 2020 11:38:06 AM Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > The benefits of SoS are so important that I would hate to have to go back
> > to binary again. Nothing like having pure text files to version, back up
> > etc. so I am also hoping for an elegant solution to encode these in
> > standalone.
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 17:31, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Sure, and with the extra benefit that you wouldn't have to expose your
> >> code to end-users.
> >>
> >> That is, unless there's a way to include SoS in a standalone that
> >> includes encryption, such as an automated method in the Standalone
> Builder.
> >>
> >> I couldn't find one, but it seems like such a pervasive issue for the
> >> class of devs most likely to use SoS (pros dependent on VCS) that I'm
> >> hoping I just missed something.
> >>
> >> --
> >>   Richard Gaskin
> >>   Fourth World Systems
> >>
> >>
> >> Jacque wrote:
> >>
> >>  > Wouldn't a binary script-only stack be the library stack we already
> >>  > have now?
> >>  > --
> >>  > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> >>  >
> >>  > On January 14, 2020 9:55:01 AM Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >>  >
> >>  >> Since script-only stacks contain only a script with no properties,
> >>  >> they have no password property, and thus cannot be encrypted.
> >>  >>
> >>  >> I had thought that including them in the Stacks pane of the
> >>  >> Standalone Builder might convert them to binary substacks, where
> >>  >> the password could apply.  No dice.
> >>  >>
> >>  >> Is it a bug that script-only stacks can't be imported into the
> >>  >> stackfile to become binary substacks?
> >>  >>
> >>  >> --
> >>  >>  Richard Gaskin
> >>  >>  Fourth World Systems
> >>
> >>
> >>
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