Sorting cards problem, and a link

[Rick Harrison]

Ouch!  That’s why I always charge an hourly rate,
and never quote by the job.

Here’s hoping you solve your problem soon!

Rick

> On Jan 2, 2022, at 1:17 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> On 1/1/22 11:30 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote:
>> I’ve been looking at the exchange of messages here which had made me
>> want to ask, why are you sorting cards at all?
>> Wouldn’t it be easier just to use array pointers or an index for the cards.
>> You can sort the pointers however you like and the cards never have to
>> move at all according to your sort.  You can do all of your sorting
>> experiments that way, and just go to the correct card that your
>> pointer index tells you to go to.  It might be quicker too.
> 
> In hindsight, you bet. This was one of those jobs I thought would take a day or so, squeezed in over a weekend between my long-term project. A quick export/import, minor visual adjustments, and done. The existing scripts were minimal, mostly one-liners dating back to a novice using HC. In fact, the only scripts I actually added were to convert some duplicate buttons to popups and adjust for Cmd-F so it would work the way he was used to instead of opening the LC Find dialog.
> 
> And mostly it did work, thanks to LC's compatibility. I hadn't planned on doing anything major and bid as such. If I'd known ahead of time there was going to be a problem I might have set up an alternate method to start with.
> 
> But then my curiosity took over, so I posted here and now it's a puzzle to be solved. When that happens I find it hard to let go. If no here can figure it out I'll probably fix it off the clock and write off the time.
> 
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