Lock screen challenge

[Geoff Canyon]

Yep, that makes sense. Looks nice!

On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 1:28 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> One option to use an external editor would be ScriptTracker.  You could
> export the scripts, do your bulk changes, and then import them back.
>
> Brian Milby
> brian at milby7.com
>
> > On Nov 22, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > A random thought: if you converted to script-only stack behaviors first,
> > then you would have a bunch of text files you can use whatever tool you
> > like on.
> >
> > gc
> >
> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:25 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> >> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for "lock
> >> screen". A search with
> >> LC's Find utility says there are 723 instances that may need to be
> >> changed. Right now they look
> >> like this:
> >>
> >> lock screen
> >> -- do any number of things
> >> unlock screen with <effect>
> >>
> >> These all need to be changed to:
> >>
> >> lock screen for visual effect
> >> -- do any number of things
> >> unlock screen with visual effect <effect>
> >>
> >> The challenge is that not all "lock screen" commands use a visual
> effect,
> >> some are simple
> >> lock/unlock pairs. I need to automate this. The visual effects are not
> all
> >> the same. Some
> >> handlers have multiple instances of locking the screen with or without a
> >> visual effect.
> >>
> >> I'd use a regex if I could, but back references aren't supported (or are
> >> they now?) I really
> >> don't want to do this manually.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> >> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> >>
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