lcb missing manual

[Mike Kerner]

I don't know why you would.
Libraries that aren't trying to get into system-level API's don't need to
be there.

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 12:56 AM Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Agreed -- I've put off LCB because I don't much bother with widgets. I
> suppose I could update Navigator, but it already works well, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>
> So if it isn't faster, dare I say it, why would I?
>
> gc
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 5:54 AM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > It would be interesting if lcb was slower, since it's supposed to be
> > lower-level.
> > The demo that Steven did, demonstrating the speed of populating a
> polyGrid
> > (lcb widget) vs. a dataGrid (lcs group) was that it was much, much
> faster.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 5:58 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > > LCB has been slower than LCS, but the advantage is that you can easily
> > > link to much faster compiler code.  I’m not sure if that has changed
> > any… I
> > > could pull out some code from a while back where we were doing some
> speed
> > > tests.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Aug 30, 2022, at 5:31 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <
> > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a page that discusses the pros of LCB? I looked and didn’t
> > > find it.
> > > >
> > > > I’m thinking of a simple list (I’m making this up because I didn’t
> find
> > > the page)
> > > >
> > > > — N times faster execution than LCS
> > > > — interface with code libraries using simple hooks
> > > > — bundle code and graphics together into widgets
> > > >
> > > > More?
> > > >
> > > > gc
> > > >
> > > >>> On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:27 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
> > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 8/28/22 11:06, Mike Kerner wrote:
> > > >>> the lcb documentation, especially in the api widget is ungreat.
> > > >>> the good news is that as long as there is an oss repo version of
> LC,
> > > you can hunt for some of the information that is missing. AND, at least
> > for
> > > now, you can still find much of it in the LC application
> > > >>> example: as i was hunting, i found a bunch of editors, but none of
> > > them seem to be documented anywhere obvious.
> > > >>
> > > >> Yep - I find most of my documentation by digging.
> > > >>
> > > >> The lack of colornames just bit me earlier this week and I had to
> > > backpedal and code a list of a dozen color names as "R,G,B". Even the
> > > "#FFFFFF" format isn't accepted.
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Mark Wieder
> > > >> ahsoftware at gmail.com
> > > >>
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."