How do I Create a Custom Property, part 666

[Klaus Major]

Hi David,

> Hi Klaus :-)
>
> Well I just tried it and it works just fine my way. Doing it the way 
> you suggest just addes more lines of code to the script.
>
> Here is sample code to demonstrate:
>
> on mouseUp
>   put empty into myLineList
>
>   put myLineList & "Line1" & return into myLineList
>   put the number of lines in myLineList into myLineCount
>
>   put myLineList & "Line2" & return into myLineList
>   put the number of lines in myLineList into myLineCount
>
>   put myLineList & "Line1" & return into myLineList
>   put the number of lines in myLineList into myLineCount
>
>   if line 1 of myLineList = line 3 of myLineList then
>     beep
>   end if
> end mouseUp

Will beep and have 3 (?) in myLineCount...

This is very strange!!!

I put myLineList into a field and set its listbehaviour to true...

Guess what!
You can select an empty line 4!!!

> This avoids the if endif on EVERY append operation performed 
> myLineList as discusseed earlier.
>
> To avoid the case where the last line does not have a terminator, you 
> can do this:
>
>   if the last character of the last line of myLineList is not return 
> then
>      put the last line of myLineList & return into the last line of 
> myLineList
>   end if

Or shorter:

   if char -1 myLineList <> CR then
      put CR after myLineList
   end if

But i still don't get the point :-(

> ...
>> LINES are defined by the "linedelimiter" which is in fact the CR.
>>
>> If we decide (like you suggested) to use the CR as an itemdelimiter, 
>> we would not be
>> able to differ "lines" anymore, because there is NO linedlimiter 
>> anymore to differ them...
>> So we would have to define another linedelimiter first :-)
>>
>> And that would be the "END OF THE LINES" like we used to know, and 
>> therefore not acceptable :-)
>
> I really don't understand what you mean, but as I say the above sample 
> works just fine, so it's a moot point really!

As is said, this is probably a semantic problem ;-)

> ...
> But it works that way anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!! So by definition it's 
> better!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>> And maybe because i know that it is idle to question things that 
>> won't change.
>> (...in the near and distance future... Just like the way the engine 
>> handles lines)
>
> So do I, cos it handles them the way I expected them to be 
> handled!!!!! No need to change anything.

Sorry, don't understand a word..

We are probably talking about the same thing, but from VERY different 
angles...

Where did you say are you living? ;-)

> All the Best
> Dave

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de