[OT] LC's Fields of the Future

[Kevin Miller]

LiveCode is for verticals, of which there are many to which it is greatly
suited. The new field features support those and there is a much more
flexibility in there now, not least the textChanged message allowing a
great deal of custom control. However we would not recommend it for
developing the next Word.

There may not be full Unicode in 5.5 but we have made *significant*
progress with the addition of Unicode chunks in fields and decoupling of
the language from text font and styles. Those using Unicode are going to
find it a whole lot easier.

Kind regards,

Kevin

Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
LiveCode: Unleash Your Killer App




On 24/02/2012 15:31, "Ken Corey" <ken at kencorey.com> wrote:

>On 24/02/2012 14:36, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> With 5.5 it's now possible to make a decent word processor, and a few
>> hundred other things besides....
>
>A word processor!?!?!
>
>Aren't we straying a little far from the right-tool-for-the-job
>territory here?
>
>Especially with something with such religious overtones.  I can't image
>anyone is ever going to make an editor that is cross platform and yet
>keeps the majority of people happy.
>
>Of course, if you accomplish it, world peace might seem simple...:^)
>
>-Ken
>
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