HyperCard Basics

[Richmond]

On 18/09/14 11:52, Jonathan Cooper wrote:
> I loved the simplicity of HyperCard's cmd-F "Find", so I created my own in LiveCode:
>
> on commandKeyDown whichKey
>     switch whichKey
>        case "e"
>           global prevFindString
>           ask "Find:" with prevFindString
>           find it
>           if the result <> "" then beep
>           put it into prevFindString
>           break
>        case "g"
>           global prevFindString
>           find prevFindString
>        default
>           pass commandKeyDown
>     end switch
> end commandKeyDown
>
> Now, when I want to find some text in the current stack, I press cmd-E, start typing, press enter. To find subsequent occurrences, I press cmd-G.
>
> I tried scripting the message-box, to make it work just like HyperCard, but I couldn't get it to work for some reason. Can't remember why – it was a long time ago (when LiveCode was still called "Revolution").

That's marvellous, and goes to prove how extensible the Livecode 
interface is.

Richmond.

>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Cooper
> www.doctordada.com
>
> On 18/09/2014, at 9:18 AM, use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
>
>> -- It is true that there is no "go" menu, and you have to script your own find. What has replaced it, with cmd-F, is the find and replace gadget. Much more flexible and powerful, if less quaint.
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