Fwd: Plain text library stacks

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2015-04-23 07:37, Peter W A Wood wrote:
> Is it possible to load a Library stack in plan text format from another 
> stack?

Yes - although we've not explicitly published details on the feature yet 
:)

However, if you want to play around with it then from the message box 
try:

create script only stack "MyLibraryStack"

Then

edit script of stack "MyLibraryStack"

You can save the stack in the normal way but the only thing it will save 
will be the stack script - the file on disk is just a UTF-8 text file.

We've been using this to great effect in the IDE where a good number of 
libraries and non-UI stacks are now script-only - the motivation being 
that they work in version control just like a lower-level language 
source file.

In addition with 6.7.5-rc-1 and 7.0.5-rc-1 we've added the ability for 
the behavior property to reference stacks - this has a nice synergy with 
script only stacks. (Before anyone asks - there are no plans to extend 
behaviors to any other object type at the moment, stack references were 
addable without a file format change hence why its occurred).

I should point out that the script-only-stacks are 'caveat scriptor' in 
the sense that the engine will only ever save the stack script when you 
save one, it will not warn you if you've put anything else beyond a 
stack script on the stack (whether it be custom properties or other 
objects), nor will it stop you from making it have anything beyond a 
stack script.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.


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