[ ANN ] Release 8.1.0 RC-1

[panagiotis merakos]

I am not sure if this is the expected behavior (i.e. to first open the
Script Editor so as to get the msg box text colorized), so I filed a bug to
investigate this further.

http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18265

Best,
Panos
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes; you are quite right.
>
> I opened the scriptEditor and then the messageBox.
>
> It might not be a bad idea to put that into the documentation.
>
> Thank you, Richmond.
>
> On 25.08.2016 20:14, panagiotis merakos wrote:
>
>> I think you must have opened the script editor first
>> On 25 Aug 2016 18:11, "Richmond" <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> At the risk of sounding very stupid indeed . . .
>>>
>>> I installed 8.1.0 rc 1 and typed this into the Message Box:
>>>
>>> put 5 into AA
>>> add 1 to AA
>>> put AA
>>>
>>> and saw no colourisation at all. What did I do wrong?
>>>
>>> Xubuntu 16.04 64-bit.
>>>
>>> Richmond.
>>>
>>> On 25.08.2016 17:01, panagiotis merakos wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice to hear that, Mike. The 8.1 RC1 release is great IMO, because apart
>>>> from 80+ bug fixes,  it contains a lot of enhancement requests,
>>>> including
>>>> keyboard navigation in the Project Browser, script colorization in the
>>>> msg
>>>> box and some more:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pulls?q=is%3Apr+lab
>>>> el%3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%
>>>> 3Aenhancement+milestone%3A8.1.0-rc-1+is%3Aclosed
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Panos
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
>>>> >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am really excited about 8.1.  I've been working with it for a while.
>>>>
>>>>> There are several nifty things in here.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, panagiotis merakos <
>>>>> panos.merakos at livecode.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear list members,
>>>>>
>>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Getting the Release
>>>>>> ===================
>>>>>> You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>
>>>>>> via
>>>>>
>>>>> the automatic updater.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Release Contents
>>>>>> ================
>>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 RC-1 contains 85 bug fixes and new features since the
>>>>>> LiveCode 8.1.0 DP3 release. Moreover, this release contains many
>>>>>> documentation updates and engine fixes contributed by Devin Asay, José
>>>>>> Antonio Meira da Rocha, Charles Warwick, msiskin, Skipis and beda123.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank
>>>>>
>>>>> you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The full release notes are available from:
>>>>>> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/8_1_0/LiveCodeNotes-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 8_1_0_rc_1.pdf
>>>>>
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