[ ANN ] Release 8.1.0 RC-1

[Richmond]

Thank you very much.

Richmond.

On 25.08.2016 20:51, panagiotis merakos wrote:
> 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
> --
>
> 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
>>>>>> Feedback
>>>>>>> ========
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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