Make substack a mainstack?

[Peter Bogdanoff]

I had that same experience. The Inspector no longer allows you to change a stack from being a substack.

Peter

On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can also do it from the message box.-- set the mainstack of stack
> "mystack" to "mystack"
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Alan wrote:
>> 
>>> Using LC 8.1, if I get the stack properties for a sub-stack, I can no
>>> longer set the substacks mainStack property to be itself - i.e.
>>> making it an independent stack. This used to be possible in previous
>>> versions.
>>> 
>>> Is this a bug or is there another method of doing it these days?
>> 
>> Everything in the IDE is scripted, so anything you've seen the IDE do is
>> something you can also do.
>> 
>> If you clone a substack it'll create a new copy with no filename attached
>> to it.  You can then delete the original, rename the clone, and use
>> File->Save, which will prompt you to set a file name for it.
>> 
>> You may also be able to use the mainstack stack property for that.
>> 
>> --
>> Richard Gaskin
>> Fourth World Systems
>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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