AW: vertical text?

[Roger Eller]

This is really the first mention I've seen of the resource requirements of
certain widgets.  Assuming that overhead is minimal just because it is so
darn easy to add to a stack will be our downfall.  :)

~Roger


On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> hh wrote:
> >> Jonathan L. wrote:
> >> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind
> >> the "always on top" aspect of browser widgets.
> >
> > Right, but only to a certain degree.
> >
> > LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the
> > javascript of a browser widget.
> >
> > The very basic widget linked above, for example ...
> > ... allows the user to select _any_ textfont on _his_ system
> > or available in the stack.
> > ... can have everything outside the rotated box transparent.
> >
> > Both is not doable in a browser widget (and not by _any_ browser).
>
> No to mention that using a browser widget means adding an entire browser
> process to your LiveCode application.
>
> It's great when you truly need an embedded web browser, but for small
> one-offs like this I'd be reluctant to add the extra RAM and disk space
> requirements.
>
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