Help: Odd menu behavior under LC6.7.11 on OSX

[J. Landman Gay]

For the text issue you can set the theme of the stack to "legacy" and it 
will use the old settings.

What bug are you seeing? 	
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On January 12, 2017 5:43:08 AM Roger Eller via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 6.7.5 is my poison of choice.  8.x gives an error when it opens.  Bug was
> reported several times, but it's still there, even in the latest.  Also, my
> Windows applications are tightly spaced in the UI department, and 8.x text
> spacing goes crazy. It would take a lot of time to go through everything
> and adjust the text spacing.
>
> ~Roger
>
> On Jan 12, 2017 3:16 AM, "Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode" <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> If you want to talk about a "perv": I'm currently using 7.1.4 for all my
>> development work.
>>
>> Richmond.
>>
>> On 1/12/17 12:02 am, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Richmond:
>>> > Well, the first question anyone is going to ask is why
>>> > on earth you are using 6.7.11?
>>>
>>> Don't forget to use "OMG/LOL/derisno/perv" as in for example: "OMG, why
>>> are you using 6.7, are you a total perv? Derisno past! LOL." :)
>>>
>>> There is a history to every product, and not only do we learn a lot by
>>> comparing past to present, but the latest version of LC that people take
>>> for granted owes a lot of fixes and some features to Paul in particular due
>>> to his meticulous work and testing, providing a huge benefit to the entire
>>> community!
>>>
>>> It's wonderful to keep up with recent LC releases, especially where Apple
>>> is concerned, but sometimes circumstances and LC bugs/features can affect
>>> the speed of that process. Then you have people who grab the latest DP,
>>> precisely because it is the very latest thing, and get confused trying to
>>> tell the difference between their own bugs and DP bugs. I help people with
>>> that often enough to know that a chorus of "just grab the latest" is advice
>>> that needs clarification.
>>>
>>> Paul:
>>> > We are seeing a weird menu rendering issues under OSX
>>>
>>> I believe this menu issue is also a current bug in LC 8.1.2! Haven't
>>> tried it yet in LC 9, but I will soon. LC 6.6 was okay, so it must have
>>> been introduced in 6.7 and remained until now.
>>>
>>> Craig:
>>> > I am hunkered down in v6 until I can swallow the new "look"
>>> > of v8/9. The only thing I really miss from those is the new
>>> > multi-char itemDelimiter.
>>>
>>> Change for the sake of change keeps some people incredibly happy, others
>>> less so! The new interface does take some getting used to, and the old
>>> interface definitely had its strengths too, as I've realized lately with
>>> certain particular tasks and with teaching others. Much to learn from
>>> comparing and critiquing LC versions, enjoying the very latest as well as
>>> some past specimens!
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Curry Kenworthy
>>>
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>>> http://livecodeconsulting.com/
>>>
>>>
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