Stacks whose names start with "rev"

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:

 > On 10/9/18 1:16 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
 >> If the cantEdit is false but the mode is reported as 2, that sounds
 >> like an engine bug.
 >
 > Probably not so much a bug as a design decision. The engine seems to
 > enforce mode 2 if it thinks the stack is an IDE stack.

I don't believe that's an engine thing, likely an IDE thing.

And if the team is able to work on their stacks, there must be a way you 
can work on yours.


 > I'd like to see this convention removed, and have the engine check for
 > a custom property or something similar. There are cases where a stack
 > name does need to start with "rev", but even if it doesn't it is going
 > to throw off new users. It's an artificial legacy limitation that
 > doesn't have to exist.

Good call. A custom property seems much simpler for everyone.

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