Re: [Pipmak-Users] Unofficial Release of Pipmak Build 155 for Win32

[Christian W. <cwa...@gm...>]

Andrea Viarengo wrote:
> I have tried to use lua 5.0 but I always get a fastidious linker error about
> symbol  _HUGE (not found...!!??). 
> This error does not happen with compiled lib of lua5.1.
> Ok, I retry to compile lua 5.0.

I had no problems compiling Lua 5.0.3 with MSVC 6. I can send you the 
.lib and project files if that helps.

> I have tryed also texteditor feature that you are developping:
> 
> Probably there are still some errors in defaults.lua 
> in function pipmak_internal.texteditor(properties)
> sometime you check type of "patch"...instead "properties", 
> Have you copied the structure of the function from another lua function,
> and you have forgot to change some variable names?

Exactly, copy & paste error. Good catch, thanks - because it's only in 
the error checking I didn't notice that. Fixed in my working copy, I'll 
check it in together with other changes when they're done.

> I've correct this on my copy, and I get a working texteditor object, 
> But I never got the ibeam cursor...ok it is still in developping,
> but I am curious....I hope this can help you.

To get the I-beam cursor, and to make the text editor accept mouse 
clicks, you need to place a handle above it that takes care of that. It 
looks about like this in my working version of the Lua command line panel:

local te = texteditor { x = 15 + 3, y = 44 + 2, w = width-14 - 5, 
maxlength = 300 }
patch { x = 15 - 3, y = 44 - 3, w = width-14 + 6, leftmargin = 4.5, 
rightmargin = 4.5, image = "../1/textfield.png" }
handle { x = 15, y = 44, w = width-14, h = 17, cursor = pipmak.ibeam, 
onmousedown = function() te:mouse(true) end, onmousestilldown = 
function() te:mouse(false) end }

I currently consider text editors an internal, undocumented feature and 
intend to keep it that way until I have collected some experience with 
using them in the internal GUI. I hope I'll get around to finishing and 
checking in the Lua command line panel soon, so that you'll have an 
example to tinker with in the meantime.


  -Christian