OpenXTalk Lite Retro Edition...

[richmond62]

As per this above, might also be worth working on a mac with no previous LCC or OXT install

Yeah, Well, it was all very well for Queen Christina of Sweden to have an operation to restore her virginity (mainly because she regretted "learning Philosophy" with Rene Descartes), but I don't have a system that has not already been 'fertilised" by LiveCode that I can afford to return to a pristine state.

[tperry2x]

What about running Snow Leopard in a VM then?

[richmond62]

What about running Snow Leopard in a VM then?

Life is way to short at the moment as getting prepped for my start of term on Monday.

[tperry2x]

Life is way to short at the moment as getting prepped for my start of term on Monday.

So, to join up the dots...

I wonder if this is going to 'sit' as it is, or be upgraded?

Precisely. Same issue here. Lack of time.

[richmond62]

Poking around I see that the retro version is derived from a pre-.livecodescript version of LC: so the revMenuBar file is JUST a stack, so, should (in theory: prepare for hollow, horror-film style laugh) be relatively easy to muck about with.

WHOOPS: I was wrong:
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[tperry2x]

Yeah, it's not inter-operable. You need to treat it as a separate beast from anything based on LCC9.x.x

[richmond62]

a separate beast

I hope you are not getting personal.

[tperry2x]

We are all monkeys pretending to be civilised, and we are all different beasts.
I'm running on a legacy engine.

[richmond62]

Listen, mate, if you are running on a legacy engine, consider what I am running on at 62: I am considering changing my family name to 'Steam-Punk'.