I release this has been requested for a long long time as I (still) think there is no functionality out of the box to reduce the leading of text objects.
Are there other plugins I’m not aware of that solves this lack of functionality?
Interested to hear your experience and what other solutions there are etc.
Thanks!
There is no way (that I know ) short of:
Although we can make functions for it, corona could use an API for this stuff, or extend the display,newText API with further parameters.
how do i do that?
**MODIFIED**
I modified this post because my original post was… mean, and I saw no reason to keep it intact.
The useful part is still here:
At the risk of hijacking this thread (sorry norman), and hoping you don’t think I’m a complete jerk now (50% is OK). Let me ask a serious question.
When posting here, is it sort of like having a conversation or a delayed messaging (i.e. not IM) for you?
I’m older, so to me this is more like a place where I expect well phrased and thought out questions followed by deep and nuanced responses.
At the end of the day, I expect the Forums to be a wealthy repository of interesting and detailed questions + solutions.
Instead, I often see a bunch of one or two line posts and responses. This is just weird to me, but… then maybe I’m just not with the times.
Thanks for your time if you answer, and apologies to norman for side-tracking this thread.
I didnt see that one coming :(
It saddens me a little that you didnt send me a message in private about your issue with my posting, instead of doing it in public…
Suppose when one has all the experience you have with programming, know corona sdk and enterprise inside out, and clearly have been programming for a very long time, many things are obvious to you and much on the forum can seem mundane.
I have 13 months of programming under my belt with no real programming background so it is all done by trial and error while trying to understand the documentation. Some of the simplest functions, in fact just the concept of functions, is relatively new to me.
My most recent eureka was discovering, understanding and realizing the usefulness of pcall(), which solved a problem i’ve been struggling with for months. Something you’d solve in seconds.
So while my knowledge is limited, I try to reply on the forum if I feel that I may have something to contribute, but if I at the same time I irritate people with my forum “style”, i think i prefer to be less active.
Just let me say one thing though, a forum per definition is a place where discussions take place in the spirit of helping eachother out. If the information exchange format, and the dictation of such, is more important than the actual information exchanged, i believe everyone lose on it.
Sorry if there are errors in my language, I’m not native english speaking either.
Let me apologize publicly. I was a bit of a jerk.
I am afraid my response must have seemed like a public shaming. While it is hard to set tone in posts… I must admit over the last year my replies have become more grumpy.
My grumpiness comes from interactions where certain individuals (no longer here) didn’t put in effort when posting and really didn’t seem to appreciate the effort I and others put in to help them.
You are not that type of person, so you shouldn’t get lumped in with my irritation with those persons.
I can tell you are working hard with Corona and interested in getting better at using it.
In closing, I hope you’ll continue to ask and answer questions here. Meanwhile I will do my best to be nicer.
Sincerely,
Ed M.
Hi Ed,
I appreciate you apology and character to do so, thank you.
Lets just leave it at that and move on.
Regarding people not appreciating efforts made to help, I’ve noticed that you sometimes truly go all in to help with code and such, or so it looks to me. Maybe because its easier for you, but my thoughts on the subject are these:
If I’m stuck and want to ask for advice, Im more grateful for pointers than complete solutions in code. It’s better for me to learn thing from advices instead of solutions. I know some people love to copy n paste code snippets, but I’m not one of them. I cant use code I dont understand, and the best way to understand code is to write it myself. It takes more time, but its worth it.
Hints, pointers, directions, those things can be fast and easy to type but larger blocks of code, is not my thing, unless it is absolutely neccessary. When I see people posting those wallpapers of code and then asking why its not working or whats wrong, I think that in itself is wrong and stay away.
After all, we’re all in the same boat here with own projects and time limitations, if only at different levels.
There is no way (that I know ) short of:
Although we can make functions for it, corona could use an API for this stuff, or extend the display,newText API with further parameters.
how do i do that?
**MODIFIED**
I modified this post because my original post was… mean, and I saw no reason to keep it intact.
The useful part is still here:
At the risk of hijacking this thread (sorry norman), and hoping you don’t think I’m a complete jerk now (50% is OK). Let me ask a serious question.
When posting here, is it sort of like having a conversation or a delayed messaging (i.e. not IM) for you?
I’m older, so to me this is more like a place where I expect well phrased and thought out questions followed by deep and nuanced responses.
At the end of the day, I expect the Forums to be a wealthy repository of interesting and detailed questions + solutions.
Instead, I often see a bunch of one or two line posts and responses. This is just weird to me, but… then maybe I’m just not with the times.
Thanks for your time if you answer, and apologies to norman for side-tracking this thread.
I didnt see that one coming :(
It saddens me a little that you didnt send me a message in private about your issue with my posting, instead of doing it in public…
Suppose when one has all the experience you have with programming, know corona sdk and enterprise inside out, and clearly have been programming for a very long time, many things are obvious to you and much on the forum can seem mundane.
I have 13 months of programming under my belt with no real programming background so it is all done by trial and error while trying to understand the documentation. Some of the simplest functions, in fact just the concept of functions, is relatively new to me.
My most recent eureka was discovering, understanding and realizing the usefulness of pcall(), which solved a problem i’ve been struggling with for months. Something you’d solve in seconds.
So while my knowledge is limited, I try to reply on the forum if I feel that I may have something to contribute, but if I at the same time I irritate people with my forum “style”, i think i prefer to be less active.
Just let me say one thing though, a forum per definition is a place where discussions take place in the spirit of helping eachother out. If the information exchange format, and the dictation of such, is more important than the actual information exchanged, i believe everyone lose on it.
Sorry if there are errors in my language, I’m not native english speaking either.
Let me apologize publicly. I was a bit of a jerk.
I am afraid my response must have seemed like a public shaming. While it is hard to set tone in posts… I must admit over the last year my replies have become more grumpy.
My grumpiness comes from interactions where certain individuals (no longer here) didn’t put in effort when posting and really didn’t seem to appreciate the effort I and others put in to help them.
You are not that type of person, so you shouldn’t get lumped in with my irritation with those persons.
I can tell you are working hard with Corona and interested in getting better at using it.
In closing, I hope you’ll continue to ask and answer questions here. Meanwhile I will do my best to be nicer.
Sincerely,
Ed M.
Hi Ed,
I appreciate you apology and character to do so, thank you.
Lets just leave it at that and move on.
Regarding people not appreciating efforts made to help, I’ve noticed that you sometimes truly go all in to help with code and such, or so it looks to me. Maybe because its easier for you, but my thoughts on the subject are these:
If I’m stuck and want to ask for advice, Im more grateful for pointers than complete solutions in code. It’s better for me to learn thing from advices instead of solutions. I know some people love to copy n paste code snippets, but I’m not one of them. I cant use code I dont understand, and the best way to understand code is to write it myself. It takes more time, but its worth it.
Hints, pointers, directions, those things can be fast and easy to type but larger blocks of code, is not my thing, unless it is absolutely neccessary. When I see people posting those wallpapers of code and then asking why its not working or whats wrong, I think that in itself is wrong and stay away.
After all, we’re all in the same boat here with own projects and time limitations, if only at different levels.