LiveCode

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File Format
Name LiveCode
Ontology
Extension(s) .rev, .livecode
PRONOM fmt/1919, fmt/1920, fmt/1921, fmt/1922, fmt/1923
Type Code RSTK
Wikidata ID Q105861169
Released 1997

LiveCode is cross-platform development software similar to Hypercard.[1] Originally named Metacard, then Revolution, now LiveCode.[2] For a number of years there was an open-source community edition of LiveCode[3], but was closed in 2021.[4]

Format Description

LiveCode uses extensions REV and LIVECODE. Metacard and early Revolution version 2 used a shell style format with the ascii header,
#!/bin/sh # MetaCard 2.4 stack.[5]

Version 2.7 has header "REVO2700"
Version 5.5 has header "REVO5500"
Version 7.0 has header "REVO7000"
Version 8.0 has header "REVO8000"
Version 8.1+ has header "REVO8100"

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References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCode_(company)
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCode
  3. https://github.com/livecode/livecode
  4. https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/06/livecode_interview/
  5. https://github.com/livecode/livecode/blob/develop/engine/src/stackfileformat.h
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