if the freesize of this stack >= maxSize then doMenu "Compact Stack"
go stack "Home"
if the freesize of this stack >= maxSize then doMenu "Compact Stack"
go stack "Briefs"
if the freesize of this stack >= maxSize then doMenu "Compact Stack"
repeat with lineNum = 1 to number of lines in gcaseList
get line lineNum of gcaseList
go stack it
if the freesize of this stack >= maxSize then
doMenu "Compact Stack"
end if
end repeat
pop card
unlock screen
set the lockMessages to false
end if
end mouseUp
-- part 12 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: 2004
-- rect: left=271 top=267 right=309 bottom=317
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 645 / 645
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Updater
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
answer "You don't need to update yet!"
end mouseUp
-- part 2 (field)
-- low flags: 81
-- high flags: 0007
-- rect: left=67 top=162 right=337 bottom=448
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 0
-- font id: 2
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: info
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
hide card field info
end mouseUp
-- part contents for card part 2
----- text -----
These are the Debate Coach stacks, a series of stacks to assist high school and college debators in organizing their evidence and arguments. Other researchers will probably find these stacks useful, too.
ΓÇóWhat does it do? Basically, you make a stack for every case. Each card in the stack contains one evidence card, including the full source, a slug, and a list of key words. The cards can be sent to the printer one at a time, or sent to files for further formatting in a word processor.
ΓÇóWhat about constructing arguments? Using the Briefs stack, you can select the cards you want in the brief and send the brief to a text file for further formatting. If you have access to TeX and LaTeX, you can write the file with most of the formatting commands automatically inserted.
ΓÇóStacks in this distribution: Included in this distribution are the "Debate Coach," "Evidence," "Briefs," and "Home" stacks. Any others are probably Case stacks from other people.
ΓÇóKnown problems:
┬░Printing a single card always sends a formfeed to the printer. If it didn't do that, you could generate briefs "on the fly." I hope to change this in a future version.
┬░Sometimes the file creator isn't written correctly. It doesn't happen very often, and only under unusual circumstances. But this only means that you can't double-click on a file to launch its parent application.
┬░Most functions do simple error-checking, but you can easily get around it. If you do, some things may not work correctly.
┬░Probably lots of other minor things.
ΓÇóCopyright: The Debate Coach stacks are copyright 1990 by Barry J. Berenberg. Some parts (XFCNs and XCMDs)are copyright the Trustees of Dartmouth College, Jon Wind, and Nigel Perry.
ΓÇóLicense: These stacks are distributed as freeware. You are free to make as many copies as you like, and to distribute them, but you may not charge for them or use them in any commercial/shareware product. This notice must accompany any copies of these stacks.
You may modify these stacks in any way, but you may not distribute modified stacks (stacks with only evidence added to them are not considered modified). If you want to develop a commercial product from these stacks (e.g. an electronic handbook) please contact me.
ΓÇóDonations: If you find these stacks useful, you may want to send a donation to our debate squad. Any money you send will go into our general fund, which is mostly used to send qualifiers to the national tournament every June. Donations are probably tax deductible. (No one makes a profit from these donations.)
Suggested donations: Individuals, $5.00; teams, $20.00; debate camps, $50.00. If you send at least $5.00, I'll put you on a mailing list and send you notices of updates and new products by U.S. mail.
ΓÇóAddresses for bug reports, suggestions, etc.:
┬░e-mail
bxb@lanl.gov
┬░U.S. mail
Barry Berenberg or Nick Nelsen
Los Alamos High School
1300 Diamond Drive
Los Alamos, NM 87544
ΓÇóFuture Products: Look for upgrades to the Debate Coach stacks. Planned improvements include:
┬░Better formatting of plain text files.
┬░More extensive search capabilities.
┬░Improved tools for selecting cards for briefs.
┬░Ability to print formatted briefs directly from the Briefs stack.
┬░Ability to copy cards or parts of cards from one stack to another.
┬░Importing of evidence from text files. (Useful if you have a scanner and OCR.)
Also in the works is Extemp Coach, a set of stacks to help organize extemp files and run extemp draws.
