Yeah, thought of that. I had a quick search around the IDE stacks but I can't find the dictionary data in there. There are some xml and various other files inside the Livecode package contents but I haven't had time to track everything down.
I'm pretty sure I remember someone posting on the list within the last couple of months about an alternative dictionary viewer, perhaps html based? Anyone remember that? I really wish I could find a way to have the Google desktop search deal with this but it appears that they've dropped it, at least for Macs. I did find a version of it online but when I ran the installer I got a message that it wasn't supported on my version of OSX (Snow Leopard) Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:51 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Pete. > > > I see what you want. If you could get the dictionary file data, you could > easily write this yourself. > > > Craig > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randall Reetz <rand...@randallreetz.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 2:44 pm > Subject: Re: Finding Tips > > > Yes, google has the code. Has published the code. Gives out the code. > Wants > people to use the code. Makes it easy to use the code. Ect. Etc. Etc. > And the > code doesn't build content. It uses pre-existing content. It just builds > an > internal index much the same way that it builds an index of the entire web. > Once the index is built, searches, in the google style, with results as you > have > described, are easily handled by their free and well documented and > automated > code. And of course such functionality would be very useful regardless of > a > user's level of expertise. > > Randall Lee Reetz > > On May 5, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Pete wrote: > > > Hi Craig, > > > > I guess I don't really consider myself a particularly experienced user - > I'd > > put myself around about a 4 on an experience scale of 1 - 10. I know > quite > > a lot about particular segments of LC's capabilities and practically zero > > about others. So when I need to start figuring how to do something in > those > > zero-knowledge segments, I need all the help I can get! That's partly > what > > this suggestion is about. > > > > As far as a keyword search on the dictionary, I think perhaps I didn't > > explain things very well. Think of it as a Google search. I'd key in > > "date" and I'd get a series of links that would show the dictionary > keyword > > and it's summary followed by a couple of lines of text from the entry > that > > include the word date. That would get me "date", "DateItems", dateFormat, > > dateTime, is a, centuryCutOff and most likely a bunch of other entries I > > don't even know exist (or at least haven't made the connection with). I > > click on a link that interests me ( "is a" in this case) and I see the > whole > > dictionary entry for that link. > > > > I do agree that what I'm suggesting is beyond the scope of the current > > dictionary application, but the information needed to provide that type > of > > functionality is all in the dictionary files. Now I come to think of it, > I > > wonder if Google has a way to index a specific file? > > > > > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com/> > > - Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:50 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > > > >> Pete. > >> > >> > >> I see what you are saying, and I know you are an experienced user. But > what > >> you are asking may be beyond the scope of any dictionary. Searching for > >> "date" gives, well, "date", and also "dateItems", "dateTime", > "dateFormat" > >> and others. It does not seem appropriate that methods of date validation > be > >> included there, rather only a precise definition and syntax. > >> > >> > >> It is a bonus that examples are included, as well as user notes. And I > >> always tout the "see also" stuff. All that seems like lagniappe. > >> > >> > >> Anyone remember "Tricks of the Hypercard Masters"? After an LC Danny > >> Goodman, that is what you are really yearning for. > >> > >> > >> Craig > > > > > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > My URL: http://www.randallreetz.com > My Computation/Information/Evolution/Economics Theory blog: > http://www.complexitymetric.blogspot.com > My "CLINE / computation language intelligence nature evolution" meetup > group: > http://www.meetup.com/CLINE-meetup > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
