Correct about the guide. A PDF is included which can be searched (help... user guide). There is a bug about the guide search. It is probably going to take JavaScript though.
Thanks, Brian On Apr 28, 2020, 3:44 PM -0400, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Bill, I think you’re right about the Guide not being searchable. I was going > to point it out myself, but I began to think that I had used up my grumbling > allowance, or at least I had not much left and needed to use it for other > things. > > Of course the Giude should be searchable! > > Graham > > Re grumbling - I have always been delighted by the way people on this list > come to each other’s aid. This ‘invisible college’ is a really essential part > of the LiveCode experience, I believe. I hope I say ‘thank you’ enough. > > > > > On 26 Apr 2020, at 23:52, prothero--- via use-livecode > > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Folks: > > I think Graham is doing LiveCode a favor by pointing out some of the ways a > > newby (even though he isn’t) might get messed up when learning LiveCode. We > > all get used to various approaches and newbies (even tho Graham isn’t) > > alert us to impediments for that very vital population of potential or new > > users. > > > > One thing that has bugged me is that when I click on the dictionary, I get > > a nice display of commands, etc, searchable. But when I click on the > > “Guide” tab, I get what looks like a very informative document. However, if > > I’m looking for a particular task and want to do a search, there is none. > > So, it seems to me like a very valuable newby document is crippled by the > > omission of a very basic feature. > > > > Or have I just missed something? > > > > Best, > > Bill > > > > William A. Prothero > > Santa Barbara, CA. 93105 > > http://earthlearningsolutions.org/ > > > > > On Apr 26, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > > > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 4/26/20 12:09 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: > > > > "globals are evil" > > > > But we use one array > > > > Global gConfigA > > > > and we stuff it with all manner of "things" including another arrays > > > > it turns about to quite useful > > > > > > Yes, I do what you and Jacque do as a workaround, of course. I recently > > > implemented a feature management infrastructure the same way, given the > > > lack of globally available constants. > > > > > > on preOpenStack > > > global g<app>Features > > > put "feature1,feature2,feature3" into g<app>Features > > > end preOpenStack > > > > > > ...some other stack > > > > > > global g<app>features > > > if "feature2" is among the items of g<app>features then > > > ... > > > > > > on closeStackRequest > > > delete variable g<app>Features > > > end closestackRequest > > > > > > great for A/B testing, rolling out new features without messing with > > > existing code, being able to roll back unwanted or not-working features > > > after beta testing... and would be so much cleaner if we didn't have to > > > resort to global variables and remember to put a reference to them in > > > each place they're referenced... > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Wieder > > > ahsoftw...@gmail.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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
