I appreciate all this effort to improve the Dictionary.
But I feel the discussion about allowing EACH LC user to personally modify
the Dictionary with his/her own notes is being overlooked.
I think it is crazy that LC only allows notes in the Dictionary that have
been reviewed by the staff.
I WANT to add my own notes to the Dictionary, edit the examples, etc. In
short, I don't want to wait around for the LC Community to fix MY
Dictionary.
I do not think this is an unreasonable request.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Hausser" <jacques.haus...@unil.ch>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: how to disturb newbies
Le 26 oct. 2014 à 03:27, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> a écrit :
Again, I FULLY SUPPORT Richard's recommendation that if anyone notices
any
errors or even believes there should be better examples, Notes, Tips or
inclusions in the Dictionary and User Guide, then PLEASE submit them to:
http://quality.runrev.com/
Whilst they may not appear in the next cycle, I do appreciate that an
improved Dictionary is being worked on, and like LC itself, that has come
forward leaps and bounds in the last year, I'm sure all the corrections
the
Community adds to the Bug DB in relation to the Dictionary will
eventually
come back to us in the form of much better documentation.
After entry in the Bug DB, a quick post to this List giving everyone here
a
heads up of what you've found would also be much appreciated.
I fully agree. The dictionary is very important to shape the first
impression of newcomers about LC. I have read and heard several
disparaging comments about the documentation which are a very negative
publicity for this fantastic product. I perfectly understand that it is
far more interesting and stimulating for the small staff in Edinburgh to
develop new features - and they are brilliant at that - than devote time
and energy to do the house cleaning on the documentation. But it's a vital
part of how their work is appreciated outside. I would suggest Kevin to
establish a weekly "hour of dictionary cleaning" for everybody. Most of
the dictionary problems could be solved in such a short time.
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Biophore / Sorge
University of Lausanne
CH 1015 Lausanne
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