Completeness of Revo Docs

[Sarah]

Did you know that if you type a word into the "Find term" field of the 
Transcript Dictionary and then press Option-return, it will look for 
the text in the body of any Transcript entry rather than just in the 
title.

Sarah

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 07:35  am, Graham Samuel wrote:

> On  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:49:47 -0800 "Geoff Canyon" 
> <gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com> wrote:
>>
>> This url will list every occurrence of "seconds" in all of the docs, 
>> as well as some additional pages, since the wiki isn't just the docs 
>> anymore. It's really slow, so be patient.
>>
>> http://wiki.macitworks.com/revdocs/
>> search?search=seconds&casesensitive=false&and=true
>
> Thanks, this is certainly a good way to find every occurrence of 
> something... but I don't see it as particularly structured, as the 
> search turned up too many references for one to be able to read them 
> all.
>
> OK, I accept that I'm never going to get the ideal reference material, 
> but I would rather see (for example) 'second' and 'seconds' appear in 
> the Dictionary in normal alphabetical style with each usage discussed 
> in turn, which is what Richard Gaskin, Ken Ray and Chris Watson 
> managed with the SuperCard docs (see Richard's recent mail).
>
> Of course there are other ways of approaching what Transcipt can do 
> apart from just reading a dictionary: I very much appreciate those 
> sections of the docs discussing the 'how to' of specific areas of 
> functionality, and I am always keen to look at stuff on the underlying 
> structure, for example the message path, the divergence between 
> different platforms, etc etc - subjects which don't fit in with the 
> Dictionary approach. I appreciate that there is already excellent 
> material in the existing documentation, and I am really making these 
> points just to point to an ideal rather than in a spirit of grumbling. 
> Anyway I will certainly use the Wiki from time to time.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Graham
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