Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

[Bob Cole]

Thanks to Jacque's suggestions, I was able to construct a stack that lets you display a random page from the Dictionary. 
I just uploaded it to RevOnline as "Dictionary Random Picks."
It is a simple stack but there is always room for improvement.  
Please let me have your thoughts for any changes.
Have fun exploring the Dictionary.
Bob

Message: 4
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:26:16 -0600
From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
Subject: Re: Random button for Dictionary

On 1/9/11 9:47 PM, Bob Cole wrote:
I am often delighted to learn new techniques through this livecode-dev list and the use-livecode list. There are many commands and features of LiveCode the I know well but I think there are numerous capabilities that I simply do not know, yet.  In reading these lists, I use the dictionary frequently.  There is so much information in it that I sometimes think it would be nice to have a "Random" button in the dictionary's tool bar that will display a random page.  It would be a fun way to explore.
Alternatively, is the Dictionary a stack (it does not show in the stacksInUse result) or does it have an API so we could create our own Random button?

This sounded like a cool idea. It's easy to do. Make a stack with a list 
field and a button. Load the list field with dictionary entries (you can 
do this from the message box):

	put the commandnames &cr & the functionnames &cr& the propertynames into fld 1

That'll get most of the terms I think, except for control structures. In the button:

	on mouseUp
	  set the hilitedline of fld 1 to random(the number of lines in fld 1)
	  revDocumentationGo (the selectedtext of fld 1)
	end mouseUp

I may use this myself in my copious free time. :)
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