Documentation on expressions??

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Geoff Caplan <geoff at advantae.com> wrote:
> Jan,
> 
> JS> Just a quick pointer :
> 
> Thanks - very helpful.
> 
> But I think that this rather sums up the
> documentation. It was hard to
> find in the first place, and when you do find it, it
> doesn't actually
> give the syntax: you have to look up over a dozen
> entries in the
> dict...
> 
> And if you go to the list archives to check you are
> not about to post
> a FAQ you find they are not searchable... this is
> just plain daft - it
> puts more strain on their support resources and to
> the kind souls who
> help out newbies on the list.
> 
> It all makes it that much harder than it should be
> to evaluate the
> product: I bet it loses them a lot of sales.
> 
> ------------------ 
> Geoff Caplan
> 

Hi Geoff,

You're not going to hear any objections to a good FAQ
from me -- and I'm willing to bet the only reason
there isn't one at this point is a lack of resources
at RunRev HQ.

At this point in time, most of the information is
provided by volunteers, in various forms.
- there is <www.sonsothunder.com> where the Developer
section hosts very interesting information
- the mailing list archives can be searched at
<http://mindlube.com/cgi-bin/search-use-rev.cgi>
- and there's RevNet, a plug-in that provides a handy
interface to examples, tips, etc.
And then I'm happily skipping over revJournal.com and
so many others.

Anyone looking for more information on xTalk
programming languages, can find plenty of information
about HyperCard ; and nearly all of this knowledge
will be applicable to Revolution scripting.

For people who are just starting out, Dan Shafer has
written an excellent book (volume 1 available, more on
the way, published through Revolution Press)
<http://www.runrev.com/resources/shaferbook.shtml>

The best news for the documentation is that you can
expect some serious changes for the best very soon, as
Runtime Revolution has made a commitment to improving
the documentation dramatically for the next version --
so stay tuned !

Best regards,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)


	
		
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