Search Rev docs "at the speed of thought"

[Mark Swindell]

Very cool.  What I'd like when searching is to return ALL instances of 
the search in ALL categories at once... not have to predefine where I 
want to search before the fact.  Not doing so  presupposes knowledge 
that doesn't necessarily exist.  Also, there is an extra step by 
invoking the search dialog... a visible field with the search would be 
more intuitive than chosing a category and filling in a dialog.  Still, 
a great, usable, useful stack.  Thanks.
Mark

On Mar 16, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> That depends of course on the permeability of your synapses and the 
> quality of the thought. In many cases the applied search routines will 
> be faster.
>
> As announced two weeks ago, the alternative search stacks for the XML 
> files of the Rev Documentation (version 2.5.1) are now available for a 
> first inspection.
>
> Average search-and-display-time with the "SearchDocs XML" stacks is 
> less than 100 milliseconds (e.g. for the total 1496 files of the 
> "Dictionary") on a WindowsXP computer with 2 GHz and somewhat more - 
> but still below 200 milliseconds - on a Mac G4 with 667 MHz.
>
> Download the Revolution and Metacard search stacks from 
> <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia/Screenshots.htm>.
>
> Any searchstring can be used, single words or a sequence of words 
> (like "move the insertion point"), which is not possible with the 
> filter and search routines of the Rev Documentation.
>
> The "Dictionary"-, "Faq"-, "Topics"- and "Glossary"-folders of the 
> Revolution "Help" directory can be searched. The results are displayed 
> in the field on the right with the searchstring colored and the 
> XML-file addresses inserted as links. Clicking on such a file link 
> displays the complete article in the left field - again with the 
> searchstring colored. If the article itself contains links these are 
> again displayed for further reference.
>
> The parsing routines for the XML files include sections developed and 
> designed by Richard Gaskin in his "MCTranscript Dictionary", which is 
> also intended to bring the richness of the Revolution  Transcript 
> dictionary to Metacard aficionados.
>
> Metacard user need to copy the Revolution Help folder into their main 
> folder of the MC IDE. For cosmetic reasons - to be able to display 
> some of the inserted Rev icons - one should also copy stack 
> "revicons.rev" into the Metacard folder.
>
> Revolution users must place their version of "SearchDocs XML.rev" in 
> the same folder with "Revolution.exe" (Revolution.app in MacOS) to 
> work properly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wilhelm Sanke
> <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia>
>
>
>
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