Newbie Question

[Devin Asay]

Welcome, Simon.

On Mar 28, 2007, at 2:54 AM, Simon HARPER wrote:

> Thanks for this, and it's much appreciated.
>
> Regarding the online dictionary, it seems to be different on the  
> mac - the tutorials suggest you can use a drill down approach  
> looking for say messages or commands and then locating the one you  
> want (serendipitous browse) however on my mac I seem to only be  
> presented with just a huge list and expected to know the name of  
> the command I want (targeted search). Is there anyway to get the  
> browse facility?

The search facility is more of a filter search. It will search the  
glossary, dictionary, and getting started docs and will match any  
entry in which the search term occurs. So a good strategy is to  
search on a term you think describes the functionality you want to  
implement. Most likely you will find something that will lead you to  
what you need.

HTH

Devin


Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University