On 11-Sep-04, at 12:02 PM, GAmoore at aol dot com wrote:
Actually I really like the speed of the RB help system. It seems when
you
open the Excel help it takes a long time and has the stupid animation
which never
goes away. RBhelp is really fast. However, there is a nice
organization to
the Excel help where related functions are grouped together, and if
you are
trying to look how to do something but can't remember the name, you
can just get
to the right group.
The OLR has both Themes and Alpha. You can also search for words.
The RB system is great and I use it constantly (and I agree
with what someone said about the need to copy and paste - especially
working
on a powerbook with a 12 in screen where the help window takes the
whole
window), but there are times when I can't find what I need because I
don't know the
exact name of it.
You should be able to adjust it's size. It will remember it for a while
but sometimes it defaults to the original.
RealBASIC help should have examples that work in Windows, Mac and
Linux
environments even if three code examples were required to accomplish
this.
A good Feature request as most of the LR is Mac-centric by legacy.
Many topics natural to Mac programmers are totally foreign to Windows
and
Linux programmers so don't make assumptions!
Second, a publication that tells how common tasks that a programmer
would
encounter are accomplished.
Thats a great idea. Not everyone wants to make their own word processor
The current Tutorial just uses that as an example to introduce you to
file handling and some of the features in RB. A full blown WP is not
it's intent.
there are a number of common tasks related to files, databases,
graphics,
menus, windows, dynamic arrays, sockets etc. which seem to always have
a series of
related tasks. And there seems to be a more or less standard way of
doing
things, which could be spelled out clearly.
The new Tutorials? ;-)
There are a lot of things, which each person has to re-invent along the
learning curve which would allow RB to stand out even more as quick
and great
language.
That's what I think the folks at RS are aiming at.
Cheers,
Terry
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