>I don't understand what you mean. Both the TYPE and SELECT commands >appear to function the same in Revolution as they did in Hypercard, >in Hypercard type would be sent as though you typed it on the >keyboard, so whatever object had the keyboard focus in Hypercard >would get the text typed.
Ian, yes, but as Ken is spot-on in pointing out what if no field has the keyboard focus? See the next email for a recipe for a frequent freeze in these circumstances in Revolution - which is what gave rise to my email in the first place. I'm separating it out to catch the Rev team's eye. >I wouldn't agree that "type" needs a "relation" to select, I might >want a button that times something where my user chooses to focus >the keyboard (i.e. They've clicked in the right field manually). >So it isn't always the case to have to do a select. I agree it wouldn't always be necessary, but that is a minor point compared with someone having no idea how to get it working when they do wish to program it completely. >As a side note (and not to harp on the docs... Jeanne has done a >fabulous job on this so far, BTW), my suggestion would be in the >next rev to add a I would also like to say that my email was not intended for a moment to be an attack on the docs - just a suggestion. (I was and am a proud possessor of Hypercard 2.0 The Book, and a Jeanne Devotee.) Mike Yates _______________________________________________ improve-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution
