This is kinda of off subject... but I still think hj needs to make a jaws
for unix
Jason
At 10:00 PM 11/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Dennis and JFW listers.
>
> Dennis, fors ome time now, I have wanted to spend some time composing
>mucht he same letter you just sent.
>
>Quote:
>Give me a detailed script/function reference manual, and a question answered
>now and then, and I'm a fat happy camper, off in my little script-filled
>world!
>
>
>I, too, believe that the primary quality of JFW lies in the program's
>scripting language, a fact that is obviously clear to HJ since user macros
>have been an essential component of their platform since the very beginning.
> I, also, am dismayed by the fact that, the immense power of the scripting
>language notwithstanding, HJ has, for some inscrutable reason, chosen to
>keep its trump card in a dark corner. While the script manual, produced by
> contract some time ago, helped immensely, especially for beginners, there
>remains serious deficiencies in documentation with respect to some of the
>more complex functions available in the scripting language. Moreover, and
>a very serious drawback, I think, some of the functions, detailed as fully
>operational in the scanty documentation that does exist, simply do not
>work. As a programmer, delighted with the flexibility and power the
>scripting language gives me, I share your frustration in having so little
>documentation of use to advanced script writers. Although one must
>acknowledge that large, productive companies like Henter-Joyce must
>establish priorities that coinside with marketing demands, one would hope
>that, in future releases, the company will recognize the true potential of
>the strongest tool available in any screen navigation program available,
>the scripting language that allows we users to gain access to applications
>that foresee only mice scurrying across busy screens.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>
>Jerry
>
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