One problem that I have working with MetaCard is screen clutter--I work
at 1024x768, and that's not really big enough to fit all the windows I
end up opening: my project, the properties palette, the help index, the
navigator (are there keyboard equivalents in the development environment
for go next, go prev, etc.?) the control browser, a script window or two,
a help topic, etc., etc.
When I worked with SuperCard, I often used SuperEdit (the older
development environment of SuperCard). SuperEdit is faster and allows
multiple script windows doesn't have the built-in help that SuperCard
has. You can't open SuperEdit and SuperCard at the same time easily, so
in a flash of inspiration, I made a standalone out of the help stack, and
voila, I had SuperCard's help alongside SuperEdit.
Now I've done the same in MetaCard. I compiled the help stack into a
standalone, and so far it seems to work pretty well (a few visual
anomalies, but not functional problems). The big advantage is that I can
have the help index, and a couple help topics open, and easily put them
all behind my project, or even hide them, without having to get rid of
them.
Anyway, I've typed too much for such a simple thing, but _I_ feel
liberated, anyway! :-)
gc
