Re: [Lazarus] External help dialog
On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:05:32 + Howard Page-Clark h...@talktalk.net wrote: The work being done to improve the Help functionality in Lazarus is much appreciated. One part of the newer interface that currently seems inadequate to me is the naming of the Macrofy button (Tools¦Options¦Help¦External). I think it is OK to name the underlying string function Macrofy, as a convenient neologism to describe the functionality. However, it does not work as a button label, being far too cryptic, and I think the hint description Replace common directories with macros (or something like it) should be part of caption of the control that initiates the macrofying. Such a long phrase is probably too verbose for a button caption, but the present terse Macrofy is just too odd (at least in English, perhaps it works better in other languages), and it is too short, lacking the immediately obvious meaning that the button will effect a replacement of directory path names with macro substitutions. I welcome the functionality, but think it needs to be presented to the user less cryptically. I changed it to use macros. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] External help dialog
On 04/3/12 5:57, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:05:32 + Howard Page-Clarkh...@talktalk.net wrote: The work being done to improve the Help functionality in Lazarus is much appreciated. One part of the newer interface that currently seems inadequate to me is the naming of the Macrofy button I changed it to use macros. Thanks. I think this will help new users understand its purpose better. Howard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] External help dialog
The work being done to improve the Help functionality in Lazarus is much appreciated. One part of the newer interface that currently seems inadequate to me is the naming of the Macrofy button (Tools¦Options¦Help¦External). I think it is OK to name the underlying string function Macrofy, as a convenient neologism to describe the functionality. However, it does not work as a button label, being far too cryptic, and I think the hint description Replace common directories with macros (or something like it) should be part of caption of the control that initiates the macrofying. Such a long phrase is probably too verbose for a button caption, but the present terse Macrofy is just too odd (at least in English, perhaps it works better in other languages), and it is too short, lacking the immediately obvious meaning that the button will effect a replacement of directory path names with macro substitutions. I welcome the functionality, but think it needs to be presented to the user less cryptically. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
