Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-20 Thread J. Landman Gay

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

 On 19/05/2010 23:51, J. Landman Gay wrote:

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

 Using Help From Within the Script Editor
The Help System's Language Guide entries can be looked up 
automatically from within SuperCard's or
SuperEdit's script editor window. Simply hilite the word you wish to 
lookup and press Command-?. If the
help system is currently not running it will be launched and the 
Language Guide window will open to
the hilited entry. If the highlighted word is not a SuperTalk word 
the help system will tell you.


Yum!


We already have that.


That's funny; I tried that and it didn't work.


Sorry, as someone else said, you need to right-click in Rev and choose 
find in docs. Or easier, just click the Documentation pane at the 
bottom of the editor to see whatever word your cursor is in.


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Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson

 Using Help From Within the Script Editor
The Help System's Language Guide entries can be looked up automatically 
from within SuperCard's or
SuperEdit's script editor window. Simply hilite the word you wish to 
lookup and press Command-?. If the
help system is currently not running it will be launched and the 
Language Guide window will open to
the hilited entry. If the highlighted word is not a SuperTalk word the 
help system will tell you.


Yum!

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Andre Garzia
I use that all the time with netbeans... why don't we have something like
that implemented?

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Richmond Mathewson 
richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote:

  Using Help From Within the Script Editor
 The Help System's Language Guide entries can be looked up automatically
 from within SuperCard's or
 SuperEdit's script editor window. Simply hilite the word you wish to lookup
 and press Command-?. If the
 help system is currently not running it will be launched and the Language
 Guide window will open to
 the hilited entry. If the highlighted word is not a SuperTalk word the help
 system will tell you.

 Yum!

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Andre-

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 12:57:46 PM, you wrote:

 I use that all the time with netbeans... why don't we have something like
 that implemented?

Control- or right-clicking the highlighted word too much work for you?

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Andre Garzia
:-O x 1

I never knew that... Thanks Mark, that is even better!
(how could I live without it)

I mostly use tRev these days, even so, it is very good to know.

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote:

 Andre-

 Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 12:57:46 PM, you wrote:

  I use that all the time with netbeans... why don't we have something like
  that implemented?

 Control- or right-clicking the highlighted word too much work for you?

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Andre-

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 1:11:16 PM, you wrote:

 I mostly use tRev these days, even so, it is very good to know.

tRev does pretty much the same thing (but better IMO): check out
Terms from the popup menu...

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
Even better, the terms pane, if left open, will give you the definition for any 
word the cursor is in. 

Bob


On May 19, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

 Andre-
 
 Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 1:11:16 PM, you wrote:
 
 I mostly use tRev these days, even so, it is very good to know.
 
 tRev does pretty much the same thing (but better IMO): check out
 Terms from the popup menu...
 
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 mwie...@ahsoftware.net
 
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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Andre Garzia
I wish I could lock the definition so that it would not change when I start
typing the parameters...

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote:

 Even better, the terms pane, if left open, will give you the definition for
 any word the cursor is in.

 Bob


 On May 19, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

  Andre-
 
  Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 1:11:16 PM, you wrote:
 
  I mostly use tRev these days, even so, it is very good to know.
 
  tRev does pretty much the same thing (but better IMO): check out
  Terms from the popup menu...
 
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  mwie...@ahsoftware.net
 
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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread J. Landman Gay

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

 Using Help From Within the Script Editor
The Help System's Language Guide entries can be looked up automatically 
from within SuperCard's or
SuperEdit's script editor window. Simply hilite the word you wish to 
lookup and press Command-?. If the
help system is currently not running it will be launched and the 
Language Guide window will open to
the hilited entry. If the highlighted word is not a SuperTalk word the 
help system will tell you.


Yum!


We already have that.

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Bob Sneidar
I see your point. That would be a good request to Jerry. 

Bob


On May 19, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:

 I wish I could lock the definition so that it would not change when I start
 typing the parameters...

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Re: Reading the Supercard manual #2

2010-05-19 Thread Richmond Mathewson

 On 19/05/2010 23:51, J. Landman Gay wrote:

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

 Using Help From Within the Script Editor
The Help System's Language Guide entries can be looked up 
automatically from within SuperCard's or
SuperEdit's script editor window. Simply hilite the word you wish to 
lookup and press Command-?. If the
help system is currently not running it will be launched and the 
Language Guide window will open to
the hilited entry. If the highlighted word is not a SuperTalk word 
the help system will tell you.


Yum!


We already have that.


That's funny; I tried that and it didn't work.
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