Richard, I'm not sure you were posting this to the right forum. You see, this is the Livecode forum. We don't need no stinking User Guides! :-)
Bob S > On Dec 10, 2019, at 21:20 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Paul Dupuis wrote: > > Richard Gaskin, at one point, had a really excellent diagram of the > > LiveCode message hierarchy. If he sees this post and still has it > > perhaps he could post a link to it. > > Still there: > https://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html > > Since I made that back in the day (the file name hints at its age), I've > discovered a pretty great resource mysteriously unknown in our community, but > surprisingly comprehensive and includes a nearly identical diagram. > > It has more than 650 pages of comprehensive info on using LiveCode, broken > down into well organized sections and subsections, often with illustrations > and screen shots, all put together in a well-indexed PDF. > > They call it "LiveCode User Guide", and it's been secretly bundled with every > release of LiveCode for several years. :) > > I'm having fun there, but seriously, the User Guide has been pretty good in > recent years. I'm often surprised at how the answers to many forum questions > are covered well in it, yet when I ask about it most people don't even notice > that it's there, the second-from-the-top item in LC's Help menu. > > The Message Path discussion starts on p 101, with a pretty good diagram on p > 102, including a distinction between Groups and Backgrounds. > > In fact, p 105 includes a discussion of that distinction far more concise yet > no less helpful than my longish post here the other day. > > > PS: I was going to include a link to the Github repo for anyone who might > want to help with errata or enhancements to the docs, but I couldn't find the > PDF sources in the /docs folder. What am I missing? > > -- > Richard Gaskin _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
