Tim,
I have also posted in the past about the Docs merits and shortfalls
and also suggested a wiki like you did. A wiki would be great for
fleshing out the docs in depth. The built-in docs are great if you
already know most stuff and just need a cheat sheet. Like others
have said the problem is how to get over the hurdle when starting
out. Tutorials are the best way, but they are also daunting when you
look at all the stuff. The scripting conferences are making a good
backbone that could be used as the beginners tutorials for writing
programs. However, one of the problems is that all these pieces need
to be updated as Rev is upgraded over time. This can become daunting
for an IDE tutorial with UI changes. The whole issue is simple to
conceptualize, and difficult to implement without strong leadership
and commitment. I would be happy to participate in such projects,
but I don't have a clue how to get them started.
I could almost see a ransom-ware project to create a wiki for
Transcript. I wonder how much RunRev would kick into the bucket to
make it happen?
Dennis
On Jul 25, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
Dear fellow Revers,
I use Rev every day like many of you and got stuck on something.
I have a registration screen that works perfectly when the stack
is modal. When the stack is toplevel, things fall apart. I
looked up the modal command in the Rev Docs and found an answer to
my question. Modal stacks stop a script in action until the modal
stack has been closed. I did not realize this before.
The point is, I think it is important to post once in a while how
the Rev Docs do work for us. Quite possibly, they work more for
us than they fail us. Over the years, there have been plenty of
comments on how the Docs are inadequate, but few on their
usefulness. I use them every day and have a deep appreciation for
their existence. Thank you to all those involved.
Mark Talluto
I agree with you more than you might expect, Mark. Very often, the
Rev docs work very well for me. It's delightful that they are
onboard. Heaven knows I look at them every day. They have been my
best teacher.
But Rev is advertised as "enterprise-ware" if I'm not mistaken. In
theory, Rev is great for pros, great for novices, and great for do-
it-yourself end-users, who possess a modicum of intelligence,
motivation and computer experience.
Maybe it's fine for Pros, but it's too damned hard for everyone
else. The documentation presently available is the biggest
bottleneck, in my opinion. It still seems to me that it just
wouldn't be that hard or expensive to make it a whole lot better.
Cheers,
Tim
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