| Re: IDL7.0 Help System Tabs??? [message #57184] |
Thu, 06 December 2007 09:06  |
Spon
Messages: 178
Registered: September 2007
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On Dec 6, 4:38 pm, lark...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a couple issues with the new help system.
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> This may be a silly question, but the "old" help system on Windows had
> this great feature: TABS.
> I found this to be extremely useful, but I cannot figure out how to
> open multiple tabs in the new
> help system. This is very surprising given the basis for the new
> IDE.
Yes, I've had a rant about this already (it's good to know I'm not
alone!), but it's at the end of a long, long thread; probably would've
been better off starting a new one :-)
Have a search for Ronn Kling's method of opening two help menus
though.
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> Also the basic searching for the new help system does not seem very
> helpful. For example,
> if I enter "widget_control", I do not get useful options as the result
> of the search. Perhaps
> I have missed something here.
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> Any help is appreciated! Sorry if I missed earlier posts addressing
> these issues.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> -Larry
OK, a workaround:
*deep breath*
In the workbench, click on Help->Dynamic Help
Click on Index (at the bottom)
Type in your keyword, e.g. 'widget_control' and open out the subtree
it finds
Right-click on the helpfile you want to see and select 'Open help in
Help Contents' (this is slow-ish on my machine)
Bingo
Not exactly intuitive, is it? :-(
Chris
There's got to be a better way, no? And yet using help->search gives
little of any use that I can find
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| Re: IDL7.0 Help System Tabs??? [message #57339 is a reply to message #57184] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 06:33  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Spon writes:
> OK, a workaround:
>
> *deep breath*
> In the workbench, click on Help->Dynamic Help
> Click on Index (at the bottom)
> Type in your keyword, e.g. 'widget_control' and open out the subtree
> it finds
> Right-click on the helpfile you want to see and select 'Open help in
> Help Contents' (this is slow-ish on my machine)
> Bingo
>
> Not exactly intuitive, is it? :-(
At least in Windows XP, with 4 MByte RAM, I don't find any of
this to be true. The on-line help works in what I would think
of as an "intuitive" way. At least, it didn't do anything
for me that startled me or annoyed me. I'm very happy with it.
I certainly can find what I have looked for so far.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: IDL7.0 Help System Tabs??? [message #57374 is a reply to message #57187] |
Thu, 06 December 2007 10:00 |
R.G.Stockwell
Messages: 163
Registered: October 2004
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Senior Member |
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>> Also the basic searching for the new help system does not seem very
>> helpful. For example,
>> if I enter "widget_control", I do not get useful options as the result
>> of the search. Perhaps
>> I have missed something here.
That is not true, WIDGET_CONTROL shows up as
the 101st item in the search results. :)
(Granted, some ordering of results may be necessary
in a future release)
Cheers,
bob
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| Re: IDL7.0 Help System Tabs??? [message #57381 is a reply to message #57184] |
Thu, 06 December 2007 09:19 |
Vince Hradil
Messages: 574
Registered: December 1999
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Senior Member |
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On Dec 6, 11:06 am, Spon <christoph.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 4:38 pm, lark...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I have a couple issues with the new help system.
>
>> This may be a silly question, but the "old" help system on Windows had
>> this great feature: TABS.
>> I found this to be extremely useful, but I cannot figure out how to
>> open multiple tabs in the new
>> help system. This is very surprising given the basis for the new
>> IDE.
>
> Yes, I've had a rant about this already (it's good to know I'm not
> alone!), but it's at the end of a long, long thread; probably would've
> been better off starting a new one :-)
> Have a search for Ronn Kling's method of opening two help menus
> though.
>
>
>
>> Also the basic searching for the new help system does not seem very
>> helpful. For example,
>> if I enter "widget_control", I do not get useful options as the result
>> of the search. Perhaps
>> I have missed something here.
>
>> Any help is appreciated! Sorry if I missed earlier posts addressing
>> these issues.
>
>> Thanks a lot!
>
>> -Larry
>
> OK, a workaround:
>
> *deep breath*
> In the workbench, click on Help->Dynamic Help
> Click on Index (at the bottom)
> Type in your keyword, e.g. 'widget_control' and open out the subtree
> it finds
> Right-click on the helpfile you want to see and select 'Open help in
> Help Contents' (this is slow-ish on my machine)
> Bingo
>
> Not exactly intuitive, is it? :-(
> Chris
>
> There's got to be a better way, no? And yet using help->search gives
> little of any use that I can find
Yes, the index is definitely the way to go. The tabs (for index,
etc.) are on the BOTTOM... arggh.
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