Re: Smile 252
Re: Smile 252
- Subject: Re: Smile 252
- From: Gary Lists <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:51:48 -0400
On or about 6/28/03 1:08 PM, Robert Poland wrote:
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Hi,
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I keep hearing how great Smile is. So far all I've seen is what it lacks;
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The description block is not part of the main window, may not even exist.
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The check syntax button doesn't exist, at least on the main window.
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Would someone let me know if I'm off base or is Smile really just a
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waste of time?
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TIA,
Hmmm...I see you don't read manuals or click on interface widgets.
Both of the items you mention _are_ in every script window.
The small 'c' at the bottom of the window toggles open/closed the comment
pane.
The 'check mark' icon checks the syntax.
Guess what the [>] arrow icon does?
Don't be so afraid to click, and ... Smile :)
Perhaps the really nifty new manual would be a place for you to start? I
found it to be a real unleashing force in my own use of Smile. (I don't
think that's an exaggeration...it's really a very good e-manual :-> )
Also, note that these items are present in _script_ windows but not in
_text_ windows.
(You'll have to RTFM[1] to know the difference between the two, but your
script-writing process will likely never be the same (IMO).)
I do not have the URL at hand to the Paul Berkowitz (et.al.) review of
Smile, but that review is itself a very valuable beginning point if you want
"the skinny" on Smile. (IIRC, that review was pre-Super-Duper-Manual, but
I still find it a nice distillation of some of the most useful differences
between Smile and other editors.) Perhaps someone will kindly point you to
that article faster than I can lay hands on it.
Paul? Emmanuel?
--
Gary
[1] fine, fabulous, fantastic, free, f---ing
MacOS 9.1 / "9 is Fine"
OMM: osa:AS 183 / osa:JS 103 / FM 55 / BB 612 / Smile 188
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