Re: Tips on Reading TFM?
Re: Tips on Reading TFM?
- Subject: Re: Tips on Reading TFM?
- From: Matt Judy <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 16:37:20 -0800
Tom Harrington wrote:
> I wonder if anyone has some useful tips on locating
> the information you need in Apple's docs.
I rarely use Project Builder's built-in documentation viewer, opting
instead for a web browser. If you use Mozilla (or Netscape 6), you can
use this handy method to execute a rapid search of the Apple Developer
Connection content. First, the setup.
1. Choose Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks (Cmd + B)
2. Click the "Personal Toolbar Folder" item.
3. Choose File > New Folder, and name it "Searches", or whatever.
4. Click the folder you just created.
5. Choose File > New Bookmark
6. Name it "ADC Search" or something suitable.
7. Enter the following for the location.
http://developer.apple.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?q=%s+-Java
8. Hit return or click OK. Now, click the disclosure triangle next to
your "Searches" folder. Note that your new bookmark is in it.
9. Click your bookmark, and choose File > Properties.
10. The name and location fields are already filled. In the "Keyword:"
field, type "adc". Press return or click OK. Close the Bookmarks window.
Now, to use your new keyworded bookmark. Open a new browser window,
type "adc NSBundle" into the address box, and press return. This will
execute a search of the ADC website, and return all results matching
NSBundle, without Java results. If you also want Java-related info, omit
the "+-Java" in step #7 above. You could also create a Java search
called adcjava, or the like.
This is a nice feature of Mozilla. You can create keyworded bookmarks
for any URL, and it will replace the "%s" with whatever you type after
the keyword. Hope you find it useful.
--Matt Judy