Re: troubling article
Re: troubling article
- Subject: Re: troubling article
- From: Andrew Duncan <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 21:15:03 +1200
At 1:41 AM -0600 11/06/2003, Chaz McGarvey wrote:
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On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 01:02 AM, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
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> At 23:43 Uhr -0400 10.06.2003, Andy Satori wrote:
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>> In any of the languages, with the exception of VB (which doesn't have
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>> that call directly implemented), typing 'GetUser(' would prompt me
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>> with a tool tip containing the parameters and types from the
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>> Windows.h definitions. In the Cocoa world you have to dig through
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>> poorly indexed, HTML or PDF materials.
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> Actually, I just double-click the function name and hold down the
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> command or option keys, and voila, I get either the header for it, or
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> the HTML help reference entry. I admit, it's a little hidden, but it's
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> there, and it's documented.
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Damn, I knew there must be a way to do that. Thanks!
FYI, I found the two references to option/cmd clicking in Project Builder
Help, under Finding Information: Finding Text, and Finding Documentation.
Are there any other shortcuts like that? I couldn't find a "Nifty Project
Builder Shortcuts" page, and the FAQ says nothing.
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I would love to know how fast it works for you. It takes about 10
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seconds to look up a request in the documentation on my PowerMac
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2x800Mhz 512MB RAM machine. Requesting the declaration in the header
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file takes considerable less time, and fortunately most of the time I
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merely need to be reminded of the parameters to pass a function so this
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works well. It would be nice if the documentation was faster. Come to
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think of it, just browsing the documentation is rather slow, too.
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Interesting. On my 2*553 G4 512BM RAM machine it takes less than one second
to load the docs for NSMutableArray. Loading the header is also less than
one second.
Cheers,
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Andrew Duncan
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