Hi Kipp, Actually, that is not the case. there is a TOC in the navigation [left] frame of the Active State help browser, but no interactive index or text search capabilities. Each serves a critical and time-saving purpose to the developer using them. The index listings come from markups by the original help writer. The full-text search capabilities are more like grep-ing.
I too miss these features. I may, after I finish the two projects that took me into the Perl world, take Beau up on his challenge. [see below on this thread] The indexing chore on the part of a help author is substantial. It requires, for a truly useful index, that the author envision a wide range of possible expressions that a user may be thinking of when seeking the information, then note them appropriately in the markup of current use [recently changed from rtf to html]. I've developed WinHelp systems for each of the VB apps and utilities I've built, and I think it would not be a bad idea for such help systems to be built into any application intended for general use. Joseph "Kipp, James" wrote: > > > > Another question showing my heritage as a programmer in the world > > according to Microsoft: > > > > Poking around in the man pages seems to me to be a slow process, > > especially for one who is new to the world of Perl. Has anyone > > converted the man pages into the same kind of indexed help files that > > come with Microsoft compilers and many other programs in that world? > > In that world, help files come with a table of contents, an index, and > > a search capability. A similar thing for Perl would be a > > great help to > > this poor benighted heathens struggling to see the light of Perl. > > > > You can install the Active State version of perl on your Win32 box and you > will have a MS like help with index,search, etc..... > you can also go to CPAN to find all the docs in searchable web pages > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
