Hi T. J.,
On 01/19/09 13:32, T. J. Frazier wrote:
Uwe Fischer wrote:
On 01/19/09 11:44, T. J. Frazier wrote:
Clayton wrote:
BTW: I thought the "Alphabetic List of Functions, Statements, and
Operators" would be generated automatically. Do you really have to fix
that by hand?
Which list is that? The Book TOC? (I've kind of lost my place in this
thread)
It is possible to use the Dynamic Page List (DPL) extension to generate
a list of pages in a category. We use this on the FAQ pages. It
depends on the pages being in the right Categories for them to show in
the list. I have a feeling this is not what you were asking about
though.
C.
(This was in reply to Uwe's question about the OLH.)
The list is in Help > Basic > Contents > Macros, etc. > Command
Reference > Alphabetic etc. It's one of my most-used resources;
seeing it incomplete gives me a chill.
BTW: the wiki syntax highlighter doesn't recognize Type as a keyword,
although OO.o Basic highlights it fine.
I must admit I never use the Contents tab of the Help Viewer, so I did
not search there.
AFAIK, that list of functions was generated automatically once, many
years ago. I never touched it. It is incomplete, for sure, but then
the whole "Contents" tab page was meant initially to be incomplete,
giving only the most often needed headings.
Uwe
Oh, dear, /oh, dear,/ *oh, dear!*
I don't know if it would help with the maintenance (or if it's even
possible), but could you consider moving that list to a page, instead of
the TOC itself? That way, (1) I could bookmark it, and (2) you could
link to it from the landing page (probably the new third link, just
below the "Runtime Function" link).
(When I'm "exploring", I use my time and ingenuity on the Index and Find
tabs, and follow a lot of "See also" links, and generally learn
something interesting, if not always immediately useful. But, when I'm
"programming", those tabs are too full of clutter; the "Alpha" list is
exactly what I want, while my time and ingenuity are reserved for the
nascent program. And that's probably 2/3 of the time.)
I was tempted to delete that list of reference info from the Basic Help
TOC. But if you are using it all the time, I will not delete that list,
of course. Additionally, I try to get a current list from the developers
and post it to the OOo Wiki.
Uwe
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