"Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Doug McFadyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:67430@palm-dev-forum...
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> > This worked for me, but the way it works is clunky.
> >
> > Say I want some help on WinDrawChars(). I have to use the mouse to
> select
> > "WinDrawChars", then press the F1 key. This works.
> >
> > I really wish (SUGGESTION TIME), that I didn't have to select the
> function
> > name (it should work the very same way a Ctrl-F3 search works) to get
> help
> > on it. I should just need to stick the cursor on the function name,
> and
> > press F1; I use this shortcut technique to search for function usage
> with
> > Ctrl-F3.
> >
> > I also wish that if I right-clicked the function name, that "HELP" was
> one
> > of the options in the dropdown menu.
>
> Good suggestions. I'm sending them on to the IDE developer who is doing
> the context-sensitive help. This is our first release with it, and
> we're trying to clean some things up for the 8.1 patch. One big change
> I hope to get in is to separate each API function to its own page. That
> will help a lot with browsing in the "contents" tab, and it also fixes
> some problems with bad anchor locations in our source data.
>
> One question: how would you parse the current item for this? Just scan
> for the C identifier that currently contains the cursor (or is just
> before it)?
Yes.
>What if you have just typed a space after typing a keyword.
Then you aren't on that keyword. Whether this brings up the
main help index or a "not found" page I don't know. I would
suggest the main index.
> I just want to get details nailed down so it can be implemented quickly.
>
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