Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
It's fun to make kids, but no fun to have them afterwards ;-] that was my thought exactly... and as a coder, i also know that i'd much rather write code than docs... i won't even speak about docs that the average joe can understand regardless of their coding experience ;) some would call docs that i've written technical docs but i've had many long time coders write to me for explanations of the docs and the code given :| -- NOTE: NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!! _\/ (@@) Waldo Kitty, Waldo's Place USA __ooO_( )_Ooo_ telnet://bbs.wpusa.dynip.com _|_|_|_|_|_|_ http://www.wpusa.dynip.com |_|_|_|_|_| ftp://ftp.wpusa.dynip.com _|_Eat_SPAM_to_email_me!_YUM!__|_ wkitty42 -at- windstream.net ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb: We are writting a book about it, but it's not yet ready ... How can I contribute? DoDi I, too, would like to contribute. Chris ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
hey all! lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. but where are the manuals? i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for newbies,and talked about things like TEdit,TLabel only.how come that i know how to use things like TIPHtmlPanel,THtmlBrowserHelpViewerand things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on this matter at all! i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not our developers write some mannuals while making some components? Regards, Yan Chengyuan ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
2009/3/16 YanChengyuan yanchengy...@gmail.com: hey all! lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. but where are the manuals? there are some here: http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/ i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for newbies,and talked about things like TEdit,TLabel only.how come that i know how to use things like TIPHtmlPanel,THtmlBrowserHelpViewerand things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on this matter at all! i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not our developers write some mannuals while making some components? a lot of the times the names of properties and methods are self-explanatory. otherwise the source is right there in front of you :) also look through the examples. examples/turbopower_ipro/ directory will give you some ideas. henry ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
Yes, examples are useful if there are no docs and you should look at them. I got a tiphtmlpanel to work in my project by ripping some example source code. What you can also do is type in the component name followed by a period, then variables and functions will pop up. That's also a useful way to see how a component works. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Henry Vermaak henry.verm...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/3/16 YanChengyuan yanchengy...@gmail.com: hey all! lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. but where are the manuals? there are some here: http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/ i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for newbies,and talked about things like TEdit,TLabel only.how come that i know how to use things like TIPHtmlPanel,THtmlBrowserHelpViewerand things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on this matter at all! i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not our developers write some mannuals while making some components? a lot of the times the names of properties and methods are self-explanatory. otherwise the source is right there in front of you :) also look through the examples. examples/turbopower_ipro/ directory will give you some ideas. henry ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
And sometimes ctrl-clicking (left) on the function/procedure gives you insight into the interface... and then ctrl-up-arrow you can even check the code implementation... 2009/3/16 matt shaffer dazappa.m...@gmail.com Yes, examples are useful if there are no docs and you should look at them. I got a tiphtmlpanel to work in my project by ripping some example source code. What you can also do is type in the component name followed by a period, then variables and functions will pop up. That's also a useful way to see how a component works. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Henry Vermaak henry.verm...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/3/16 YanChengyuan yanchengy...@gmail.com: hey all! lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. but where are the manuals? there are some here: http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/ i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for newbies,and talked about things like TEdit,TLabel only.how come that i know how to use things like TIPHtmlPanel,THtmlBrowserHelpViewerand things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on this matter at all! i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not our developers write some mannuals while making some components? a lot of the times the names of properties and methods are self-explanatory. otherwise the source is right there in front of you :) also look through the examples. examples/turbopower_ipro/ directory will give you some ideas. henry ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- o__ ,_./ _ (_)_\(_)___ ...speed is good ___ I believe five out of four people have a problem with fractions. ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
We are writting a book about it, but it's not yet ready ... -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
YanChengyuan schrieb: lazarus is free and useful,and i'm glad with that. but where are the manuals? i do have read some books on Delphi Programming ,but they are for newbies,and talked about things like TEdit,TLabel only.how come that i know how to use things like TIPHtmlPanel,THtmlBrowserHelpViewerand things like that without a manual ? the lazarus wiki isn't useful on this matter at all! There should exist sample applications, used in testing the implementation, with some notes about the intended use of every sophisticated component. i scanned millions of pages from google to know a little about a component,and most of the infomation i got was far outdated.why can not our developers write some mannuals while making some components? Unfortunately most Lazarus developers prefer to add new features, instead of writing documentation :-( It's fun to make kids, but no fun to have them afterwards ;-] DoDi ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Where are the manuals?
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb: We are writting a book about it, but it's not yet ready ... How can I contribute? DoDi ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
