RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-02 Thread Bill H.
Robert: Thanks for the link. I've been tired of Adobe's slowness for years. > If you use the above don't forget to install Acrobat reader speedup from: > http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.php -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listin

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-02 Thread Anthony Youngman
: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic] > -Original Message- > Behalf Of Robert Stearns > > found) unified search facility. The online manuals are great for those > times you want an indepth discussion of a topic, or to first learn a &

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart Boydell
> Did you try selecting the 'search5' plugin in the speed up utility menu, > maybe uv docs use that. > > - Robert > yes but it still mangles something. -- S ** This email message and any files transmitted with it ar

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Robert Colquhoun
At 11:28 AM 2/04/2004, Stuart Boydell wrote: oops - hit send too soon... ... except that on first inspection the Speed Up stops the (UV docs) indexes from working. This may be an index version thing but I normally just move the following plugins out of the plugins directory and Reader goes much fa

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart Boydell
. Stuart > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Stuart Boydell > Sent: Friday, 2 April 2004 11:03 > To: U2 Users Discussion List > Subject: RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic] > > > cOOL. Saves having to manually de

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart Boydell
; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Stuart Boydell > Sent: Friday, 2 April 2004 11:03 > To: U2 Users Discussion List > Subject: RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic] > > > cOOL. Saves having to manually delete nasty unwanted plugin

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart Boydell
cOOL. Saves having to manually delete nasty unwanted plugins from the plugins folder ;-) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Robert Colquhoun > > If you use the above don't forget to install Acrobat reader speedup from: > http://www

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Robert Colquhoun
Hello, At 09:24 AM 2/04/2004, Stuart Boydell wrote: Get Adobe Reader 6. It is FREE. It has a very _good_ search facility (Ctrl-F). As long as you have installed the manuals with the indexes you can search across all the manuals with a variety of options. If you use the above don't forget to install

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Stuart Boydell
> -Original Message- > Behalf Of Robert Stearns > > found) unified search facility. The online manuals are great for those > times you want an indepth discussion of a topic, or to first learn a > subject, but are abysmal (IMNSHO) as a quick reference for a syntax > question or a summary. Wh

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Steven M Wagner
Mark that you've been doing this too long, you can remember the _loose-leaf_ 'Pick Pocket Guide'. Still have one of the thick spiral bound ones with the 'Search for Truth' question in the front. -- Steven M Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cary, North Carolina, United States of America -- u2-users

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Gordon Glorfield
I use a copy of the VMark UniVerse Quick Reference. It is a small (8" x 4.75") wire bound notebook. It is a little dated now. It was published as the 7th edition for release 9.4.1 and is dated July 1997. The VMark part number is 70-9009-941. Is this Quick Reference no longer available from IBM

Re: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Dianne Ackerman
I still use my good old Reality Pocket Guide by JES & Assoc published in the 1980's as an ASCII reference and to decipher old PROC when I need to. It's only 4" X 6". A new Universe one would be wonderful and I would certainly buy one!! -Dianne Donald Kibbey wrote: They are probably referrin

Re: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Donald Kibbey
They are probably referring to the old MARK quick reference guide (part no. 70-8009-833) which does not seem to exist as a PDF. Being in a law firm, I have access to dead tree processing equipment that is cable of turning the PDF into a nicely bound manual. But, it would be nice, and I would c

Re: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-04-01 Thread Robert Stearns
Which manual are you referring to (ignoring the heavy sarcasm implying I am a Luddite:-)? I would use an online version of a book with comparable (succinct) coverage! I don't want a shelf of dead trees but the quick reference has the following TOC: TCL Commands TCL Keywords Sentence Stack Comma

RE: PDF Manual [Data typing in MV Basic]

2004-03-31 Thread Stuart Boydell
> ... If anyone knows of a comparable book (its wire bound, > remember, so you can lay it down to use a keyboard/mouse) for version > 10, PLEASE let me know. To maintain the feel of the original you could take the pdf to your local monastery and have the monks make a fair copy on palimpsest with