On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:28 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:21 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Ulipad rev 447 >>>>>> >>>>>> What does Search -> Smart Navigation -> Clear Files do? The help >>>>>> string says, "Clears buffered files", which I guessed meant to wipe >>>>>> out any unsaved changes to an open file. But upon testing, I find this >>>>>> isn't the case. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, what does Clear Files mean? And how is it connected to Smart >>>>>> Navigation? >>>> >>>>> It should be clear buffered filenames, but not the real files. >>>> >>>> Ah, it clears the lists under both the left and right yellow arrows on >>>> the tool bar. >>>> >>>> Maybe the menu item "Clear Files" should read "Clear Filenames"? >>>> >>>> Could this be the help string? "Clears the filenames listed under both >>>> the left and right yellow arrows on the tool bar" >>>> >>>> Also, it would be very handy to have a key-binding for this, IMO. >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>> >>> It seems too tedious, so I changed it to "Clears buffered filenames." >> >> Then I have to ask what the point of having help strings is. "Clears >> buffered filenames" may now be correct; however, surely the point of >> changing the help strings is not to just make them correct, but also >> to make them useful to the user. How is someone supposed to guess from >> "Clears buffered filenames" that the filenames are those filenames >> listed under the yellow arrows on the tool bar? >> >> I think that we are wasting our time with these help strings if we are >> not concerned mainly with making them of use to the user. >> >> What do others think about this? >> >> Dick >> > > But what you said is just to explain the position but not the > function, if you want to say it more clearly, I think : > > "Clears the buffered filenames used in Smart Navigation" maybe better.
Yes, I think you're right, but is Smart Navigation explained anywhere? I had no idea what it was until several months ago, even though I was using it because Ulipad forces me to. (Frankly, sometimes I wish I could shut it off..) Dick
