On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:48 PM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have rev 450. >>>>> >>>>> Search > Go To Last Modified >>>>> Help string suggestion: "Jump to the position of the last modification." >>>>> >>>>> Search > Find... >>>>> Help string suggestion: "Opens Find dialog and copies selected text to >>>>> it." >>>>> (one problem: the dialog doesn't have a label, although it's pretty >>>>> obvious what it is..) >>>>> >>>> >>>> I changed to "Opens Find pane", because there maybe not selected text >>>> exists. >>> >>> But the copying of selected text is a useful feature. How can the user >>> know about it unless there is something in the help somewhere, and as >>> far as I know, there is nothing anywhere. I discovered the feature >>> quite by accident, and only after years of use of Find and Find & >>> Replace. >>> >>> The user will readily see that if there is no selected text that >>> nothing will be copied. No problem, IMO. >>> >> >> I think the Find and Replace are very common feature, so we don't need >> to describe each details for them, > > I think you need to rethink what the help strings are for. Or I do. > Aren't they there to help people who need it? I agree that Find and > Replace is a common feature, but as I said before, I didn't know that > selected text would be copied to it until I discovered this by > accident. Why not write the help strings for people like me? Users who > don't need help string don't have to read them. They don't get in the > way of a user's use of Ulipad at all, do they?
Many editor has this feature, as least EditPlus will do the trick, so I though it's not the only feature owned by ulipad. So I don't know you know it. And I think many think should be written in document but not help string. But you know documentation is my lack. > >> and just as I said, if there is no >> selected text exists, how to say it. > > And just as I implied, you don't need to say it. This will be obvious > to the user who has read in the help string that if there is selected > text, it will be copied to the pane -- if there is no selected text, > of course none will be copied. > > Dick > -- I like python! UliPad <<The Python Editor>>: http://code.google.com/p/ulipad/ UliWeb <<simple web framework>>: http://uliwebproject.appspot.com My Blog: (new)http://http://hi.baidu.com/limodou (old)http://www.donews.net/limodou
