Re: Completeness of Revo Docs (was Re: path of a 'closeStackRequest')

[Graham Samuel]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 14:09:53 -0800 wrote:

Graham Samuel wrote:
[..]
 > send "someMessage" to "somewhere" in 5 seconds

 weren't covered in the Dictionary;

I wonder if the problem may be a version mismatch.

In v1.1.1, the second example in the Transcript Dictionary entry for the
send command shows the use of a timer to send a message in a given number of
seconds , and the timer option is also shown in the syntax listing above the
examples.

What version are you using?

I'm using 1.1.1, but you've just proved my point about having to read around the subject. If you look up 'seconds' in the Transcript dictionary, you only get one usage (the function which returns the time in seconds). If you didn't know about 'send', you wouldn't find it there.

It doesn't mention the other usage even in the 'see also' listing, nor that the singular 'second' is also recognised in some contexts (this appears in fact, but under the backgroundColor property - and that entry doesn't mention the usage 'get the second item of myContainer'...). So to know Transcript in full, you do have to read a lot of stuff simply in a spirit of enquiry, which was my point.

Graham
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