But I'd like to be contrary for a moment here (yeah, I know...big shock, right?) and ask why documentation was "fixed" for 2.5 when as far as I was concerned it was never broken in 2.2. In fact, it is all but unusable for the kinds of things I use the online docs for in 2.5.
This is not to say docs in 2.2 are perfect. But for the most part, they at least work well.
In the online docs for 2.5, I am constantly ending up with that curmudgeonly dialog box that says nothing matched my search criteria. This happens whether I've actually finished entering my search criteria or not, and it happens most maddeningly when it can't find something I know is there.
Case in point: the choose command.
In 2.2, I go into the Transcript Dictionary and I tell it to search for "choose" and it instantly comes up with the right command. I ask it to find "choose toolname" thinking that this might be the syntax. Boom. Finds it. Same for "choose tool."
Try those same things in 2.5b2. The search for "choose" brings up a longish list, none of which is any command, let alone the choose command. (I think it might be looking for TOPICS with the word "choose" but I'm guessing; the UI provides zero feedback about what is going on.) I click on "Dictionary" with the word "choose" in the search field and I get a bunch of commands that have the word "choose" in their description. The choose command is one of them. Try " choose tool" or "choose toolname". Result: nothing found.
I've had this experience over and over and over again. I'm sure there must be some fabulous new features in the new docs or RR wouldn't have taken time to update them, but can we PLEASE just have them work at least as well as they did in 2.2?
I'm one of those strange birds who actually reads such things. If I can find them.
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