As announced two weeks ago, the alternative search stacks for the XML files of the Rev Documentation (version 2.5.1) are now available for a first inspection.
Average search-and-display-time with the "SearchDocs XML" stacks is less than 100 milliseconds (e.g. for the total 1496 files of the "Dictionary") on a WindowsXP computer with 2 GHz and somewhat more - but still below 200 milliseconds - on a Mac G4 with 667 MHz.
Download the Revolution and Metacard search stacks from <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia/Screenshots.htm>.
Any searchstring can be used, single words or a sequence of words (like "move the insertion point"), which is not possible with the filter and search routines of the Rev Documentation.
The "Dictionary"-, "Faq"-, "Topics"- and "Glossary"-folders of the Revolution "Help" directory can be searched. The results are displayed in the field on the right with the searchstring colored and the XML-file addresses inserted as links. Clicking on such a file link displays the complete article in the left field - again with the searchstring colored. If the article itself contains links these are again displayed for further reference.
The parsing routines for the XML files include sections developed and designed by Richard Gaskin in his "MCTranscript Dictionary", which is also intended to bring the richness of the Revolution Transcript dictionary to Metacard aficionados.
Metacard user need to copy the Revolution Help folder into their main folder of the MC IDE. For cosmetic reasons - to be able to display some of the inserted Rev icons - one should also copy stack "revicons.rev" into the Metacard folder.
Revolution users must place their version of "SearchDocs XML.rev" in the same folder with "Revolution.exe" (Revolution.app in MacOS) to work properly.
Regards,
Wilhelm Sanke <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia>
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