Hi Ken,
May be you should first dig in the docs to understand some basics:
About the message path, custom handlers and functions, parameters,
etc. for instance.
The purpose of this list is to give *practical* answers (with some
theory reminders if needed) but not to copy paste theory from the
docs ;-)
It's the reason why others proposed some pieces of code to you.
I don't know which version of Rev you use: new 2.7 or a previous one.
The docs in 2.7 are not finished and, letting apart that they are not
well organized, you might use the search engine to find topics,
entries,, etc. related to menu, param, handler, etc.
And you can also search the PDF with Acrobat or Preview (Mac OS X).
With a previous version of Rev, download "Resources Picker", a plugin
that will find for you in all fields (dictionary, topics, cookbook,
FAQ, web, etc.) from keywords you specify.
You will find it by going to http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/
When you will have learned Rev basics, you'll feel much more at ease!
But you can't save on learning:
There are a lot of good *teachers* on this list (and above all kind
people who share their knowledge and their time) but you have to make
an effort by your own too ;-)
Take heart!
Best Regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet
Le 18 févr. 06 à 16:04, Ken Apthorpe a écrit :
Hi Klaus, and all others
This is getting out of control., I'm overwhelmed by the replies and
can't
keep up, so some may be delayed. And in Australia and it's past
midnight.
Also the forum seems to be unable to update in real time, I'm
getting a
blizzard of emails saying my replies haven't been sent because the
mailbox
is full, so there's a delay.
To answer Klaus. I know Rev is event driven. Problem is it seems
no one can
explain the driving. I get advice: do this (trust me, it will
work). Do
that: (trust me, this will work (better)).
I do trust you, and that the suggested solutions will work. What I
don't get
is a clear explanation of how and why they will work (in plain
english,
that, sadly, is all I understand). If I am to use Rev, I need to
know what
I'm doing, and how/why it will work. Otherwise there is no point in
even
trying.
To summarise, most suggestions about my menu problem tell me to
change the
script. As I based my various versions of the script on what Rev
said (as
best I could understand), but if you all tell me this was wrong,
and I need
to change it, it doesn't give me a lot of confidence in Rev or the
Docs. It
suggests to me that the instructions in the Rev Docs are not
correct, or are
so incomplete as to be misleading to new users.
This is not a good look. It turns me off, and I'm persistent. Some
will
think to the point of stupidity. Fair call, you may be right. I
could
prove it by saying, well, hey, Donald Trump says never give up.
I'm not
that stupid. I've given up before, and I might again. The last
time I
gave up with software was with Rev, in 2003. For the much the same
reasons.
There are lots of Rev experts, but few good teachers.
I'll answer other posts tomorrow. Night.
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