POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.documentation.inbuilt : The docs stink. : Re: The docs stink. Server Time
15 May 2024 18:14:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The docs stink.  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 6 Feb 2002 04:54:42
Message: <3c60fd62$1@news.povray.org>
"Ben Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:3c6097e2@news.povray.org...
>
> Have you tried the context help (if you're using win pov)?

Yes - it tends to suffer from the same problem IIRC, in that it doesn't
necesserily take you to the basic syntax for the keyword.

>  Hmm, I like
> you're idea of two separate help files - how about a 'light' one with just
> syntax, and a 'verbose' one with all the other stuff you might not
> necessarily want for a quick refresh of the mind?  Of course, then new users
> wouldn't want to read the complete docs, just the light one, and would get
> annoyed by the docs not saying enough...

Ah, those lamers will always find something to bitch about ;)

Actually, I was thinking partly of the n.users, but it's true that there is
always a downside....


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