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Message   August Abolins    Martin Foster   oxp: a better HELP manual   May 12, 2019
 5:56 PM *  

Hello Martin!

** 11.05.19 - 11:48, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:


 AA>>>> ...One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help Search.  There
 AA>>>> is really no clue *where* to find certain features when I want. :(

 MF>>> Yes, I have to agree and even a certain seasoned user has difficulty
 MF>>> finding stuff now and again.

 AA>> Maybe a separate "app" that can emulate the OXP menu but include all the
 AA>> F1 helps along the way - and have a Search - would be nice.

 MF>Are you volunteering ;-))


I could start with [1] simple screen shots, and then just index the  
collection, to create a table of contents.   Then, a CTRL-F for search  
through *that* document would be a beginning.

OR.. [2] build a Table of Contents using Wordpress like I do here:

http://tales.wellandhistory.ca

Wordpress does all the work for the listing.

For the contents, there would be a "post" for each item in the menus with  
Tiles like this (eg):

 Message/Search..
 Message/Search/Text
 Message/Search/Subject
 Message/Search/User @U
 Message/Search/Special
 Message/Search/Marked(for reply)
 Message/Search/Marked
 Message/Search/Unmark
 Message/Search/MessageID

etc..

 Message/Export..
 Message/Unsent..
 Message/All..
 Message/Change..
 Message/Action..

Then when someone does a S)earch on the website, the full path to the  
"command" will appear in the Title and then the body of the post would  
contain the textual help.


  ../|ug

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