Comments on: Help With MSDN Help http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/ "Hello World" - The SlickEdit Developer Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott H http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Scott H Wed, 20 May 2009 18:31:55 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=216#comment-612 Can you elaborate on that? Give me some details! Can you elaborate on that? Give me some details!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Anonymous Wed, 20 May 2009 18:28:48 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=216#comment-611 wait for the next verion of VS, you are up for a big big surprise... wait for the next verion of VS, you are up for a big big surprise…

]]> By: Todd http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Todd Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:08:42 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=216#comment-417 Based on my experience with the MSDN help system, I think it takes so long because it analyzes your code and what you were just working on so as to hide anything that may actually be useful to you. It's not just the fact that limiting the search to show only C++ info returns nothing but Foxpro and VB web form examples, but also that the categorical browsing is so poor that the only way to figure out how to achieve a particular goal is by already knowing the exact name of the class, interface, operator, etc that implements what you want to do. I have found simple Google searches really show the Visual Studio help system for the retarded chimpanzee it is! Based on my experience with the MSDN help system, I think it takes so long because it analyzes your code and what you were just working on so as to hide anything that may actually be useful to you. It’s not just the fact that limiting the search to show only C++ info returns nothing but Foxpro and VB web form examples, but also that the categorical browsing is so poor that the only way to figure out how to achieve a particular goal is by already knowing the exact name of the class, interface, operator, etc that implements what you want to do.

I have found simple Google searches really show the Visual Studio help system for the retarded chimpanzee it is!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Anonymous Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:48:32 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=216#comment-336 I always popped my F1 key out of my keyboard because of this. Great tip! I always popped my F1 key out of my keyboard because of this. Great tip!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/02/help-with-msdn-help/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Anonymous Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:27:22 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=216#comment-335 This would be a cool SlickEdit macro also (given it's the slickedit site :D). I'm not well versed in Slickedit macro language, but a quick post of the macro would be really helpful.... This would be a cool SlickEdit macro also (given it’s the slickedit site :D ). I’m not well versed in Slickedit macro language, but a quick post of the macro would be really helpful….

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