[PCB_FORUM] Re: searching cadence docs
- From: Eric Hufstedler <ehufstedler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:08:09 -0700
> Let us know if you are successful at solving either of
> these annoying "features".
I will. I just installed the google desktop search, so I'll see how it does
at searching the doc files.
If I had known that would come around, I might have left all my cadence
forum mails in some folder to let it search them, too.
eric
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin McCowan [mailto:kmccowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:41 AM
> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: searching cadence docs
>
>
> Join the crowd. Well, at least that's how I feel.
> I have never gotten the hang of using the help either.
> Maybe try the google toolbar and search the docs using it.
> I haven't tried this but I have heard that it will
> search within docs.
> As far as using Firefox, I tried this some time ago also
> and was, as were you, unsuccessful. Maybe you could make a
> copy of it and rename it to Netscape and see if that works.
> After all, all it needs to do is render the pages.
>
> Let us know if you are successful at solving either of
> these annoying "features".
>
> Kevin McCowan
> Sr. PCB Designer
> TSI Telsys
>
> Eric Hufstedler wrote:
> > Every year or so I try to figure out how to make cdsdoc be
> more useful, but
> > never seem to figure it out.
> >
> > Is there any way to search cdsdoc (or even sourcelink for
> that matter) so
> > that you see the text near the term you searched for? (IE
> much like the way
> > google or other internet search engines display the
> results). I'm surprised
> > that after all this time, the search results are still just
> "what chapter
> > contains this word" instead of "what paragraphs contains
> this word, and
> > here are the words around it".
> >
> > Or, is there an index for the user guide (and other
> documents) ? That's one
> > area where windows is pretty good: the find/search features in the
> > "standard" help routines.
> >
> > Also, has any one figured out how to make firefox the
> default browser? It
> > works: I can open up the help pages in it, use search, etc,
> but cdsdoc only
> > has netscape and internet exploder as choices.
> >
> > Thanks for the help on 'help' :)
> >
> > Eric
-----------------------------------------------------------
To subscribe/unsubscribe:
Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe
To view the archives of this list please login at
//www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum
or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/
Problems or Questions:
Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE!
Better yet, join our jobs listing forum.
SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx
POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
