[duxhelp] Re: Progress Report
- From: Ann Foxworth <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:19:33 -0500
Excellent, George. Can we save the table and emboss it? That's what I'd
really love to do.
Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist
Texas Commission for the Blind
4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130
Austin, TX 78756
PH: (512) 377-0654
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From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:24 AM
To: Duxhelp (E-mail)
Subject: [duxhelp] Progress Report
Hi everyone,
Many, many thanks for the feed back so far.
I know it appears to have been quiet from my end lately, but be assured
there is much going on here.
Trying to monitor progress with so many Codes is proving to be quite a tough
exercise in itself, and so I've decided to tackle things from another angle,
so to speak.
You may have looked at the "Codes Quick Reference" Topic, which in itself is
a daunting document, listing all the available DBT codes in strict
alphabetical order. It also has references to other codes which appear
elsewhere in the list.
Since this is Duxbury's Code Master List, I am treating it as sacrosanct,
and essentially doing nothing to change the order of things. However, I'm
hoping I've at least made the beginnings of some improvements.
Please don't hate me for this, but I've now made the Code List a Table
comprising two columns. Code Name and technical explanation are in column
1, and as I have added "Simplified" explanations, I have added a "Related
Topics" button or link in the second column. When you click on it, it takes
you to the simpler explanation, and of course the Back button will return
you to the table.
I have also added "Hyperlinks" to the many "(See also code [xxx])" items. I
don't know about you all, but it was driving me mad having to scroll through
pages and pages to get to see what they referred to, by which time I'd
forgotten where I had started. Now, one command will get you there, and
another will get you back.
I should explain also, that I'm trying to do all of this in such a way that
F1 Context Sensitive help can be incorporated where appropriate. (Although
there is no guarantee of this at this stage) My own thinking is that of you
were reviewing a document in Coded View, and wanted to check out what a code
is doing, you could highlight it, and press F1 to get an explanation.
Meantime, the biggest headache I've got is classifying the "simple" code
explanation topics in such a way that they are easy to find. Where does a
code like [idle] fit in the overall scheme, without having a massive
"miscellaneous" section.
Hopefully we'll have another file out to you in a week or so.
Thanks again for all your help.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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