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How would you know what to search for?
by hkon 3y ago
How would you know what to search for?
- globular-toast 3y agoPerhaps in an accompanying piece of literature. You could call it a manual perhaps.
- hkon 3y agoManuals are really boring, give me a button I can click.
- globular-toast 3y agoIt's a shame that you've never read a good manual. I recommend The TeXbook by Donald Knuth. Being trained in certain things brings so much joy to my life. I would hate it if my life was just a caveman who can only press buttons and see what happens.
- hkon 3y agoPerhaps, but I think both are nice to have. Being trained in certain things?
- IIsi50MHz 3y agoMaxis's manuals weren't boring… Ok, no-fair picking a game manual. FutureBASIC 1/II/^3 manuals weren't boring…for me, but mebbe that's because I was writing compiled apps that made me wonder how I ever tolerated interpreted languages. (( I still have a softspot for featureful IDEs that are actually integrated, instead of collection of parts that seem…cobbled together. ))
- mo_42 3y agoBased on what I want to accomplish in my document. For example, I want to type a math formula. I could search for math or formula (or both) to get an overview of all related functions. Results don't need to be presented as a list necessarily. But I'd try that first.
- hkon 3y agoI see. Yes I think it would work for most things. But for me UI's are places to explore functionality. So both are nice.