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Subject:Full text searches - don't kick MS From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:59:59 -0800
>Anyone else want to kick Microsoft over that (*&( search mechanism
>that runs when you open a help file for the first time? Couldn't
>they have put this in the compiler? GRRRRR.
Application developers have the option of compiling and shipping the
resulting LARGE file. It could easily mean added expense for systems that
ship on diskette. Every user would than have to deal with that file, whether
they plan to use full-text searches or not. ...RM
Richard Mateosian Freelance Technical Writer
srm -at- c2 -dot- org Copyright 1996 Review Editor, IEEE Micro http://www.c2.org/~srm/ All rights reserved President, Berkeley STC
