Which version is popular? How about Delphi 7. - Delphi

Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:

> Lars Fosdal wrote:
>
> > I'd love to see an online version, where the content is a wiki, and
> > the content / index is searchable through a google appliance.
>
> I guess we'll see that, eventually. Be patient.

This could have been a well-established community project for YEARS.
The tools have been available to support this for a long time.

I do not understand why CG have been so reluctant to use one of their
last remaining advantages - the knowledgable, committed user base - to
fill a glaring hole in their product.

What is the advantage of waiting?

"IanH" wrote in message <news:489954dc@newsgroups.borland.com>:

> and which provides at least some usable examples.
That's a good point! I'm missing those small examples as well.

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Michael

IanH wrote:

> Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:
>
> > Lars Fosdal wrote:
> >
> > > I'd love to see an online version, where the content is a wiki,
> > > and the content / index is searchable through a google appliance.
> >
> > I guess we'll see that, eventually. Be patient.
>
> This could have been a well-established community project for YEARS.
> The tools have been available to support this for a long time.
>
> I do not understand why CG have been so reluctant to use one of their
> last remaining advantages - the knowledgable, committed user base - to
> fill a glaring hole in their product.
>
> What is the advantage of waiting?

I guess there was probably no one who could set it up and fill it with
basic contents. IOW, just a lack of resources.
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IanH wrote:

> Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:
>
> > IOW, current help in D2007 is already much better than the help in
> > D5. <eg> I'm sure the next Delphi will even be better.
>
> As somebody who switches between D5 + RAD Studio all the time, I
> disagree. While I can see improvements in the help via the updates, I
> still prefer the D5 help, which does not suffer from the requirement
> to filter out all the unnecessary content

Perhaps, but there is much much more content in the D2007 help. D5 and
D6 help were also lacking.
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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:


> > I still prefer the D5 help, which does not suffer from the requirement
> > to filter out all the unnecessary content

> Perhaps, but there is much much more content in the D2007 help.

Absolutely. Think of all the valuable items one could not do without when
working in D2007 for win32. Like Visual Basic Help, .NET Framework, J# code
examples, etc, etc. This is such an improvement over D7.

Jan Derk

Jan Derk wrote:

> Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote:
>
>
> > > I still prefer the D5 help, which does not suffer from the
> > > requirement to filter out all the unnecessary content
>
> > Perhaps, but there is much much more content in the D2007 help.
>
> Absolutely. Think of all the valuable items one could not do without
> when working in D2007 for win32. Like Visual Basic Help, .NET
> Framework, J# code examples, etc, etc. This is such an improvement
> over D7.

Not what I meant. I meant there is much more Delphi content too.

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