Manual: reference to wimp_ICON_BUTTON_TYPE_SHIFT

Tony van der Hoff tony at vanderhoff.org
Fri Jan 27 10:53:24 GMT 2006


Tony van der Hoff <tony at vanderhoff.org> wrote in message
<gemini.itqzaw047flps0flx.tony at vanderhoff.org>

> Erik Groenhuis <e.groenhuis at xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> <578564ef4d.root at vertus.xs4all.nl>
> 
> > Suggestion for change in StrongHelp manual
> > 
> > Version: created 31 Dec 2005 by BindHelp Section: wimp.h, constants
> > Parts: wimp_BUTTON_xxx, wimp_ICON_BUTTON_TYPE
> > 
> > In the description of these constants it says:
> > 
> > "Description: shift by Wimp_IconButtonTypeShift".
> > 
> > This should be wimp_ICON_BUTTON_TYPE_SHIFT. This symbol can also be
> > linked to the relevant page.
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> Yes, this is due to the way DefMod translates the .swi definitions into
> the C manual. You will see similar examples througout OSLib.
> 
> I have long thought something should be done about it, but have never had
> the energy to tackle it, so it has remained untouched for ever. It's on
> the todo list, together with generating an HTML manual.
> 

I meant to add: the solution is exremely unlikely to be trivial.

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Tony van der Hoff        | mailto:tony at vanderhoff.org
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