Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47305
interpreted = N
texte = On 1/31/03 6:26 AM, John Peacock wrote:Regarding Ken's solution: > > You'll also spend a lot of time writing non-portable code. [searchstring] > does > everything for you. With Ken's techniques, you cannot have a page be the > target > for multiple search variations and have the [searchstring] automatically do > the > right thing. > >> >> Using the searchstring tag tends to hide important information from you, >> which only confuses the issue. And as John said in his previous >> message, the searchstring tag has problems -- which is yet another good >> reason to avoid using it. >> > > No, the documentation has problems; the [searchstring] works just fine. Ken > and > I differ, here. He got burned by the error in the docs and never recovered > his > confidence in the [shownext]/[searchstring] pair. I figured out why the docs > were wrong and use [searchstring] every day without fear. [snip]Thanks John. Once again, it looks like there are several ways to skin a cat. How many other errors are there in the documentation? I don't suppose there's an addendum out?Cheers, Lurch Webmaster and Virtual Barkeep Emeritus... ...Lover of fine whisky, fast women, and faster airplanes... ...not necessarily in that order :P ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Marko Bernyk 2003)
  2. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Marko Bernyk 2003)
  3. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  4. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Donovan 2003)
  5. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (John Peacock 2003)
  6. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Donovan 2003)
  7. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Joe R. Richardson 2003)
  8. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Joe R. Richardson 2003)
  9. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (John Peacock 2003)
  10. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (Kenneth Grome 2003)
  11. Re: Help getting [shownext] to increment (John Peacock 2003)
  12. Help getting [shownext] to increment (Joe R. Richardson 2003)
On 1/31/03 6:26 AM, John Peacock wrote:Regarding Ken's solution: > > You'll also spend a lot of time writing non-portable code. [searchstring] > does > everything for you. With Ken's techniques, you cannot have a page be the > target > for multiple search variations and have the [searchstring] automatically do > the > right thing. > >> >> Using the searchstring tag tends to hide important information from you, >> which only confuses the issue. And as John said in his previous >> message, the searchstring tag has problems -- which is yet another good >> reason to avoid using it. >> > > No, the documentation has problems; the [searchstring] works just fine. Ken > and > I differ, here. He got burned by the error in the docs and never recovered > his > confidence in the [shownext]/[searchstring] pair. I figured out why the docs > were wrong and use [searchstring] every day without fear. [snip]Thanks John. Once again, it looks like there are several ways to skin a cat. How many other errors are there in the documentation? I don't suppose there's an addendum out?Cheers, Lurch Webmaster and Virtual Barkeep Emeritus... ...Lover of fine whisky, fast women, and faster airplanes... ...not necessarily in that order :P ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Joe R. Richardson

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