Hidden Information

Torge Husfeldt torge.husfeldt at gmx.de
Wed Jul 9 20:40:22 UTC 2003


Hi,

I find it much easier to use the special syntax

beep<Object new beep>

then select all, cmd-6 select Do it. done.

HTH,
Torge

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:27:01 +0200, Boris Gaertner <Boris.Gaertner at gmx.net> 
wrote:

>
> David N Smith wrote:
>
>> I've been exploring Cmd-6 in text areas. There is a neat way to mark 
>> text
> so that it executes >some hidden text. The menu allos for viewing the 
> hidden
> text but I cannot figure out how to >hide the text to start with. An hour 
> on
> the Swici didn't help.
>
>> I'm probably missing something obvious, but can someone gove me a clue
> about how to set >up an expression to execute when I click on a text 
> field
> (and also link to a hidden URL)?
>
> No, this is not obvious at all. Please try this:
> 1. Open a workspace.
> 2. Type in this line:
> 'This is an example of Object new beep text'
> 3. Select 'Object new beep' and press cmd-6 to bring up the menu.
> 4. Select 'do it' from the menu. The selected text is now displayed in 
> blue.
> When you click on it, your computer should beep.
> 5. Place the cursor into the word 'example' and move it (with the
> arrow buttons) into the the 'Object new beep'.
> 6. Type in some text, e.g. 'hidden'
> 7. Remove the unwanted text around the word 'hidden'.
>
> Now the line should look like this:
>
> This is an example of hidden text
>
> where the word 'hidden' is displayed in blue. When you click on
> 'hidden', your computer should beep.
>
> This is not very convenient to use;  perhaps we should try to
> implement something more convenient.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Boris
>
>
>
>
>



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