tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (03/16/90)
Note that if the reports are correct (which seems likely), HyperCard
2.0 will be out before summer and it will have built-in commands which
make it easy to see what text was clicked on. That being the case, you
may want to just wait. I've done this myself, and I am eagerly waiting
to throw out this unpleasant code.
Just finding the line is easy, but anything more sophisticated, like
cross-referenced scrolling text, is painful. (Albeit an engaging
and satisfying programming problem.)
The multiple font and style support should also make it easy to
indicate to the user which text is clickable. I hope (but doubt) 2.0
will come with small caps, which is the most standard style for
cross-referenced terms in print.
--
Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com
"Our newest idol, the Superman, celebrating the death of godhead, may be
younger than the hills; but he is as old as the shepherds."
- Shaw, "On Diabolonian Ethics"