Fiddleminger
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Posted: Feb. 17 2003,08:43 |
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Quote (Magnus Brading @ Feb. 02 2003,20:30) | Yes, please follow Disposable Hero's advise above, and it will work. |
You're right, of course. It does work. But might I ask "Why?" Why is there this (undocumented, AFAIK) interaction? Why should you have to uncheck CFSM to enable "Include subdirs" at all? I don't see the point of it. It's not intuitive and it's not documented. Sure, if you run a command across a directory tree, you're not going to select individual files. So have the program uncheck them all automatically and just get on with it. Don't put unnecessary undocumented impediments in the way of using a function.
This brings me to one of my Pet Peeves: here we have a function "Include Subdirs" and there's NO entry in the Help for it! Looking in Help is the first thing I do in a situation such as this, but there's no entry for it. Try it for yourself: type "Include subdirs" in the index -- nothing. Nothing applicable in the "Find" index either for either "include" or "subdirs". Grrr.
There should be a rule: Every functional word on every screen should have an entry in help somewhere. Every error message should have an entry, including information on why the error was generated and how to avoid it in the future. All functional dependencies should be documented.
I don't mean to sound harsh. It's just that this is one of my hot buttons. I'm willing to explore and try things, but this one just doesn't make sense. TS overall is an excellent product and I've recommended it many times and will continue to do so enthusiastically. Magnus has done an outstanding job.
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