Which manual has appendix details?

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 1/20/24 09:56, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 03:50:48PM +0100, Daniel via lyx-users wrote:
>> On 2024-01-19 23:17, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:01:50PM -0700, Hal Kierstead wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 19, 2024, at 2:54 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 02:32:21PM -0700, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jan 19, 2024, at 9:33 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 19 Jan 2024, Paul Rubin wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Section 6.4 of the User's Guide is titled "Appendices". It's rather brief,
>>>>>>>> so I don't know if it will answer your question(s).
>>>>>>> Paul,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you. When I scanned the sections in Chapter 6 I missed that one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rich
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>>>>>> I often find myself looking through several manuals trying to find information. It would be much better if I could make a single search of all manuals. Maybe there is a way and I just do not know it.
>>>>> Open up advanced find and click on the "settings" tab. Then choose "All manuals".
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott
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>>>> Very nice Scott. I thought there might be a good way of doing this.
>>>> Hal
>>> It would be nice to have something like Help > Search all manuals, and
>>> it would essentially open advanced find and set it to search all
>>> manuals. Currently it's a bit hidden.
>>>
>>> Scott
>> Also one cannot currently search the manuals without opening another
>> document which is a little odd.
> Agreed. We would need to allow the advanced find pane to be opened
> without a buffer.

This may just be a matter of changing the isBufferDependent method for 
that dialog. But there may be other aspects of its setup that really do 
need a buffer. That could probably be changed, but it might need more work.

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