This release of MacTech's Think Reference Viewer (2.5b2) introduces powerful new search capabilities.
Search terms can be combined to create more precise search profiles. For example, you can search for
the expression "resource" or "resource manager" or "resource manager data". Search strings composed
of multiple words will only match occurances where those words appear, in that order and immediately
adjacent to each other.
You may also refine search profiles by using parenthesis, quotes and the operators "or", "and",
"not", and "near".
The operator "or" lets you broaden your search. For example you may be interested in every
occurance of sound resources or sound files.
The result of applying operators are expressions. For example, the input string sound resources
or sound files is true when either of these terms appear. You can define expressions with
parenthesis, and then combine them with other operators. For example:
playing and (sound resources or sound files)
will find every occurance of "playing" followed by either "sound resources" or "sound files".
It finds these cases, becase it first finds playing, and then finds a string which causes the
expression in parenthesis to be true.
The not operator reverses an expression. For example searching for
playing and not (sound resources or sound files)
will find occurances of playing movies, but not find cases where the string "playing sound resources"
occurs. Movies matches neither sound resources or sound files, so the expression in parenthesis is
false, but "not" reverses that value. So movies makes the overall expression true, and playing movies
is found. The operator not, must be followed by an expression, and can be preceded only by an operator.
Expressions can be started with not, for example
not (playing or recording) and sound
will find all cases of the word sound that are preceded by something other than playing or recording.
Finally, quotes can be used to override reserved Think Reference expressions. For example, if
you want to find the literal expression "Bits and Pieces" simply include the whole phrase in
quotes. This will prevent Think Reference from assuming the "and" in this string is an operator,
allowing you to find only matches of the exact string "Bits and Pieces".
These new search capabilities may take some time to master, but will make it easier to find
the references you need as you become more familiar with their use. We think you'll find them
a valuable addition to the Think Reference Viewer.
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