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From: bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HyperText and Cross-linking
Message-ID: <10520001@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 88 19:11:16 GMT
Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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I am only an egg...

In my Apple HyperCard Manual for the mentally deficient, I see no way to
do something that seems to me fairly obvious. I want to construct richly
hyper-linked textual data bases. An example would be gathering up great
gobs of say comp.sys.mac notes files into a stack, and cross-linking
the bejeesus out of them, creating "topical threads" through the stack.

Is there a simple script, XCMD, or whatever that will perform the following 
sequence in one chunk?
	after selecting text in a field (click-drag, double click, whatever):
	create a transparent button just the size of the text selection
	label the button some way (like the "*" in the Help stack), to indicate
	  a hot-spot. I forget, is there a "framed transparent" button?
	perform a link to.. and let me choose a target card (or stack)
	return to my selection

	??


Right now, it seems I have to:
	create new button
	select style and size it manually (the real nasty for this task)
	I don't know how to mark the hot-spot, except by modifying the field
	  content to add a "*" or something
	link to..
	and I can't remember whether HyperCard returns me to my previous card


Also, is there a "floating button" for use in scrolling fields? One screen is
pretty small, so I'd need scrolling fields for my text. How do I attach the
button to a selection that may be offscreen or in a different display-relative
position at any time?

Scott "on mouseUp" Bayes
bayes@hpfclw