------------------------- Saturday, July 23, 2022, 8:56:57 PM, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Thanks a lot Peter and others (privately) for your suggestions. > Sorry for the very late reply, I've been distracted by other > things. Your comments are most appreciated. > Le 13/07/2022 à 18:15, Peter Toye a écrit : >> This looks great! Just what I'd needed a couple of years back when I > was >> still programming. >> I've only just started with it, but there are a few niggling comments > >> about the English version. I've only got to page 2 (getting started) > so >> far. >> * On my browser (Firefox in Windows) the 'v. latest' is too close to >> the bottom of the main frame, and I can't click on the >> 'previous/next/index' without very careful manipulation of the >> slider. Can it be moved up a cm or so? > This is a bit tricky because I don't know how to test it > locally without uploading on Readthedocs, and I'm bad at > CSS ... ... so am I. >> * On page 1 (Why Scheme?) it's slightly better English to say 'There >> is no single implementation of Scheme' >> * On page 2 (Getting started) the comment about testing under >> Windows is not translated into English! I suggest 'I am unable to >> test these commands under Windows. If they do not work, write to >> the list.' >> * Again on page 2, the commands don't work! You forgot to add the >> 'lilypond'. >> C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin>lilypond >> scheme-sandbox works fine on my machine. >> * On page 2 'Literals' the comment about decimal numbers isn't >> translated. I'm not sure about the best translation of 'nombres >> décimaux'. Personally I'd use 'floating-point numbers' on the >> grounds that all numbers, including integers, are decimal. > Done. >> * The comment 'and a few others' about the characters allowed in >> variable names is rather annoying. How does a user know what to >> expect if they use a forbidden character? A list would be really >> useful. > Um. The precise rules for valid identifiers are described > as a formal grammar on pages 12 and 13 of R6RS > <http://www.r6rs.org/final/r6rs.pdf> > (see the <identifier> production). I'll try to put > a list of a few characters that are valid and which > are useful to know about, like ? and ! because they > occur regularly at the end of function names (for > predicates and side-effecting functions), but I'd > rather not explain the full rules, as they are quite > complex ... Ouch! I see what you mean. And this is meant to be simplified? But the problem really is that if a user tries to use an identifier with an illegal syntax, how do they know? This is rather like those really annoying websites which ask you to choose a password, and then tell you that it's illegal without telling you why. > Best, > Jean All the best, Peter
