Peter Hansen wrote:
Steve Holden wrote:
I still await the specified five emails preferring your version to the
current documentation.
So, for the record Steve, how many of those emails have you
received to date? (And how many from *anyone*, not just
regulars, proclaiming Xah's version better?)
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Hi All--
Richie Hindle wrote:
>
> Xah is right - I have a copy here of his message of 18th April, saying "i
> have rewrote the Python's re module documentation.".
>
Which announcement alone I take as evidence sufficient unto itself. I
shall not be reading the "rewrote" documentation.
Metta,
I
Steve Holden wrote:
I still await the specified five emails preferring your version to the
current documentation.
So, for the record Steve, how many of those emails have you
received to date? (And how many from *anyone*, not just
regulars, proclaiming Xah's version better?)
-Peter
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I think that there are some nice ideas in the new version e.g. "Regex
functions" is a nicer title than "Module contents", examples, caveats.
But there are some organizational problems and the actual writting is a
bit weak.
Cheers,
Brian
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"Claudio Grondi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From my point of view both, the existing and
> the proposed documentation assume some
> knowledge about regular expressions as
> such, so doesn't really explain, beeing
> limited to showing the syntax of usage.
It's not clear that this belongs in the
[Xah]
> I have produced my doc.
> ( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
>
> isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
I don't have the time to write a full review of your version, but for the
record I've compared it with the original and I don't think it's a
signifi
Conclusion:
---
I agree with Bill Mill saying
"I'd suggest that he [Xah Lee] actually make
an effort at improving the docs before
submitting them."
so I am still waiting for the final version
before deciding which docu is
better, believing, that if Xah Lee puts
more work and serious eff
Xah Lee wrote:
Dear Steve Holden,
the rewrite of the regex doc is instigated by your offer.
it is published and announced here on April 18th.
I'll have to take your word for that.
If you deem it
proper, paypal me. It will be to your credit and easier to incorporate
into the main doc.
I still await
Dear Steve Holden,
the rewrite of the regex doc is instigated by your offer.
it is published and announced here on April 18th. If you deem it
proper, paypal me. It will be to your credit and easier to incorporate
into the main doc.
Xah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
â http://xahlee.org/
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Robert Kern wrote:
Xah Lee wrote:
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
No.
[Steve Holden]
The condition for winning the prize is that at least five regular
posters to c.l.py have to mail me and saythey
Xah Lee wrote:
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
No.
[Steve Holden]
The condition for winning the prize is that at least five regular
posters to c.l.py have to mail me and saythey think your version
On Monday 25 April 2005 11:48 am, so sayeth Xah Lee:
> I have produced my doc.
> ( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
>
> isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
>
Yes, we have put it in an envelop that is sitting between the dumpster and the
Dairy Queen in Dalhart
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
Xah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
â http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/more.html
Steve Holden wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
> [mountains of irrelevant drivel which normal people woul
runes wrote:
Steve, thank you for givig me those links. I'll go there if I manage to
structure an improvement suggestion.
RTFM :-) [The links came from the documentation]
And about the link to the Howto: I suppose many people don't read the
manual from a to z but with a particular problem in mind.
Steve, thank you for givig me those links. I'll go there if I manage to
structure an improvement suggestion.
And about the link to the Howto: I suppose many people don't read the
manual from a to z but with a particular problem in mind. Hence the
link could ble locateded several places, perhaps re
runes wrote:
Generally: I have got my experiences with the Python Manual over the
the last 30 months Python beeing my preferred language. One of them is
that I have to look elsewhere.
I've gotten great help from this newsgroup. By following these steps:
1. Read the docs at http://docs.python.org/mo
runes wrote:
Seems like criticising the manual is som kind of heresy. So be it.
Don't think so, but this being open source I suspect that Fredrik was
trying to get them improved.
You know, the Re documentation contains many pages. Ufortunately I
didn't dwell with the first introductory paragraph
Seems like criticising the manual is som kind of heresy. So be it.
You know, the Re documentation contains many pages. Ufortunately I
didn't dwell with the first introductory paragraph, I was trying to
solve a particular problem. I'm not that used to looking for links to
external sources in the m
"runes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
> documentation.
>
> And please do not make any assumptions about my reading of manuals.
if you were unable to find a link in the documentation you were reading, can you
perhaps suggest a
I sympathize with you and also think there should be an "add comment" in
the Python documentation website, so that users could post their code
snippets in the relevant places.
I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
documentation.
And please do not make any as
Thank you for being so friendly!
I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
documentation.
And please do not make any assumptions about my reading of manuals.
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On 12 Apr 2005 15:06:30 -0700, "runes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Luckily I found this regex howto:
>http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ and that helped a lot.
Luckily??? AMK's howto is pointed to by the 3rd paragraph of Section
4.2.1 of the documentation that you are dissing:
"""
A brief ex
> why cannot this piece of shit writing give a single example of usage?
Actually, I can understand your frustration even if you should enhance
your vocabulary slightly. I often struggle with the Python
documnetation myself and I can't understand why a couple of examples
are so hard to give. When
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