Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Shriram Krishnamurthi
> That sounds great, and I'm sure one of the Pict > experts could write better examples than mine. Yes, but still, upload your code to the cookbook. > But please look at the > slideshow & the keybinding dox in 3.3.8 Defining Custom Shortcuts. > See if you think if there's enough examples.  I know

Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Bill Richter
Thanks, Shriram! That sounds great, and I'm sure one of the Pict experts could write better examples than mine. But please look at the slideshow & the keybinding dox in 3.3.8 Defining Custom Shortcuts. See if you think if there's enough examples. I know I floundered.

Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Shriram Krishnamurthi
Bill, I agree with you that docs can always be improved with some choice examples. Thanks for thinking to contribute. In this regard, Horace is being perhaps a bit too defensive. However, your particular example strikes me as far too verbose for inclusion in documentation, which needs to also b

Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Bill Richter
There is a mistake in your example, I've copied below a working one. (renamed variable P to ph) Thanks, Horace. I wonder how I stuck that mistake in my post: it's correct in my code, and it won't run with that busted P instead of ph. I think racket has excellent documentation. There se

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Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Horace Dynamite
There is a mistake in your example, I've copied below a working one. (renamed variable P to ph) I think racket has excellent documentation. There seems to be a very fine line between overly verbose documentation and concise documentation. Horace. #lang slideshow ;; Digit = 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Re: [racket] documentation example for slideshow/pict

2010-08-07 Thread Bill Richter
Here's a better example for slideshow/pict, a new version of `print-sudoku'. Racket sounds like a very interesting ambition attempt to ``to fuse cutting-edge programming-language research with everyday programming.'' I don't know how far along the project is, but eventually you'll need good docum

Re: [racket] syntax, differently

2010-08-07 Thread Michael Sperber
Matthias Felleisen writes: > 2. Could drracket reindent all every time a programmer hits {return | run | > submission server request }? I think it would be enough to pop up a dialogue box when the user tries to save if the code isn't indented properly. That would send a clear message, cannot