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Re: Guile reference manual questions
From: |
Neil Jerram |
Subject: |
Re: Guile reference manual questions |
Date: |
18 Oct 2000 22:07:42 +0100 |
>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Walters <address@hidden> writes:
Colin> Why not follow a pattern like the Emacs Lisp manual? It
Colin> starts out documenting features of Emacs Lisp that are in
Colin> common with other Lisp dialects (lists, vectors,
Colin> evaluation), and gets more specialized in later chapters
Colin> (buffers, regexps, Emacs internals).
Colin> So in this case, the Guile manual would start out
Colin> documenting mostly the Scheme language, while later
Colin> chapters could deal with GOOPS, the module system, etc.
Colin> That way, the Scheme experts know they can safely skip the
Colin> first few chapters, while the beginners can read the manual
Colin> the entire way through in a continuous fashion.
Thanks - yes, that is very much what I have in mind now.
Regards,
Neil
Re: Guile reference manual questions, Richard Stallman, 2000/10/16