[plt-dev] language dialog

I was thinking of something that led into, say Quick, but was written
for someone who was trying to figure out #lang. That is, a PLT newbie
who wants to first learn about #lang lines and, even if they don't
know it yet, second wants to do some tutorial.

But a second best would be changing the way that section is written up
to be more #lang-centric.

Robby


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> On Jan 29, Robby Findler wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Ryan Culpepper <ryanc at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> > Robby Findler wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Matthew suggested a change to the language dialog that I've just now
>> >> checked in. Please give it a try and let me know what you think.
>> >
>> > I think the explanatory text under the first option should be replaced with
>> > something like the following:
>> >
>> >  Typical language declarations:
>> >    #lang <language-name>
>> >    #!r6rs
>> >
>> > Or perhaps instead of the abstract #lang example have two concrete ones,
>> > like "#lang scheme" and "#lang typed/scheme".
>> >
>> > It should also have a link to an explanation of language declarations in the
>> > help desk, either following the examples or as the text "language
>> > declarations" above hyperlinked.
>>
>> Does it make sense to have a link to an introduction that explains
>> #lang (and moves on to other things) instead?
>
> I thought that something like
>  http://docs.plt-scheme.org/guide/Module_Syntax.html
> would be right, except that this section needs some improvements, like
> avoiding the `module' reference (or maybe explaining it much later
> than the first sentence), and generally making it more beginner
> friendly.
>
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