[plt-scheme] scribbling newbie

From: Yavuz Arkun (yarkun at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 14 09:55:18 EST 2008

Eli Barzilay wrote:
> To clarify even more, in case anyone is interested: a `@foo[x]{y}'
> form is read as a sexpr where `foo' is the first item, the (optional)
> bracketed `x' is parsed as a datum, and the braced (optional) `y' as a
> string.  This means that @require[whatever], @+[1 2], and @begin[blah
> blah] are all read the same string-less expressions.  If both the
> brackets and braces are omitted, then the resulting expression is not
> put in parens, which is a convenient escape-to-scheme (either a single
> identifier or an expression).
>
> So, when you mean to write some Scheme code, just prefix it with a
> `@'.  @scheme[...] etc are still the same as @(scheme ...) etc, but
> they're intended for formatting the contents so the bracketed form is
> a better expression for this purpose.
>
> ]
>
>   
Thanks, that clarified some remaining questions for me; this insight 
might be a good addition to the intro section of the scribble docs.

I guess, with careful planning,  you could use the ability to 
escape-to-scheme to generate documentation that is tailored to the 
actual installation, e.g. by replacing the generic installation paths 
used in the normal documentation with the actual paths of the installation?

Yavuz


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