Difference between revisions of "Talk:Documentation"

Revision as of 06:56, 7 August 2005

Several entries

There's still the problem that you may have several entries resulting in the same wiki link.

"namespace variables" could mean the variables in general or the two #nsname and #nstype variables. Or the str(ing) command and the #str(ength) variable.

One way to deal with this would be to use other names, e.g. varstr. Alternatively, one could also simply host all entries on a single page and make subsections for each meaning. Then you could link to them using e.g. Str#Variable and Str#Command.

--Cheffe 18:33, 6 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Variables and Commands

I'm assuming then that you can't preface a page name with a # somehow?

tests:

#
#true

& #x0023;
& #x0023;true

(without the space between & and #)

--Kedrick Valorite 18:59, 6 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Nope

No, you simply can't make pages that are named #something. You can hide the real links by using piped links.

E.g. [[Help:Sandbox|BlaBla]] = BlaBla

--Cheffe 19:21, 6 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Namespaces?

humm...

namespaces for commands and sysvars?

e.g [[Commands:str]] and [[SysVars:str]]

--Kedrick Valorite 19:49, 6 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Languages and Arrows

FYI: as a convention, I used an arrow for 'read only' variables and planned on using a double arrow for read/write variables (within the sysVar page itself)

good, bad, indifferent?

→

↔

→

↔

--Kedrick Valorite 19:59, 6 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Languages

Here are a few language abbreviations:

http://safariexamples.informit.com/073571150X/Chapters/AppendixB.html

I'd like to have it multilingual.

I see CEO has already used a namespace Tutorials. Are you guys sure you understand how namespaces work? It seems to me you can't just pick any namespace you like:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Custom_namespaces http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces#Custom_namespaces

There's a maximum of 78 custom namespaces (article+talk). That may change in MediaWiki 1.5.

PS: I changed this discussion page to contain headings. If more people talk about different things then you can use subheadings to reply to a special heading, thus creating a reply-tree structure (you may have to insert text in the middle to reply to a heading in the middle of the discussion page). I've got the idea from here: http://www.wowwiki.com/Talk:Main_Page

--Cheffe 03:59, 7 Aug 2005 (PDT)

Syntax

I wouldn't use a syntax section for variables. --Cheffe 04:56, 7 Aug 2005 (PDT)

I was looking at that myself last night. thinking on it, the section could simply be removed I think. there's the description and the example. humm...--Kedrick Valorite 06:56, 7 Aug 2005 (PDT)