Talk:Documentation

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)