AScript Script Reference

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Author	Topic: AScript Script Reference
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Sunday, June 10 2007 17:45 Profile Homepage #0 I'm happy to report that I'm making good progress on completing AScript. It now does simple auto-indentation and is less inclined to lose custom snippet data. Most significantly, I think I've come up with a good way to do the online script call reference, as suggested by Kelandon. I have the engine working, so there's only one thing I lack: content to put in it. I could just copy and paste what Jeff wrote in the Editor manual Appendices, but that has several problems: it would be very laborious, the descriptions even in the newest version are sometimes terse or incomplete, and of course I would have to ask Jeff's permission to use the material. So, I think it would be possible to do better, namely by drawing on the knowledge of the community. The system I have would require an html page, preferably short, for each call, although it would be straightforward and useful to link in pages for groups of related calls and for examples. So, I would like to ask if there's anyone who wants to help me generate this content; I would really appreciate it. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
WiKiSpidweb Infiltrator Member # 3441	written Monday, June 11 2007 13:31 Profile Homepage #1 I'd be willing to assist, on the condition that I can use the same information in my program. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- BoaEdit Posts: 536 \| Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Monday, June 11 2007 13:40 Profile Homepage #2 For the record, that was not at all my suggestion. My suggestion was basically what WKS did in his script editor, except in a window instead of a menu. There already exists an online script reference. I'm not sure what purpose a new one would serve. The whole point of a script editor is to get everything in one application. If we're putting script reference stuff into a second application (a web browser or something), then why not just have Word open and look at the usual docs? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Monday, June 11 2007 14:42 Profile Homepage #3 I would be happy to have your help, WKS. As with all other portions of AScript, I had intended the reference material to be freely available for use anywhere. From a quick bit of research and experimentation JTextPane seems to render HTML tolerably in Java if you're interested in literally using the same set of files for convenience. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Dintiradan Guardian Member # 6670	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 06:18 Profile Homepage #4 So, if I'm reading you right, it'll be sort of like the way Eclipse displays the javadoc for a method when you type it in? Nifty. -------------------- I worked as a parking attendant at Logan Airport, I parked jets. They had to let me go though because I kept locking the keys in them. One day I was on an 86 foot stepladder trying to get in the window with a coat hanger. - Steven Wright Posts: 1509 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 08:45 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Niemand: I really misunderstood what you meant then, Kel I kept saying that you were completely misunderstanding me at the time. :P quote: Inserting a call is already easy with auto-completion, without having to locate it in a menu or a large list. (Depending on how much of the call you type to start with.) That reminds me of two things. First, auto-complete doesn't serve the purpose that I want (e.g. "There are three similarly-named called that do this, and I remember what one of them was, but I want to look at all three so that I can compare"). It sounds like what you're doing now would solve the problem, though. Second, AScript doesn't auto-complete right now. Is it supposed to? EDIT: Also, I always intended to rewrite the documentation. This might be my chance. [ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 08:57: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 09:17 Profile Homepage #6 Yes, it does auto-complete. Type part of a script call or reserved word and the press Option+Space or Option+Esc. At least it works fine under 10.4, I hope that this isn't something that doesn't work under Panther. As to how I'm planning to rewrite the docs: I have a list of 494 calls and keywords (The same ones that AScript can auto-complete). My idea is to have a short page for each one, describing it's usage and parameters. There would be ~40 category pages that would link to all the calls/keywords in that category. There would then be a main page which links to all of the categories. In addition, each call's page would have a 'See also' section linking directly to closely related calls, and category and call pages could link to pages containing examples and explanations. So all told as many as 600 pages. However, many would be short and would take about 2 minutes to write; so with several people collaborating, I don't see it as being impossible. So far I have a program which generates the 494 call and keyword pages needing only to have their content filled in, and I've learned some css for doing the formatting of all the pages. Right now, I am working on sorting the calls into categories, mostly following the categories in the Docs Appendices but with some changes. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 09:57 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Niemand: Type part of a script call or reserved word and the press Option+Space or Option+Esc. Oh. See, that's why most people release documentation with their programs. :P [ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:10: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 10:45 Profile Homepage #8 Hmph. It's a beta. I am writing the documentation, for release with the complete program. So far it's 7 pages long so far (With lots of screenshots, which are often more work that a block of text of the same size.), and may still need to double in length. It wasn't something I could just create with a snap of my fingers. Besides, if you looked in the menus, you'd see the shortcut listed. :P -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 11:15 Profile Homepage #9 Huh. I didn't notice those extra commands in the edit menu. You have Auto-Complete, Jump To Line, and Check With Alint in the menu, but you have Check With Alint, Count Characters, and Jump To Line as buttons on the top of the window. That's weird. Why not just include all four in both places? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Tuesday, June 12 2007 14:53 Profile Homepage #10 Count characters is in the menu in the next version; I just forgot it the first time. Auto-complete doesn't make much sense as a button, and I only made it a menu so that there would be some way to see that it exists. A quick test shows that Option+Escape and the menu item don't work at all, oops, and so I'll be either fixing or removing it. [ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 14:54: Message edited by: Niemand ] -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
WiKiSpidweb Infiltrator Member # 3441	written Thursday, June 14 2007 07:48 Profile Homepage #11 Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of count characters? -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- BoaEdit Posts: 536 \| Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, June 14 2007 10:23 Profile Homepage #12 So you can tell if your strings are too long. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
WiKiSpidweb Infiltrator Member # 3441	written Friday, June 15 2007 09:19 Profile Homepage #13 Oh... -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- BoaEdit Posts: 536 \| Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Friday, June 15 2007 18:21 Profile Homepage #14 I have now finished the pages for all datatypes and constants, and I have posted them here. That leaves about 500 pages to go. Please note that all links that go to pages that are not in the above categories will be broken at this time. I'll add more pages as I get them done. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Tuesday, July 3 2007 19:02 Profile Homepage #15 bump I've now finished the pages in the Basic and IO Calls section. Now that there's a significant amount of content, what do people think? Is it helpful, is stuff missing, etc? -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Lazarus. Lifecrafter Member # 6193	written Tuesday, July 3 2007 20:41 Profile Homepage #16 Well done. I think it's useful-- hell I actually learned something (didn't know about end_scenario(2)) Should print_big_str_color() be listed, if only to point out that it's broken? -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 \| Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Wednesday, July 4 2007 06:10 Profile Homepage #17 I could mention it in it in the print_big_str_num page—if only to point out that it doesn't actually exist: quote: From the Tech Support page: The call print_big_str_color is actually called print_big_str_num. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 \| Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00