Hi Randy -
yes, the page is the one you've already seen but now it's a little easier to
find - at least for me, since I added the keywords I'd thought of when I was
searching for this topic in the first place. My idea is that if you pretend
you don't already know it's there, try searching for code to help you wrap
text to see if you can now find it easily. I listed keywords that seem
obvious to me but may not be to others. So, if you search for it using
words that occur to you, you'll either find it easily, or you won't. If you
don't find it easily, you could add the search phrases that seemed natural
to you when you were looking for it.
I'm unsure of the meaning of your second paragraph below: obviously I,
personally, know how to edit a wiki page. However, if you mean the generic
"you", meaning "if one did not know how to edit the J wiki", I'd say that
this is something one should learn to make better use of the resource,
including adding one's own keywords. As I mentioned to Skip, I don't think
this is a very high barrier.
However, this does bring up the point I also mentioned in my last reply to
Skip: there are immutable pages in which the keyword pragma is hidden - it
can only be seen in edit mode as far as I know.
In any case, this keyword idea is a good, simple, partial, short-term
solution. Now all we need to do is make sure it's well-known. I've added
it to my own "Wiki tips" page. I find this page helpful just for my own
reference to help me recall little "gotchas" I've encountered and overcome
but use infrequently enough that I might forget them.
Regards,
Devon
On 2/3/08, Randy MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Devon;
>
> You mention a page that I could potentially find via search. My first
> question is: how will I know that I found this page you reference,
> unless it is a page about 'Word Wrap' that I looked at yesterday, which
> is, IIRC, under your name, in which case this is moot.
>
> Also, first things first! If you did not know how to edit the J wiki,
> why the concern about being able to add keywords?
>
> Kudos to Oleg for pointing out the pragma. The J wiki not having the
> proper keyword will be a short-lived limitation, I'm sure.
>
> Devon McCormick wrote:
> > So, we can do this, assuming that we know how to edit the J wiki, now
> that
> > we know about the keywords pragma. Take a look at my experiment with
> this
> > on the page I put together about limiting lines of text to a specific
> > length; I won't give the link here so you can see how hard or easy it is
> to
> > find by searching with phrases that occur to you.
> >
> > On 2/2/08, Randy MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Okay, you are saying that the author is the only supplier of keywords
> on
> >> the sites I mentioned. I haven't explored them in depth, so I'll have
> >> to take your word for it. User-supplied keywords, seems like such a
> good
> >> idea, I marvel that it has not been done.
> >>
> >> Such a thing could prove useful for J documentation since, as capable
> as
> >> Roger Chris and Eric are, I'm sure the audience is collectively
> smarter.
> >> for the information is
> >> s the
> >>
> >>> biggest barrier to learning about J, as well as almost any subject.
> >>>
> > ...
> >
>
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