example is meant to be something executable from the browser (and with a 
visible result) while “exemplar” will just provide a prototype. 

this is old discussion, sigh...

Esteban

> On 18 Aug 2016, at 16:25, Denis Kudriashov <dionisi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Why not use <example> pragma in the way you propose for <examplar>? Why we 
> need two?
> 
> 2016-08-18 14:38 GMT+02:00 stepharo <steph...@free.fr 
> <mailto:steph...@free.fr>>:
> Hi
> 
> In my projects I start to do the following:
> 
> I create <examplar> class method that returns an prototypical instance.
> 
> I use such methods in my tests as fixture.
> 
> Then I would like to have nautilus presenting to me the <examplar> with a 
> little triangle and when I press
> 
> on them I get an inspector on them.
> 
> This way I get the same behavior than with default <example> methods that 
> open an widget, image....
> 
> If we agree on that
> 
>     - I can take all the <example> and turn them if necessary into examplar.
> 
>     - extend Nautilus to send an inspect to the result of examplar tagged 
> method.
> 
> I think that we can achieve a lot in terms of discovery with such simple 
> changes.
> 
> Stef
> 
> PS: I reread the old thread and I think that this is a reasonable approach 
> that makes
> 
> the pro instances (like me) and the pro examples showing some things (like 
> me) happy.
> 
> 
> 

Reply via email to