Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-16 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Mike Gerwitz writes: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 08:33:30 -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >> What you'll notice is that each new sentence starts on its own line. >> Sentences which have characters which continue beyond line 79 "wrap", >> but are indented to be clear that they align with a pre

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-16 Thread Mike Gerwitz
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 08:33:30 -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > What you'll notice is that each new sentence starts on its own line. > Sentences which have characters which continue beyond line 79 "wrap", > but are indented to be clear that they align with a previous sentence. I'm actual

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-16 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Alex Sassmannshausen writes: > That's looking pretty good. Personally I'm not sure about the > positioning of the bit about text editors — it feels like it is a little > tangential to getting Guile up and running. It feels like perhaps it > should be mentioned later (e.g. when you actually menti

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-16 Thread Alex Sassmannshausen
Hi Chris, Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Christopher Allan Webber writes: > >> Hello! >> >> So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would >> look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came >> up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I t

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-15 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Christopher Allan Webber writes: > >> Hello! >> >> So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would >> look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came >> up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I totally lost

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-12-15 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Hello! > > So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would > look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came > up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I totally lost them. Well I started implementing this.

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-11-19 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Howdy! > > I like all the ideas, being a fan of the simplicity and welcoming > aspects of the “Little” books. > > So, who’s in? :-) > > Thanks, > Ludo’. I'm glad you like it. I would *like* to be able to do this, but I officially don't have the time right at the moment

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-11-19 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Mathieu Lirzin writes: > Hi Christopher, > > Christopher Allan Webber writes: > >> - Intro >> - Getting up and running >>(picture of one of those robots with a wind-up-toy-key on its back?) >>+ How to start guile from the command line, add readline support >>+ Editor setup, simple >

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-11-19 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hi Christopher, Christopher Allan Webber writes: > - Intro > - Getting up and running >(picture of one of those robots with a wind-up-toy-key on its back?) >+ How to start guile from the command line, add readline support >+ Editor setup, simple > > Details how to write some s

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-11-19 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Howdy! I like all the ideas, being a fan of the simplicity and welcoming aspects of the “Little” books. So, who’s in? :-) Thanks, Ludo’.

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-30 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Luis Felipe López Acevedo writes: > On 2015-10-20 17:45, BCG wrote: >> On 10/19/2015 12:29 PM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >>> Amirouche Boubekki writes: >>> To the contrary I think it's not a good idea to start upfront the tutorial with which editor should be used is a good way to

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-27 Thread Luis Felipe López Acevedo
On 2015-10-20 17:45, BCG wrote: On 10/19/2015 12:29 PM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: Amirouche Boubekki writes: To the contrary I think it's not a good idea to start upfront the tutorial with which editor should be used is a good way to loose half of the readers, because they will feel mor

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-21 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
BCG writes: > On 10/19/2015 12:29 PM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >> Amirouche Boubekki writes: >> >>> To the contrary I think it's not a good idea to start upfront the >>> tutorial with which editor should be used is a good way to loose half of >>> the readers, because they will feel more unc

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-20 Thread BCG
On 10/19/2015 12:29 PM, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: Amirouche Boubekki writes: To the contrary I think it's not a good idea to start upfront the tutorial with which editor should be used is a good way to loose half of the readers, because they will feel more uncomfortable and not up to the

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-19 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Amirouche Boubekki writes: > To the contrary I think it's not a good idea to start upfront the > tutorial with which editor should be used is a good way to loose half of > the readers, because they will feel more uncomfortable and not up to the > task. To be useful emacs requires one 'Getting S

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-18 Thread Amirouche Boubekki
Le 2015-10-18 20:44, Luis Felipe López Acevedo a écrit : On 2015-10-18 10:41, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: Hello! So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came up with some ideas I wanted t

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-18 Thread Luis Felipe López Acevedo
On 2015-10-18 10:41, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: Hello! So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I totally lost them. I think we can keep

Re: Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-18 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Hello! > > So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would > look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came > up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I totally lost them. > > I think we can keep with the k

Ideas for a Guile tutorial to go with the new site

2015-10-18 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Hello! So I've been thinking a bit about what a friendly "intro" tutorial would look like that could fit with the direction the site is heading. I came up with some ideas I wanted to capture before I totally lost them. I think we can keep with the kids playing with robot toys idea and stretch th