[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-24 Thread Magnitus
Web/Pdf Ambiguity: In section 4.12, a one-liner mention is made of the Accept-Language field, but it might not be sufficient for someone who is inexperienced with the HTTP protocol to grasp (that it is something the user usually sets in his browser for example). Perhaps a brief introduction to

[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Magnitus
Pdf/Web Ambiguity: In section 4.2, it was not readily apparent (to me) that the init application doesn't exist by default and that really, it is simply a mecanism for the application programmer to define an handler. Perhaps it should be specified so that the reader is not left wondering. --

[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Magnitus
Pdf Issue: The pagination doesn't match the table of contents. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups web2py-users group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Magnitus
Web Errata: In section 4.6, the last 4 fields describing the accessors for the request object are not properly aligned and all jumbled up in a single paragraph. Pdf: Errata: In section 4.6, the example for a request is not displayed at all (compare it to the web version and you'll see

[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Magnitus
In section 4.6, the example for a request is not displayed at all (compare it to the web version and you'll see immediately what I'm talking about). Nevermind, I see that it is displayed, but after the start of the next section (my bad). However, comparing it with the web version now makes me

[web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Magnitus
Web, errata: At the very bottom of section 4.10, the example for the URL of the image is omitted. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups web2py-users group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: [web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Thadeus Burgess
This is actually python. It is string insertion with a dictionary instead of a list. Basically it is taking the Record (which is a dictionary) and string substituting it in. Where in the first form you have Hello %s. This is a string % (world) Hello world. This is a string And in this form you

Re: [web2py] Re: Issues with the documentation

2010-03-16 Thread Thadeus Burgess
This is due to bugs in the latex to markdown conversion. It will just need to be fixed. Some examples cannot be fixed because of a custom latex converter that acts on top of the markdown, certain python symbols such as % break things. -Thadeus On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Magnitus