Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-10 Thread Anthony
On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:13:02 PM UTC-5, mikech wrote: +1 for this. I wasn't thinking about major edits, but we could see whether the typos etc. had already been reported and not crowd the group with repeats. The online book is temporarily locked, but normally when a minor typo is

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-10 Thread mikech
So can we assume that the typos we see there now, have not been reported?

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-10 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Lots of typos have been fixed. Will post a book ed 3.3 shortly On Nov 10, 11:19 am, mikech mp.ch...@gmail.com wrote: So can we assume that the typos we see there now, have not been reported?

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-09 Thread Anthony
On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:58:56 AM UTC-5, viniciusban wrote: I think only texts are sufficient. We can send patches to Massimo (or somebody else) merge them in. Without the book app, it's very difficult to see how your edits will look. Not a big deal for minor edits, but difficult for

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-09 Thread mikech
+1 for this. I wasn't thinking about major edits, but we could see whether the typos etc. had already been reported and not crowd the group with repeats.

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Ismael Serratos
another :p and it is used internally by the *SQLFORM.gird *and SQLFORM.smartgrid. Should be SQLFORM.grid instead of SQLFORM.gird in http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#smart_query-%28experimental%29 On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Anthony abasta...@gmail.com wrote: FYI, I am not

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread mikech
I was wondering if there was any 'bug' tracking in relation to the documentation. It might be a good idea to track the corrections, and changes.

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
No but email me. On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:54 PM, mikech wrote: I was wondering if there was any 'bug' tracking in relation to the documentation. It might be a good idea to track the corrections, and changes.

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Vinicius Assef
Massimo, what about putting the book text in a dvcs? (git, hg, etc.) Wouldn't it simplify updates? -- Vinicius Assef. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Massimo Di Pierro massimo.dipie...@gmail.com wrote: No but email me. On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:54 PM, mikech wrote: I was wondering if there was

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Anthony
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 11:26:44 PM UTC-5, viniciusban wrote: Massimo, what about putting the book text in a dvcs? (git, hg, etc.) Wouldn't it simplify updates? Should include the whole book app -- otherwise it would be difficult to see the results of edits made on your local machine.

Re: [web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Vinicius Assef
I think only texts are sufficient. We can send patches to Massimo (or somebody else) merge them in. -- Vinicius Assef. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:36 AM, Anthony abasta...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 11:26:44 PM UTC-5, viniciusban wrote: Massimo, what about putting the book

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-08 Thread Gour
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 02:26:44 -0200 Vinicius Assef vinicius...@gmail.com wrote: Massimo, what about putting the book text in a dvcs? (git, hg, etc.) +1 Sincerely, Gour -- Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-07 Thread mikech
Ok I'm reading thru that chapter, and forward. So I'll report what I find.

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-07 Thread Andrew
I'm going through the book in detail looking for typos, and trying to absorb some more learnings at the same time. By all means go ahead, but we may be doubling up in effort. May I suggest waiting for a cleaned up Version 3.3 ? I hope it will only contain one or two missed typos that may need

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-07 Thread Anthony
FYI, I am not specifically looking for typos, but I am adding a bunch of material to the book and reviewing most of the newer material, so I'm catching a lot of typos and errors as well. So, as Andrew says, most of the typos and formatting issues will likely be resolved by the next release.

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-06 Thread mikech
In the section Scheduler: It provides a *standrad* mechanism for creating and scheduling tasks. The first argument of the Scheduler class must be the database to be used by the scheduler to communicate with the workers. This can be the db of the app or another* dedictade* db,perhaps one

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-06 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Thanks. Massimo On Nov 6, 2011, at 1:17 AM, mikech wrote: In the section Scheduler: It provides a standrad mechanism for creating and scheduling tasks. The first argument of the Scheduler class must be the database to be used by the scheduler to communicate with the workers. This can

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-06 Thread mikech
I would be glad to help clean up the book if you need it. Otherwise I will post the issues here. Mike

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-06 Thread mikech
Further down in the chapter on scheduler there are these paragraphs. Once a task exists (there is a record in the scheduler_talk table), is QUEUED, and is ready (*mmeets* all the conditions specified in the record) it can be picked up by a worker. As soon as a worker is available it picks the

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-06 Thread mikech
One more thing: As soon as a worker is available it picks the first ready task schduled to run - As soon as a worker is available it picks the first scheduled task that is ready to run.

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-01 Thread Andrew
I am currently re-reading the book since version 3.2 came out, and I'll probably do the same for 4.0. It's slowly sinking in. I have also come across a number of typos too. Massimo, would you like feedback on this, or can we make suggested changes and send them through. Andrew On Nov 2,

[web2py] Re: Online Book Typo

2011-11-01 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
yes please! On Nov 1, 10:13 pm, Andrew awillima...@gmail.com wrote: I am currently re-reading the book since version 3.2 came out, and I'll probably do the same for 4.0.  It's slowly sinking in. I have also come across a number of typos too.  Massimo, would you like feedback on this, or can