> From: JC Helary > > On 2006/01/10, at 13:09, Cody Koeninger wrote: > > > On 1/9/06, Matthew Astley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Question for the group: does this mail help you see what kind of > >> things might need watering? 'cos if not I can just keep > quiet for a > >> bit. 8-) > >> > >> (snipped) > > > > Should I gather from this exchange that folks are more interested in > > working on writing tutorials than documenting already-existing > > libraries? > > No. Some people (like me and only a few others here I suppose) are > enough hooked by this lisp thing to hang around here even > though they > don't understand much of what is going on, and would like to work on > stuff they can grasp. That does not mean the more educated > members of > the list don't need/want documentation. The only vocal people (vocal > because there is a place to listen to their voice) happen to be > people who want lower level tutorial and are ready to give a > hand there. > > Jean-Chrisotphe
No is correct. I feel certain that many of us want to find ways to make using Lisp MORE practical and easy for day to day programming. We want to learn (thus and interest in tutorials and documentations) but more importantly we want to be able TO DO things, and do them easily enough that Lisp becomes the first choice. Thus we care about docs and tutorials and passing that on to others when we have to work to understand something, and because that is a way to improve both our understanding of Lisp AND to improve the abilities of our fellow-Lispers to use Lisp and in turn help us. Personally I care quite a bit about the "perl stuff". I also care quite a bit about the "GUI stuff". And my tools must include support for Windows; that is just the reality of where the people who will run my programs largely "live". I am pleased if those programs will also run (largely) unchanged on Linux and Macs. One idea I have (and have not investigated in years) is to look at the MS dev tools for resources files (dialog boxes etc.) and figure out if there is some practical way to parse this for Lisp to use. The advantage would be to use the MS WYSIWYG GUI creation tools and then produce Lisp code for those dialogs and resources. Maybe the Java IDE could be the basis of a cross platform tool that does this without necessarily needing "java integration".... (just thinking 'out loud' here....) -- Herb Martin _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
