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On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 10:44:28 AM UTC-8, Eric S wrote:
>
> Is there some documentation describing how to add to the documentation?
> I'd be happy to do so if I had a clue how.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 10:08:41 AM UTC-6, Tim Holy wrote:
>>
>> It's a mix: the author has a lot of implicit knowledge that's s/he takes
>> for
>> granted, and that makes it harder to write good documentation. In
>> combination
>> with edits from the package author, a user who is just learning a package
>> is
>> the _perfect_ person to write documentation.
>>
>> The other point is that developers who release code are giving a gift to
>> the
>> community, and then being extra nice by answering questions on the
>> mailing
>> list. Asking the developers to do even more is, in a sense, asking too
>> much.
>> In my opinion, it's simply a fair exchange if the asker then takes that
>> information that s/he has received, polishes it up as necessary, and adds
>> it
>> to the README. I help you, you help me.
>>
>> Converting "one answered question on the user list" into "one community-
>> contributed improvement in the documentation" will go a long, long ways
>> to
>> improving the documentation for future users---if everyone did that, we
>> would
>> erase our documentation problems very quickly.
>>
>> --Tim
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 07:35:57 AM Eric S wrote:
>> > I guess I would if I had the knowledge. I was hoping the author of the
>> > package might help here since I'm assuming that person could do it much
>> > more efficiently.
>> >
>> > Eric
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 9:27:14 AM UTC-6, Tim Holy wrote:
>> > > By all means, please improve the documentation!
>> > >
>> > > --Tim
>> > >
>> > > On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 07:09:33 AM Eric S wrote:
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > >
>> > > > This is exactly what I want. The documentation for the Tk package
>> > >
>> > > doesn't
>> > >
>> > > > list all the available methods/functions. There needs to be a more
>> > > > discoverable method of finding them than asking in the user group.
>> > > >
>> > > > Eric
>> > > >
>> > > > On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:55:52 PM UTC-6, j verzani wrote:
>> > > > > You can try `GetOpenFile`, `GetSaveFile`, or `ChooseDirectory` in
>> the
>> > > > > Tk.jl package. They all return a file name or "" if canceled. If
>> you
>> > >
>> > > have
>> > >
>> > > > > other calls you want, these are just simple wrappers. For
>> example, `
>> > > > > GetOpenFile() = tcl("tk_getOpenFile")`.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:56:21 PM UTC-5, Eric S wrote:
>> > > > >> I did try the Tk package instead. The message dialog look a lot
>> > >
>> > > better,
>> > >
>> > > > >> but there is nothing in the documentation which suggests how to
>> get
>> > >
>> > > at
>> > >
>> > > > >> Tk's
>> > > > >> askopenfile or other dialogs. Any help would be appreciated.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Eric
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 5:22:19 PM UTC-6, Eric S wrote:
>> > > > >>> I'm enjoying Julia, but one thing I'm missing is standard file
>> open
>> > >
>> > > and
>> > >
>> > > > >>> file save dialogs. I've found the Gtk package and tried that.
>> It
>> > >
>> > > does
>> > >
>> > > > >>> indeed generate a file dialog, but it is really ugly and
>> nonstandard
>> > >
>> > > (on
>> > >
>> > > > >>> OS
>> > > > >>> X) and also generates the following error like messages in the
>> > >
>> > > terminal
>> > >
>> > > > >>> (below). Perhaps there is something wrong with my installation.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> Is there something like how R works where you can just type ">
>> > > > >>> file.choose()" and a nice file picker dialog comes up.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> -Eric
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This
>> is
>> > > > >>> discouraged.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref:
>> assertion
>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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>> > > > >>>
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
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>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> assertion
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>> > > assertion
>> > >
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
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>> > > assertion
>> > >
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
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>> > >
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>> > > assertion
>> > >
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
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>> > > assertion
>> > >
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > >
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>> > > assertion
>> > >
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>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
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>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>> > >
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
>> > > assertion
>> > >
>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
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>> theme
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
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>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>> > >
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
>> > > assertion
>> > >
>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon
>> > > > >>> 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in
>> theme
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>> theme
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>
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>> assertion
>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>> > >
>> > > > >>> (<unknown>:2678): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
>> > > assertion
>> > >
>> > > > >>> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>>
>>
