Right, way simpler like that. I did the PR but I insist that the bit I learned is not enough to make a good description improvement (maybe next time)
terça-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2015 às 17:03:49 UTC, Tim Holy escreveu: > > Hmm, it seems the "easy way" has been removed from the docs. Anyone know > why? > Now I see why this request might have seemed onerous. > > Short answer: you can just do it in your web browser, just click on the > "pencil icon" near the upper right when browsing any file in the source > tree. > Edit the docs, write a short message describing the change, and click > submit. > Someone will review your change. > > --Tim > > On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 08:42:50 AM J Luis wrote: > > I don't want to be seam ungrateful nor very dumb but do you think one > can > > learn how to make a doc fix by reading? > > > > > https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#improving-doc > > umentation > > < > https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#improving-d > > > > > > > I happen to have a Julia source code but I can't build it anymore since > > > > one month (msys2 build is broken). However, I did find the doc of that > > function and made a local change but can't commit because I obviously > have > > no commit rights. I was hopping that TotoiseGIT would propose me to do a > > PR, but it doesn't. > > > > terça-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2015 às 15:26:13 UTC, Tim Holy escreveu: > > > On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 07:23:03 AM J Luis wrote: > > > > I know Tim, but honestly I don't feel knowledge'd enough to submit a > doc > > > > improvement for a function that half an hour ago I could not even > know > > > > > > how > > > > > > > to make it work. > > > > > > But now you do! It's a fair exchange: get help on the mailing list, > then > > > submit the changes that would prevent future users from having the > same > > > problem you had. Lots of us do that all the time; if more people did > that, > > > julia's rough edges would be smoothed that much more quickly. > > > > > > --Tim > > > > > > > Joaquim > > > > > > > > terça-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2015 às 15:16:52 UTC, Tim Holy > escreveu: > > > > > On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 07:03:05 AM J Luis wrote: > > > > > > Yes, it works thanks. But man we are not supposed to be wizards > when > > > > > > reading the docs. > > > > > > > > > > Submit a doc fix? > > > > > > > https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#improving-d > > > > > > > > ocumentation > > > > > > > > > > --Tim > > > > > > > > > > > terça-feira, 17 de Novembro de 2015 às 14:36:39 UTC, > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > escreveu: > > > > > > > julia> > > > > > > find_library(["libgmt.dylib"],["/Users/j/programs/gmt5/lib"]) > > > > > > > > > > should do the trick. The docs at least imply that both > arguments > > > > > > > > > > should be > > > > > > > > > > > > vectors -- for one because of the plural and locations is > supposed > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > be a > > > > > > > > > > > > list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Dienstag, 17. November 2015 15:24:38 UTC+1 schrieb J Luis: > > > > > > >> The doc > > > > > > >> < > > > > > > > http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/stdlib/libdl/?highlight=libdl#L > > > > > > > > > >> ibdl.find_library> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> julia> > find_library("libgmt.dylib","/Users/j/programs/gmt5/lib") > > > > > > >> ERROR: MethodError: `find_library` has no method matching > > > > > > >> find_library(::ASCIIString, ::ASCIIString) > > > > > > >> you may have intended to import Base.find_library > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> in find_library at deprecated.jl:32 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> julia> > > > > > > > > > > Libdl.find_library("libgmt.dylib","/Users/j/programs/gmt5/lib") > > > > > > > > > > > >> ERROR: MethodError: `find_library` has no method matching > > > > > > >> find_library(::ASCIIString, ::ASCIIString) > > > > > > >> you may have intended to import Base.find_library > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> julia> > > > > > > Base.find_library("libgmt.dylib","/Users/j/programs/gmt5/lib") > > > > > > > > > >> ERROR: MethodError: `find_library` has no method matching > > > > > > >> find_library(::ASCIIString, ::ASCIIString) > > > > > > >> you may have intended to import Base.find_library > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> in find_library at deprecated.jl:32 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> julia> > > > > > > Libdl.find_library(libgmt.dylib,"/Users/j/programs/gmt5/lib") > > > > > > > > > >> ERROR: UndefVarError: libgmt not defined > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> (but it is there) > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Thanks > >
