On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Reinhard Engel < [email protected]> wrote:
> In the tutorial 'Programming with Leo', I stumbled over > > *Essential Terms*: > > - A *section name* is any text of the form: << any text >>. (>> must > not appear in “any text”.) > - A *section definition node* is any node whose headline starts with a > section name. > - A *section reference* is a section name that appears in body text. > > No problem with these definitions. But these terms made me ask: 'But what > is a *section* in the first place?' > A section could mean any of the following, depending on context: a) the section node itself, b) the contents of the section node or c) the text resulting from the expansion of a section. In practice, these find distinctions don't matter: the section name acts like a macro call; the section node (and potentially its descendents, if the section node contains section references or @others) acts like the macro definition. All will likely become clear if you try using sections. EKR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
