Re: OT: (Kinda) "Learning How to Learn" from Coursera

2017-09-06 Thread john lunzer
On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 10:19:53 AM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > I would like to learn more about web technologies. I'll start by > replicating the appearance of Joe Orr's Leo Viewer page > . > Been thinking about this and

Re: cross-platform file references - how to deal with?

2017-09-06 Thread john lunzer
I totally agree with that logic. If you *were* going to add it to the c namespace I would name it c.getConfig (which is more descriptive as to what it is doing) rather than c.getString. On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 12:01:58 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:27

Re: Cross pollination: Hopscotch: dynamic browser-style IDE and Leisure: document-based computing environment

2017-09-06 Thread john lunzer
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 3:52:55 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > When I was first learning to program, I often wanted to find some "magic" > that would make tasks easier. Now, I have enough experience to know about > how much work a task will take. However, this might blind me to

Re: cross-platform file references - how to deal with?

2017-09-06 Thread john lunzer
Would it be possible to to add {{sep}} as a shorthand for {{os.sep}} and {{getConfig()}} as a shorthand for {{c.config.getString()}}? I think these would be perhaps the two most common use of of path expression evaluations. Would be nice to have them be a little shorter. On Tuesday, September