[REBOL] Re: RFC: Examples in the auto-documentation
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 24-Dec-2002 12:37
Hi Ammon,
AJ> I based my desire for this functionality on the fact that I can sit at
AJ> the console and write my entire program without touching a text book or any
AJ> other source for information, just the console. And that is because of the
AJ> auto-documented nature of REBOL. If there was some examples placed in with
AJ> it then my productivity would literally double in most situations. Anyone
AJ> else with similar experiences?
OK, how about this as a five-minute workaround:
Put the ref-data.r file, used by view-ref.r, somewhere handy - maybe
the same dir as REBOL.
Load it, maybe in user.r
ref: load %ref-data.r
Write a func to do what you want (also added to user.r?)
eg: func ['word] [help :word print last select ref word]
Call it as needed
>> eg <
USAGE:
value1 < value2
DESCRIPTION:
Returns TRUE if the first value is less than the second value.
< is an op value.
ARGUMENTS:
value1 -- (Type: any)
value2 -- (Type: any)
Returns FALSE for all other values. An error will
occur if the values are not of the same datatype. For
string-based datatypes, the sorting order is used for
comparison with character casing ignored (uppercase lowercase).
print "abc" < "abcd"
print 15-June-1999 < 14-June-1999
print 1.2.3.4 < 4.3.2.1
print 1:30 < 2:00
-- Gregg
