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Re: Code Repository —Laurentino Martins
(...) I'm completely in favour of something like this. Now I wonder what's the best way of implementing it, because HTML doesn't seem to be the best for copy-paste... Laurentino Martins [ mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt ] [ (URL) ] ---...--- “For once, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: Code Repository —Brian Alano
	Someone suggested including this in the Kego Constructopedia. It would be easy to post code to a lugnet newsgroup (lugnet.robotics.rcx...ository?). The hard part would be creating a catalog of "clichés" and "idioms". Why not start the repository now (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Code Repository —Todd Lehman
		(...) Hi Brian, Yea, if someone wanted to be an editor of the /robotics/rcx/nqc/ area of the www.lugnet.com website, a code repository would be very easy indeed to set up on LUGNET. For example, John VanZwieten is editor of the /cad/datsville/ area (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

	Re: Code Repository —Alex Wetmore
	From: "Laurentino Martins" <lmartins@marktest.pt> (...) If the scripts are on their own pages then it is trivial for someone to right click and do a "save as" to download the file to their computer. If they want to view it then they could normally (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Code Repository —Todd Lehman
		(...) As LDraw enthusiasts have discovered (via the lugnet.cad.dat.* hierarchy), having special newsgroups for these sorts of things really makes it nice to follow discussions that pop up as well, since they're simply lower-level nodes in the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

			Re: Code Repository —Brian Alano
			(...) Since many algorithms apply across languages, what about a single repository for all code? (How about lugnet.robotics.rcx.code?) True, it would increase the noise-to-signal ratio for many, but it would Keep It Simple. Also, I favor follow-ups (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

				Re: Code Repository —Todd Lehman
				(...) Or perhaps a more general one sitting atop the others (integrationally or as a launching point). Because even when there's pseudocode for something, the actual implementation in, say, pbFORTH, may differ fundamentally from the implementation (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

				Re: Code Repository —Joel Shafer
				(...) I agree. A room search algorithm implemented in legOS would be vastly different from one implemented in NQC. Sub-groups under lugnet.robotics.code seems appropriate. Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

			Re: Code Repository —Brian Alano
			(...) Since many algorithms apply across languages, what about a single repository for all code? (How about lugnet.robotics.rcx.code?) True, it would increase the noise-to-signal ratio for many, but it would Keep It Simple. Also, I favor follow-ups (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

				Re: Code Repository —Alex Wetmore
				From: "Brian B. Alano" <alano@kiva.net> (...) I personally prefer to see implementations in a real language, but the language itself doesn't matter. It is pretty easy to translate algoritms from Pascal to C (to use a off-topic example), but it can (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Code Repository —Laurentino Martins
		Just remember, you must it very easy to post code and pictures or people will not end up using it a lot. Last time I went to the LDraw CAD group (months ago) it still had a few problems. I'm talking about no support for attachments (how can we post (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

			Re: Code Repository —Todd Lehman
			(...) With regard to posting pictures, I don't know if that's true. The fact that the newsserver rejects binaries has never stopped anyone from simply posting the URL of a picture on their website. That's better for people anyway, because they don't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

			Re: Code Repository —Laurentino Martins
			(...) On their web site? What's the percentage of people that subscribe this mailing list that has a web site? Many people even use the web interface because using a news reader is too complicated! I can't imagine this people creating a HTML page. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

				Re: Code Repository —Brian Alano
				(...) You should visit GeoCities or a site like it. You get a free web site and Wizard-style page creation tools, all run from the browser. Besides, we're talking about a repository for programmers. (Although many will be newbies, to be sure.) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

				Re: Code Repository —Todd Lehman
				(...) Oh. Maybe we're talking about different things. No, I wasn't kidding, but I was talking about in relation to code rather than building. --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: Code Repository —Jonathan Knudsen
	(...) Actually, it sounds like our algorithms are more similar than you think. My assumption was that the robot would cross the line in a zig-zag motion, driving off the line on alternate sides. Based on this assumption, I remember the last (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

	Re: Code Repository —Andy Bower
	Laurentino. (...) in (...) seem to be the best for copy-paste... The easiest way of implementing this would be to use the Lego-Robotics Wiki. Because it doesn't require an administrator it's easy for anyone to add the code/samples that they want. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)