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Re: Code Repository
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:15:06 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (alex wetmore) writes:
> From: "Laurentino Martins" <lmartins@marktest.pt>
> > Now I wonder what's the best way of implementing it, because HTML
> > doesn't seem to be the best for copy-paste...
> 
> 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 view it with a standard click.
> 
> However, I like the idea of having a newsgroup for this.  It would be
> interesting to subscribe to it and watch the new scripts come in over time.

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 thread-tree.  For example, when Bram Lambrecht posted his LDraw
model of a Colonial Viper (remember Battlestar Galactica? :) last week,

   http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=395

all of the feedback was right there as followup messages, and they can be
followed several ways (not just limited to news):

   http://www.lugnet.com/news/architecture.gif


> [...]
> So a script archive is a great idea, and for starting out doing it as a
> newsgroup would be nice too.  The only issue would be keeping general
> discussion out of the group, and only allowing NQC programs.  Perhaps it
> could be moderated.

Human moderation of newsgroups presents a can of worms,

   http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=696

but fortunately there are ways to do automatic "pseudo-moderation" which
have proven to work nicely in the past.  For example, the lugnet.announce
newsgroup (and its subgroups) requires that the 'Followup-To' field be set
to another group, in order to direct follow-up discussions elsewhere.  So if
there were a .nqc.code subgroup of .nqc, it would be very easy to configure
the group to require followups elsewhere, with .nqc as the default if no
followups were specified.


> I would be interested in seeing a similar library for pbForth.  I'm
> personally interested in using this language, but haven't had a chance
> to yet.  A library of basic scripts (which might already exist; I haven't
> looked in a long time) would be a good way to a quick start.

Heck, we could do it for all three -- NQC, pbFORTH, and legOS.  Could even
start a webpage with links back into the news articles to organize them.

--Todd



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Code Repository
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Code Repository
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Code Repository
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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