From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30054 invoked by alias); 10 Jul 2003 01:22:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 30047 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2003 01:22:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.cps.cmich.edu) (141.209.168.43) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 10 Jul 2003 01:22:34 -0000 Received: from cps201.cps.cmich.edu (cps201.cps.cmich.edu [141.209.168.201]) by mail.cps.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E97B9C2E2A; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:22:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 04:24:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: Jim Kingdon Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Occupant Combat, Redux In-Reply-To: <200307021836.h62IalC13339@panix5.panix.com> Message-ID: References: <20030702175039.53062.qmail@web13105.mail.yahoo.com> <200307021836.h62IalC13339@panix5.panix.com> X-Errors-To: emcdonal@cps.cmich.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00310.txt.bz2 On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Jim Kingdon wrote: > On the whole, the Language Syntax section of the xconq manual > (refman.texi) tells you everything you need to know about lisp. > Unfortunately, it throws in a bit of lisp terminology here and there > and could use more examples (both things would be nice to fix, given > the number of people who know lisp isn't so great these days). But Hi Jim, What sort of modifications to this section did you have in mind? I'll make them, if you want. I took a quick read through it a little while ago, and could only think of these potential modifications: * Mention the current range of Xconq numbers (that it uses shorts and is thus capped at 32767). This can be inferred from looking at the paragraph on dice specs, but could be made explicit. * Put emphasis on the sentence that tells what the default values are assumed to be when they are not explicitly stated in the documentation. * Give an example of an atom versus a list containing an atom versus a list containing multiple atoms. Are there others? Thanks, Eric