Re:The User Is on Their Own
by zzo38computer on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:39PM
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I think it is helpful to include documentation; that will (hopefully, if the documentation is well written) make it easier to figure out, if the user reads the documentation. (Devices and computer programs that do not have documentation are more difficult. Sometimes some of the functions can be figured out without too much difficulty (e.g. I have once figured out how to operate a radio scanner, even though most other people there could not figure it out (perhaps if they read the documentation (if they had it; I didn't have it so maybe they didn't either) they would figure it out and I would also figure it out more easily), and I have never operated a radio scanner before), but having good documentation is better.)
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Re:The User Is on Their Own
by crabmusket on Friday May 03, 2024 @07:45PM
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I love what you're doing with the parens but for those who find it difficult:
I think it is helpful to include documentation; that will (hopefully, if the documentation is well written) make it easier to figure out, if the user reads the documentation. Devices and computer programs that do not have documentation are more difficult. Sometimes some of the functions can be figured out without too much difficulty. E.g. I have once figured out how to operate a radio scanner, even though most other people there could not figure it out, and I have never operated a radio scanner before. Perhaps if they read the documentation (if they had it; I didn't have it so maybe they didn't either) they would figure it out and I would also figure it out more easily. But having good documentation is better.
Re:The User Is on Their Own
by Kharacternyk on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:49PM
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I've never before gone 4 levels of parentheses deep whilst reading text that isn't programming code.
Re:The User Is on Their Own
by kayodelycaon on Friday May 03, 2024 @07:25PM
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I got lost at the second level of parentheses. I have no hope of ever writing lisp.
Re:The User Is on Their Own
by idle_zealot on Friday May 03, 2024 @06:06PM
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In both prose and code this level of nesting indicates that a reorganizing of ideas is in order.