Re: Help with creating examples

So basically here is the how-to (which I will add to the front page of the wiki):

1. Create an account on modules.gotpike.org <http://modules.gotpike.org/>
2. Go to wiki.gotpike.org <http://wiki.gotpike.org/> and find a page you want to edit (content, or to add a link for a new page, etc).
3. Click on the “Edit this page” link and you’ll be taken to a page that allows you to make changes. You will find a link explaining the wiki syntax on this page*.

Links within the wiki are absolute, so make care to always reference the full path to a file, otherwise you may find yourself creating pages at the root (not a problem, but if you like your pages to be organized in a hierarchy, this can be confusing.

I created a “Getting started” page, and a “How do I?” page beneath it, where I’ve added one or two of the answers that were offered today. Feel free to take it from there (I’ll dig through some of my notes and add them as well when I get a moment.) 

The interface is rudimentary, and I’m working on a more elaborate interface but hopefully this is workable for now.

* The wiki markup engine isn’t perfect, so you I recommend previewing your changes just to make sure it will look the way you expect. Please report any problems directly to me :)

Feel free to drop me a note if you have any questions or run into any problems.

Bill

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 8:17 AM, Arie van Wingerden <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> OK. I'll look there!
> If I'd wish to start contributing, is there a kind of howto for wiki maintenance?
> Thx
> 
> 2016-12-09 14:14 GMT+01:00 H William Welliver III <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> I do try to maintain all of the material on modules.gotpike.org <http://modules.gotpike.org/> and wiki.gotpike.org <http://wiki.gotpike.org/> however as Robert has pointed out, there isn't a lot of activity. There is much good information to be found there, however, so I would recommend having a look anyway. 
> 
> Feel free to contribute as well!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 9, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Robert J. Budzyński <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> Once upon a time, a Pike wiki was set up more or less for this purpose: http://wiki.gotpike.org/ <http://wiki.gotpike.org/>
>> 
>> However, contributions have been few and far between.
>> 
>> -- 
>> RJ Budzyński
>> Computing Center
>> Dept. of Physics
>> University of Warsaw, Poland
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:49 PM Arie van Wingerden <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> So far Pike looks very capable and it is a shame it is not more widespread ...
>> 
>> Many users, like me, often learn easier and faster by grokking small examples, than by reading large references.
>> 
>> As I read several times now already in your answers it seems difficult to get to update the documentation soon.
>> 
>> What if I setup a separate website just in order to create that kind of very simple, but to-the-point examples? Something like www.pike-programming-examples.org <http://www.pike-programming-examples.org/>
>> 
>> To give you an idea, I have created a website for the Red language, which serves a bit different purpose: www.red-by-example
>> 
>> Any votes for this idea.
>> 
>> Of course it would be *very* nice if there were participants to hand me small examples then ...
>> 
>> Best regards,
>>    Arie
>