Re: [Proposal] Simplified Lua Reference

[Paul Merrell <marbux@...>]

What I've suggested in the past is another version of the Reference
Manual with, e.g., one section per page, with a commenting system such
that people could post links to wiki pages, example code, concise
tutorials, etc.

Longer tutorials that are an introduction for beginners never seem to
get finished. I've run across five or so on the web that just sit
there, great beginnings all but all neglected afterward.

I couldn't agree more that there is a void here that needs to be
filled. Learning to program with Lua is a pain in the bohunkus if you
don't come to the language with programming skills.

There seems to be an attitude on the list that skilled programmers'
documentation needs must be met but that there is no need to help
those learn to use Lua who lack programming skills. Not meaning to
offend, but it comes across as an elitist attitude, that Lua need not
be user-friendly for the uninitiated.

My 2 cents.

Best regards,

Paul

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