Re: [Proposal] Simplified Lua Reference

[DarkWiiPlayer <darkwiiplayer@...>]

A while ago I attempted to start writing a very simple Lua tutorial, but
didn't get beyond creating a github repo. If anybody feels like writing
a bunch of things down, feel free to create a PR at
github.com/luaScripters/tutorial. There's no need to write whole
sections or full tutorials; if you feel like explaining a single topic,
that also helps. Maybe some day I get around to writing some stuff myself 🤷

On 20/09/2020 18:24, Soni "They/Them" L. wrote:
> The Lua reference manual includes things like BNF everywhere and some
> stuff like "they can be used to represent ordinary arrays, lists, symbol
> tables, sets, records, graphs, trees, etc."
>
> It seems like a good idea to have a reference manual that translates the
> BNF to english in a way that's easy for someone who doesn't know
> programming to understand, and maybe omits things like the above, as
> they add unnecessary complexity.
>
> And arguably the stuff like "they can be used to represent ordinary
> arrays, lists, symbol tables, sets, records, graphs, trees, etc." isn't
> a good fit for a reference manual anyway, but mainly this is about the BNF.