Coding in E-L
Allyn Dimock (dimock@deas.harvard.edu)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:59:02 -0500 (EST)
Meta-meta answer: allow enough time to understand what you are doing...
Meta-answer: rip off the format of the code in Game of Life...
Q: How do I reference a standard .h file
A: Change your view on the artifacts plex to include user e-l.
Now the .h files show up as universal artifacts (along with the
artifacts to run compilers and some other stuff).
Q: The system won't allow me to commit a C-Module (or some other draft)
It gives an error message like "Bad Format".
A: Look at the draft, is "Caption", "Sources" etc. highlighted in black?
If not you probably copied them as text rather than making a new
draft. Create a new draft and try again, cutting and pasting the
contents, but not the stuff in black...
A2: Did you create a c-module rather than a C-module?
Q: I thought I had copied an artifact reference but it isn't highlighted
any more...
A: You have only copied the displayed text for the reference, not the
reference itself! Put the cursor back on the original reference and
use the C-z x (copy-as-kill) command to get it, and the C-y command
to put a copy into place.
I hope these answers help...
-- Allyn