• Matthew Wilson (52/52) Apr 12 2003 Maybe it's just me, but I find the menu pane on the D website less than
• Helmut Leitner (20/39) Apr 13 2003 Me too.
• Walter (4/9) Apr 19 2003 The way it is is a result of it being an ad-hoc accretion. Certainly, it

"Matthew Wilson" <dmd synesis.com.au> writes:

Maybe it's just me, but I find the menu pane on the D website less than
optimal.

If it was broken up a little, such as the following, and the
language-specific parts alphabetised, it'd be far quicker to use. (I find
myself faffing round trying to find the thing I'm after, and when in a
rush - as now - it can be tedious)

· Introduction
· Overview
· Lexical

· Arrays
· Inline Assembler - should be called "Assembler (inline)"
· Attributes
· Classes
· Contracts
· Declarations
· Handling errors - should be called "Error handling"
· Expressions
· Floating Point
· Functions
· Garbage Collection
· Interfaces
· Memory Management
· Memory Model
· Modules
· Operator Overloading
· Properties
· Statements
· Structs, Unions, Enums
· Types
· Templates
· Versioning

· Interfacing To C
· Portability Guide
· Embedding D in HTML
· Converting C to D
· Converting C++ to D
· The C Preprocessor vs D
· D for Win32

· Style Guide

· D Compiler
· Phobos (Runtime Library)

· FAQ
· Example: wc
· Future
· D Change Log
· D links
· Acknowledgements

Also, it could do with some more items. One on multithreading, for example,
would be good. I'm just about to do some, and an example would be very much
appreciated. :)

Flame away!

Helmut Leitner <helmut.leitner chello.at> writes:

Matthew Wilson wrote:
 
 Maybe it's just me, but I find the menu pane on the D website less than
 optimal.

Me too.
 
 If it was broken up a little, such as the following, and the
 language-specific parts alphabetised, it'd be far quicker to use. (I find
 myself faffing round trying to find the thing I'm after, and when in a
 rush - as now - it can be tedious)
 
 · Introduction
 · Overview
 · Lexical

 ...

 · D Change Log
 · D links
 · Acknowledgements
 
 Also, it could do with some more items. One on multithreading, for example,
 would be good. I'm just about to do some, and an example would be very much
 appreciated. :)

I also find the order if items in the original not very intuitive.

On the other hand, an alphabetical ordering of the main parts seems 
even worse to me.

An index for keywords would be desirable. It could be built if all the
subheaders of the pages had HTML name tags.

For the moment I built a page
   <http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageSpecification/Original>
that mentions the most important keywords (for searching) and
may be used for individual adaptations of the specs:
   <http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageSpecification/Ver2>
   <http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageSpecification/Ver3>

Version 2 is your list above.
Version 3 is an ordering that I like (at least at the moment).
Everyone can have a try and create a personalized version he likes.

--
Helmut Leitner    leitner hls.via.at   
Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner chello.at> wrote in message
news:3E999270.E51A2781 chello.at...
 Matthew Wilson wrote:
 Maybe it's just me, but I find the menu pane on the D website less than
 optimal.

 Me too.

The way it is is a result of it being an ad-hoc accretion. Certainly, it
could be improved.