Scott Egan wrote:

>Sorry,  I'll try not to be so stupid in the future (but I can't promise
>anything).
>  
>
I wouldn't worry about it.  Most people don't have time to read\understand the entire language specs before using it.
I'm thinking about putting a extremely brief page on the wiki with "common errors/solutions" listed by the most commonly asked.

And a link on the main page - "noobies click here".

s ~ "\0"

shows you almost had the right idea and coming from C++, it's an obvious mistake to make. I'm guessing that most people have done it at least once.

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J Anderson wrote:

> Scott Egan wrote:
> 
>> Sorry,  I'll try not to be so stupid in the future (but I can't promise
>> anything).
>>  
>>
> I wouldn't worry about it.  Most people don't have time to read\understand the entire language specs before using it.
> I'm thinking about putting a extremely brief page on the wiki with "common errors/solutions" listed by the most commonly asked.

Are you thinking of something like this?
http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?ErrorMessages


> And a link on the main page - "noobies click here".
> 
> s ~ "\0"
> 
> shows you almost had the right idea and coming from C++, it's an obvious mistake to make. I'm guessing that most people have done it at least once.
> 


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J C Calvarese wrote:

> J Anderson wrote:
>
>> Scott Egan wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry,  I'll try not to be so stupid in the future (but I can't promise
>>> anything).
>>>  
>>>
>> I wouldn't worry about it.  Most people don't have time to read\understand the entire language specs before using it.
>> I'm thinking about putting a extremely brief page on the wiki with "common errors/solutions" listed by the most commonly asked.
>
>
> Are you thinking of something like this?
> http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?ErrorMessages


Exactly but ... parhaps it could be ordered in a way that shows (what probably are) then most common first.  Also have a big emphasize on the main page to get noobs there.

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In article <c65nak$ev4$1@digitaldaemon.com>, J Anderson says...
>
>J C Calvarese wrote:
>
>> J Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> Scott Egan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry,  I'll try not to be so stupid in the future (but I can't promise
>>>> anything).
>>>> 
>>>>
>>> I wouldn't worry about it.  Most people don't have time to
>>> read\understand the entire language specs before using it.
>>> I'm thinking about putting a extremely brief page on the wiki with
>>> "common errors/solutions" listed by the most commonly asked.
>>
>>
>> Are you thinking of something like this? http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?ErrorMessages
>
>
>Exactly but ... parhaps it could be ordered in a way that shows (what probably are) then most common first.  Also have a big emphasize on the main page to get noobs there.

Someone has helped us out with the ordering of the FAQ in the wiki in the last few days. I didn't realize how much it needed reordering. I'm really glad he made those changes.

But the ordering of the error messages page makes sense to me. If you think it can be ordered better, I'd encourage you to reorder it. I think that's the idea of a wiki. (By the way, there's already a table of contents at the top of the page and most browsers have a Find command.)

As far as encouraging people to get to the right page in the wiki, I don't know what else I can do. The wiki FAQ page has a blurb mentioning the error messages page now. Perhaps some of the FAQ questions aren't so frequently asked, but some effort has been made to organize them so that the important ones are found first.

Justin

>
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>-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/

J C Calvarese wrote:

>As far as encouraging people to get to the right page in the wiki, I don't know
>what else I can do. The wiki FAQ page has a blurb mentioning the error messages
>page now. Perhaps some of the FAQ questions aren't so frequently asked, but some
>effort has been made to organize them so that the important ones are found
>first.
>
>Justin
>  
>
Just thought someone would do a better job then me.  Ok I've simplified the front page a more and added a special message to D's biggest customers, C++ users.

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J Anderson wrote:
> J C Calvarese wrote:
> 
>> As far as encouraging people to get to the right page in the wiki, I don't know
>> what else I can do. The wiki FAQ page has a blurb mentioning the error messages
>> page now. Perhaps some of the FAQ questions aren't so frequently asked, but some
>> effort has been made to organize them so that the important ones are found
>> first.
>>
>> Justin
>>  
>>
> Just thought someone would do a better job then me.  Ok I've simplified the front page a more and added a special message to D's biggest customers, C++ users.
> 
Thanks.

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