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diff --git a/examples/how_do_i.nom b/examples/how_do_i.nom index cc9901a..1d43982 100644 --- a/examples/how_do_i.nom +++ b/examples/how_do_i.nom @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/usr/bin/env nomsu -V3.8.7.6 +#!/usr/bin/env nomsu -V4.8.8.6 # How do I... # Write a comment? Put a # and go till the end of the line # How do I write a multi-line comment? @@ -32,18 +32,19 @@ say %one_two # How do I define a mutli-line string? # In Nomsu, "strings" are called "text", and multi-line text looks like: -%mutli_text = ".." - Start with "..", then put indented lines below it. The indented lines will not include - the indentation, except when the lines are indented more than 4 spaces relative - to the "..". +%mutli_text = "\ + ..Start with a quote mark and a backslash and an indented "..", then put indented + lines below it. The indented lines will not include the indentation, except when + the lines are indented more than 4 spaces relative to the original quote mark. <- E.g. the 2 spaces here will be included as part of the text. But this line will have no leading spaces. - The text will continue until the indentation ends, skipping trailing newlines. + The text will continue until a closing quotation at the end of the text's + indentation level." # How do I put values inside text? (AKA string formatting, string interpolation) -say ".." - Text can contain a backslash followed by a variable, list, dict, or parenthesized +say "\ + ..Text can contain a backslash followed by a variable, list, dict, or parenthesized expression. This escaped value will be converted to readable text, like so: The value of %foobar is \%foobar, isn't that nice? These are some numbers: \[1 + 1, 2 + 1, 3 + 1] @@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ say ".." Similarly, you can put a long interpolated indented value like: \(..) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 - .. between a backslash and two periods. + .. between a backslash and two periods." say "Single-line text can contain escape sequences like \", \\, \000, and \n" @@ -236,8 +237,8 @@ say (2 + 3) say (2 + 3) # If you need to keep going after an indented region, you can start the next line with ".." -say both "Very long first argument that needs its own line" and also ".." - short second arg +say both "Very long first argument that needs its own line" and also "\ + ..short second arg" action [my favorite number] (21 + 2) @@ -259,10 +260,10 @@ parse [if %condition is untrue %body] as (if (not %condition) %body) # Or to transform nomsu code into custom lua code using "compile % to %" compile [if %condition on opposite day %body] to (..) - Lua ".." - if not \(%condition as lua expr) then + Lua "\ + ..if not \(%condition as lua expr) then \(%body as lua statements) - end + end" # Constants can be defined as macros parse [TWENTY] as 20 |