Muldis::D::Manual
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2010-03-01 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D::Manual version 0.2.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-Manual-0.2.0.tar.gz.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.101.0: Update a description to reflect
that many s-d materials were moved from Muldis D extensions to core.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.102.0: Update a description to reflect
that the 2 top-level namespaces "dep", "sdp" replaced with the 1 "nlx".
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.103.0 for PTMD_STD: Update to code
example to abbreviate "&p_count => $p_count" to "&$>p_count".
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.103.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list
concerning the list-valued standard_syntax_extensions pragma was added.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.104.0: Add a description to reflect
that the 1 new top-level namespace "rtn" was added.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.105.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list and
function-search pattern concerning that the "union-type" keyword has
been renamed to "domain-type" and the "nonscalar-type" keyword has been
split into the 2 "tuple-type" and "relation-type".
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.107.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list and
the syntax coloring patterns concerning single-value literals or
enumeration value names to rename them all so that they are now
capitalized like type names rather than all lowercase; for examples,
"nothing" and "half_even" were renamed to "Nothing" and "HalfEven".
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.107.0 for PTMD_STD: Update to code
examples to rename any "true" value literals to "True".
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.109.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to syntax coloring
patterns to remove the special "String" value literal format, as the
standard grammars no longer have "String"-specific value node kinds.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.110.0: Update descriptions to reflect
that "Int" now is the sole scalar primitive type and has no possreps.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.110.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list
concerning the 2-valued op_char_repertoire pragma was added.
* (Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.110.0 for PTMD_STD: Renamed several chardef keys to
more closely match the PTMD_STD-defined ASCII alternatives for Unicode
symbols for functions that test set membership or sub/superset
relationships; for example, the key for the char ∈ is now "imem" rather
than "ismem". The increased consistency resulting from this change
should make the keys for the chars easier to remember.
* Incremented all copyright year range-ends to 2010.
2009-11-09 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D::Manual version 0.1.1 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-Manual-0.1.1.tar.gz.
* Updated all author references to change Darren Duncan's stated email
address from "perl@DarrenDuncan.net" to "darren@DarrenDuncan.net".
2009-10-27 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D::Manual version 0.1.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-Manual-0.1.0.tar.gz.
* Updated the README file to indicate that this distribution now has 2
public Git repositories, one on GitHub.com and one on utsl.gen.nz.
* (Makefile.PL, Manual.pm, Muldis_D_Manual_00_Compile.t) Updated the
distro so that normal users only need the most minimal dependencies
reasonably possible, meaning it now only requires Perl 5.6.0+ rather
than 5.8.1+, and it requires no modules at all that weren't bundled
with 5.6.0+. This seemed appropriate since the distro is
documentation-only and doesn't have any normal code to run, just POD to
render (on the other hand, that POD is UTF-8). Updated the test file,
which exists just to make generic CPAN build and testing facilities
happy, to use "Test" rather than "Test::More" since that's all Perl
5.6.0 bundled. Also updated the Makefile.PL (and META.yml) to add
"resources" urls.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.93.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to code
examples to remove most expression-delimiting parenthesis because they
are no longer mandatory.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.94.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to syntax coloring
patterns that correspond to whitespace, which has increased strictness.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.95.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to syntax coloring
patterns that correspond to code comments; now there are 2 distinct
patterns, 1 "#" delimited for not-as-value comments, which is the
"Comment Pattern", and 1 "`" delimited for as-value Comment literals,
which is part of the "String Pattern".
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.95.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list and
function-search pattern concerning that all multi-word keywords now
have words separated by dashes rather than whitespace or underscores.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Corresponding to changes introduced in
Muldis D spec v0.96.0 for PTMD_STD: Updates to the keywords list
concerning the 4-valued catalog_abstraction_level pragma was added.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Corresponding to changes
introduced in Muldis D spec v0.96.1 for PTMD_STD: Updates to code
examples to reflect param types now appearing to the right of param
names rather than to the left, and now with a colon between the pair.
* Updated the Changes file to copy into it (with trimming if needed)
all the Changes file items from the Muldis-D and Muldis-Rosetta/DB
distributions that described history of the files that were moved from
that distribution into this Muldis-D-Manual distribution. In all,
Changes file items were imported from the Changes report for 24
Muldis-D distribution releases, whose version numbers are listed here
from newest to oldest: 0.91.0 (2009-09-21), 0.90.0, 0.88.0, 0.87.0,
0.86.0, 0.83.0, 0.82.0, 0.80.0, 0.79.1, 0.79.0, 0.76.1, 0.76.0, 0.75.0,
0.74.0, 0.73.0, 0.72.0, 0.68.0, 0.67.0, 0.65.0, 0.63.0, 0.43.0, 0.42.0,
0.41.0, 0.40.0 (2008-07-08). In all, Changes file items were imported
from the Changes report for 3 Muldis-Rosetta/DB distribution releases,
whose version numbers are listed here from newest to oldest: 0.8.0
(2008-08-02), 0.7.0, 0.6.1 (2008-03-10). Besides all of the above, a
single additional Changes file item was imported from the "Rosetta"
distribution version 0.720.0/0.720000 (2006-02-01).
2009-09-26 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D::Manual version 0.0.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-Manual-0.0.0.tar.gz.
* This is the first release of the Muldis-D-Manual distribution, and
the first release of any distribution to contain Perl 5 modules named
Muldis::D::Manual::\w+.
* This is the initial file manifest:
archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_lt.xul
archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_sa.xul
archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul
archives/OSCON2005LightningTalk.txt
archives/OSCON2008SessionProposal.txt
archives/README
archives/takahashi.css
archives/takahashi.js
Changes
INSTALL
lib/Muldis/D/Manual.pm
LICENSE/GPL
Makefile.PL
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.SKIP
README
t/Muldis_D_Manual_00_Compile.t
TODO
util/BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist
util/Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin
util/README
* The file lib/Muldis/D/Manual.pm is the main one that was newly
created for the Muldis-D-Manual distro, and introduces the distro.
* All of the 11 files in the archives/ and util/ folders, except the 1
OSCON2005LightningTalk.txt, have been transferred here from the
Muldis-D distribution with no significant changes, where they had been
supplementary files and not part of the language spec proper; so from
now on, the Muldis-D documentation would just contain the Muldis D spec
proper and any supplementary material would live in Muldis-D-Manual.
The 1 was transferred here from the Muldis-Rosetta distribution, where
it constituted the entire archives/ folder.
2009-09-21 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.91.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.91.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-09-19 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.90.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.90.0.tar.gz.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Upd corres to recent spec chgs.
2009-09-12 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.88.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.88.0.tar.gz.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul, BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist)
Updates corresponding to recent spec changes.
2009-09-03 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.87.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.87.0.tar.gz.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Updates corresponding to recent
spec changes.
2009-09-02 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.86.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.86.0.tar.gz.
* (Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin) Fixed fossils from v0.85.0 re '!' usage.
* (Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin) Removed "<>" as an alternate concrete
syntax for "≠"; now only "!=" is an alternate.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) In accordance with the latest
Perl 6 spec (an update on 2009.08.29), updated the HDMD_Perl6_STD code
examples to reflect that you now use "/" to select a Perl 6 "Rat" in
terms of 2 "Int", where you used to use "div" to do that.
2009-08-20 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.83.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.83.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-07-27 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.82.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.82.0.tar.gz.
* (Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul) Other small updates corresp to
recent spec changes.
2009-07-06 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.80.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.80.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist, Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin) Various minor
updates and fixes.
2009-06-16 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.79.1 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.79.1.tar.gz.
* Forked the slideshow "archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_sa.xul" into
itself, which remains unchanged, and the new file
"archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul", which has been modified
just enough to bring it into compliance with all the Muldis D spec
changes made since release 0.43.0 (when "_sa" was frozen). The most
significant improvements in "_updated" is that all the concrete Muldis
D code examples were rewritten into ones with the same semantics but
that are actual semi-specced Muldis D code rather than pseudo-code;
especially prominant is that the new code's size is 80-90% smaller than
before, and in the examples comparing Muldis D to SQL, the Muldis D
code was generally just half the size of the SQL code, so being less
verbose than SQL rather than more. And so, from now on,
"Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807_updated.xul" will continue to be updated with
each Muldis D release when it otherwise becomes incorrect, and so it
should remain one of the best introduction materials to Muldis D.
2009-06-13 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.79.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.79.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Added special literal
syntax to the "Tuple" and "Relation" node kinds, similar to what exists
for "Maybe", so the plain barewords "d0", "d0c0", "d0c1" are now
nonscalar GCVLs by themselves, like "nothing" or "∅" are. Note that
this feature is in PTMD_STD alone; the Perl-STD dialects don't have it.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Various minor updates and fixes.
2009-06-04 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.76.1 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.76.1.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Missed a few updates in the last release.
2009-06-04 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.76.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.76.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-05-28 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.75.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.75.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-05-27 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.74.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.74.0.tar.gz.
* Added new file "util/Input_Method_Muldis_D.cin" which is the first
cut of a generic-format "input method" plugin, that can be installed
as-is under various operating systems including Mac OS X 10.5, whose
use should make it much easier to type the various trans-ASCII symbols
that the Muldis D concrete syntaxes allow you to use for operators/etc.
Of course, you might already have some other "input method" tool to use
already that helps with mathematical/etc symbols so the one bundled
with the Muldis D spec may be redundant; but otherwise it should help.
To use it in Mac OS X, simply drop it in your "~/Library/Input Methods"
and log out plus log in and enable it in the "International" System
Preference panel. Also updated "util/README" about this file.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-05-19 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.73.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.73.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updates corresp to recent spec changes.
2009-05-15 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.72.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.72.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Other minor updates.
2009-05-06 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.68.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.68.0.tar.gz.
* Updated any references in BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist to reflect that
the Muldis D dialects/grammar "PTMD_Tiny" was renamed to "PTMD_STD".
2009-05-04 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.67.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.67.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Updated this file to the latest grammar.
2009-04-22 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.65.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.65.0.tar.gz.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Partially rewrote this file, mainly the
syntax coloring regexes, to be cleaner and to reflect the previous
PTMD_Tiny change items. Also, Name/NameChain/DeclNameChain literals
are no longer colored at all, since in general they should be treated
consistently as identifiers. Also, the "value kind" barewords,
essentially all the unqualified main type names, are no longer colored
as language keywords, as they should be treated consistently with
either type or routine invocation names.
* (BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist) Made several additions corresponding to
anticipated PTMD_Tiny grammar that is yet to be codified in the spec.
Rewrote the routine scanning pattern to look for
"[inner_]?[function|updater|procedure]" rather than "[name|'name'] \s*
=> \s* Name:". Added a couple dozen new keywords to the syntax
colorer, including both the routine makers and a bunch of possible
infix operators that are actually sugar over normal prefix operators.
2009-04-02 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.63.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.63.0.tar.gz.
* Added new file "util/BBEdit_LM_Muldis_D.plist" which is the first cut
of a Codeless Language Module for the BBEdit text editor for Mac OS X
that empowers BBEdit to syntax color and function scan code written in
the PTMD_Tiny dialect of Muldis D. Also added the support file
"util/README" which explains the CLM further. The new CLM is only as
complete as the language spec itself, and mainly what it is the most
complete about is syntax coloring Muldis D value literals. Also
updated the README file to refer to the "util/" and "archives/" dirs.
While not exactly its intended use, you can get a taste of the CLM
working by opening the PTMD_Tiny.pod file in BBEdit with the CLM
installed and look at the various code examples in the POD file.
2008-08-02 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis Rosetta version 0.8.0 for Perl 5 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-Rosetta-0.8.0.tar.gz.
* The file archives/OSCON2008SessionProposal.txt was moved from the
Muldis Rosetta version control / distribution to the Muldis D one.
2008-07-29 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.43.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.43.0.tar.gz.
* Savagely chopped the Live Talk version of the Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807
slideshow to remove all the content text, keeping just the section
headings, a handful of bullets, and all but one of the code samples.
There should be no doubt whatsoever now that the presenter isn't
reading the slides; also, this result is more like the actual Takahashi
format that the XUL software is designed for; also, it now should be
easier to fit into the allowed time. This was presented at OSCON on
July 23. Then the Stand Alone version had its end updated to format
like the rest of the SA slideshow. And so following this, this
2-version 2008 July slideshow is now frozen into the archives.
* The file archives/OSCON2008SessionProposal.txt was moved from the
Muldis Rosetta version control / distribution to the Muldis D one.
2008-07-21 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.42.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.42.0.tar.gz.
* Edited and trimmed the slideshow "archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807.xul"
substantially, removing about 30% of its size. The changes were
inspired largely by feedback from several sources on the version in
release 0.41.0. The cuts mainly were about removing "boring" parts
like introductives and less interesting or common features; also many
parts were edited to say the same thing in substantially fewer words;
all in all, this was just fat trimming and the result shouldn't lack
anything useful that was in the previous one. This new version would
barely fit in 45 minutes if read aloud, but it is in fact now intended
as the paper for download, so people not at a live talk based on this
can still get all the material. There was also some reordering, and a
bit of additions near the front to make it easier to know early what
the talk and the project is about.
* Forked said slideshow into a "_sa" (Stand Alone) and "_lt" (Live
Talk) version, the former being the version for viewing on its own, or
use as speaker's notes, and the latter for actual display during the
talk. The live version changes the quasi-sentences of the stand alone
to bullet points and less text. This was presented at PDXPug PGDay on
July 20th.
* Partly due to feedback gotten at the OSCON speakers' workshop on July
21, the talk will be redone again, using a different presentation tool,
and making the live version have very little content so it differs
greatly from what is spoken, this all in preparation for July 23.
2008-07-15 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.41.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.41.0.tar.gz.
* Rewrote the slideshow "archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807.xul" so it has
more appropriate content, and is a better length. While this version
should be complete on talking about Muldis D, it still lacks anything
on Muldis Rosetta, which should end up about 10% of the size, except
that there are internal todo notes on this. And next I'll need to chop
down the size of the new version so it can be presented in about 45
minutes, for which I'll solicit advice. That cut version should be in
a near future subsequent release.
2008-07-08 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis::D version 0.40.0 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-D-0.40.0.tar.gz.
* Added new file "archives/Muldis_D_PDAFP_200807.xul" which is the very
rough first draft of the slideshow for the 2008 July talk "Muldis D -
Portable Databases At Full Power". This talk is created for giving at
OSCON 2008, and it is also being given at several other events in 2008
July. Following a practice presentation on 2008 July 8th, which used
the (first half of) this exact file (except new postscript first
screen), it was decided to completely rewrite the slideshow with
different content. Meanwhile this version is now being released on
CPAN for posterity. The next CPAN release of Muldis D will not have
this version, rather its replacement. This talk is a XUL file and it
requires Mozilla Firefox to run (or you can read its text in a text
editor). Also added the 2 support files "archives/takahashi.(css|js)"
plus the file "archives/README".
2008-04-12 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis Rosetta version 0.7.0 for Perl 5 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-Rosetta-0.7.0.tar.gz.
* Minor update to the file archives/OSCON2008SessionProposal.txt which
reflects that the proposal was accepted; the talk will be given Jul 23.
Also retconned the file to use current names, urls of Muldis D|Rosetta;
the copy on the OSCON website will likewise be updated if possible.
2008-03-10 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Muldis DB version 0.6.1 for Perl 5 is released on CPAN as
Muldis-DB-0.6.1.tar.gz.
* Added new file archives/OSCON2008SessionProposal.txt which is a copy
of a proposal to give a talk on Muldis D + DB at OSCON 2008 (it can
also be given elsewhere); this is likely the most succinct description
yet of what the projects are and why one would want to use them.
2006-02-01 Darren Duncan <darren@DarrenDuncan.net>
* Rosetta Release 0.720.0/0.720000 (SVN r1203).
* Added new file docs/OSCON2005LightningTalk.txt, which has the
pristine text for a lightning talk I gave, and outlined in 5 minutes
what at-that-time Rosetta was and was to be.