Conventions and notations

1- Syntax highlight and scripts

I find that syntax highlight is very helpful for beginners as there are so many predefined words in Red and its code is so concise. Whenever possible I use syntax highlighted code taken from Notepad++[1].

Red []

a: "Hello"

b: 123

c: [33 "fox"]

print c

[1] - To copy and paste highlighted code from Notepad++ I use a plugin called NppExport.

The console output is represented by a gray background. When examples are given as console-typed commands, I highlight the user-typed input using bold typeset. This can avoid confusion, as sometimes you may want to copy and paste text from the examples, and it may not work as expected.

>> s: [ "cat" "dog" "fox" "cow" "fly" "ant" "bee" ]
== ["cat" "dog" "fox" "cow" "fly" "ant" "bee"]

I also add a line between commands to make it more readable, and sometimes comments and colored highlights. These are added by me during edition, so be careful when copying and pasting.

>> a: make hash! [a 33 b 44 c 52]
== make hash! [a 33 b 44 c 52]
                               ;this empty line doesn't exist in the console
>> select a [c]
== 52
                               ;this empty line doesn't exist in the console
>> select a 'c
== 52                        ;comments and highlights are added by my later, during edition