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author | simonmar <unknown> | 2005-09-16 11:23:45 +0000 |
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committer | simonmar <unknown> | 2005-09-16 11:23:45 +0000 |
commit | 93b3790650cc6ba9adf40bc4bba2e296a930d76d (patch) | |
tree | 7464860fe4aaced039a59f37d2c76afb511d732c /ghc/docs | |
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download | haskell-93b3790650cc6ba9adf40bc4bba2e296a930d76d.tar.gz |
[project @ 2005-09-16 11:23:45 by simonmar]
- Mention bundled documentation
- Add some more copyrights
- Add authors
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-rw-r--r-- | ghc/docs/vh/vh.xml | 93 |
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/ghc/docs/vh/vh.xml b/ghc/docs/vh/vh.xml index 7e745804bc..0b21f87355 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/vh/vh.xml +++ b/ghc/docs/vh/vh.xml @@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ ]> <article id="visual-haskell"> - + <articleinfo> <title>Visual Haskell User's Guide</title> -<!-- -<author><othername></othername></author> -<address><email>glasgow-haskell-{users,bugs}@haskell.org</email></address> ---> + <author> + <firstname>Simon</firstname> + <surname>Marlow</surname> + <email>simonmar@microsoft.com</email> + </author> + <author> + <firstname>Krasimir</firstname> + <surname>Angelov</surname> + <email>kr.angelov@gmail.com</email> + </author> <!-- <abstract> @@ -242,8 +248,9 @@ and interpreted in an enforceable manner that most nearly captures the intent of the original language. </para> -<para>Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. -</para> +<para>Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</para> +<para>Copyright © The University of Glasgow.</para> +<para>Copyright © Krasimir Angelov.</para> </blockquote> </section> @@ -329,35 +336,51 @@ intent of the original language. </listitem> </itemizedlist> - - <section> - <title>Getting Started</title> - - <para>To start using Visual Haskell right away, first create a new - project (File->New->Project...). Select one of the Haskell - project types (Console Application or Library Package), and hit Ok. - The project will be created for you, and an example module - added: <literal>Main.hs</literal> for an application, or - <literal>Module1.hs</literal> for a library.</para> - - <para>You can now start adding code to - <literal>Main.hs</literal>, or adding new modules. To add a new - module, right-click on the <literal>src</literal> directory, and - select Add->New Item. Visual Haskell supports hierarchical - modules too: you can add new folders using the same Add menu to - create new nodes in the hierarchy.</para> - - <para>If you have any errors in your code, they will be underlined with - a red squiggly line. Select the Tasks window (usually a tab near the - bottom of the Visual Studio window) to see the error messages, and - click on an error message to jump to it in the editor.</para> - - <para>To build the program, hit Ctrl-Shift-B, or select one of the - options from the Build menu.</para> - </section> + + <para>Additionally, Visual Haskell is bundled with a large collection of + documentation: the GHC manual, the hierarchical libraries reference, and + other material all of which can be browsed within Visual Studio + itself.</para> - <section> - <title>Editing Haskell code</title> + <section> + <title>Getting Started</title> + + <para>After installing Visual Haskell, start up Visual Studio as you + would normally, and observe that on the splash screen where it lists + the supported languages you should now see an icon for Visual + Haskell (if you don't see this, something has gone wrong... please let + us know).</para> + + <para>Firstly, take a look at the bundled documentation. Go to + Help->Contents, and you should see the “Visual Haskell Help + Collection”, which contains a large collection of GHC and + Haskell-related documentaiton, including this document.</para> + + <para>To start using Visual Haskell right away, create a new + project (File->New->Project...). Select one of the Haskell + project types (Console Application or Library Package), and hit Ok. + The project will be created for you, and an example module + added: <literal>Main.hs</literal> for an application, or + <literal>Module1.hs</literal> for a library.</para> + + <para>You can now start adding code to + <literal>Main.hs</literal>, or adding new modules. To add a new + module, right-click on the <literal>src</literal> directory, and + select Add->New Item. Visual Haskell supports hierarchical + modules too: you can add new folders using the same Add menu to + create new nodes in the hierarchy.</para> + + <para>If you have any errors in your code, they will be underlined with + a red squiggly line. Select the Tasks window (usually a tab near the + bottom of the Visual Studio window) to see the error messages, and + click on an error message to jump to it in the editor.</para> + + <para>To build the program, hit Ctrl-Shift-B, or select one of the + options from the Build menu.</para> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Editing Haskell code</title> <para>(ToDo: more detail here)</para> |