towards MrEd documentation via Scribble

svn: r7066

original commit: d913915068c30c2118b593f7323584b996200d8e

collects/scribble/manual.ss

@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@
       [(_ x) (add-scheme-index 'x (scheme x))]))
 
   (define (add-scheme-index s e)
-    (let ([k (if (and (pair? s)
+    (let ([k (cond
-                      (eq? (car s) 'quote))
+              [(and (pair? s)
-                 (cadr s)
+                    (eq? (car s) 'quote))
-                 s)])
+               (format "~s" (cadr s))]
-      (index* (list (format "~s" k)) (list e) e)))
+              [(string? s) s]
+              [else (format "~s" s)])])
+      (index* (list k) (list e) e)))
 
   (provide schemeblock SCHEMEBLOCK
            schemeblock0 SCHEMEBLOCK0
@@ -177,6 +179,20 @@
 
   ;; ----------------------------------------
 
+  (provide method xmethod)
+
+  (define-syntax method
+    (syntax-rules ()
+      [(_ a b)
+       (scheme b)]))
+
+  (define-syntax xmethod
+    (syntax-rules ()
+      [(_ a b)
+       (elem (scheme b) " in " (scheme a))]))
+
+  ;; ----------------------------------------
+
   (provide margin-note)
   
   (define (margin-note . c)

collects/scribblings/scribble/manual.scrbl

@@ -109,13 +109,6 @@ module whose language is @scheme[lang].}
 a single line and wrapped with its enclosing paragraph, independent of
 the formatting of @scheme[datum].}
 
-@defform[(indexed-scheme datum ...)]{
-
-A combination of @scheme[scheme] and @scheme[as-index], with the
-special case that if a single @scheme[datum] is provided and it is a
-@scheme[quote] form, then the quote is removed from the key (so that
-it's sorted using its unquoted form).}
-
 @defform[(schemeresult datum ...)]{Like @scheme[scheme], but typeset
 as a REPL value (i.e., a single color with no hyperlinks).}
 
@@ -504,6 +497,22 @@ the link.}
 @; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @section{Indexing}
 
+@defform[(indexed-scheme datum ...)]{
+
+A combination of @scheme[scheme] and @scheme[as-index], with the
+following special cases when a single @scheme[datum] is provided:
+
+ @itemize{
+
+ @item{If @scheme[datum] is a @scheme[quote] form, then the quote is
+       removed from the key (so that it's sorted using its unquoted
+       form).}
+
+ @item{If @scheme[datum] is a string, then quotes are removed from the
+       key (so that it's sorted using the string content).}
+
+}}
+
 @defproc[(idefterm [pre-content any/c] ...) element?]{Combines
 @scheme[as-index] and @scheme[defterm]. The content normally should be
 plural, rather than singular. Consider using @scheme[deftech],