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Streamline "Getting Started" some more. #1286
Streamline "Getting Started" some more. #1286
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This is a follow-up to rust-lang#1279. The "Getting Started" chapter is, TBH, pretty bad when it comes to the stuff about building and testing. It has far too much detail and lots of repetition, which would be overwhelming to a newcomer. This commit removes most of it, leaving behind just quick mentions of the most common `x.py` commands: `check`, `build`, `test`, `fmt`, with links to the appropriate chapters for details. There were a few interesting details that weren't covered elsewhere, so I moved those into other chapters.
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Thanks for tackling this! I've been wanting to clean this up for a while but haven't had the time, I appreciate you working on it ❤️
@jyn514 Thanks for the suggestions. I've addressed the majority of them, a few I've left unchanged for now and added some discussion above. |
r=me with #1286 (comment) and #1286 (comment) done :) |
Thanks again! |
Update books ## nomicon 1 commits in c05c452b36358821bf4122f9c418674edd1d713d..66d097d3d80e8f88c288c6879c7c2b909ecf8ad4 2021-12-13 15:23:48 +0900 to 2022-01-05 05:45:21 +0900 - Fix typo / type error in FFI code example (rust-lang/nomicon#327) ## reference 8 commits in f8ba2f12df60ee19b96de24ae5b73af3de8a446b..4dee6eb63d728ffb9e7a2ed443e9ada9275c69d2 2022-01-03 11:02:08 -0800 to 2022-01-18 09:26:33 -0800 - (minor) Remove Expression Path sub-types splits in Pattern specs (rust-lang/reference#1138) - Document destructuring assignment (rust-lang/reference#1116) - Document the 2021 edition changes to macros-by-example `pat` metavariables (rust-lang/reference#1135) - Improve the documentation of macros-by-example metavariable names (rust-lang/reference#1130) - trait-bounds.md: add pronoun 'that' (rust-lang/reference#1131) - Say that macros-by-example `ident` metavariables can match raw identifiers (rust-lang/reference#1133) - State in the UAX31 profile description that a lone `_` is not an identifier (rust-lang/reference#1129) - Document syntax reserved in Rust 2021 (rust-lang/reference#1128) ## book 17 commits in d3740fb7aad0ea4a80ae20f64dee3a8cfc0c5c3c..f17df27fc14696912c48b8b7a7a8fa49e648088d 2022-01-03 21:46:04 -0500 to 2022-01-18 17:46:28 -0500 - Add a notice to the top of all nostarch snapshots - Fix quotes - Grammar (minor): 'or' → 'and' for enum variants - Propagate edits of chapter 8 to src - Replies to nostarch edits - more edits - ch8 from nostarch - Fix grammar and line wrapping - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/pr/2880' - Remove wikipedia link - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/pr/2927' - Snapshot of ch14 for nostarch - Backport fixes to chapter 14 noticed while doing nostarch snapshot - Fix usage of find piped into xargs - Adjust some more line numbers of Cargo.toml includes - Merge branch '2909' - Merge remote-tracking branch 'parkerziegler/fix/ch14-add-one-naming' ## rustc-dev-guide 7 commits in 875464457c4104686faf667f47848aa7b0f0a744..78dd6a4684cf8d6b72275fab6d0429ea40b66338 2021-12-28 22:17:49 -0600 to 2022-01-18 14:44:26 -0300 - Reorganize and expand the testing chapters. (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1281) - Add inline assembly internals (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1266) - Spelling: Rename `rust` to `Rust` (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1288) - Clean up section about FCPs (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1287) - Address more review comments in rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1286. - Address review comments in rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1286. - Streamline "Getting Started" some more.
This is a follow-up to #1279.
The "Getting Started" chapter is, TBH, pretty bad when it comes to the
stuff about building and testing. It has far too much detail and lots of
repetition, which would be overwhelming to a newcomer.
This commit removes most of it, leaving behind just quick mentions of
the most common
x.py
commands:check
,build
,test
,fmt
, withlinks to the appropriate chapters for details. There were a few
interesting details that weren't covered elsewhere, so I moved those
into other chapters.