[Jscheme-user] help features in JScheme

[Geoffrey K. <ge...@kn...>]

Something I like in JScheme:

If I don't remember the arguments to a function, I can just type the 
name of an application's function:

e.g., DEMAND_STREAMS_OF_TYPE

and it will return the number and name of the expected arguments:

e.g. ... Closure DEMAND_STREAMS_OF_TYPE[2] (type cs-descr)

How much more would it take to adopt an Emacs-like standard of having 
an optional initial string representing help text?  If the string were 
a URL, it also could point to online help with markup, while keeping 
clutter in a user's Scheme code to a minimum.  If the URL used 
quasiquotes, you could have the online help toggle between the JScheme 
website for core JScheme functions, and a local site when the JScheme 
user is offline or for help with the JScheme user's own application 
code.

Geoffrey