website improvements

todo.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 version 0.10
 ============
 
-- document 'converter'
 - document the tables module better
 
 - The bitwise 'not' operator will be renamed to 'bnot' to

tools/website.tmpl

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <title>$c.projectTitle</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/style.css" />
 
-    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://reign-studios.net/philipwitte/nim/favicon.ico">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="assets/images/favicon.ico">
   #if len(rss) > 0:
     <link href="$rss" title="Recent changes" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate">
   #end if
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <header id="head">
       <div class="page-layout tall">
         <div id="head-logo"></div>
-        <a id="head-logo-link" href="http://reign-studios.net/philipwitte/nim/home.htm"></a>
+        <a id="head-logo-link" href="http://nim-lang.org/index.html"></a>
         <nav id="head-links">
       #for i in 0.. c.tabs.len-1:
       #  var name = c.tabs[i].key
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ echo(<span class="val">"Average line length: "</span>,
 <span class="tab">  </span>name: <span class="typ">string</span>
 <span class="tab end">  </span>age: <span class="typ">int</span>
 
-<span class="kwd">proc</span> <span class="def">greet</span>(p:<span class="typ">Person</span>) =
+<span class="kwd">proc</span> <span class="def">greet</span>(p: <span class="typ">Person</span>) =
 <span class="tab">  </span>echo <span class="val">"Hi, I'm "</span>, p.name, <span class="val">"."</span>
 <span class="tab end">  </span>echo <span class="val">"I am "</span>, p.age, <span class="val">" years old."</span>
 
@@ -83,14 +83,22 @@ p.greet() <span class="cmt"># or greet(p)</span>
              </div>
            </div>  <!-- slide0 -->
            <div id="slide1" class="active">
-        #let quoteIdx = if c.quotations.hasKey(currentTab): currentTab else: "index"
+             <h2><a name="why-should-i-be-excited">Why should I be excited?</a></h2>
-             <div class="quote-image"></div>
+             <span class="desc">
-               <p class="quote">
+               Nim the only language that leverages automated proof technology
-                 ${c.quotations[quoteIdx].quote}
+               to perform a <i>disjoint check</i> for your parallel
-                 <br>
+               code. Working on disjoint data means no locking is
-                 <b style="float: right">-- ${c.quotations[quoteIdx].author}</b>
+               required and yet data races are impossible:</span>
-               </p>
+             <pre>
-               <br/>
+<span class="kwd">parallel</span>:
+<span class="tab">  </span><span class="kwd">var</span> i = 0
+<span class="tab">  </span><span class="kwd">while</span> i <= a.high:
+<span class="tab">    </span>spawn f(a[i])
+<span class="tab">    </span>spawn f(a[i+<span class="val">1</span>])
+<span class="tab">    </span><span class="cmt"># ERROR: cannot prove a[i] is disjoint from a[i+1]</span>
+<span class="tab">    </span><span class="cmt"># BUT: replace 'i += 1' with 'i += 2' and the code compiles!</span>
+<span class="tab end">    </span>i += <span class="val">1</span>
+            </pre>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div id="slideshow-nav">

web/assets/style.css

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pre .end { background:url("images/tabEnd.png") no-repeat left bottom; }
 		#slide0 { margin:30px 0 0 10px; }
 		#slide0 > div { float:left; width:320px; font:10pt monospace; }
 		#slide0 > div:first-child { margin:0 40px 0 0; }
-		#slide0 > div > h2 { margin:0 0 5px 0; color:rgba(162,198,223,.78); }
+		#slide0 h2 { margin:0 0 5px 0; color:rgba(162,198,223,.78); }
 		#slide0 > div > pre {
 			margin:0;
 			padding:15px 10px;
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ pre .end { background:url("images/tabEnd.png") no-repeat left bottom; }
 			border-left:8px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3);
 			box-shadow:1px 2px 16px rgba(28,180,236,.4); }
 
+		#slide1 { margin:30px 0 0 10px; }
+		#slide1 { float:left; width:680px; font:10pt monospace; }
+		#slide1 > div:first-child { margin:0 40px 0 0; }
+		#slide1 h2 { margin:0 0 5px 0; color:rgba(162,198,223,.78); }
+		#slide1 .desc { margin:0 0 5px 0; color:rgba(162,198,223,.78);
+		                font:13pt "arial"; }
+		#slide1 pre {
+			padding:7px 10px;
+			line-height:14pt;
+			background:rgba(0,0,0,.4);
+			border-left:8px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3);
+			box-shadow:1px 2px 16px rgba(28,180,236,.4); }
+
+		/* back when slide1 was the quote:
 		#slide1 { margin-top:50px; }
 		#slide1 > p {
 			padding:40px 20px 0 20px;
@@ -134,7 +148,7 @@ pre .end { background:url("images/tabEnd.png") no-repeat left bottom; }
 			font-style:italic;
 			font-weight:bold;
 			color:rgba(93,155,199,.44); }
-	
+	       */
 	#sidebar {
 		z-index:2;
 		position:absolute;

web/community.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Nim's Community
   ----
 
   Many Nim developers are a part of the
-  `#nim IRC channel <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim>`_ on
+  `#nim IRC channel <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nimrod>`_ on
   Freenode. That is the place where the rest of the discussion relating to Nim
   occurs. Be sure to join us there if you wish to discuss Nim in real-time.
   IRC is the perfect place for people just starting to learn Nim and we

web/index.txt

@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ Roadmap to 1.0
 ==============
 
 Please have a look at
-this `wiki page <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Roadmap>`_ for
+this `wiki page <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Roadmap>`_ for
 an up-to-date overview.

web/news.txt

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ News
 
   - Added module ``fenv`` to control the handling of floating-point rounding and
     exceptions (overflow, division by zero, etc.).
+  - ``system.setupForeignThreadGc`` can be used for better interaction with
+    foreign libraries that create threads and run a Nim callback from these
+    foreign threads.
 
 
 2014-12-09 New website design!

web/question.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 General
 =======
 
+
 .. container:: standout
 
   What is Nim?