Getting comfortable with the new community


(Zachary Lewis) #1

Continuing the discussion from Welcome to the FlashPunk Developers community!:

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public class Foo extends Object
{
	// Variables
	protected var _bar:String;

	/** Contains a user-set string or "foo". Will never be blank. */
	public function get bar():String { return _bar; }
	public function set bar(value:String)
	{
		if (value != "")
		{
			_bar = value;
		}
		else
		{
			_bar = "foo";
		}
	}

	/** Constructor */
	public function Foo(s:String = "foo")
	{
		_bar = s;
	}

	/**
	 * Appends a string to the Foo's bar and returns the new string.
	 * @param	s The string to append to the Foo's bar.
	 * @return	A new string containing the Foo's bar and s.
	 */
	public function appendString(s:String):String
	{
		var appendedString:String;
		appendedString = _bar + s;
		return appendedString;
	}
}

you just need to declare a syntax, GitHub-style!

```actionscript3
public class Foo extends Object
{
	// Variables
	protected var _bar:String;

	/** Contains a user-set string or "foo". Will never be blank. */
	public function get bar():String { return _bar; }
	public function set bar(value:String)
	{
		if (value != "")
		{
			_bar = value;
		}
		else
		{
			_bar = "foo";
		}
	}

	/** Constructor */
	public function Foo(s:String = "foo")
	{
		_bar = s;
	}

	/**
	 * Appends a string to the Foo's bar and returns the new string.
	 * @param	s The string to append to the Foo's bar.
	 * @return	A new string containing the Foo's bar and s.
	 */
	public function appendString(s:String):String
	{
		var appendedString:String;
		appendedString = _bar + s;
		return appendedString;
	}
}
```

Onebox

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Here’s a few examples:

Twitter Statuses

Entering:

https://twitter.com/zachwlewis/status/334729435339173890

will display:

Gists

Entering:

https://gist.github.com/zachwlewis/5637329

will display:

Wikipedia

Entering:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript

will display:

And More!

Here’s a few more sites that support oneboxing:

  • YouTube
  • GitHub
  • Imgur

Try it yourself and see what sites support oneboxing!


Limiting the number of spawned items
(Zachary Lewis) #2

This topic is now pinned. It will appear at the top of its category until it is either unpinned by a moderator, or the Clear Pin button is pressed.


(Jacob Albano) #3

How about anchor links? I can’t seem to find any markdown examples on the web that work on here.

Here are some things I tried:


http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax


(Zachary Lewis) #4

I tried a few things out, but it seems that those reference links are redirected back to the main page. Good eye!

I’ll look into it and see what the situation is.


(Jacob Albano) #5

Cool, thanks. :smiley: I’m just about finished with the first tutorial (Setting up FlashDevelop), but I’m limited to two links and can’t add images since I’m a new member. Any idea when that will wear off?


Category definition for help
(Alex Larioza) #6

When do we lose the “new user” restriction?


(Zachary Lewis) #7

That’s a great question, which is answered in this topic:

User Restrictions.