Help talk:Parameter default

[n] perhaps ambiguous

Perhaps, instead of

[v[i|@] | [sep|] {{[call]|[pc1|]|[pc2|]|[pc3|]|[pc4|]|[pv|1]=[i]}} ]

type

«v«i|@» | «sep|» {{«call»|«pc1|»|«pc2|»|«pc3|»|«pc4|»|«pv|1»=«i»}} »

AzaToth 10:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

It is not as easy to type on my keyboard. Also double symbols look more complicated when there are several. But when I encounter a case where there is confusion with links, I will consider this again.--Patrick 11:37, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

For me it's the same work, [ is Alt Gr + 8, ] is Alt Gr + 9, « is Alt Gr + z, » is Alt Gr + x AzaToth 11:46, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I thought [ and ] are on most keyboards. I do not even need Shift. And I do not have a key Gr.--Patrick 11:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

The key is "Alt Gr" (for Alternate Graphics in the begining), I'm using a swedish keyboard AzaToth 11:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Alt Gr does various things dependent on the Keyboard layout selected, on US Keyboards it does nothing (it's a spare Alt key) on UK keyboards it does allows ¦ (as opposed to |) and € é ú í ó á to be typed on other layouts it has similar functions (i.e. not often required but useful chars in the language) 217.146.125.100 14:03, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Ambiguous? Pfft. None of this made any sense. {{{a}}} is written as [a]? What syntax are we working with here? Otheus 17:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Version

Would it kill you to state clearly that this is 1.6 only and will not work at all on 1.5? I just wasted a lot of time here.

What they said. Good lord.

Understandability

it is a difficult topic, but perhaps by revising accessibility could be improved for beginners. The special topics are certainly useful, but seem a bit misplaced. LastBut1 etc. are excellent tricks, but I failed to understand what this has to do with Parameter defaults.

It applies them.--Patrick (talk) 00:45, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Another note: I stumbled here and elsewhere on assumptions that we understand what the special symbol "@" means, but this is not explained. Vigilius 17:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

"@" has no special meaning, the method described is based on the assumption that this is an unlikely parameter value.--Patrick (talk) 00:45, 17 April 2008 (UTC)