The words these pages use
Plain meanings for the words used to explain PLXI, the file format meaning travels in. Each links to its exact developer term.
- card
- One line about one thing: its name, what sort of thing it is, and any details. Developer term, card
- change note
- One step of an update: it adds one line to a pack or removes one. Change notes are numbered and applied in order. Developer term, change note
- combining
- Making one new pack from two, with one copy of each card they share. Developer term, combining
- comparing
- Listing the cards added, removed and changed between two packs. Developer term, comparing
- cover line
- The first line of a pack. It names the kind of file, counts the lines and repeats the seal. Developer term, cover line
- cover note
- A line at the top of some packs that says when the pack was made and what from. Developer term, cover note
- finder
- Numbers at the end of some packs that help a program find cards that are alike. Developer term, finder
- library
- Ready-made code that programmers build on. Cintilé’s is for Rust. Developer term, library
- link
- A line that joins two cards, with a word for how they relate. Developer term, link
- pack
- One sealed file that carries cards, links and, when the maker records them, where-from tags. Developer term, pack
- pack rules
- The rules every pack follows. These pages link to them as Exact rules. Developer term, pack rules
- placeholder card
- A card that only says which thing it is. When packs are combined, it gives way to a full card. Developer term, placeholder card
- Rust
- A programming language. Cintilé’s library for packs is written in it. Developer term, Rust
- Rust library
- Cintilé’s ready-made code for opening, checking, writing, combining and comparing packs in Rust. The developer pages call it the Rust SDK. Developer term, Rust library
- seal
- A code at the end of a pack, worked out from everything between the cover line and the seal. Change one letter and it no longer matches. Developer term, seal
- seal check
- The fixed list of checks a program runs before it opens a pack. Developer term, seal check
- test set
- A set of small packs, each with a known right answer, used to check that a program follows the pack rules. Developer term, test set
- unknown line
- A kind of line a program does not know. It keeps the line instead of throwing it away. Developer term, unknown line
- version
- The number of the pack rules a file follows. The current one is 6. Developer term, version
- where-from tag
- A line that says where a statement came from: who or what made it, how, and when. Developer term, where-from tag