--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Responseparam_Parameter.tex 2003/06/10 19:29:26 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Responseparam_Parameter.tex 2005/02/22 15:05:14 1.2 @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ \label{Authoring_Responseparam_Parameter} -If \textbf{responseparam} appears it should be inside of a response -tag. It defines an externally adjustable parameter for this question, -which the question can use to allow other users to customize the problem -for use in their courses without changing the source code of the problem. +If \textbf{responseparam} appears, it should be inside of a response +tag. It defines an externally adjustable parameter for the question, +which the question can then use to allow other users to customize the problem +for their courses without changing the source code of the problem. Possible attributes are: \begin{itemize} \item \textbf{default}\index{default}: required. Specifies a default value for the parameter. -\item \textbf{name}\index{name}: required, specifies an internal name for -the parameter -\item \textbf{type}\index{type}: required specifies the type of parameter, -one of \textbf{tolerance}, \textbf{int}, \textbf{float}, \textbf{string}, +\item \textbf{name}\index{name}: required. Specifies an internal name for +the parameter. +\item \textbf{type}\index{type}: required. Specifies the type of parameter: +\textbf{tolerance}, \textbf{int}, \textbf{float}, \textbf{string}, or \textbf{date}. -\item \textbf{description}\index{description}: a string describing the -parameter, this is what is used to talk about a parameter outside -of a problem +\item \textbf{description}\index{description}: string describing the +parameter. This is what is used to talk about a parameter outside +of a problem. \end{itemize} \textbf{parameter} is exactly the same as \textbf{responseparam}, but should appear outside of a response tag.