--- 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.