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In article <315FA36E.6F87@uebungen.fh-wolfenbuettel.de>,
Peter Matthias <matthias@uebungen.fh-wolfenbuettel.de> wrote:
> First because S3 is not released in source code! This makes V4 interesting for
> people who shouldn't use it ( implementors of systems). V4 and S3 are so
> close, that it even wouldn't be worth renaming System 3 when including and
> porting V4 stuff.  ( not necessarily to Gadgets, which can sometimes be
> difficult to program). This, of course, will not happen until S3's source will
> be made avaiable...

The differences really aren't that big but the text models are incompatible.
There won't exist a System 3 version supporting elements because most
common element types are available as System 3 objects and automatic
conversion tools exist (System3.Tool/Applications/WTS).

Although System 3 sources are not released publicly at the moment,
it is not that hard to get them. Just ask Prof. Gutknecht for the current
license terms if you are seriously interested ( mailto:gutknech@inf.ethz.ch ).

> But consider that even today S3 has four more ore less incompatible editors (
> Edit, ET, Script and TextGadgets).

Turn that into "more or less compatible" and I'll agree. All basic text
attributes are compatible among all editors whereas objects are only visible
within TextGadgets. So what? They won't crash any other editor and are visible
as nice little boxes :-). Personally, all I ever use are TextGadgets but since some
people feel the Gadgets interface is too heavyweight, they should probably be
free to use simpler editors. (Think we should add "Freedom of choosing your
editor" to the bill of human rights?)

Enough rambling

Erich Oswald
Institute for Computer Systems
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
oswald@inf.ethz.ch