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Article #225Re: Docex (incomplete sources)
From: Luca Pisati
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00
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Bradley Yearwood wrote: > > After seeing the discussion about the feasibility of exporting Symbolics > documents as HTML, I took a look at my 8.3 stuff, and was quite disappointed > to find that much of NSAGE is provided binary-only. Most every module which > by its name, would be likely to know about the innards of SAB files, has no > source code available, at least in the distribution that I have. > > This is quite frustrating. Does anyone know whether these sources are > accessible somewhere, or are they doomed to crumble to dust and blow away? > > Brad Yearwood b n y at s o n i c dot n e t > Cotati, CA I don't know, really. DocEx is only a browser, the authoring tool is Concordia, and I think Concordia gives the sources to NSAGE. Also, the DocEx files were shipped in "binary" form. With Concordia you could "uncompress" them, making them readable by Concordia and editable. Concordia was sold as a separate package. BTW: I still can't find an authoring tool like Concordia around, that produces a database of documentation ... -- Luca Pisati Manager of Graphics Software Voice: (310) 577-0518 Nichimen Graphics Fax: (310) 577-0577 12555 W. Jefferson #285 EMail: mailto:pisati@nichimen.com Los Angeles, CA 90066 Web: http://www.nichimen.com
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