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Re: Lispm and Docex

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From: Peter Paine
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00
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Thanks for pointing it out, Luca.

>Subject: Publishing Genera doc in HTML (was: About lispOS...)
>Cc: lispos@math.gatech.edu
>Date: Apr 1997

It has been a year since then, though for Lispm folks this interval seems
to be as nothing. But from another perspective a year can be an age in
global computing evolution.  I just wish that we could move the matter on.

For me, the hyper-linking offered by the Docex (and now HTML) is an
important aspect.  If the nature of typical Docex enquiries and browsing is
intrinsically multi-dimensional and user directed, then "page turning"
linear portings seem to throw away a lot of what the Docex offers.

There are other plain Lisp references available online.  I see the value of
the Docex resting in how it allows Genera to be explored in-the-round, but
then the user will need the search, index, history and other support tools.
For most uses I think that the Genera Docex would be something to download,
"app" and data files as a whole.

I don't see the Docex itself being the issue, rather the Genera
documentation.  Which might help keep SLUG alive by allowing access to new
users, even evangelise it to some extent.
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