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Peter Paine wrote:
> 
> 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.

I would love to move 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.

I agree. For the little I worked on Concordia, though, I think an "export to html"
should be pretty feasible. Even something through Tex (a la HyperSpecs) and then
to html should be ok.

> 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 remember the Mac Docex application, that would allow you to have Docex access
from a Mac, but I don't remember if it needed to run on a MacIvory, though.
If not, maybe that should be the perfect "app".

> 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.

The only question is: what about (C) ??

If this issue would be cleaned, then I would jump on doing it.

Anybody out there has any idea on what the (C) restrictions could be ??

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