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From: hmm@laura.UUCP (Hans-Martin Mosner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Have any Hypertext Systems been written in Smalltalk?
Message-ID: <985@laura.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 12:47:34 GMT
References: <87291@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: hmm@unido.UUCP (Hans-Martin Mosner)
Organization: Georg Heeg Smalltalk-80 Systeme
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There is a system called The Analyst which implements some hypertext ideas.
It has been written by Xerox Special Information Systems and is available on
most Smalltalk-80 platforms.  The features:
 - hierarchical folder structures for documents
 - arbitrary link types between documents
 - a couple of document retrieval functions
 - classification schemes
 - text processing
 - some WYSIWYG abilities
 - postscript & interpress printing
 - outline tool
 - simple database
 - gorgeous object-oriented spreadsheet
 - graphics editor
 - chart tool & editor
 - map tool with access to geographical databases
 - input form creation tool
 - and some more which I don't remember now.
The system comes as a Smalltalk-80 image ready to run, with full source code
supplied.  So you can expand it to suit your needs.
Some things which I would like to have but which The Analyst does not have yet:
 - links between arbitrary regions of documents
 - more WYSIWYG power
 - better integration of text and graphics (automatic update for all graphics
   pasted into text documents etc)
 - object-oriented graphics in addition to the bitmap graphics
Otherwise I'm very satisfied with the product.  We're using it as the base for
some customer projects which need the document storage, linking and some other
capabilities.  If you want more information you should write to XSIS directly:
(this is from Evelyn Van Orden's business card, so the phone
 number is probably hers)
	Evelyn M. Van Orden
	Xerox Special Information Systems
	PO Box 5608
	Pasadena, CA 91107-0608
phone: (818) 351-2351

	Hans-Martin
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