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From: fischer@iesd.dk (Lars P. Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,alt.hypertext
Subject: Re: Hypertext, UNIX
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Date: 1 Apr 89 07:06:03 GMT
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In article <179@opus.NMSU.EDU> lrasmuss@dante.nmsu.edu (Linda Rasmussen) writes:
>These hypertext products are currently available for UNIX:
>--KMS...
>--GUIDE...
>EMACS INFO...

Both GUIDE and Emacs Info are based on browsing static collections of
text. An author creates a hypertext document (e.g. a manual), using
some form of document language to set up links, create document
structure, etc. A reader can then browse the document using the links.

You cannot add links dynamically, based on your own ideas of
information relations, say. Neither can you use these systems to
create database-like systems, the way you do in HyperCard.

I would really like to see a dynamic hypertext system for unix,
possibly based on a network server...

INFO is very nice for browsing documentation, by the way. Much better
than standard unix manual-pages.

/Lars
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Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.dk, {...}!mcvax!iesd!fischer
Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., University of Aalborg
Strandvejen 19, DK-9000 Aalborg, DENMARK
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
			-- Arthur C. Clarke