Re: Developer's Tools (was Re: Archives and Web Site)

[Robert Hopcroft <hopcroft@uswest.net>]

Doug Loss wrote:

> I spoke with Vincent about these sorts of things last month, but I don't know
> if I actually made a request for a specific tool.  Here is such a request.  I'd
> like to see an IDE, either written from scratch or modified from something like
> Visual TCL, that worked generally similarly to HyperStudio.  It wouldn't need
> to slavishly imitate HS feature for feature, but it should allow non-technical
> authors to do similar things with similar ease.

Doug, does it make sense to set up the above as a prospective project. If Vincent acts
on it, it can be turned into a current project and linked to wherever it is being worked
on.


> As to the HTML for the prospective project, you can easily generate a template
> by saving the page and editing the text out from between the HTML tags.  You
> could then just put in the appropriate text and you'll then have an HTML
> version of your text.

Right, except I first have to have the page. When I asked on seul-pub if anyone could
send me one, I didn't get any response.

> If Wil is using Doc Welder to generate the page, you
> should be able to have your info smoothly added by putting it in the form
> mentioned in <http://www.seul.org/edu/projectpage.faq.html> and sending it to
> him.

Right, except this makes the list unwieldy. I feel it would be much cleaner to keep the
project description brief and to put the bulk of the information on a separate linked
web page.

> That's assuming he's using the same source file format for the ToDo page
> that he does for the Projects page.

I sent Wil a test case for the ToDo page with the Projects page format and he was happy
with it.

Bob