Hi Martin, Thanks for the reply.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Rubey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Paul vL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Axiom-mail] Windows: where's the documentation? > Date: 31 Oct 2006 12:10:34 +0100 > > > Dear Paul, > > > So let me refrase my initial question: can somebody convert the hypertex > > documentation to a general purpose format which is readable on all > > platforms? > > Candidate formats are: > > -pdf > > -html > > -info > > > > > I *STRONGLY* advise you to try something different: install Xming and try to > get Tim Daly to give you instructions on compiling Axiom with HyperTex on > MS-Windows. Possibly Bill Page also can help. If you mangage to get HyperDoc > running and you provide some documentation, I'd propose you for a bounty! I actually made a start trying to compile Axiom using MSYS/MingW but got stuck. As an experienced MingW user I know how much trouble it can cost to solve all these issues (I'm currently trying to build GCC cross-Arm tools under MSYS/Mingw, it does *not* work out of the box and needs lots of patching). As I also have other projects lying around which I like to finish, I currently do not have time to go along this road... > If neither of them does, please send mail again, and I'll try to do something > myself. > > Alternatively, if you are keen on programming and know some perl, then maybe > Ralf Hemmecke would be able to show you how to modify his AllProse to get > something similar to HyperDoc. But I guess this is more difficult. > > The great thing about hyperdoc is that you can enter a category, say, for > example, Ring, then press on a button labelled "Domains" and you will get all > Domains known to Axiom that are Rings. I.e., Integer, Polynomial Integer, > Fraction Integer, PrimeField, and so on. How would that be different from any format that allows hyperlinking? Hypertex is IMHO quite obscure, and I cannot see a big benefit for using it over standard solutions which are widely supported. I do not ask to ditch Hypertex, but just another option to help all Windows users out there. I'm actually quite fluent using all kind of source-to-source conversion tooling, so what I can imagine is that I'll write a small conversion utility that converted the hypertex files into another format. > In my opinion, that's the best way to discover Axiom. I would like to have *any* such documentation, so I totally agree here. > Martin > > > PS: I just remember, Kai Kaminski has converted some pages to html. But again, > I don't think that's the way to go. Without going in too much discussion; I still do not understand what benefits Hypertex has over other more standard solutions, certainly given that currently Windows has *no* Hypertex support. Regards, Paul -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://www.graffiti.net Powered By Outblaze _______________________________________________ Axiom-mail mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-mail
