jhs version 1.5 is available. Future coments should be based on this
version.

I am now 100% conviinced that a browser front end to J is doable and will be
a good thing.

The big visions (Oleg, Dan, et. al.) are exciting and I'm coming to realize
they are not pie in the sky.

However, my focus now is the very narrow one of what will the core release
of J701 look like.

My current thinking is that the base J701 system for all platforms will be
in these general terms:
 1. JE
 2. jconsole
 3. jhs
 4. JAL (in both jconsole and jhs)
 5. Project Manager (in both jconsole and jhs)
 6. lab (html and non-html) support in jhs
 7. everything else comes through JAL

Everything from JAL includes: help, labs, demos, examples, j.exe, GTK,
j.jar, alternate and more powerful jhs implementations, etc.

jhs will be kept as simple, lean, and mean as possible. It should not depend
on any javascript libraries and must not have any source or license
complications. Some javascript is required to provide core functionality,
but it should be kept to a minimum. It should be as portable and as reliable
as possible.

Power users will head of in many different directions and that is what
JAL facilitates.

The base jhs download (with an older jhs version) is at:
   http://www.jsoftware.com/download/jhs701abeta_win.exe
   http://www.jsoftware.com/download/jhs701abeta_linux32.sh
   http://www.jsoftware.com/download/jhs701abeta_mac_intel.dmg
Run jconsole and run sentence:
   jhs 1500 NB. port to service
Then run a browser and load page:
   http://127.0.0.1:1500/jijx
   jhsupd 0 NB. download latest jhserver.ijs
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