On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 01:25:24PM +0100, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
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> The only thing (in my eyes) that HyperDoc can do and
> http://fricas.github.io/api does not provide, is showing "which
> domain/package/category implements a certain function". Admittedly, that
> is a very useful feature, but that should/could rather be available from
> the FriCAS command line. I actually don't like to start an X programm
> (HyperDoc) only to find out about which domain implements some function.
I think that you vastly underestimate HyperDoc. Namely, part included
in FRICASsys is designed to support dynamic GUI with rich user
interaction. We miss important part of this (Texexplorer renderer),
but _all_ (or maybe almost all as some Texexplorer specific parts
are removed) that is needed in FRICASsys is already present.
I think you underestimate fact that HyperDoc machinery dynamically
creates rich cross-links (only part of them is used by HyperDoc
interface). I did not see Texexplorer in action, but code
suggest that you can click on parts of displayed results to
get extra type info (and mybe also documentation links).
To re-create such functionalty you would need either use exiting
HyperDoc support or implement equivalent in your interface. Clearly
duplicating such things in each interace is wasteful, so
I would prefer to use shared functionality.
Concerning "start an X programm", I very much prefer to start
small X program (HyperDoc) to a bloated one (web browser).
In fact, for getting things from web I normally use lynx or wget
and start graphical browser only once in few days.
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