Dear Jason, Thank you so much for your extremely helpful reply. The main issue is that -ideally- we would like the e-book to be as self-contained as possible, i.e. we would like the models in the book (and the colouring of the code) to work even if future versions of Netlogo make changes that imply the old code would not work (e.g. the use of + to concatenate strings before NetLogo 4.0).
Because of that, our preference would be: 1. Regarding the colouring of code: The javascript library, or to have a method that, in the end, produces "a string of raw HTML" (potentially with a CSS, if that is easier for you), so the colouring of code does not depend on external websites. 2. Regarding running NetLogo models: To have a NetLogo engine inside the book, so everything works even if NetLogo changes too much for our code. (And potentially be able to change the css of NetLogoWeb slightly, to make running models fit better with the rest of the e-book, e.g. fig.1 at http://ccl.northwestern.edu/2016/WeintropEtAlConstructionism2016-1.pdf) Another option would be to have iframes for everything, making sure that the links work as expected. This approach is great for webpages, but maybe not so great for an ebook, which at the end of the day is a book, and should have a stable, permanent edition at some point. To be honest, we can see pros and cons in both approaches (especially regarding running models), so we would love to hear your comments (and most likely to adopt your advice). Thank you so much for your help, Luis On Thursday, 1 September 2016 11:25:27 UTC-5, Jason Bertsche wrote: > > Hello, > > Thanks for your interest in a NetLogo Web-powered e-book. I think that > sounds awesome! > > (Also, sorry for my delay in responding.) > > Is writing two wordpress plugins the best approach to achieve what we > need?, or can you think of a better way of doing these two tasks? > > > Well, the syntax highlighter is something that I'm not sure could even > reasonably be done without us supplying that for you. However, I'm > supportive of seeing these things implemented, so I'm fine with helping out > with that. > > 1. One that would take NetLogo code as text and would format it exactly as > it looks in NetLogo, including colours (like in the "NetLogo Code" tab of > NetLogoWeb) > > > How do you want this to work, though? Do you want to hit a URL on our > site in order to make the highlighting happen, or do you want a JavaScript > library that you can drop into your page? Do you want a string of raw HTML > back that you drop into your page? Do you just want to query our server > for a syntax-highlighted page that you embed through an `iframe`? > Something else? > > Honestly, the `iframe` option is what is seeming the most feasible to me > at the moment. I feel like I could put that together pretty quickly, but > let me know if that doesn't meet your needs. > > 2. Another one that allows running NetLogo models within Wordpress. > (Presumably this could be done with an iframe, but we're looking for > something more efficient and better integrated within wordpress). > > > I can look into this option with you all, but I'm not sure what you mean > by more "efficient" here, or in what way it needs to be better integrated > into Wordpress. It would help me to know what problems you're trying to > solve by favoring Wordpress integration over embedding the NLW page through > an `iframe`. > > On 08/25/2016 08:29 AM, Luis R. Izquierdo wrote: > > Dear netlogo-devel Community, > > We are 3 researchers who are thinking of writing an open e-book using the > wordpress-based platform Pressbooks ( > https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressbooks/). > > We would like to include NetLogo code and actual NetLogo running models > within the e-book. For that, ideally we would want two pieces of software: > > 1. One that would take NetLogo code as text and would format it exactly as > it looks in NetLogo, including colours (like in the "NetLogo Code" tab of > NetLogoWeb) > 2. Another one that allows running NetLogo models within Wordpress. > (Presumably this could be done with an iframe, but we're looking for > something more efficient and better integrated within wordpress). > > We have only basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript, so at this stage > our main question is: > > Is writing two wordpress plugins the best approach to achieve what we > need?, or can you think of a better way of doing these two tasks? > > There may be quick and dirty ways of achieving our goals for the book (*and > we would love to hear about them!*) but, looking ahead, we are also > interested in knowing the proper way of doing this NetLogo-Wordpress > integration (especially because we may be able to engage some of our > students to write this type of software, which we believe could benefit > other people too). > > Any thoughts would be most appreciated, > Thanks a lot, > > Luis, Segis and Bill > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "netlogo-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to netlogo-deve...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout&d=CwMFaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=sxGjFFyk2A6rYHwAdDtnqeTKj3cEcXDGDo_G9va2ruI&m=AYYVbN5AHdKZj1sKHK-HWqnDy2dxK0QB0fqMMZvr7zg&s=FdCx4RYnvR_cFBgFw4HfrIHh2LfbXNj3ORZ0fL-K8uA&e=> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "netlogo-devel" group. 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