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From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
Subject: Re: Online Help
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 17:58:54 -0600
Precedence: bulk
Hello Waldi,
>ST-guide may be distributed together with any software package in one of
>two forms: 1. the complete STG package; 2. viewer+documentation only. The
>original files must remain unchanged, and it should be made clear that
>the STG copyright does not belong to the author of the main application.
Are you sure about this? This makes no mention of money, as Joe
Connor did.
>IMO it doen't matter whether or not some viewer and tools are freeware,
>the important thing is that the specification of the hypertext format is
>freely available. AFAICT the specs of the ST-guide hypertext format have
>not been published, and therefor IMO this format cannot be used as a
>standard. Chris Herborth has already suggested some alternative formats,
>maybe Rick Flashman (?sp) can tell whether or not the format used by the
>Geneva helpsystem requires a license?
The specifics have been published, I believe; I remember reading about it
in the ST-Guide FAQ included in either the main archive or the utility
archive. I do not know -why- you would want this information, but I'm
quite sure it is there.
>I would also like to see some more info on the possible application
>interfaces. These are the ones I know about:
>
>1. AV protocol; messages: VA_START, VA_DRAGACCWIND
>2. PC_HELP protocol; messages: AC_HELP, AC_COPY, AC_REPLY, AC_VERSION
>3. Xacc protocol; ??? (I couldn't find any recent specs)
Not all applications support XACC; PC_HELP is better, but the AV-Protocol
is the best. It is very complete, widely supported. It is entirely in
German, though, which is something of a problem for english speaking
users (though not a very big problem).
>Regards,
> Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
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