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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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