Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 18:20:19 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>, Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is Thot (WYSIWIG editor) for you? Message-ID: <199705150120.SAA23131@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 May 1997 20:07:18 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970514195519.311z-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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Well the nature of their difference lies in the need to support active documents . Just post to their mailing list . They seem to be a candid group. http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Amaya/ A few of the key members from the Thot group joined the W3 consortium and it looks like everyone stands a chance to benefit from the exchange. I would start by simply repeating what you posted which addresses the heart of the issue. Got Sgml 8) (twisted joke on the Milk industries tv AD logo Got Milk!) Amancio >From The Desk Of John Fieber : > On Wed, 14 May 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > when you get a chance, check out http://rah.star-gate.com/languages.html > > it discusses the theory of their meta language thingy. > > Hm... I'm not sure what to think of this. They seem to have > expended a great deal of effort to re-invent SGML. The S > language implements most SGML concepts, but in an incompatible > form with no obvious advantage over SGML. Similarly the P and T > languages look to be an implementation of the concepts in DSSSL, > although in a more limited fashion. > > So, the philosophy of Thot is more or less the same as SGML and > DSSSL almost exactly, but with an independent implementation. > DSSSL is quite new (1996), but SGML has been around over a decade > so I find this re-inventing of the wheel very puzzling and > somewhat sad. > > I'll definately have to take a closer look at the code itself > when I get a chance. > > -john >
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