Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: axserver and hyperdoc

[Arthur Ralfs]

root wrote:
> console output
>
> It occurs to me that we could make a page that does not replace
> the current result with the new result but adds the current result
> to the prior results. In this way we have the complete console
> output.
>
> If we have the complete console output it seems that we might want
> to add the new result "at the top", right under the command input
> line so the results show in "stack order". That way the current
> result is always visible on the web page and scrolling is not needed.
>
> t
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>   
My own thoughts on the console interface was that output should be
appended and not replace the last output.  Also I would like to be able
to go back, edit and resubmit previous commands so all previous
commands should be active command boxes.  That suggests a tree
of input/output nodes with the possibility of branching off a previous node.
Probably not all output should be visible by default since that might lead
to a cluttered workspace so there should be a mechanism for hiding/showing
nodes or whole branches of nodes.

Of course the hyperdoc stuff should be easily accessible and I would also
like to see other documentation, for instance the xhtml+mathml version of
the Jenks-Sutor book, accesible through a menu item.  Other documentation,
like Tim's new books, could  be added as available.

Note that I have it set up in the Jenks-Sutor book so that the command boxes
can be live enabling the reader to test out commands while reading.  I had
this set up using the "serv.c" example I posted previously so I just have to
review the javascript and make a few changes to get it working with the new
axiom server.  Or if anybody else cares to look at it I can forward the
javascript.

Arthur