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HyGlos (TM) Demonstration Hypertext System
(uploaded with the permission
of MaxThink's Neil Larson)
Background The HyGlos system is easy-to-use, memory-resident or TSR
hypertext system, operating in a mere 70K of memory.
This memory space holds the runtime program, hypertext
information files, and link trail.
This makes HyGlos useful for "online help" and "online
reference" systems running simultaneously with many
application programs, such as word processors, modem
programs, databases, etc. The HyGlos runtime program is
license-free, which means it can be distributed with any
constructed information system. It is very similar to
HyperRez, which is the runtime program for the popular
HYTELNET library catalog TELNET information reference.
MaxThink hypertext links and moves using standard ASCII
text files. The links are simply angle-bracketed
filenames "<sample>", sometimes with added numbering to
indicate specific screen and line numbers. It can also
display compact colorized character-graphic screens.
Larson feels that using this lowest common denominator
file format means that users can easily construct
hypertext systems with common editing and graphics
programs. This is his contribution to "democratizing
knowledge," of making information easily accessible and
transferable.
This system With HyGlos, MaxThink has upgraded the earlier HyperRez
memory resident hypertext, adding several powerful new
features and utilities.
HyGlos also supports word and position link jumps.
However, it adds the power of "online word lookups" with
a keyword index utility which can also hold definitions,
glossary terms, and thesaurus terms/references.
The more than 20 HyGlos utilities (not included with
this demo) include:
** Auto-relationship linking utilities for words in the
title or descriptive lines of files;
** Stopword elimination from the online glossary lookup;
** Glossary or lookup index building utilities;
** Hypertext structure examination utilities;
** "Integrity check," which checks to see that you
haven't forgotten to include linked files, or misspelled
file names;
*** and others....
Installing and 1) Use PKUNZIP to extract the HyGlos demo from
running the demo compressed format. It's best to put the files into a
separate directory, or on a floppy disk.
2) From DOS, enter "HG" to start the HyGlos program. It
will load, and leave a concise information screen giving
the (user-definable) hot key, and instructions for
leaving or terminating the program. The default demo
system hot key is ALT-W; the ESCape key will exit the
system and return to your foreground application.
3) When you first enter the hypertext system, you will
display the START.TXT file, or root menu for the entire
system. You can jump to linked <files> by highlighting
the angle-bracketed jumps with the Up and Down cursors,
and by making jumps or backtracking with the Right and
Left cursor arrows.
4) At any time in the hypertext you can press the F1 key
for a short help screen. The "p" key will print a
displayed file. The "t" key will "terminate" HyGlos, or
remove it from memory.
5) When you leave and then return to the hypertext, you
will reenter at the screen you left. Press CTRL-HOME if
you wish to jump back to the root screen.
6) The "glossary feature" displays a KWOC (keyword out
of context) index, using the keywords out of title lines
of the included system text files. You can enter the
glossary by pressing the "L" or "lookup" key, and
entering the word you wish to lookup. There are also
automatically inserted glossary jumps at the ends of
most files, in the format...
==== <g WORD> n links in glossary topic
This tells you that there are _n_ links for this term
listed under that word in the glossary index.
7) Please note that the super-concise information format
is not required. This is Neil Larson's own style. But
remember that ANY ASCII text files may be used, with any
kind of formatting of which you & your word processor
are capable.
Conclusion That's all there is to explaining this particular demo
file. I hope it's of interest, and that you may find
the software approach useful. MaxThink software is
available at very economical prices, and can be used to
produce powerful information systems.
For software information, contact:
MaxThink Software
2425 B Channing #592
Berkeley CA 94704
voice (510) 540-5508
fax (510) 548-4686
This file created by...
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Ernest Perez, Ph.D
Access Information Associates
2183 Buckingham, Suite 106
Richardson TX 75081
214-530-4800
INTERNET: eperez@utdallas.edu
BITNET: eperez@utdallas
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