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    The ARexx macros that are provided here are geared to developers who
would like to have a flexible environment to create hypertext documents.

    Any editor that supports an ARexx interface will make creating HT
documents easier.  There is support provided for the following editors:

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TxEd Plus (MicroSmiths Inc.)
DME (Matt Dillon)
MG3a (Mike Meyer and friends)
CygnusEd (ASDG) - incomplete at the moment

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    The routines provided vary somewhat in features from editor to editor.
This is mainly due to the various interfaces provided by these editors.
For example, MG3a provides a \bold very \bold rich ARexx interface for
several operations.  This makes it easier to add more features, as opposed
to something like DME which has a somewhat crude (but workable) ARexx
interface.

    The base layer of features for all editors consists of a simple way to
define links in your text, and a method for easily inserting text style
commands into your document.  The ability to define a link in your text via
the mouse is important.  Now you can simply highlight the text you would
like linked, and with a single key press or menu choice, you are greeted
with a complete "Link requestor".

    The link requestor is self-explanatory for the most part.  You choose
the type of link you would like, fill in the necessary data and exit.  The
link information will then be installed into your editor.



My editor isn't on that list?!?

    Almost any other editor could be easily added configured to work with
HT via an ARexx interface.  The support routines, all written in a
combination of ARexx and the editor configuration language, are layered so
that hooking into a new editor is simply a matter of writing a few top
level routines.  Originally, once the DME interface had been written,
adding support for TxEd+ was trivial.  In general this should be the case
for any other editor.