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- HWGUIDE hypertext guide to the Internet
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-
- ***> HWGUIDE.ZIP and HWGUIDE.DOC are available for anonymous ftp in Gord
- Nickerson's library file archive, at the Library School of the University of
- Western Ontario. FTP to hydra.uwo.ca and get files in directory "\libsoft".
-
-
- HWGUIDE Version 0.9
- by
- Ernest Perez
-
- HWGUIDE is my hypertext version of Dana Noonan's very informative _A GUIDE TO
- INTERNET/BITNET_ (January, 1992). I have converted Dana's guide into
- hypertext, using NTERGAID's HyperWriter 3.0 authoring software.
-
- HyperWriter is an excellent hypertext authoring environment, capable of much
- more sophistication than this very basic system I produced. That's why I
- called it "Version 0.9"; it was really my self-study project for learning how
- to use HyperWriter.
-
- HyperReader is the runtime hypertext engine for the hyperdocument.
-
-
- TO UNCOMPRESS HWGUIDE.ZIP:
- --------------------------
- Make a new directory on your hard disk (e.g., mkdir \hwguide). Copy
- HWGUIDE.DOC and HWGUIDE.ZIP into the new directory. Make sure you are in that
- directory, then use PKUNZIP to decompress the hypertext runtime files. It's a
- No-Brainer, as long as PKUNZIP is on your path or in the same directory:
-
- pkunzip hwguide (otherwise, add path in front of program
- name, e.g., "\util\pkunzip hwguide")
-
- CAVEAT ABOUT UNZIPPING:
- -----------------------
- Unzipping...I use PKZIP a lot for handy compression tasks, but again, I
- ain't no expert. I know that the HWGUIDE.ZIP file at hydra.uwo.ca is a good
- one; Gordon Nickerson has unzipped it at his location there, and reports that
- it works fine. If you have problems, I would guess it has to do with
- corruptions somewhere in the ftp-ing and downloading to PC process. All's I
- can say, check with your friendly local Mr. GoodByte.
-
-
-
- TO RUN HWGUIDE:
- --------------
-
- Use of a mouse is advised; it's much clunkier using simple keyboard operation.
- Make sure your mouse driver is on the path, or else load it prior to starting
- the program.
-
- * Enter START (return). This is an MS-DOS batch file which loads the mouse
- driver, and issues the HyperReader runtime command. If you want to do it
- manually, it's:
- hr guide
-
- * With a mouse, it's simple point & click from here on. The hypertext links
- are identified with little colored triangles. Put the mouse pointer between
- these, and click the LEFT button to execute a hypertext jump. When you get to
- whatever, a RIGHT button click will backtrack.
-
- * With the keyboard, yuk.... Use CTRL-T to point the cursor and highlight
- consecutive links on the screen; the SHIFT-TAB to back up the highlight. F1
- will make the link jump; ESC will backtrack from the jump.
-
- * There is a HELP link on the first screen, it basically repeats what I've
- just written.
-
- * I included a short sample "printed" index, with links and cross-references.
- (An aside, should a hypertext index use cross-references, or just go ahead and
- link to the intended target? Or, do we go ahead and use xrs, to gently guide
- the end user to preferred terminology? Hmmm...)
-
- * I implemented the full text search index feature. You can activate this by
- clicking on the correct link in the CONTENTS screen. There is also a short
- "searching instructions" screen, reachable by clicking on that nearby link.
-
-
- I am generally experimenting with hypertext authoring, and would appreciate
- any feedback or comments on the general reactions to my early hypertexts. I
- view hypertext as an effective information delivery engine, essentially a
- "super-efficient paper." Right now, hypermedia is still at the experimental
- stage. Only a few sophisticated hyperproducts are just starting to appear.
- We're really at the early stages of the effective use of this medium, sort of
- playing with electronic incunabula.
-
- I believe that hypertext can deliver an equivalent or emulation of practically
- all the traditional print-based access methods, as well as a natural gateway
- to the newer computerized retrieval approaches. This richness of
- accessibility, along with the relative effortlessness of use, holds much
- promise.
-
-
- Cheers,
-
- Ernest Perez
- eperez@utdallas.bitnet
- Access Information Associates
- Dallas TX
-
- ==== <g INTERNET> 13 links in glossary topic
- ==== <g GUIDE> 9 links in glossary topic
-