home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!access.usask.ca!jester.usask.ca!fogel
- From: fogel@jester.usask.ca (Earl Fogel)
- Subject: Re: Hypertext For Unix
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.165457.12135@access.usask.ca>
- Sender: news@access.usask.ca (USENET News System)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: jester.usask.ca
- Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- References: <2924379439.6.demoep@psilink.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:54:57 GMT
- Lines: 34
-
- In article <2924379439.6.demoep@psilink.com> "Ernest Perez" <demoep@psilink.com> writes:
- >>FROM: Mike Stringham <mstringh@ent1.ent.ncsu.edu>
- >>I need information on a simple hypertexting program for use with
- >>text-based UNIX platforms. We have no GUI capabilities on the systems
- >>that hypertexted material would be distributed to. I have some
- >>experience with hypertext, but would prefer software that does not
- >>have a steep learning curve. In other words the hypertext documents
- >>need to be easy to assemble and easy to use.
- >
- >Take a look at MaxThink, the lean, mean, Zen approach to hypertext.
- >Some folks call it crude and simplistic; others call it elegant.
- >Depends on your family values, I guess. MaxThink has several MS-DOS
- >versions for foreground and TSR operation. Also a new Unix version
- >($89 cheap), it's based on the HYTELNET port of MaxThink to the VAX.
-
- You can get the Unix Hytelnet hypertext browser for free via anonymous ftp
- from access.usask.ca (128.233.3.1) in the /pub/hytelnet directory, and
- from ftp.unt.edu (129.120.1.1) in the /pub/library/hytelnet directory.
-
- The main difference between my software and the MaxThink software are:
- they support more types of links (eg. links to a particular line number
- or a particular search string within a file), while my software supports
- links which are telnet commands, so you can use it to connect to other
- systems.
-
- To see the Hytelnet software in action, telnet to access.usask.ca
- and login as hytelnet (all lowercase, no password required).
-
-
- Earl Fogel
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- fogel@sask.usask.ca Computing Services, Room 56 Physics
- Phone: (306) 966-4861 University of Saskatchewan
- Fax: (306) 966-4938 Saskatoon, Sask. CANADA, S7N 0W0
-