Bill Seitz <bill@fluxent.com> writes: (01)
% Can we agree that such requirements would require changes to the whole
% underlying infrastructure sufficiently great that no "normal human" is
% going to be implementing it this year? (02)
No. (03)
I am sure that there are steps we can on this road , this year. (04)
And understanding which road we are one, helps you take
steps in the right direction. (05)
% Ergo, when we say that we'd like to spread the use of PurpleNumbers, can
% we just remove this BlueSky from the mix (e.g. discuss it on its own)? (06)
Right now, I think that the average guy does not see the
"kill app" kind of value out of purple numbers, and so it will
not be used by the average guy. (07)
To spread the use of PurpleNumbers, we need to lower the barrier
or increase the value of what they do. The things that they do now
are not sufficient for wide use. (judging from history) (08)
So the blue sky is the stiring of the pot to find the small
next step that will increase the value/decrease the barrier to use. (09)
So far, the idea of semi-automatic filtering is an interesting
one to come out of this blue sky. (010)
% --Bill "WorseIsBetter" Seitz
%
% John Sechrest wrote:
%
% >Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.org> writes:
% >
% > % On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:51:52PM -0800, John Sechrest wrote:
% >
% > % > For us to get to where we want to go, we are going
% > % > to need to get to the NLS type numbering.
% >
% > % Are you saying we don't have this already?
% >
% > Yes. Perhaps I am not being clear.
% >
% > But if I want to reference
% > a) specific ranges of paragraphs
% > b) subparagraph words
% > c) Just the first sentence of each paragraph
% > d) The current "3rd" paragraph in a document
% >
% > I don't currently know how to do it.
% >
% > I know that I can refer to a given specific paragraph, but when
% > it gets edited, do I get the current edited one or the old one,
% > if I refer to the purple number?
% >
% > How do I make that choice, at the moment it is not clear to me.
% >
% >
% > % > That is, I would like to see us implement viewspec(s)
% > % > which allow us to see a document with various views.
% >
% > % What do viewspecs have to do with addressing?
% >
% > As I understand NLS, they are integrated. A viewspec it combined
% > with an adress specification to produce a view.
% >
% > So if I want to have a view which is :
% >
% > no purple numbers
% > the first three paragraphs of the current page
% >
% > How would I say it?
% >
% > Or if I wanted to have:
% >
% > purple numbers
% > The 4th,5th,6th paragraphs
% > And the first sentence of each paragraph
% >
% > how would I say it?
% >
% > Normally, the granular address would be used in these specifications.
% > And at the moment, the granular address is the purple number.
% >
% > And as my (admitly poor) understanding of purple numbers goes,
% > the purple number refers to the specific edition of a paragraph,
% > not to the "current edit",
% >
% > So we have basic shortage of addressing modes in order to get
% > viewspecs moving with any velocity.
% >
% >
% >
% >
% >
% >
% >
% >-----
% >John Sechrest . Helping people use
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% > . more effectively
% > .
% > . Internet: sechrest@peak.org
% > .
% > .
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% >
% >
% >
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