[admin] net-nittin-hyperspec

[Nikodemus Siivola]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:02:07AM -0500, Erik Enge wrote:

Snipped naming stuff. I agree in principle, but differ in the
details. Nuff said, more code. ;)

> Anything to make the library more general.  What did you have in mind?
> I know dan-b keeps talking about his hyperdocumentation API.

This probably requires a bit experimentation in terms of what is the
Right Thing, but I was thinking (inspired by dan's comments):

 * Packages can include *hyperdoc-info* symbol, or equivalent,
   bound to a eg. an assoc list that tells the hyperdoc package whatever
   it needs to know.

 * Hyperdoc package finds the name of the symbols package, discovers
   if that package is subject to any local renamings (so that conf for
   foolisp can map foolisp-internals to cl, and cl can be mapped to clhs).

 * Hyperdoc checks  *hyperdoc-info* in that package, and generates the
   URI based on info provided there.

I have some other interactive documentation related ideas as well, but
that might be a nice start.

For bonus points persuade SLIME people to use hyperdoc instead of the
elisp stuff, so you get C-c C-h for arbitrary symbols for free. ;)
   
Cheers,

 -- Nikodemus
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