HELP! * GREY=local LOCAL HTML version of Foils prepared March 22,1995

Foil 8 WebTools -- Base Functionality:
Manager, Editor, Navigator

From Overview of WebWindows March 95 CRPC Annual Meeting Houston -- March 21-24,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

We call by World a navigable hierarchy of spaces (directories), forming the document tree of a WebTools server, and by HyperWorld a collection of such Worlds.
HyperWorld Manager (WebWindows analog of File Manager) tool supports creation, destruction and manipulation (copy, move etc.) of spaces and places in the HyperWorld.
On-line HTML editor (analog of simple default DOS or Windows editors 'write', 'edlin' etc.) supports interactive content creation on pages created by the Manager.
HyperWorld Navigator, implemented as a Navigation Bar stamped on each page created by the Manager, supports disciplined navigation through this space.
All WebTools are accessible from the navigation bar. The net effect is a redefined browser -- a WebWindows prototype -- cooperating with the HyperWorld database and activating dynamic services of the CGI extended Web server.



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