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| 383.1 | I'm also interested in FLIP | COOKIE::JOHNSTON | | Sat May 16 1987 16:57 | 15 |
| Some time ago, I asked about FLIP and DOCUMENT in the BL6 notes file.
The answer I received then was that you could *not* get FLIP files from
DOCUMENT files and that there was no plan to provide the capability.
Interesting that you should bring it up now, as I was having a discussion about
the need for FLIP just yesterday, myself.
I hope the developers will consider this capability in the near future!
If you decide such issues based on votes, consider my ballot cast!
Thanx
Rose
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| 383.2 | ongoing development work | CLOSET::ANKLAM | | Mon May 18 1987 10:11 | 8 |
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No, we no longer support DSRPLUS or FLIP output, nor do we plan
to do so. Yes, VOILA is alive and well. It was set back quite a
bit, however, by the change in workstation strategy to DECwindows.
It will have a DOCUMENT front-end that will allow SDML files to
be processed for viewing using the VOILA reader.
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| 383.3 | Anything similar, then? | COOKIE::JOHNSTON | | Mon May 18 1987 12:57 | 20 |
| RE: .2
Does that mean that you don't plan any kind of support similar to FLIP,
then either? Or will VOILA provide a similar facility? Am I asking the
right questions?
The closer we come to complete electronic publishing, the shorter review
lead times will become, making an online review facility increasingly
important; manual systems, shoveling documents through inhouse mail are
ugly and will get uglier. This is, of course, just one woman's opinion,
but I don't believe it is in the company's best interests or the
customer's best interests (internal or external) to not consider an
online document review/comment facility.
Do you know of any development anywhere that is addressing this?
Thanx!
Rose
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| 383.4 | different NOTES file | CLOSET::ANKLAM | | Mon May 18 1987 13:13 | 8 |
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VOILA is a tool for on-line display, browsing, etc. of documents;
it is designed for workstations. An early version of it was based
on some items in FLIP, so exhibits it looks similar in some regards.
There is a NOTES file for online documentation,
COLORS::ONLINE_INFORMATION that discusses issues related to various
online documentation projects.
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| 383.5 | VOILA Available? | PYONS::DCHAVEZ | Dale C. - CXO3 Colo Spgs | Mon May 18 1987 14:15 | 4 |
| Is VOILA available for internal use? I checked out the notesfile Patti
mentioned and there was no obvious reference to VOILA.
Dale
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| 383.6 | M1 was the early version prototype? | ATLAST::BOUKNIGHT | Everything has an outline | Mon May 18 1987 16:17 | 3 |
| I believe that early version Patti was refering is M1.
jack
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| 383.7 | FLIP/M1/VOILA | VAXUUM::UTT | | Mon May 18 1987 19:06 | 23 |
| Patti is correct about the VOILA plans -- you will be able to view
documentation on the workstation with the same sorts of functionality
that FLIP offered plus windowing. And, yes, Patti was referring
to M1, an early prototype of VOILA built on FLIP back when we produced
DSRPLUS output. (I would like to say that as the person who tried
to maintain SDML tags for M1 output as DOCUMENT functionality grew
more complex (per user feedback), I heartily endorsed the decision
to drop DSRPLUS support. It was very difficult to provide parallel
support for DSRPLUS and was rapidly looking to become impossible.)
Anyway, M1 is still available and will display any .FLP file. Anyone
who wants a pointer to the files should contact me directly at
VAXUUM::UTT.
VOILA development is again under way as a DECwindows application,
but we are some time away from having a baselevel we can release
to the world. Anyone with a high interest in VOILA should watch
the COLORS::ONLINE_INFORMATION notes file and/or contact our product
manager Cathy Foley to be put on the distribution list for VOILA
phase reviews, etc.
Mary Utt
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