X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1088" "Wed" "10" "September" "1997" "13:55:36" "+0100" "Sebastian Rahtz" "s.rahtz@ELSEVIER.CO.UK" nil "24" "Re: HyperLaTeX" "^Date:" nil nil "9" nil "HyperLaTeX" nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA17451; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:59:23 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <6.5F445FED@listserv.gmd.de>; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:57:50 +0200 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 196678 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:58:38 +0200 Received: from pillar.elsevier.co.uk (root@pillar.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.7.6/8.7.4) with ESMTP id OAA06070 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:58:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by pillar.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07390 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:58:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from SRAHTZ (actually host srahtz.elsevier.co.uk) by snowdon.elsevier.co.uk with SMTP (PP); Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:58:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: X-Mailer: VM 6.33 under Emacs 19.34.4 Message-ID: <3132-Wed10Sep1997135536+0100-s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:55:36 +0100 From: Sebastian Rahtz Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: HyperLaTeX Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2303 > > So it's ok to make a hyperlink around some embedded PS (EPSF) or a > non-GIF picture using the standard hypertex, then? yes, of course. the picture is just an area on the page > has been that other people seem to not bother. How about a more informative > comment about XML? :-) i'l carry on being unhelpful and say you should have come to TUG 97, there was an excellent presentation about XML :-} > > I figure the idea is that an underpaid Philippino worker is extracting > the new hyperlink features from HTML... > i am slightly lost, to be serious, about what your concern is. what are these `new hyperlink features from HTML'? i can see a question may arise about how to specify XML extended links in LaTeX source; but to be quite honest, why would anyone who believes in XML etc want to author new material in LaTeX anyway? no, please dont lets treat that as an offer to start a debate (we had several of those at TUG 97 as well!). but seriously, tell me what practical concerns you have about the useability of hyperlinks in LaTeX-based systems today. sebastian