Re: A89: Internet Link (TCML)


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Re: A89: Internet Link (TCML)




These ideas are all nice and all, but think of it this way: how many people
are actually going to go through the trouble of writing sites in TCML? Go
with the masses, write a HTML parser. I haven't been following this thread
very well, but the HP-48GX graphic calculator can have an external modem
hooked up to it for use with BBSes. If this could be done with the 89, and
someone could write email/internet software for it, I would buy one in a
second, instead of keep on my search for the HP48GX.

Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Risher <billr1@midsouth.net>
To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Internet Link (TCML)


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>here is my idea for a simple calculator markup language.  i chose a tag
>identification scheme that would minimize waste space.  all tags are
>exactly 2 characters, starting with ( for start and ) for end tags, making
>for a total of 36 possible tags using only alphanumerics.
>
>(T___)T   displays ___ at the top of the screen
>(C___)C   displays ___ centered
>(1___)1   displays ___ in font size 1 (small)
>(2___)2   displays ___ in font size 2 (medium)
>(3___)3   displays ___ in font size 3 (large)
>(O___)O   displays the character represented by the value ___
>(A___)A   indicates that ___ is a link to another file
>(R___)R   displays ___ with a ruling through it, if omit ___ same as html
<HR>
>(I___)I   displays ___ as an inline file
>((        displays the actual ( character
>))        displays the actual ) character
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>perhaps not allow more than one set of tags on a single line?  this would
>make for slightly less flexibility, but much easier coding, imho.  font
>size end tags wouldnt have to be mandatory, but it may make coding easier
>if they are.  (I should support most every type of calculator file, but
>images and matrices would be the most used (matrices to replace tables).
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