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- How to make embedded cross-references
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- Along with the margin note way <file5> of displaying cross-references,
- sometimes referred to as biblical, talmudic, or postil <file14> styles of
- text, you can also use a format called "EMBEDDED" references.
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- For example, the previous paragraph includes two references to other files
- in one sentence of text.
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- In the embedded format, text remains as the most important unit, with
- branches to other files as secondary consideration. As a result, sequence
- and linearity is maintained.
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- In contrast, the margin note format <file5> emphasizes branching points in
- the text. Which is the better format?
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- Given the capabilities of HOUDINI to build complex branching networks, I
- recommend that each ASCII file contains a single idea unit (frame) and that
- you use PC-Hypertext to link these idea units. The advantages of this
- format are:
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- Faster network building... Tools exist for linking/merging file networks
- Easier reading............ Each unit of text answers a single point
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- In contrast, putting angle-bracket branching in your ASCII files is a
- word-processor intensive task -- slow, tedious, and prone to error on the
- cross-references.
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- Neil Larson 1/10/87 FILE6
- Copyright MaxThink 1988 -- Call (415)-428-0104 for permission to reprint
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