Topic: C++ on the World-Wide Web [monthly posting]
Author: marcus@x4u2.desy.de (Marcus Speh)
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 22:20:09 GMT Raw View
[This is a regular posting to C++ discussion groups]
Changes since last posting [January '94]:
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* pC++/Sage++: tools for parallel C++ programming [Packages page]
* The current list of ANSI/ISO resolutions [Getting Start(l)ed page]
* Transparencies of talk on OO, Literate Programming [Getting ... page]
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* C++ on the World Wide Web
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FYI, there is a wealth of information on C++ available on the World Wide
Web [WWW], a distributed HyperText system (a network of documents
connected by links which can be activated electronically).
Especially for readers of hepnet.lang.c++, the link "Newsgroups" leads
to an edited list of messages from hepnet.lang.c++, archived at the freeHEP
information server and the FAQ for this group.
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* How to Get to the Web
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If you have a WWW browser up and running, try going to
http://info.desy.de/general/users.html
and look for "C++" in the panel which appears. The precise URL is
http://info.desy.de/user/projects/C++.html
If you have no clue what WWW is, you can go over the Internet with
telnet info.cern.ch
which brings you to the WWW Home Page at CERN. You are now using the
simple line mode browser. To move around the Web, enter the number
given after an item. To go to the C++ documents, enter
go http://info.desy.de/user/projects/C++.html
This is what you should see now:
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* What you will see there
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C++ PROGRAMMING LIBRARY
Recent changes [1]--Mail additions to this list to <marcus@x4u.desy.de>
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Getting Start(l)ed[2] Documents and sources on C++[3] and OOP[4]
Editing[5] Customizable environment for Emacs editors
Course[6] Planned GNA[7] Internet course on C++
Newsgroups[8] Internet groups for discussions and questions on C++
Packages[9] Freely available C++ packages from various
application areas. The C++ Products List and
Description[10]
FreeHEP software information[11] and reviews[12] from
freeHEP[13] [FAQ[14]]
OOLP[15] Discussion on Object-Oriented Literate Programming
General OO Object-Oriented Information[16] Sources from
CUI/Switzerland. Searchable Sofware Engineering
glossary and news from STING[17] at CERN. OO Graphics
Survey[18] from Leeds
[[Now you can continue climbing down the documentation tree by
entering numbers 1-18 and follow your own interests]]
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* More on Browsing the Web
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A very nice way of "browsing" through WWW uses X-based tools like "tkWWW" or
"NCSA Mosaic". For the latter, binaries for many platforms (ready for use)
and sources are available via anonymous FTP from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in
directory Web/Mosaic-binaries.
The general FTP repository for browser software is info.cern.ch
(including a hypertext browser/editor for NeXTStep 3.0).
If you cannot go through TELNET, you can still retrieve WWW
documents by e-mail: send a mail to listserv@info.cern.ch with a
line in it saying just
HELP
to get back detailed instructions. Your mail system must have a
mail gateway to the internet mail.
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* Contact for Further Information
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Please feel free to contact me for questions, suggestions and further
contributions, or just to tell me whether you found this information
useful in any way.
For questions related to WWW, consult the WWW-FAQ: it is available
via anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in directory
pub/usenet/news.answers/www-faq, or on WWW at URL
http://www.vuw.ac.nz:80/who/Nathan.Torkington/ideas/www-faq.html
Enjoy. February, 1994
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Marcus Speh, II.Inst.Theor.Physik,Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg,Germany
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