Outline of the Talk

• Objective

• Components of the System

• Special Features

• Applications

Objective

ASHE (A Simple HTML Editor)

Users

• A novice user who is not familiar with HTML syntax

• An experienced user who wants to write a HTML document with a lot of hyperlinks.

• As an educational tool.

Desirable Features

• On line help facility

• Visual Display of the HTML

• Easy Interface to other systems

• Portable

• Size and complexity should be small

Other Systems

• Emacs Editor - HTML Mode - for writing statements

• HTML assistant for Microsoft Windows

• tkWWW uses tcl - includes WYSIWYG and browsing capabilities for X windows.

• HotMetal - Professional HTML + editor for X and Windows.

Components of the ASHE System

• Menu Bar with the main options : File, Edit, HTML, Styles, Lists

• User Message Area

• Title of the HTML Document

• Text Area

• HTML Browser Area

• Name of the File

• Buttons with most frequent commands

A Simple HTML Editor Window

Figure 1: Main Window of ASHE

Example on ASHE

Figure 2: Example on ASHE

Form Option in ASHE

Figure 8: Form Option in ASHE

Special Features

• Active Hyperlinks

• Options to open or close new windows

• Options to change Fonts.

• Option to print text or postscript.

• Option to underline tags in the text window

• Automatic backup of files

Implementation

• OSF Motif 1.2

• NCSA HTML Widget

• C language

Conclusion

• Easy to use

• Limitations : Subset of HTML and Partial Navigation

• ASHE is ready for HTML+