Re: How to show link types (was: Re: [Gzz] Re: Is xupdf reasonable?!)

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:51:44PM +0100, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> Asko Soukka wrote:
> >Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> >
> >>>Ok, but how do we handle link types, which are affected by the 
> >>>direction? 
> >>>>>>http://www.workpractice.com/trigg/thesis-chap4.html
> >>
> >>What exactly is the problem? I mean if we have link types (which we 
> >>don't have yet) and direction (which we already have), what else is there?
> >
> >
> >We have direction (let's say left or right), but I thought we don't want 
> >to fix their meanings. E.g. I should be able to create "generalization" 
> >link either to the left or right from the curren cell, and the after that 
> >the link should be interpreted as "spesification" when going "backwards" 
> >to my creation direction.
> >
> >If we fix left->right = specification and right->left = generalization, 
> >then it's not problem, but AFAIK we don't want to do it.
> 
> We could of course have two link types, for one of which left->right = 
> specification and for the other right->left = specification.

ARGH! NO!

People, this discussion is going towards systems SO complicated
no-one would like to use them!

        Tuomas