[Axiom-developer] Re: [Axiom-mail] Re: noweb

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> | > The 'document' script is intended to centralize all of the information
> | > necessary to extract information from a file in various ways within the
> | > axiom system. It is ultimately intended to support the drag-and-drop
> | > feature I'm working on as well as a )compile command in Axiom. Many
> | > (but not all) of the Makefiles have been changed to use it.
> | 
> | But that script must certainly be improved.
>
> I would like to see the document script either go away or deeply improved.

Oh, another person who does not like "document" very much...

I can understand Tim's idea of a drag&drop system, but it implies that a 
new "algebra idea" is completely coded in ONE file. It's not like the 
"changeset" stuff. And for the Axiom build system it would be better to 
have not just a collection of Makefiles that you document (and read) 
separately. It is really hard to get an overview of what relates to 
what. I would rather like to have a document that describes the build. 
But I guess that document consists of several Makefiles and a 
description of their relations.

Ralf