BookReader

[davidar]

See ipfs-inactive/archives#14 for context

This issue is to coordinate how to get the BookReader working well on IPFS (where we can't assume a backend server is available to perform image processing)

CC: @jbenet @RichardLitt

[rht]

As with navigation tool, we use 'table of contents', section-subsection-subsubsection-...-paragraph, page numbers, footnotes, and indexes. Then href, C-f. Then ?

[rht]

e.g. https://github.com/stephencelis/syn

[davidar]

@rht ❓

[rht]

To clarify, what are the next in the knowledge navigation tools list going to be like, after the web and search engine?
(also it happens that href and search can be retrofitted to old books)

The repo I linked is more of a reading tool (POS syntax highlighting) than a navigation tool.
I'd be severely crippled if I read code without syntax highlighting (if such thing can be measured).

[rht]

ipfs-shipyard/dataviz#4

[davidar]

@rht These are interesting questions, but I'm not sure they're relevant to this particular issue?

To clarify, what are the next in the knowledge navigation tools list going to be like, after the web and search engine?

Research Lei by @karpathy is/was quite interesting.

The repo I linked is more of a reading tool

Whilst helpful for highly structured languages, I'm not sure that automatic syntax highlighting would help with readability of natural text?

[jbenet]

@karpathy i will be at Stanford next wed -- speaking at http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ -- do you have some time to catch up before/after? (I believe we've spoken before, but correct me if i'm wrong).

[rht]

(sorry for bringing up the navigation tool / readability issue here, where should this be, then?)

@karpathy what do you think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Science (which I believe, is paywalled)?

I'm not sure that automatic syntax highlighting would help with readability of natural text?

For a formalized subset of natural lang, it already does, e.g. the text editor for ACE http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/site/.

[davidar]

@rht created #11 to continue this discussion