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authoraarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>2008-06-27 14:43:05 +0000
committeraarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>2008-06-27 14:43:05 +0000
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@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ June 2008
<CODE>[</CODE> <A HREF="demos/index.html">Demos</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="download/index.html">Download</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/darcs.html">Developers</A>
-<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/events.html">Events</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html">Libraries</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-people.html">People</A>
-<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/projects.html">Projects</A>
-<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">Publications</A>
+<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-bibliography.html">Publications</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-reference.html">QuickRefCard</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-refman.html">Reference</A>
<CODE>|</CODE> <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">Tutorial</A>
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ June 2008
<P>
27 June 2008:
<A HREF="doc/gf3-relesase.html">release of GF 3.0</A> and this new web page; the old web page is
-<A HREF="index-2.html">here</A>.
+<A HREF="../GF2/index.html">here</A>.
</P>
<P>
</font>
@@ -101,24 +99,25 @@ GF can be used for building
<H2>Availability</H2>
<P>
-GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under [GPL ] (the program) and [LGPL ] (the libraries). It
+GF is <B>open-source</B>, licensed under <A HREF="LICENSE">GPL</A> (the program) and
+<A HREF="lib/LICENSE">LGPL</A> (the libraries). It
is available for
</P>
<UL>
-<LI>[Linux ]
-<LI>[Mac OS X ]
-<LI>[Windows ]
-<LI>via compilation to [JavaScript ], almost any platform that has a web browser
+<LI>Linux
+<LI>Mac OS X
+<LI>Windows
+<LI>via compilation to JavaScript, almost any platform that has a web browser
</UL>
<H2>Projects</H2>
<P>
-GF was born in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project
+GF was first created in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project
Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including
-a restaurant phrase book in 6 languages,
-a database query system in 7 languages,
+a restaurant phrase book,
+a database query system,
a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and
-an authoring system for medical drug descriptions in 2 languages.
+an authoring system for medical drug descriptions.
</P>
<P>
Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,
@@ -138,14 +137,14 @@ fifty [scientific publications ].
</P>
<H2>Programming in GF</H2>
<P>
-GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>. You can write your
-first translator in 15 minutes.
+GF is easy to learn by following the <A HREF="doc/gf-tutorial.html">tutorial</A>.
+You can write your first translator in 15 minutes.
</P>
<P>
-GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler. Grammars can be
-compiled to parser and translator code in many different formats. These components can
-then be embedded in applications written in other programming languages. The formats
-currently supported are:
+GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler.
+Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different
+formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written
+in other programming languages. The formats currently supported are:
</P>
<UL>
<LI>Haskell
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
<P>
Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9
-months - <A HREF="doc/projects.html">contributions</A>
+months - <A HREF="doc/gf-projects.html">contributions</A>
are welcome!
</P>