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diff --git a/src/editor/simple/about.html b/src/editor/simple/about.html index 40d9df347..19a264a01 100644 --- a/src/editor/simple/about.html +++ b/src/editor/simple/about.html @@ -150,14 +150,50 @@ Error checks: strings can be entered. </ul> -<h3>Testing grammars</h3> +<h3>Compiling and testing grammars</h3> -By pressing the <strong>Upload</strong> button, a grammar can be uploaded to -the GF server. -It will then be compiled with GF, and any errors not detected by the editor -will be reported. If the grammar is free from errors, the user -can test the grammar by clicking on links to the online GF shell, the Minibar -or the Translation Quiz. +When pressing the <strong>Compile</strong> button, the grammar will be compiled +with GF, and any errors not detected by the editor will be reported. +If the grammar is free from errors the user can then +test the grammar by clicking on links to the online GF shell, the Minibar or +the Translation Quiz. + +<h3><img class=right src="P/1307545089_weather_04.png" alt=""> +<img class=right src="P/1306856253_weather_06.png" alt="">Grammars in the +cloud</h3> + +While the editor normally stores grammars locally in the browser, it is also +possible to store grammars in the cloud. Grammars can be stored in the cloud +just for backup, or to accessed them from multiple devices. + +<p> +There is no automatic synchronization between local grammars and the cloud. +Instead, the user should press +<img src="P/1306856253_weather_06.png" alt="[Cloud Upload]"> +to upload the grammars to the cloud, and press +<img src="P/1307545089_weather_04.png" alt="[Cloud download]"> +to download grammars from the cloud. In both cases, complete grammars +are copied and older versions at the destination will be overwritten. +When a grammar is deleted, both the local copy and the copy in the cloud +is deleted. + +<p> +Each device is initially assigned to its own unique cloud. Each device can thus +have its own set of grammars that are not available on other devices. It is +also possible to merge clouds and share a common set of grammars between +multiple devices: when uploading grammars to the cloud, a link to this grammar +cloud appears. Accessing this link from another device will cause the clouds of +the two devices to be merged. After this, grammars uploaded from one of the +devices can be downloaded on the other devices. Any number devices can join the +same grammar cloud in this way. + +<p> +<strong>Note</strong> that while it is possible to copy grammars between +multiple devices, there is no way to merge concurrent edits from multiple +devices. If the same grammar is uploaded to the +cloud from multiple devices, the last upload wins. Thus the current +implementation is suitable for a single user switching between different +devices, but not recommended for sharing grammars between multiple users. <h3>Future work</h3> @@ -172,9 +208,8 @@ be possible to extend the editor to support a larger fragment of GF, to do proper error checking and make more of the existing GF shell functionality accessible directly from the editor. <p> -Grammars are currently stored locally in the browser, but a future version -could allow grammars to be stored "in the cloud", allowing the same grammars -to be accessed from multiple devices. +The current grammar cloud service is very primitive. In particular, it is not +suitable for multiple users developing a grammar in collaboration. <h3>Related documents</h3> <ul> @@ -185,7 +220,7 @@ to be accessed from multiple devices. <hr> <div class=modtime><small> -<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Fri May 6 17:24:02 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end --> +<!-- hhmts start --> Last modified: Thu Jul 7 18:55:55 CEST 2011 <!-- hhmts end --> </small></div> <address> <a href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~hallgren/">TH</a> |