[Mozart Oz Users] Mozart documentation -- proposal to simplifyit

[Peter Van Roy]

> I have yet another suggestion for quickly getting started programming in Oz. 
> This is to take the QTk Prototyper and replace the QTk-specific examples by 
> general Oz ones. The Prototyper takes all its code fragments and textual 
> explanations from a directory, using them to present a gradual 'hands-on' 
> approach to learning a software tool. Each code fragment can be executed 
> directly. What's more, using the first-class compiler, the code fragments 
> can be edited by the user and then immediately executed. 
> 
> Peter

Raph had a good idea for improving the Prototyper: instead of a *list* of
code fragments, it should use a *tree*.  This lets the self-learner choose
which subject to get deeper into, while keeping things uncluttered.
Coincidentally, there is a very nice tree widget (similar to the one in
the Windows file manager tool) for QTk and Tk in MOGUL that would be just
right for the job.

So actually, it's not so much work.  More pedagogical thinking is required
than technical thinking.  Any volunteers :-) ?

Peter

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