Basic components

Directory structure

Help navigating toolbar

Calling function description files via F1

Features of the navigation toolbar:

Comes up whenever help is invoked (F1 or by

Has hierarcical Dropdown menus according to the directory structure

Handbook root

Chapter 1

Section 1

Section 2

Chapter 2

Plugin 1

Has permanent link to handbook root, back in history, up in hieararchy

Links are followed by just clicking them

Files are write protected, that can be overridden

any saves go to the users extension structure

Users extension structure is integrated in browsing. In case of double versions the browser provides links to the alternatives.

1. Provide a link region (via main menu> insert> link

or provide a context menu option for text regions: Link target

2. Have a context menu for links:

- Set target - edit text - Open in new SMath Instance (to see original and target at the same time)

instead of

including keyword "otherwise"

Type awareness of the symbolic engine and visible markup would avoid the problems illustrated lower. I propose to utilize the markup capabilities currently dedicated to absolute variables (putting a tilde ~ in front of a variable)

Vector version

scalar version

Just evaluation of expressions...

Symbolic definition, symbolic or numeric evaluation with scalars and matrix

Numeric definition, symbolic or numeric evaluation with scalars and matrix

Line function in symbolic definitions mitigates the problem a little

eval in the definition enforces all evaluations to be numeric