Re: :zz: Peter's oooo...kay... CONTAINMENT.

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

About Containment (a very cute feature, I think)--

>do cells contain other cells with other cells in them?

Yes.  Containment consists of connections on the dimensions
 which will be called in the next version "d.inside"
 (showing the relation of containment) and "d.contents"
 (everything in a list on d.contents is interpreted as being
 inside the cell negward on d.inside of the first list-item).

>Is there a "nesting depth"?

You mean maximum?  Not currently,
 but we don't guarantee performance. :-)

ChrzT


At 03:58 PM 6/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Ted,
>
>>> Fields?
>
>Records?
>
>Ain't nobody here but us Cells <g>.
>
>What you put in us, and how group, is up to you.<<
>
>Ok. What defines a cell? How big is it? Does it contain its own OS, do
>cells contain other cells with other cells in them? Is there a "nesting
>depth"?
>
>Where do I start to make stuff?
>
>What's the relationship to the screen, or other interfaces? What about
>programming? How do I identify a cell? Is there anything familiar here,
>such as a "window" or an "object"?
>
>Peter
>
>
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