Frequently Asked Questions

Questions

1. General

1.1. How frequently are these questions asked?

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Actually, no one has asked me a single question about my site. These should be called "Never Asked Questions" or "Questions I Frequently Ask Myself"...

1.2. What does the “happy dog” logo mean?

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It means whatever you want. (And it's a seal, not a dog!)

It was drawn by my daughter (white on black achieved by scaping off parts of a black template). You can view the full size image.

2. Technical

2.1. What tools were used to develop the Web site?

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Many tools, mainly open-source (and portable to different operating systems) including:

  • forrest
  • cocoon
  • jedit
  • latex
  • XEP

2.2. Did you write the pages in HTML?

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No. I did not author a single line of HTML.

All of the source code (what I actually typed with my fingers) was written in one of the following formats:

  • XML
  • txt
  • LaTeX

2.3. So where did the HTML come from?

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Forrest translates xml docs into HTML, CSS stylesheets and PDF automatically.

2.4. How did you do the “sitemap”?

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To my delight, forrest did it for me.