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Jason Blevins  
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 More options May 1, 9:53 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
From: Jason Blevins <jrble...@sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 21:53:06 -0400
Local: Fri, May 1 2009 9:53 pm
Subject: Fortran Wiki

I've started a Fortran wiki at http://fortranwiki.org/ and I want to
invite you all to browse around and contribute if you like.

I think a dedicated wiki could become a valuable resource for the
community.  On one hand we have many fine books and web pages on
Fortran, and on the other hand we have comp.lang.fortran.  A wiki is
somewhere in between: more interactive than a book but more structured
and organized than a newsgroup.

The wiki should be a community-driven site, so feel free to experiment
and don't feel constrained by what's already there.  If you're
interested, the HowTo page has a lot of information about how to get
started.

My thoughts are that the wiki will be part encyclopedic, part
workshop/lab, and part discussional.  I see it as a place to document
and work through things like design patterns and data structures, to
provide usage examples for specific libraries, and a place to toss
around new ideas and organize what we already know about Fortran.

Some features of particular interest (most of which are illustrated on
the SandBox page):

* Syntax highlighting for Fortran code (I wrote a Ruby extension
  specifically for this).

* SVG (scalable vector graphics) support for resolution-independent
  diagrams and figures.

* Math support: inline LaTeX is converted to MathML for viewing
  (instead of images, like on Wikipedia, and without any Javascript,
  but your browser must support MathML).

* Pages can be exported to LaTeX (and in turn, PDF) and the entire
  wiki can be exported at once as either HTML or plain text.

* There is a complete intrinsic procedure reference with syntax
  highlighted examples, courtesy of the GNU Fortran manual.

Any feedback is appreciated!

--
Jason Blevins
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Duke University
http://jblevins.org/


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