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revision 1.164 by benja, Sat Feb 15 22:14:31 2003 UTC revision 1.165 by benja, Sat Feb 15 22:22:05 2003 UTC
# Line 722  implicitly connects the cell to all othe Line 722  implicitly connects the cell to all othe
722  a *fluid media unit* (character or pixel) with this cell  a *fluid media unit* (character or pixel) with this cell
723  (Fig. [ref-xuStructure]_).  (Fig. [ref-xuStructure]_).
724    
725  The point of the xanalogical structure is to change the meaning of "cutting and  Xanalogical structure changes the meaning of 'cut&paste':
726  pasting": in the dominant computer paradigm, cutting and pasting moves the actual  In the dominant computer paradigm, cutting and pasting moves the actual
727  text characters or image pixels, whereas in xanalogical hypertext, cutting and pasting  text characters or image pixels, whereas in xanalogical hypertext, cutting and pasting
728  *copies the references* to the permanent media units.  *copies the references* to the permanent media units (``xuFluidMediaUnit``).
729  Because of this, there is automatically a connection (*transclusion*) between  Because of this, there is automatically a connection (transclusion) between
730  the original and the copy, and our user interface exploits this by showing  the original and the copy, and our user interface exploits this by showing
731  the xanalogically connected cells' contexts as buoys.  the xanalogically connected cells as buoys.
732    
733  The xanalogical structure also allows for explicit xu Links, which are simply  The xanalogical structure also allows for explicit xu Links, which are simply
734  associations between two *enfilades* (lists of references to fluid media units).  associations between two *enfilades* (lists of references to fluid media units).

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