Talk about LENO

Kurt Nørmark ©
Department of Computer Science
Aalborg University


Abstract

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This is very brief talk about LENO. The purpose of these 'quick and dirty pages' is just to give an example of a very simple LENO single chapter slide set.


Introduction

Motivation
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We start with the motivation behind LENO

I have used Powerpoint during nearly ten years

Here I could write about good and bad things...

  • Powerpoint strengths

    • Good for graphics

  • Powerpoint weaknesses

    • Bad for internet support

  • Why abstraction is important

    • In order to deal with many details without loosing the overview

  • The role of programming

    • Programming languages provide abstraction mechanisms


Main section

Leno features
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Here we will first give an overview of LENO features

The concept LENO: LENO is Scheme and LAML based text formatting oriented towards production of teaching material in HTMLHere goes a broader explanation and definition...

  • LENO Characteristics

    • Based on a functional programming language

    • Produces pure HTML

    • Is supported by the Emacs editor

    • Produces three different views at various levels of abstraction and aggregations

Something about the role of functional programming

Something about HTML...

Emacs is a powerful, classic pure text editor based on a Lisp dialect for extension purposes...

About the three views...


Conclusions

Conclusions
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  • Concluding remarks:

    • Problems with images

    • Strengths when it comes to abstraction

    • Other features...

Reference


Collected references
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The LAML Home Page

 

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