HIPR2 is usable on unix, Windows and Macintosh. The most interesting part is probably the interactive JAVA applets, requiring JAVA 2 to be installed on your machine. Also, Perl is used to create the double set of hypermedia: HTML and LaTeX. Overall, there is a language called HIPRscript, which includes about 300 source files. Although at the moment, it is impossible to install HIPR2 locally (according to Installation Guide below), specific instructions as to how to install the software in directories is included at:

• Installation Guide

• HIPR Reference Manual

• Making Changes to HIPR

Changes may be made either by changing the HTML or LaTeX files, or by changing the original HIPRScript. The second way is safer, because later conversions from the HIPRScript ( to both HTML and LaTeX) would otherwise overwrite any individual changes you may have made. Especially if equations and other non-ASCII symbols are included, this is the best choice, because such notation is done with inline graphics, which are generated by the HIPRscript translation.

Copyright and acquisition information are a little confusing, so they are included in their own page.