Hi Jerry, thanks for the suggestions - I agree that a download link which is more visible would be a good idea. I will adapt the pages with this in mind.
Regards, Arjen 2017-04-13 21:36 GMT+02:00 Jerry DeLisle <[email protected]>: > On 04/13/2017 02:13 AM, Arjen Markus wrote: >> Hi Gerald, Jerry, >> >> as the author of this program (and the maintainer of that site) I am >> honoured that you refer to this. But I would like to tell you a bit >> about the history: >> I started CHKSYS in the time that FORTRAN 77 was still the main >> standard, so much of the tests that are contained in this program are >> specific to all the variations I had encountered with various FORTRAN >> compilers. I did start a version for Fortran 90, but I was rather a >> novice wrt that standard back then and I never really achieved a >> satisfactory set of tests. >> >> Some time last year I started anew with a set of programs - see the >> chkfeatures subdirectory in the source repository. These programs >> check whether a compiler supports features found in Fortran 2003 and >> 2008 and various common extensions that I am aware of. Since the >> checks frequently cause the compilers to complain - and are even >> designed for this - I have set this up as a collection of programs, >> rather than a single one. >> >> Checking the web pages, I see I should really update the original page >> and integrate the new stuff with it. If you have any suggestions to >> make the reference easier (access to the source code from that page?), >> then let me know. I am no hero when it comes to web design, but a >> better set-up of links and such is well within my capacity. >> > > First, the original page link we had is broken. so clarify for us the URL you > intend to update. > > A download link on each page is helpful. Our link was to CHKSYS so I had to > manually navigate up one level to hunt around for the actual source code. We > probably should link to your main page so one navigates down to what one is > looking for. I think the download page link has one word like 'here' or > something. Maybe pull that out to a separate line that says "Download > Sources" > in bold or something. Just a suggestion, by all means do as you please. > > Jerry
