doc: fix a broken link and cosmetics

[simgrid.git] / docs / source / application.rst

diff --git a/docs/source/application.rst b/docs/source/application.rst
index 4f0935e..8de98fd 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/source/application.rst
+++ b/docs/source/application.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ virtually executes on the simulated platform. You can express this
 application using one of the following interfaces. It is even possible
 to mix several interfaces in the same simulation.
 
- - :ref:`Describing Algorithms with the S4U interface <S4U_doc>` (in C++)
+ - :ref:`Describing Algorithms with the S4U interface <S4U_doc>` (in C++ or Python)
  - :ref:`Simulating existing MPI programs with the SMPI toolsuite <SMPI_doc>`
    (in C, C++, or Fortran)
  - In some cases, you may want to replay an execution trace in the simulator. This
@@ -31,16 +31,21 @@ to mix several interfaces in the same simulation.
    MPI profilers). You can reuse this mecanism for any kind of trace
    that you want to replay, for example to study how a P2P DHT overlay
    reacts to a given workload.
- - Simulating algorithms with one of the legacy interfaces: MSG and
-   SimDAG (in C or Java). SimGrid was founded in 1998, and many
-   interfaces were proposed along the way. MSG, introduced around
-   2002, is still present in SimGrid. It does not evolve anymore, but
-   given its popularity, it will not be removed until at least 2020.
+ - Simulating algorithms with one of the legacy interfaces: :ref:`MSG
+   for distributed algorithms <MSG_doc>` (in :ref:`C <MSG_doc>` or
+   :ref:`Java <Java_doc>`) and SimDAG for
+   centralized algorithms (in C). SimGrid was founded in 1998, and
+   many interfaces were proposed along the way. MSG (introduced
+   around 2002) and SimDag (introduced before 2000), are still present
+   in SimGrid. They do not evolve anymore, but given their popularity,
+   they will not be removed until at least 2020. That being said, our
+   goal is to make S4U so useful that these legacy APIs become useless
+   and obsolete.
  - We are currently working on the ability to modify any existing
    application so that it can run on top of SimGrid. This project,
    called `Remote-SimGrid
-   <git@framagit.org:simgrid/remote-simgrid.git>`_, is highly
-   experimental at this point.
+   <https://framagit.org/simgrid/remote-simgrid>`_, is somewhat
+   experimental but should be already usable.
 
 As you can see, SimGrid is very modular and can be used in many
 ways. We are working to improve it along two main directions. First,
@@ -57,11 +62,3 @@ additional work.
 
 .. The old documentation of the obsolete MSG replay module was removed in
 ..  https://github.com/simgrid/simgrid/commit/e05361c201fb95d2b7605e59001cd0a49a489739
-
-.. toctree::
-   :hidden:
-
-      The S4U Interface <app_s4u.rst>
-      The SMPI Interface <app_smpi.rst>
-
-