alee (06/16/82)
I would like to get some feedback about work that is being done
on interactive editor-formatters. Specifically, I am interested in
views on a number of issues which I have listed below.
1) There has been a number of articles discussing the interface of
a number of these interactive editor-formatters (abbreviated as
i.e-f) which are currently under development at various academic
and research institutions. I am especially interested in those
that are being designed for office workstations although this should
not deter response to more general i.e-f. Can people out
there give me some ideas about progress in these and other i.e-f
(e.g. ETUDE (MIT), PEN (Yale), POLITE (IBM), STAR (Xerox)) since
last year.
2) Many of the above i.e-f utilize an hierarchical data structure
which is central to edit, format, and display operations. I would
like to know whether other data structures (e.g. graph) have been
considered in other systems? If so, which ones and why? Systems
using hiearchical data structures; how difficult are they when
implementing them and what kind of response times or performance
times are you getting?
3) Most literatures that I have read have been relatively high-level.
I would like to get some pointers to literatures concerning
redisplay techniques, formatting schemes, representation, and
window management for high resolution bit mapped displays.
Views and experiences with designing, developing, and
using these i.e-f systems will also be appreciated. Also, pointers
to more recent articles (this year) describing abovementioned i.e-f
and others will also be appreciated.
I have just recently become interested in i.e-f and apologize for
my lack of knowledge. Hopefully, this will help me to get abreast
of recent developments. Please respond by mailing directly to
me (path is provided). If there are enough respondents or interest,
I will post a summary as well as a bibliography of papers I get.
Thank you
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