| Author | Shen, Chun-tien Abraham |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. CS-89-3 |
| Subject(s) | Text processing (Computer science)
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| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | With the increasing popular use of the UNIX* operating
system, there is a need to develop software utilities to
support the operating system. The first software application
developed is the text processor, nroff. Nroff accepts lines of
text (to be printed on the final output device) interspersed
with lines of format control information (to specify how the
text is to be laid out on the page) and format the text into a
printable, paginated document having a user- designed style.
In general, nroff is a text processor that is mainly used
for handling large manuals and even whole books. This system is
tremendously tedious: a change in the overall structure of the
formatting requirements will result in the whole document being
reformatted. With this dilemma in mind, an on - line Interactive
Text Processor (ITP) was developed to examine a section of a
large text and formatted that particular section only. Thus,
the processing delays in text formatting are reduced. Moreover,
ITP was developed to overcome the obstacle of continuing
editing and formatting document file until an ideal formatted
text is satisfied . A display section is implemented below the
text section on the monitor. Hence, a user is able to edit and
view the changes on a single screen .
The ITP system is implemented in c Programming Language
under the UNIX operating system (BSD 4.2). Furthermore, the
Nroff text formatter uses the standard - ms macro package, also
under UNIX, to provide a format control.
*UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Malhotra, V.M.
|
| Examination Committee(s) | Huynh, Ngoc Phien ;Kanchit Malaivongs
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Taiwan Cement Corporation,
Taiwan, Republic of China |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |