SHAPE - A UNIFYING CONCEPT IN DOCUMENT LAYOUT

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dc.contributor.authorBonham, Mikeeng
dc.contributor.authorWitten, Ian H.eng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T22:25:55Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T22:25:55Z
dc.date.computerscience1999-05-27eng
dc.date.issued1985-10-01eng
dc.description.abstractText objects have traditionally been constrained to be rectangular, a constraint inherited by modern computer document preparation systems. However, a variety of tasks in document formatting benefit from a more general notion of shape. This paper describes such a representation, suitable for graphic composition at both low and high levels of document layout. Intermediate in generality and complexity between rectangles and arbitrary polygons, it comprises separate left and right margin functions composed piecewise of linear segments. Such shapes can be compared, conbined, modified and generated using simple, economical algorithms. This notion of shape appears to provide the correct level of abstraction for elegant solutions to several knotty problems in existing systems. Software methods making use of shape have been implemented in JOT [Bonham 1985], an interactive documentation system under development as part of the University of Calgary JADE project [Witten et al 1983].eng
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dc.identifier.department1985-217-30eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/46142
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleSHAPE - A UNIFYING CONCEPT IN DOCUMENT LAYOUTeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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