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m WYSIWYG-TEX-EDITORS ON THE BASIS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
P BerndSchmid
Cahiers GUTenberg, n10-11 (1991), p. 207-207.
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Cahiers GUTenberg n * 10-11 — Septembre 91
Wysiwyg-TfTjX-editors on the basis of object-oriented system technology
B e r a d SCHMID
FIZ Karlsruhe, 7514 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Abstact
A f t e r a short introduction into object-oriented programming introducing the terms object, object attributes and methods and after showing the motivation to realize a T^X-editor on the basis of object-oriented technology the objective of the development of a WYSlWYG-editor and its range concerning T ^ X which is implemented is described.
The general strategy of realization will then be explained. For this the scanner-/parser implementation as well as the box concept and the box attributes w i l l be described. This tends t o demonstrate the easy, efficient interactive treatment of documents using WYSlWYG-suitable editing of T^X- terms and the reduction of mistakes by syntax- /semantics-checks using graphic methods of visualization. A n outlook on further developments on the basis of this object-oriented concept of realization will be given.
Finally the application of a WYSlWYG-editor is evaluated in the project
" C O M P I N D A S- G U r of Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe. This w i l l include a depiction of the demands of this application and the extent of the project, a classification of the users as well as the evaluation of first experiences w i t h the use of a WYSlWYG-editor concerning efficiency, user acceptance and error reduction in comparison t o current T ^ X editing tools.
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