Title :
Blush and Zebrackets: large- and small-scale typographical representation of nested associativity
Author_Institution :
NTT Human Interface Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Two systems are introduced that increase the information density of textual presentation by reconsidering text as pictures, expanding the range of written expression. Both schemes indicate nested associativity and both employ stripes, but in different styles: Blush uses large-scale vertical gutters, superimposed as reverse-fielding on indented outlines of computer programs; Zebrackets uses small-scale horizontal striations, superimposed on parenthetical delimiters. These systems are implemented as computer programs, active filters that represent textual information graphically
Keywords :
software tools; utility programs; visual programming; Blush; Zebrackets; active filters; computer programs; graphical representation; indented outlines; information density; large-scale vertical gutters; nested associativity; parenthetical delimiters; pictures; reverse-fielding; small-scale horizontal striations; stripes; textual presentation; typographical representation; written expression; Active filters; Algorithm design and analysis; Code standards; Computer displays; Humans; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Printers; Tree data structures; Tree graphs;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1992. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3090-6
DOI :
10.1109/WVL.1992.275746