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The Pan language-based editing system for integrated development

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Robert A. Ballance,

Susan L. Graham,

Michael L. Van De VanterAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 15, Issue 6

Pages 77 - 93

https://doi.org/10.1145/99278.99286

Published: 01 October 1990 Publication History

Abstract

Powerful editing systems for developing complex software documents are difficult to engineer. Besides requiring efficient incremental algorithms and complex data structures, such editors must integrate smoothly with the other tools in the environment, maintain a sharable database of information concerning the documents being edited, accommodate flexible editing styles, provide a consistent, coherent, and empowering user interface, and support individual variations and project-wide configurations. Pan is a language-based editing and browsing system that exhibits these characteristics. This paper surveys the design and engineering of Pan, paying particular attention to a number of issues that pervade the system: incremental checking and analysis, information retention in the presence of change, tolerance for errors and anomalies, and extension facilities.

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The Pan language-based editing system for integrated development
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues
      1. Documentation
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 15, Issue 6

Dec. 1990

248 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/99278

Editor:
Richard N. Taylor

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SDE 4: Proceedings of the fourth ACM SIGSOFT symposium on Software development environments
October 1990
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ISBN:089791418X
DOI:10.1145/99277
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