WSCRIPT(ID:4053/wsc001)

Waterloo Script renamed
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SCRIPT => WSCRIPT   Renaming
References:
  • Department of Computing Services, University of Waterloo "Waterloo SCRIPT - SCRIPT 90.1 Implementation Guide, June 6, 1990" view details External link: Online cpoy at UIC Abstract: Text processing is just one of many applications that can be performed on a computer. The following outlines the components and capabilities of one approach to the automation of the text-processing application, as implemented by the Department of Computing Services at the University of Waterloo.

    SCRIPT is a document composition processor developed by the Department of Computing Services. It is suitable for preparing documents that range in complexity from simple papers to large reference manuals and books. SCRIPT processes an "input file" consisting of text and "control words" (formatting commands), and produces an "output file" (formatted document) on disk, on a line printer, several laser printers, a CRT, or a typewriter terminal. While the long list of control words are powerful in their own right the greatest benefit for the user is derived from creating SCRIPT macro definitions for repetitive applications. SCRIPT is being used by many hundreds of computing installations, on a number of different IBM computers and operating systems.
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