LO - A Text Formatting Program

Abstract

LO is a text formatting program used to prepare documents such as this report. It reads an input text file and creates an output file. The input file contains text to be printed, interspersed with commands to LO that direct its operation. Commands are expressed in a language of considerable sophistication. The command language is described. the presentation being designed to be suitable both as a primer to the learner as well as a reference manual for the expert. LO currently runs on the TX-2 Computer at Lincoln Laboratory, and details are provided on its use in that environment. There is a brief discussion of the steps involved in implementing it on a different computer system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 21, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007824

Entities

People

  • Arthur Evans Jr.

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Carriages
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Conversion
  • Debugging
  • Directories
  • Environment
  • Instructions
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Security
  • Text Processing

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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