On enhancing the interface to the source code of computer programs

  • Authors:
  • Ronald Baecker;Aaron Marcus

  • Affiliations:
  • Human Computing Resources Corporation, Toronto;Aaron Marcus and Associates, Berkeley

  • Venue:
  • CHI '83 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1983

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Abstract

This paper addresses issues in the human factors of computer program documentation. We develop a framework for research on enhancing the interface to the source code of computer programs through designing and automating the production of effective typeset representations of the source text. Principles underlying the design research and examples of sample production are presented. This work was supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under DARPA Order 4469. We are grateful for valued assistance to the other members of the research team, Michael Arent, Design Director, Aaron Marcus and Associates, and Paul Breslin, John Jackson, Allen McIntosh, and Christopher Sturgess, Human Computing Resources Corporation, and to Trigraph Typesetters, Toronto.