PIC—A Language for Typesetting Graphics

Brian W. Kernighan

doi:10.1145/872730.806459

PIC—A Language for Typesetting Graphics

Brian W. Kernighan

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Abstract

PIC is a language for specifying pictures so that they can be typeset as an integral part of a document preparation system. The basic objects in PIC are boxes, lines, arrows, circles, ellipses, arcs and splines, which may be placed anywhere and labeled with arbitrary text. Most of the effort in designing PIC has gone into making it possible to specify the sizes and positions of objects with minimal use of absolute coordinates. This paper describes PIC, with primary emphasis on those aspects of the language that make it easy to use.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	92-98
Number of pages	7
Journal	SIGPLAN Notices (ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages)
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/872730.806459
State	Published - Jan 6 1981
Externally published	Yes

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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