Glimmerings.Tioga
Thesis statement
algorithms and techniques for complex tabular composition
proposed extensions for mathematical notation and page composition
Barnett's book
Computing Surveys Document Formatting Article
current processing model (lines -> pages) is inadequate and too limited
penalties is indirect specification and requires more experience; prefer a more direct method
need means to express relationships among objects: alignment, constrained distances, sizes as functions of other objects; frees 
user of low-level detail and permits automatic recalibration
need way to express constraints on appearance of objects and to have sytem choose best appearance
characteristics of documents are best described as properties of page spaces rather than properties of the objects; even 
three-dimensional spaces (for overlays)
need more flexible methods for specifying nesting and arrangement of page spaces (hierarchal structures, rectangular spaces); more 
general solutions might help with layout problems now solved by specialized programs
lack of efficient algorithms for implementing the desired functions; proved difficult to design a language to express the desired 
functions
Seybold article on Tabular Composition
Previous Work
Tables in TEX
Hlists and Vlists
Tab stops
TBL and Troff
automatic layout mechanism
Tables in SCRIBE
Tab stops (?)
Graphical Object Editing (GOB)
General Constraints (ThingLab)
page 29: documents with constrained contents
Integrated Editing/Formatters
Etude, Janus
Commercial Products
Texet, HPS, Penta (?)
Complex Formatting in Type
Extension to Graphical Style