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> While at the 1984 MACSYMA users conference I heard about "The Dream".
> It was the result of a PhD. thesis (I think). It is a front end  for
> MACSYMA, providing scroll back, mathmatical layout and part selection
> by pointing for algebraic expressions. I have long wanted to have
> better output from the algebra packages I've been using (REDUCE, SMP),
> because of the length of the expressions I generate (I'm a theoretical
> physicist). It occured to me some time ago that the Macintosh (or
> similar ) would be ideal for such a task as it has a mouse for pointing
> to expressions, its own storage for scroll back and very powerfull font
> system (Greek/Math Super-Subscript, half line .....).
> 
> I would like any references to thesis, papers, publications or programs
> that deal with formating, printing, graphical selection  etc of
> algebraic expressions.
> 
> Kevin McIsaac

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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 85 09:03:25 PDT
From: fateman%ucbdali@Berkeley (Richard Fateman)
Message-Id: <8507311603.AA14415@ucbdali.ARPA>
Subject: Re:  Terminals for algebraic computing

Foster, Gregg,  "DREAMS  Display Representation for Algebraic Manipulation
Systems", a MS project.  Available for $3.00 (US).  Ask for report
#193,  publications office, Computer Science Division, 573 Evans Hall,
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, CA  94720, USA
(This uses a Sun workstation running Macsyma)
  I think it is not clear that the way to understand very very large
expressions is to typeset them, by the way.