Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Abstract
Cheang Sio Man.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990.Bibliography: leaves [103-106]Chapter 1. --- THE EMERGENCE OF WINDOW SYSTEMS --- p.1-1Chapter 2. --- THE NEED OF A CHINESE WINDOW SYSTEM --- p.2-1Chapter 3. --- REQUIREMENTS AND DIFFICULTIES OF DEVELOPING A CHINESE WINDOW SYSTEM --- p.3-1Chapter 3.1. --- Input Method and Character Encoding --- p.3-1Chapter 3.2. --- Layout Direction and Formatting Mechanism --- p.3-3Chapter 3.3. --- Fonts --- p.3-3Chapter 3.3.1. --- Bitmap font --- p.3-4Chapter 3.3.2. --- Outline font --- p.3-6Chapter 4. --- A TRIAL TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES IN SUPPORTING CHINESE FONTS - OVERVIEW OF A CHINESE FONT SERVER SYSTEM --- p.4-1Chapter 4.1. --- Network Font Server --- p.4-3Chapter 4.2. --- Local Font Server --- p.4-4Chapter 4.3. --- Fonts --- p.4-5Chapter 4.3.1. --- Bitmap font --- p.4-5Chapter 4.3.1. --- Outline font --- p.4-5Chapter 4.4. --- Caching --- p.4-6Chapter 5. --- ORGANIZATION OF THE CHINESE FONT SERVER SYSTEM --- p.5-1Chapter 5.1. --- Communication Module --- p.5-2Chapter 5.1.1. --- Client connection request channel --- p.5-3Chapter 5.1.2. --- Client communication channels --- p.5-3Chapter 5.1.3. --- Network server connection channel --- p.5-4Chapter 5.2. --- Client Service Module --- p.5-7Chapter 5.2.1. --- Font manipulation module --- p.5-7Chapter 5.2.1.1. --- Request to open a new font --- p.5-8Chapter 5.2.1.2. --- Request to close an opened font --- p.5-8Chapter 5.2.1.3. --- Request to load a font character --- p.5-9Chapter 5.2.2. --- Cache module --- p.5-10Chapter 6. --- FROM THE CHINESE FONT SERVER SYSTEM TO A CHINESE WINDOW SYSTEM --- p.6-4Chapter 7. --- SCREEN FONTS --- p.7-1Chapter 7.1. --- Hand-edit --- p.7-3Chapter 7.2. --- Bitmap Scaling --- p.7-3Chapter 7.3. --- Outline Scaling --- p.7-5Chapter 7.4. --- Manual Refinement --- p.7-16Chapter 8. --- FONT CACHING --- p.8-1Chapter 8.1. --- Font Caching Strategies --- p.8-1Chapter 8.1.1. --- Pre-loading --- p.8-1Chapter 8.1.2. --- Fix-loading --- p.8-4Chapter 8.1.3. --- Demand loading --- p.8-6Chapter 8.1.3.1. --- Least Recently Used (LRU) replacement --- p.8-9Chapter 8.1.3.2. --- Least Frequently Used (LFU) replacement --- p.8-9Chapter 8.1.4. --- Hybrid loading --- p.8-16Chapter 8.2. --- Retrieval Method --- p.8-22Chapter 8.2.1. --- Binary searching --- p.8-22Chapter 8.2.2. --- Tree searching --- p.8-24Chapter 8.2.3. --- Hash searching --- p.8 26Chapter 8.3. --- Cache Expansion and Retraction --- p.8-33Chapter 9. --- AN EXPERIMENTAL CHINESE FONT SERVER SYSTEM - CAPABILITIES AND RESTRICTIONS --- p.9-1Chapter 9.1. --- Experimental Servers --- p.9-1Chapter 9.2. --- Programming Interfaces --- p.9-3Chapter 9.2.1. --- Connection request --- p.9-3Chapter 9.2.2. --- Open and close fonts --- p.9-4Chapter 9.2.3. --- Request to load cache --- p.9-5Chapter 9.2.4. --- Change the current font --- p.9-5Chapter 9.2.5. --- Request a font character --- p.9-5Chapter 9.3. --- Testing Applications --- p.9-6Chapter 9.4. --- Statistics --- p.9-8Chapter 9.4.1. --- Cache performance --- p.9-8Chapter 9.4.1.1. --- Tests --- p.9-8Chapter 9.4.1.2. --- Results --- p.9-10Chapter 9.4.1.3. --- Discussion --- p.9-10Chapter 9.4.2. --- Local Server Vs. Network Server --- p.9-12Chapter 9.4.2.1. --- Tests --- p.9-12Chapter 9.4.2.2. --- Results --- p.9-13Chapter 9.4.2.3. --- Discussion --- p.9-13Chapter 9.4.3. --- Outline Font --- p.9-14Chapter 9.4.3.1. --- Tests --- p.9-14Chapter 9.4.3.2. --- Results --- p.9-14Chapter 9.4.3.3. --- Discussion --- p.9-15Chapter 10. --- EPILOGUE --- p.10-1Chapter 10.1. --- Conclusion --- p.10-1Chapter 10.2. --- Future Extension --- p.10-
