Wendy.Foster

Project 2: Part I :: Editor Proposal

Tmesis via Editrix v.0 Drawing Tool Proposal :: IAT 800 Wendy Foster [T]mesis is a seam or flaw resulting from a simple principle of functionality; it does not occur at the level of the structure of languages but only at the moment of their consumption; the author cannot predict tmesis: he cannot choose to write what will be read. (Roland Barthes from The Pleasure of the Text (1973). A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader. Ed. Antony Easthope, et al. Toronto: U of Toronto P., 1992. 108-109. tmesis Gram. and Rhet. ( tmi s s) (Also 6 timesis.) [a. Gr. a cutting]

   The separation of the elements of a compound word by the interposition of another word or words. 
 (Often a reversion to the earlier uncompounded structure.) 

1586 DAY Eng. Secretary II. (1625) 83 Timesis or Diacope, a diuision of a word compound into two parts, as, What might be soeuer vnto a man pleasing,..for, whatsoeuer might be, etc. 1678 PHILLIPS (ed. 4), Tmesis,..a figure of Prosody, wherein a compounded word is, as it were, cut asunder, and divided into two parts by some other word which is interposed, as Septem Subjecta Trioni, for Subjecta Septemtrioni. 1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. I. 265 Though the constituent parts of compound terms may be disjoined by tmesis, the elements of truly simple words never are. 1889 Athenæum 23 Mar. 373/1 Forgive the quaint tmesis of his opening line: How bright the chit and chat!

(Oxford English Dictionary Online, Second Edition, 1989. < http://dictionary.oed.com>)

Abstract

As an exploration of the interactive affordances and constraints produced in collaboration between application designer and user, my drawing editor will incorporate the following tools and functionalities:

Editor Environment Non-traditional drawing tools both complicate process and liberate the user from expected representational forms and practices. The editor drawing tools and features are designed to promote curiosity and play.

i) Mouse-controlled brushes: 3 brushes will be selectable via GUI buttons : one brush will have a variable x-axis stroke based on mouse speed, 2 brushes will have their size and appearance controlled programmatically. Brushes are non-standard (i.e. no pencil line tools). ii) Keyboard controlled drawing: an “etch-a-- and y-axes via the keyboard (UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT). Note: Users will initiate the etch-a- iii) Colour palette: a programmatically determined palette of 16 colours is available to the user to change brush stroke and line colour iv) Alpha slider: a slider tool will allow the user to control the alpha transparency values of the brushes to assist in the creation of layered compositions

-based applet export without a php to web-server hook that I will not have time to write and incorporate by due date.