ESMERALDA --- An Intelligent Satellite for Interactive Graphics

Abstract

This paper gives a functional description of Esmeralda, the satellite part of an interactive graphics host-satellite system. The paper is directed primarily to the reader who

• wants to know what ESMERALDA is, without having to read the program description and the source text, and
• wants to design a new host-resident part for the system.

ESMERALDA is described in more detail in the authors' masters theses. Readers of type B will find in these theses the detailed information necessary to implement a new host part. They will also find a description of an already existing host part: the WIGGIS system.