Title :
Generating visual editors for formally specified languages
Author :
Üsküdarli, Susan M.
Author_Institution :
Programming Res. Group, Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
Abstract :
We discuss the generation of structured visual editors for formally specified languages. We use the term structured visual editor to refer to a structure-oriented editor which provides language specific behavior and supports the interactive construction of programs. This paper describes how such a visual editor can be generated from a formal language specification including the language´s visual syntax. A simple visual expression editor is presented in order to demonstrate our approach. Our prototype implementation is discussed at the end of the paper
Keywords :
formal specification; interactive systems; programming environments; software tools; visual languages; visual programming; formal language specification; formally specified languages; interactive construction; language specific behavior; prototype implementation; structure-oriented editor; structured visual editors; visual editor; visual editor generation; visual expression editor; visual syntax; Animation; Context; Formal languages; Formal specifications; Graphical user interfaces; Programming environments; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Specification languages;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1994. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6660-9
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1994.363607
