SEGUE: support for distributed graphical interfaces

Author

Schaffner, Stuart C. ; Borkan, Martha

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Comput. Associates Inc., Wakefield, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1988

fDate

0-0 1988

Firstpage

621

Lastpage

629

Abstract

A description is given of SEGUE, a system for the specification and generation of structured graphical interfaces for distributed systems. The user interface resides on as raster-graphics workstation, but the application program may execute on one or more other machines connected to that workstation by a local area network. SEGUE is based on standard editor technology, but extends it to provide a general interface to arbitrary application programs and to allow the interface to be remote from the application program. It is based on the specification of two tree structures and a mapping between them. One tree corresponds to data structures in the application program, while the other defines the user display. A prototype version of SEGUE has been built on a SUN workstation and has been used to build a number of interfaces, including one for an Ada structured editor.<>

Keywords

computer graphics; programming environments; user interfaces; Ada structured editor; SEGUE; SUN workstation; data structures; distributed graphical interfaces; distributed systems; graphical interface specification; local area network; prototype version; raster-graphics workstation; tree structures; user display; user interface; Application software; Computer interfaces; Displays; Distributed computing; Graphics; Local area networks; Tree data structures; Tree graphs; Vegetation mapping; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1988. Vol.II. Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0842-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1988.11860

Filename

11860