Title :
SEGUE: support for distributed graphical interfaces
Author :
Schaffner, Stuart C. ; Borkan, Martha
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Comput. Associates Inc., Wakefield, MA, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1988.11860
