Title :
Towards a constructor kit for visual notations
Author :
Mugridge, Warwick B. ; Hosking, John G. ; Grundy, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
Abstract :
BuildByWire is a constraint-based environment for specifying and implementing visual notations for environments developed using the MViews framework. Previous approaches to user-interface construction based on constraint propagation approaches have been limited. We describe a new approach that avoids some of these difficulties through the use of the multi-directional constraints of Snart, an object-oriented extension of Prolog
Keywords :
constraint handling; graphical user interfaces; user interface management systems; BuildByWire; MViews framework; Snart; constraint propagation; constraint-based environment; object-oriented extension; user-interface construction; visual notations; Computer science; Data structures; Identity-based encryption; Object oriented modeling; Programming environments; Prototypes; User interfaces; Visualization; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Human Interaction, 1996. Proceedings., Sixth Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hamilton
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7525-X
DOI :
10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560007
