Title :
HotDoc: a flexible framework for spatial composition
Author :
Buchner, Jürgen ; Fehnl, Thomas ; Kunstmann, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Building environments that use visual techniques (visual environments) is still expensive in labour. We present an object oriented framework for compound documents, called HotDoc, that can be used for building visual environments rapidly. We give an example by describing a user interface for an extended spreadsheet environment called Simple. We focus on spatial composition control which is supported in HotDoc by layout policies
Keywords :
document handling; object-oriented programming; programming environments; spreadsheet programs; user interfaces; visual programming; HotDoc; Simple; compound documents; extended spreadsheet environment; flexible framework; layout policies; object oriented framework; spatial composition; spatial composition control; user interface; visual environments; visual techniques; Containers; Guidelines; Merging; Mice; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1997. Proceedings. 1997 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Isle of Capri
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8144-6
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1997.626563
