Title :
A tool for automated code generation for designing user interfaces on character terminals
Author :
Manohar, Nitin ; Bhatia, M.P.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Netaji Subhas Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
Abstract :
The Unix “curses” library provides terminal independent capability for designing user interfaces (UI) on 80×25 resolution character terminals. UI designers have to put a lot of effort into design and producing good and effective UI using complex curses library calls. The authors propose the architecture of a tool for the curses library. This tool equips the UI designer with an automatic code generation facility for the curses library through graphical system specification. The UI designer will be able to input user needs graphically, and the tool will in turn generate the code
Keywords :
Unix; computer graphics; formal specification; program compilers; software libraries; user interface management systems; UI designers; Unix curses library; automated code generation; automatic code generation facility; character terminals; complex curses library calls; graphical system specification; terminal independent capability; user interface design; user needs; Character generation; Databases; Delay; Displays; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Libraries; Monitoring; Operating systems; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
SoutheastCon 2001. Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Clemson, SC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6748-0
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2001.923106
