• DocumentCode
    958197
  • Title

    WHIM, the Window Handler and Input Manager

  • Author

    Goodfellow, Michael J.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Research Center
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    5/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    This article describes WHIM, the Window Handler and Input Manager, a window management system being developed as part of the QuickSilver operating system project at IBM´s Almaden Research Center. Another version of WHIM runs under AIX on the IBM PC RT. This article contrasts and compares the overlapped window scheme used in WHIM with the tiled window scheme used in other systems. The advantages of the window management scheme used in WHIM are detailed, and the effect of display interfaces on the window manager is described.
  • Keywords
    Displays; Graphics; Merging; Mice; Multitasking; Operating systems; Presses; Pressing; User interfaces; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCG.1986.276791
  • Filename
    4056890
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=958197