Design of a new user interface for APL

Authors:
John E. Howland
Affiliations:
Computer Science Department, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, Texas
Venue:
APL '87 Proceedings of the international conference on APL: APL in transition
Year:
1987

Citing 1
Cited 3

Inside MacIntosh

Inside MacIntosh

APL for music

APL '89 Conference proceedings on APL as a tool of thought
APL windowing systems - where next?

APL '89 Conference proceedings on APL as a tool of thought
A preferable look—APL in window-based environments

APL '90 Conference proceedings on APL 90: for the future

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Much progress has been made in APL systems during the last 10 years, however, most implementations still use the standard del editor, systems commands and a character oriented, user-typed, command interface. Even the APL systems available for new graphics based workstation systems, such as Macintosh and Sun, do not fully exploit the user interface standards for those systems. It is now time to consider establishing a new standard user interface for APL running on hardware systems which support bit mapped graphics displays and a pointing device. This paper presents such a design which is based in part on the Macintosh user interface, but includes special features for handling the APL workspace environment.