The toolbox manual: A high level approach to the Jade window manager

Greenberg, S. (1985)
The toolbox manual: A high level approach to the Jade window manager. Research report, Research Report of the Software Research and Development Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

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Abstract

Man-machine interfaces to windowed systems are difficult to set up for two reasons. First, they are complex to build, for the flexibility they offer the user must be explicitly catered to by the programmer. Second, it is difficult to present an interface that is consistent between applications, especially when there are many people designing them. This toolbox attempts to remedy these problems by providing high level facilities for window manipulation. These minimize programming and encourage interface consistency. At the same time, low level primitives are available for complete programming flexibility.

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@TECHREPORT { 1985-ToolboxManual.Report,
CLASS = { REPORT },
AUTHOR = { Greenberg, S. },
TITLE = { The toolbox manual: A high level approach to the Jade window manager },
INSTITUTION = { Research Report of the Software Research and Development Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary },
ADDRESS = { Calgary, Canada },
YEAR = { 1985 },
}