4.0190 Interfaces (3/46)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 15 Jun 90 17:14:22 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0190. Friday, 15 Jun 1990.
(1) Date: June 15, 1990 (24 lines)
From: Nick Eiteljorg <N_EITELJ@BRYNMAWR>
Subject: GUI and Command Line Interface [eds]
(2) Date: Fri 15 Jun 90 12:31:38 BST (14 lines)
From: N.J.Morgan@vme.glasgow.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.0172 Programming Micros
(3) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 90 04:39:18 IST (8 lines)
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0182 GUI
(1) --------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: June 15, 1990
From: Nick Eiteljorg <N_EITELJ@BRYNMAWR>
Subject: GUI and Command Line Interface [eds]
There are a few programs which illustrate the possibility of having both
the gui and the command line. A particularly interesting one, for me at
least, is AutoCAD. Having been developed in the DOS world, it retains
the command line in the MAC version. I use both, but I use the command
line in the MAC version at least as much as I use the pull-down menus.
A new data base manager which is actually an intermediary between a
relational data base and Cad systems also illustrates the potential of
using both forms of input. GEO/Sql helps the user construct sql
queries from with a CAD environment and can create a pull-down menu
name for the request. But the user can also see the actual structure of
the sql command if he wishes.
Some would argue that Hypercard (and other oops tools) also combine the
direct text input with icon-based input, since programming with
Hypercard permits one to create one's own mechanisms - and, as
Geoffrey Rockwell wanted, to take existing commands/icons and modify
them to meet new needs.
Nick Eiteljorg
(2) --------------------------------------------------------------27----
Date: Fri,15 Jun 90 12:31:38 BST
From: N.J.Morgan@vme.glasgow.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 4.0172 Text-Analysis Software; Programming Micros (2/89)
I'm sure Richrad Goerwitz's remarks about the ease of Dos programming
compared with the Mac are true, but be warned anyone who has pc hardware
and wants to program for a GUI (ie Microsoft Windows). THis is not
easy, and the tools are poorly developed and badly documented (this is a
statement of truth from the heart !). Whatever its benefits I can't
imagine that Windows 3 will resolve this drawback.
Nicholas Morgan
Department of Scottish History
University of Glasgow
(3) --------------------------------------------------------------15----
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 90 04:39:18 IST
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 4.0182 GUI (2/24)
again on nota-bene's interface. it has no icons of course, but as you
work with menu options it builds the command-line syntax on the command
line thus providing exactly the sort of learning device interace called
for.