The Poe language-based editor project

Fischer, Charles N.; Johnson, Gregory F.; Mauney, Jon; Pal, Anil Kumar; Stock, Daniel L.

doi:10.1145/800020.808245

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“…Editing of characters to correct one error may inadvertently introduce another error. Syntax directed editors [12,13,21,34] have solved this problem in one domain by giving the editor a knowledge of the structure of the language.…”

Section: Coherencementioning

confidence: 99%

A framework for characterization of the degree of integration of software tools

Kiper

1994

Journal of Systems Integration

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Abstract. Software tool integration and integrated environments for software project development, i.e., integrated computer aided software engineering (CASE), have become important mechanisms for producing software in an effective and efficient manner. This article is not a presentation of another such environment or a description of another technique for integration. Rather, it presents a categorization of degrees of tool integration and integrability. It is useful to identify the level of integration or integrability before any problems caused by an inappropriate level of integration can be overcome. This categorization is qualified by three parameters: granularity, coherence, and harmony. These parameters can be applied to each component of a typical programming environment, i.e., to a project information base, software development tools, and user interface. Combinations of values of these parameters form a continuum of levels of integration from loose to tight. This research was motivated by the need to understand the levels of integration that are possible and the characteristics that facilitate such integration in order to evaluate the level of integration of tools sets and to more effectively integrate new and existing tools into productive environments. The article closes with an application of these parameters to some existing software environments and sets of tools.

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Section: Coherencementioning

confidence: 99%

A framework for characterization of the degree of integration of software tools

Kiper

1994

Journal of Systems Integration

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“…• It has been successfully used by several applications such as text editors, spreadsheets, language-oriented editors [6,12,28,41,45,46], form editors [31,33], and document editors [19,37].…”

Section: Figure 1 Editing a Directorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dost is closely related to the Synthesizer Generator [30], POE [6], ALOE [23,25], sds [8], PECAN [28], PSG [2] and other language-oriented editor (LOE) generators. An LOE generator provides a specification language, which may be used to define the syntax and semantics of a target language.…”

Section: Language-oriented Editor Generatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…LOE generators based on attribute grammars [6,17,29,30] allow a programmer to specify the semantics of user interaction declaratively. This feature is useful for specifying the static semantics of a target language, since it relieves a programmer from the task of explicitly calling procedures that check related values for semantic consistency.…”

Section: Language-oriented Editor Generatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currendy, an object thai wishes to provide an "undo" facility must implement it itself. Further research, perhaps using the ideas presented in [6,21,42], is needed to define a general-purpose undo/redo facility for Dost.…”

Section: More Commandsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An approach to support automatic generation of user interfaces

Dewan

Solomon

1990

ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst.

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In traditional interactive programming environment, each application individually manages its interaction with the human user. The result is duplication of effort in implementing user interface code and non-uniform-hence confusing-input conventions. This paper presents an approach to support automatic generation of user interfaces in environments based on algebraic languages.The approach supports the editing model of interaction, which allows a user to view all applications as data that can be edited. An application interacts with a user by submitting variables (of arbitrary types) to a dialogue manager, which displays their presentations to the user, and offers "type-directed editing" of these presentations. Applications and dialogue manager communicate through a protocol that allows a presentation to be kept consistent with the variable it displays.A particular implementation of the approach, called Dost, has been constructed for the Xerox Development Environment and the Mesa programming language. Dost is used as a concrete example to describe the editing model, the primitives to support it, and our preliminary experience with these primitives. The approach is compared with related work, its shortcomings are discussed, and suggestions for future work are made.

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A Visual Syntax-directed Editor for the Descartes Specification Language

Khwaja¹,

Urban²

1997

Softw: Pract. Exper.

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The front end of the software life cycle is an important phase in the development of quality software systems. Due to the interactive nature of the requirements specification phase, automated tools assist in capturing user concepts and conveying these concepts to the developers. This paper presents a syntax-directed editor developed for the Descartes software specification language. The editor helps in constructing the specifications by detecting and preventing syntactic and static semantic errors. The editor uses the visual notation of Nassi-Shneiderman charts for the external representation of Descartes specifications. The specifications are edited in their visual form directly within the editor. Use of a syntax-directed editor for the construction of Descartes specifications is expected to reduce specification errors, enhance constructibility, and in turn increase productivity.

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The Poe language-based editor project

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A framework for characterization of the degree of integration of software tools

A framework for characterization of the degree of integration of software tools

An approach to support automatic generation of user interfaces

A Visual Syntax-directed Editor for the Descartes Specification Language

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