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The ECLIPSE user interface |
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| Authors: | Ian Sommerville Ray Welland Stuart Potter John Smart |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Computing, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YR, U.K.;2. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.;3. Software Sciences Ltd., Deanway Technology Centre, Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 3ET, U.K.;4. CAP Group Ltd., 40-44 Coombe Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4QF, U.K. |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the user interface facilities of the ECLIPSE integrated project support environment. This interface is based on a consistent metaphor called the ‘control panel’ metaphor and includes standard help and message-handling systems. The paper describes these as well as some of the interface standards which have been developed. The interface has been implemented on top of the ‘applications interface’, which provides a portable, hardware-independent interface for software tools. |
| Keywords: | Software engineering environment User interface ECLIPSE Help system |