Panther
- 1 May 1986
- proceedings article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Vol. 17 (SI) , 279-284
- https://doi.org/10.1145/29933.275643
Abstract
An experimental graphical control specification system, called Panther, has been written in C for UNIX®-based applications. Unlike similar systems, which focus on combining interaction techniques, Panther allows the specification of low-level interactions by invoking user-selectable subroutines for input-device transitions. A Panther interface is specified in a textual table as a set of hierarchically nested regions. Regions can model any control device, such as menu buttons, slider-bars, switches, alphanumeric displays, or even combinations of other regions. Panther does not rely on special hardware, extensive software, or interprocess communication.Keywords
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