THE USER INTERFACE

[Frank & Theaker 1979b] - MUSS

[Barron et al 1972]

The Evolution of Job Control Languages.

[Beech 1982]

Uses the object-oriented concepts of data abstraction to propose principles for the design of a portable and widely useable command language.

[Efe et al 1983]

Describes the Kiwinet-Nicola approach to a unified user interface.

[Mooney 1982]

Describes a proposal for a "User Interface Manager" which offers certain features such as command files and log files to all terminal-program communication in a consistent way.

[Morland 1983]

Describes principles for a user-friendly interface at a video terminal.

[Smith et al 1982]

Describes the user interface of the Xerox STAR Personal Workstation, in which the operating system is integrated with application software in an "open," terminal-based environment.

Command Languages

[Unger 1975] [Beech 1980] [Hopper & Newman 1986]

Proceedings of the IFIP WG 2.6 Conferences on Command Languages.

[Beech 1982]

Presents some criteria for a standard OSCL.

[Colijn 1976]

Demonstrates the power of the KRONOS command language to solve the Tower of Hanoi & Ackermann's Function.

[Colijn 1981]

Demonstrates the power of the Multics command language to solve the Tower of Hanoi & Ackermann's Function.