BibTex
@inproceedings{Szab{\'o}:1987:10.1145/29933.275633,
author = {Szab{\'o}, Kevin and Elmasry, Mohamed},
title = {The user interface and program structure of a graphical VLSI layout editor},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI/GI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface},
series = {GI + CHI 1987},
year = {1987},
issn = {0713-5425},
isbn = {0-89791-213-6},
location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
pages = {219--225},
numpages = {7},
doi = {10.1145/29933.275633},
acmdoi = {10.1145/29933.275633},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
}
Abstract
In this paper the user interface and program organization of the SYMPLE VLSI symbolic layout editor is examined. The user interface is driven by a small interpreter that is constructed from a LISP-like language at run time and has access to a consistent library of menus and graphical information-gathering functions. To improve maintainability, the editor has been constructed in a modular form with well-defined interfaces.