MUIAPP - AN OBJECT-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

Motif User Interface Application (MUIApp) is an object-oriented graphi cal user-interface application framework. It simplifies the task of wr iting, modifying, and debugging window-based applications by applicati on of object-oriented programming to the construction and manipulation of graphical user interface (GUI) components using a well-established window system. The key means adopted in the design include: encapsula tion of tedious X-window programming details, construction of high lev el GUI components using Motif and Xt widgets as the primary building b locks, and definition of collaboration mechanisms between GUI componen ts. Reports that the abstractions and mechanisms provided by MUIApp fa cilitate the development of graphical user interfaces far applications . Simplicity, extensibility and reusability are the key concerns in th e design. MUIApp is written in C++ and runs mainly on top of Motif.