Serpent: System Guide. System for User Interface Development. Version 1.

Abstract

Serpent is a user interface management system (UIMS) that supports the development and implementation of user interfaces, providing an editor to specify the user interface and a runtime system that enables communication between the application and the end user. This document introduces the environment variables used by Serpent, the file naming conventions and expected file types, and how to build a Serpent dialogue/application from scratch.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240605

Entities

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Compilers
  • Complexometric Indicators
  • Computer Programs
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directories
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Exchange
  • Language
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Shell Scripts
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.