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PROMETHEUS: A System for Programming Graphical User Interfaces

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This paper describes Prometheus, a system for programming graphical user interfaces. It starts with the description of the projects and their goals, which resulted in Prometheus predecessors. Experiences with them and reasons for combining them to Prometheus are reported. The Prometheus concepts windows, frames, frame contents, control and dialogue management are described.

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  1. Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung e. V., Wilhelminenstraβe 7, W-6100, Darmastadt, Germany

    Dierk Ehmke

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  1. Informatics Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, OX11 0QX, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK

    David A. Duce  & F. Robert A. Hopgood  & 

  2. Rua Alves Redol, 9-2°, P-1017, Lisboa Codex, Portugal

    M. Rui Gomes

  3. Department of Architecture, EdCAAD, University of Edinburgh, 20 Chambers Street, EH1 1JZ, Edinburgh, UK

    John R. Lee

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Ehmke, D. (1991). PROMETHEUS: A System for Programming Graphical User Interfaces. In: Duce, D.A., Gomes, M.R., Hopgood, F.R.A., Lee, J.R. (eds) User Interface Management and Design. EurographicSeminars. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76283-3_21

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