Menu-driven menu editor and associated menu system

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1140109· OSTI ID:6905627

Preckshot, G G; Butner, D N

A menu-style user interface has been developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for distributed control, data acquisition, and data processing. A graphical menu editor, which is itself the first application of the menu system, is used to construct or modify menu hierarchies. Unlike many menu systems, no code need be written to demonstrate a set of menus because there are no subroutine calls to make menus; developers need only write the code that performs the actions indicated by user menu picks. In addition to this rapid prototyping feature, the menu system is integrated with operating system asynchronous traps (in Unix, signals, and selects) so that it supports real-time user interfaces for control in a distributed computer system. UFrsi1

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550
• OSTI ID: 6905627
• Journal Information: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States), Journal Name: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States) Vol. 59:8; ISSN RSINA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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