A guided tour of the Common Lisp interface manager

ABSTRACT

The Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) is a powerful Lisp-based system that provides a layered set of facilities for building user interfaces. These facilities include a portable layer called Silica that includes basic windowing, input, output services, and mechanisms for constructing window types and user interface components; stream-oriented input and output facilities extended with presentations and context sensitive input similar to the work pioneered in the Genera UI system; and a gadget-oriented toolkit similar to those found in the X world extended with support for look and feel adaptiveness. In this article, we present an overview of CLIM's broad range of functionality and present a series of examples that illustrates CLIM's power.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: Windowing systems

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.1 PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.2 Language Classifications

          Nouns: CLOS; Common Lisp
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.9 Systems Programs and Utilities
          Subjects: Window managers; Command and control languages

General Terms:
Algorithms, Human Factors, Management, Performance