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From: youki@neptune.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp (Youki Kadobayashi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: UI idea...comments, anyone?
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Date: 3 Jun 91 06:30:54 GMT
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In article <1991Jun2.203311.19795@fcom.cc.utah.edu> burchard@math.utah.edu (Paul Burchard) writes:

   >From: burchard@math.utah.edu (Paul Burchard)
   >Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
   >Keywords: drag-and-drop, tools, documents vs. applications
   >Date: 2 Jun 91 20:33:11 GMT
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   >I think NeXT has done a great job of putting a User Interface on UNIX.  As has  
   >been discussed here, though, there's still one significant gap to filled: in  
   >the UI it's hard to work on Documents using different tools---especially UNIX  
   >tools.  This gap probably arose from the current Application-oriented (rather  
   >than Document-oriented) slant of NeXTstep.
   >
   >I think it's possible create this ``multiple tool'' functionality with a  
   >minimum of disruption to NeXTstep, by basing it on the drag-and-drop mechanism  
   >which already exists in the Workspace.  Just as folder icons can now accept  
   >file icons, icons of executables and Applications would then be able to accept  
   >Document icons.
   >

Try "SystemWorks". It's simple and programmable NeXTstep-to-UNIX
interface.  I just put the latest version (1.1 beta) on
cs.orst.edu:~ftp/pub/next/submissions.

Recompilation is needed to run SystemWorks on 2.[01].  It contains
2.0J-compiled binary.

Let me hear your comments, NeXTlanders. Enjoy.
--
Youki Kadobayashi
Information Network Architecture Lab.
Dept. of Info. and Comp. Sci, Osaka University, Japan