HyperLook (aka HyperNeWS (aka GoodNeWS)) (original) (raw)

This is a collection of stuff about HyperLook, maintained by Don Hopkins.

What is HyperLook? It's a user interface environment for NeWS, that was designed by Arthur van Hoff, at the Turing Institutein Glasgow. HyperLook was previously known as HyperNeWS, and GoodNeWS before that.

Index of Stuff

• <HyperLook.README>
• <HyperLook-product-info.ps>
• <HyperLook-tech-info.ps>
• <HyperLook-runtime.tar.Z>
• SimCity for HyperLook
  • Video Tape Transcript of HyperLook SimCity Demo
  • <HyperLook-SimCity.gif>
  • <SimCity.INSTALL>
  • <SimCity.README>
  • <SimCity.tar.Z>
• HyperLook Demo Images

Open windows with HyperLook

HyperLook is an interactive application design system, that lets you develop advanced multimedia systems, via simple direct manipulation, property sheets, and object oriented programming. It releases the full power of OpenWindows to the whole spectrum of users, ranging from casual users who want a configurable desktop and handy presentation tools, to professional programmers who want to push the limits in interactive mulltimedia.

You design interfaces by taking fully functional components from an object warehouse. You lay them out in your own window, configure them with menus and property sheets, define their appearance in colorful PostScript fonts and graphics, and write scripts to customize their behavior.

You can write applications in Cor other languages, that communicate with HyperLook by sending high level messagesacross the network. They need not worry about details like layout, look and feel, or fonts and colors. You can edit HyperLook applications while they're running, or deliver them in an uneditable runtime form.

HyperLook is totally extensible and open ended. It comes with a toolkit of user interface classes, property sheets, and warehousesof pre-configured componentswith useful behavior.

Earlier versions have been in use at more than 300 sites worldwide, to buildpresentations, prototype user interfaces, create gis systems, control robots, model satellites, monitor sensors, control processes, implement gamesand serve as a front end for databases, machine learningand expert systems.

FREE HYPERLOOK RUNTIME

The HyperLook runtime system lets you run uneditable HyperLook applications. It includes many interesting demos, presentations and useful stacks, including a fully functional drawing tool.

Requirements

• SunOS 4.1.1 or higher
• OpenWindows version 2.0 with TNT version 2.0 or OpenWindows version 3.0
• Color screen

Included with the free HyperLook Runtime

• Graphics editing.PostScript graphics are fully integrated with the system. It's possible to import almost any PostScript graphic into the editor, then edit and print it. Most importantly, the graphics editor is a totally integrated HyperLook component.
• Integrated on-line help.Help for any interface or application can be created on-line, without programming. Graphics can be incorporated using the integrated editor.
• Stacks and desktop tools. System stack, drawing tool, color pallet, clipboard, notepad, stack manager, resource manager, class documentation browser, file selection dialogs, printer queue monitor, and user interface component examples.

Availablility

The HyperLook runtime system is availiable for free via anonymous ftp, from the following systems:

• ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9): vendor/dux/HyperLook
• (now defunct) turing.com (192.133.90.28): pub/HyperLook1.5-runtime.tar.Z

HYPERLOOK PRODUCT

The HyperLook product allows you to develop HyperLook applications, and create interactive presentations, that you can deliver in an uneditable form with the free HyperLook runtime system.

Included with the HyperLook Product

• HyperLook runtime system
• Direct manipulation stack editing
• Property sheets to edit all user interface objects
• C client interface and development utilities

Features

• Stack editing.You can create stacks, incorporate text and graphics, design interfaces, etc.
• Scripting in PostScript. By scripting it is possible to add behaviour to objects, and to create new classes of object with enhanced functionality.
• Programming from C clients.Header files and client library are provided, enabling HyperLook to be used as the front end for sophisticated applications.
• Manuals. A full manual is provided, with over 300 illustrations, covering all aspects of HyperLook.

Tools and Stacks

• The system stack.Provides instant access to the facilities of the HyperLook desktop. Like all other aspects of HyperLook, the user can configure and edit this stack to provide a customized set of utilities.
• Property stacks. Each object class in the system has an associated property stack, with which most of an object's display properties can be edited. These stacks can also serve as the basis for property sheets for new objects.
• HyperDraw drawing tool.A full featured PostScript drawing editor, which can import and export files in EPSF format.
• Clipboard.A 16 page clipboard for storing text and graphics.
• Color pallet.Select thte color of your choice. The pallet is user configurable.
• Stack manager.Shows which stacks you have loaded and their current status.
• Resource manager. Specifies where in your system resources are stored. Allows you to configure HyperLook without worring about the Unix file system.
• Error handler. Comprehensive error reporting and debugging of user scripts.
• SystemStatus. A handy way of seeing what HyperLook is doing at any time.
• Object Warehouse.A customizable stack containing prototype objects you can include in your applications. The objects in the warehouse can be installed on the menu that places new objects on stacks.
• Class browser.Interactively browse the HyperLook class hierarchy including user-defined classes. Find the documentation for all methods on-line!
• Utility stacks such as file dialogs.

Demos

• Clocks.A bunch of different clocks, scripted in HyperLook.
• Notepad.A scratch pad for ideas, on your desktop.
• ButtonIdeas.A whole range of interesting buttons, many with embedded functionality.
• ClientExamples.Examples of applications with a client program.
• Printer Queue. A line printer queue viewer. Shows how simple it is to create graphical desktop applications with HyperLook.

Promotional stacks

The promotional stacks demonstrate how colorful effective presentations can be created, without programming, using HyperLook.

• Introduction.The startup stack.
• HyperLook information. Information about HyperLook, and what you can do with it as a casual user. Pick any card: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
• Turing information. Information about the Turing Institute and the work it does. Some interactive graphics and sound to show more of the presentational abilities of HyperLook. Pick any card: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.