Window management information input/output system

Details Window management information input/output system Window management information input/output system

1996-05-28

1997-04-15

Powell, Mark R.

G06F 1500

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056218796

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a data processing unit capable of displaying a window on the display screen, and aims at being able to refer to and update window management information, that is, information indicating the size and the position of the window, etc. in a representation format comprehensible for a user. It comprises a window selecting unit for selecting a window corresponding to the window management information to be accessed by the user, a window-management-information-providing unit for inputting to and outputting from the display the management information in the format comprehensible for the user, a window-management-information-reading unit for reading the management information for the selected window from the window system, converting the representation format of the information, and outputting the result to the window-management-information-providing unit, and a window-management-information-writing unit for converting the management information converted on the display screen using, for example, a keyboard, and outputted by the window-management-information-providing unit back to the original representation format, and for outputting the result to the window system.

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